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FRANK & MIA WEDDING ON THIS DAY IN 1966

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Frank Sinatra, at the age of 50, married 21-year-old actress
Mia Farrow. The couple divorced in 1968.

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MARILYN’S FIRST AND GROUCHO’S LAST

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Marilyn Monroe in "Love Happy" (1949). The walk-on was her first
movie appearance and Groucho’s last. The film was produced by
former silent film star Mary Pickford and released by United Artists.

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REMEMBERING JAMES CAGNEY

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James Francis Cagney, Jr. (July 17, 1899 – March 30, 1986)

Cagney was an actor, first on stage, then in film, where he had his
greatest impact. He won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety
of performances, but he is best remembered for his tough guy roles.

In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked James Cagney eighth
among its 50 Greatest American Screen Legends.

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1949

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ACTOR DONALD SOUTHERLAND IS 78 TODAY

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Donald Sutherland today
Donald McNichol Sutherland

Southerland’s career spans nearly 50 years with notable movie
roles such as the offbeat soldiers in popular war movies such as
The Dirty Dozen (1967), MASH (1970) and Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
and other films include Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978),
JFK
(1991)
, and Space Cowboys (2000). 

Donald is the father of actor Kiefer Southerland. All four of his
sons are named after directors that he worked with.

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RECORDED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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"Poison Ivy" went to #1 on the R&B chart and #7 on the Billboard
Hot 100
chart. It was their third top-ten hit of that year following
"
Charlie Brown" and "Along Came Jones."

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Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman) from Batman,
1997

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