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Billie Burke

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Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an American actress who was famous on Broadway, on radio, early silent film, and subsequently in sound film. [1]

178 relations: A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film), A Feather in Her Hat, Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards, After Office Hours, Amazons, And Baby Makes Three, And Everything Nice, And One Was Beautiful, Anna Held, Architectural Digest, Arms and the Girl, Arthur Wing Pinero, At Home with Billie Burke, Away Goes Prudence, Becky Sharp, Beverly Hills, California, Breakfast in Hollywood (film), Bridal Suite, Broadway theatre, California, Cary Grant, CBS, CBS Radio, Christopher Strong, Clara Kimball Young, Constance Bennett, Craig's Wife (film), Death by natural causes, Dinner at Eight (film), Doc Corkle, Doubting Thomas, Doubting Thomas (1935 film), Duffy's Tavern, Dulcy (1940 film), DuMont Television Network, Elizabeth Taylor, Eternally Yours (film), Eve's Daughter, Everybody Sing (film), Family Theater, Fashions on Parade, Father of the Bride (1950 film), Father's Little Dividend, Film industry, Finishing School (film), Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Forsaking All Others, ..., George Cukor, Gildersleeve on Broadway, Girl Trouble (1942 film), Given name, Glinda the Good Witch, Gloria's Romance, Glorifying the American Girl, Gone with the Wind (film), Good Gracious, Annabelle, Harris & Ewing photo studio, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, Hi Diddle Diddle, Hollywood, Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Hullabaloo (film), In Pursuit of Polly, In This Our Life, Irene (1940 film), Jean Harlow, Joan Bennett, John Barrymore, John Ford, Judy Garland, Katharine Hepburn, Kensico Cemetery, Laura Hope Crews, Let's Get a Divorce, Lillian Gish, Lionel Barrymore, List of actors with Academy Award nominations, List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars, Listerine, Los Angeles, Love Watches, Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon, Luise Rainer, Lyceum Theatre (Broadway), Marie Dressler, Mary Pickford, Mercury (planet), Merrily We Live, Mugar Memorial Library, Musical film, Musical theatre, My American Wife, Myrna Loy, Navy Blue and Gold (film), New York City, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, One Night in Lisbon, Only Yesterday (1933 film), Parable of the Good Samaritan, Parnell (film), Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson, Peggy (1916 film), Pepe (film), Piccadilly Jim, Remember? (1939 film), Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Rolls-Royce, Sadie Love, Sergeant Rutledge, She Couldn't Take It, Sitcom, Small Town Girl (1953 film), So's Your Uncle, Society Doctor, Spencer Tracy, Splendor (1935 film), Swing Out, Sister, The "Mind the Paint" Girl, The Bachelor's Daughters, The Barkleys of Broadway, The Billie Burke Show, The Blue Moon (musical), The Bride Wore Red, The Captain Is a Lady, The Chase and Sanborn Hour, The Cheaters (1945 film), The Colgate Sports Newsreel, The Duchess of Dantzic, The Education of Elizabeth, The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour, The Frisky Mrs. Johnson, The Ghost Comes Home, The Great Ziegfeld, The Land of Promise, The Make-Believe Wife, The Man Who Came to Dinner (film), The Martin and Lewis Show, The Misleading Widow, The Mysterious Miss Terry, The Pepsodent Show, The Rescuing Angel, The School Girl, The Screen Guild Theater, The Wild Man of Borneo (film), The Wizard of Oz (1939 film), The Young in Heart, The Young Philadelphians, The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air, They All Kissed the Bride, This Is Show Business, Three Husbands, Topper (film), Topper Returns, Topper Takes a Trip, Variety Obituaries, Vernon and Irene Castle, Victor Fleming, Vincente Minnelli, Wall Street Crash of 1929, Wallace Beery, Wanted: A Husband, Washington, D.C., We're Rich Again, West End of London, Westchester County, New York, Western (genre), What's Cookin'?, Where Sinners Meet, William Powell, You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith, Zenobia (film), Ziegfeld Follies, Ziegfeld Follies of 1936, Ziegfeld Theatre (1927). Expand index (128 more) »

A Bill of Divorcement (1932 film)

A Bill of Divorcement is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film, directed by George Cukor and starring John Barrymore and Katharine Hepburn in her film debut.

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A Feather in Her Hat

A Feather in Her Hat is a 1935 melodrama film starring Pauline Lord as a working-class woman with ambitions for her son.

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Academy Award for Best Actress

The Academy Award for Best Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best Picture

The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually since the awards debuted in 1929, by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, are a set of 24 awards for artistic and technical merit in the American film industry, given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), to recognize excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy's voting membership.

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After Office Hours

After Office Hours is a 1935 film starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett and directed by Robert Z. Leonard.

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Amazons

In Greek mythology, the Amazons (Ἀμαζόνες,, singular Ἀμαζών) were a tribe of women warriors related to Scythians and Sarmatians.

