Actress Joan Fontaine and her older sister Olivia de Havilland are two
of the last surviving leading ladies from Hollywood of the 1930s. Joan
is the only actor to have won an Academy Award for a performance in
a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, Suspension (1941).
Joan Fontaine with Alfred Hitchcock
1940
1943
The Nobel Peace Prize
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (October 21, 1833 – December 10, 1896)
Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, armaments manufacturer and the
inventor of dynamite. When he wrote his last will in 1895, he left much of
his enormous wealth for the establishment of the Nobel Prizes. Since
1901, the prize has honored men and women for their outstanding
achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for
work in peace.
James Stewart
Mr. Smith goes to Washington premiered in Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., on October 17, 1939. The event was sponsored by the National Press Club with 4,000 invited guests, including 45 senators. The Frank Capra film was nominated for 11 Academy Awards, winning for Best Original Story.
Filming a scene with James Stewart
Frank Capra
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
I Love Lucy ran from Monday October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957. The black-
and-white series aired on the CBS television network. I love Lucy was the
most watched show in America in four of its six seasons, and won five Emmy
Awards and received numerous nominations.The show is still syndicated in
many languages around the world.
A young Paul Simon (center)
Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel
Paul Frederic Simon is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who, along with
Art Garfunkel, is best known for being part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel
beginning in 1965. Simon wrote most of the pair’s songs, including three
chart toppers, “The Sound of Silence”,”Mrs. Robinson”, and “Bridge Over
Troubled Water”. The duo split in 1970, and Simon began a successful
solo career. He has earned 13 Grammy’s, and the Lifetime Achievement
Award. Paul Simon was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in
2001. In 2007, he was the first recipient of the Gershwin Prize for Popular
Song from the Library of Congress.
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