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And Baby Makes Three

And Baby Makes Three is a 1949 American romantic comedy directed by Henry Levin and starring Robert Young, Barbara Hale, and Robert Hutton.

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And Everything Nice

And Everything Nice is an American fashion-theme television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.

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And One Was Beautiful

And One Was Beautiful is a 1940 romantic drama film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and starring Robert Cummings, Laraine Day, and Jean Muir.

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Anna Held

Helene Anna Held (19 March 1872 – 12 August 1918), known professionally as Anna Held, was a Polish-born French and later Broadway stage performer and singer, most often associated with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband.

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Architectural Digest

Architectural Digest is an American monthly magazine founded in 1920.

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Arms and the Girl

Arms and the Girl is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Arthur Wing Pinero

Sir Arthur Wing Pinero (24 May 1855 – 23 November 1934) was an English actor and later an important dramatist and stage director.

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At Home with Billie Burke

At Home With Billie Burke was a TV talk show starring Billie Burke which aired on the DuMont Television Network from June 1951 to the spring of 1952.

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Away Goes Prudence

Away Goes Prudence (1920) is a silent film comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Becky Sharp

Becky Sharp is a 1935 American historical drama film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Miriam Hopkins.

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Beverly Hills, California

Beverly Hills is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States, surrounded by the cities of Los Angeles and West Hollywood.

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Breakfast in Hollywood (film)

Breakfast in Hollywood, also known as The Mad Hatter, is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Harold D. Schuster and written by Earl Baldwin.

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Bridal Suite

Bridal Suite is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Samuel Hoffenstein.

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Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre,Although theater is the generally preferred spelling in the United States (see American and British English spelling differences), many Broadway venues, performers and trade groups for live dramatic presentations use the spelling theatre.

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California

California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.

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Cary Grant

Cary Grant (born Archibald Alec Leach; January 18, 1904November 29, 1986) was an English-American actor, known as one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men.

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CBS

CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American English language commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of CBS Corporation.

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CBS Radio

CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation, and consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s.

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Christopher Strong

Christopher Strong (a.k.a. The Great Desire and The White Moth) is a 1933 American pre-Code film, produced by RKO and directed by Dorothy Arzner.

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Clara Kimball Young

Clara Kimball Young (September 6, 1890 – October 15, 1960) was an American film actress, who was highly regarded and publicly popular in the early silent film era.

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Constance Bennett

Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965) was an American stage, film, radio and television actress.

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Craig's Wife (film)

Craig's Wife is a 1936 drama film starring Rosalind Russell as a domineering wife.

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Death by natural causes

A death by natural causes, as recorded by coroners and on death certificates and associated documents, is the end result of an illness or an internal malfunction of the body not directly caused by external forces, typically due to old age.

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Dinner at Eight (film)

Dinner at Eight is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor.

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Doc Corkle

Doc Corkle is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC Television on Sunday nights for three weeks from October 5 to October 19, 1952.

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Doubting Thomas

A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience—a reference to the Apostle Thomas, who refused to believe that the resurrected Jesus had appeared to the ten other apostles, until he could see and feel the wounds received by Jesus on the cross.

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Doubting Thomas (1935 film)

Doubting Thomas is a 1935 American comedy film directed by David Butler and written by William M. Conselman and Bartlett Cormack.

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Duffy's Tavern

Duffy's Tavern was an American radio situation comedy that ran for a decade on several networks (CBS, 1941–42; NBC-Blue Network, 1942–44; and NBC, 1944–51), concluding with the December 28, 1951, broadcast.

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Dulcy (1940 film)

Dulcy is a 1940 American comedy film, directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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DuMont Television Network

The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont) was one of the world's pioneer commercial television networks, rivalling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States.

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Elizabeth Taylor

Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-born American actress, businesswoman, and humanitarian.

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Eternally Yours (film)

Eternally Yours is a 1939 American comedy drama film produced and directed by Tay Garnett with Walter Wanger as executive producer, from a screenplay by C. Graham Baker and Gene Towne.

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Eve's Daughter

Eve's Daughter is a 1918 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Everybody Sing (film)

Everybody Sing is a 1938 American musical comedy film starring Allan Jones, Judy Garland, and Fanny Brice, and featuring Reginald Owen and Billie Burke.

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Family Theater

Family Theater is a dramatic anthology radio show which aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System in the United States from February 13, 1947, to September 11, 1957.

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Fashions on Parade

Fashions on Parade is an American fashion-themed television series that aired on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network Fridays at 8pm EST from November 4, 1948, to April 24, 1949, then broadcast on ABC from April 27 to June 29, 1949.

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Father of the Bride (1950 film)

Father of the Bride is a 1950 American comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, about a man trying to cope with preparations for his daughter's upcoming wedding.

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Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett, and Elizabeth Taylor.

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Film industry

The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors, and other film crew personnel.

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Finishing School (film)

Finishing School is a 1934 pre-Code romantic drama film starring Frances Dee as a young woman who gets into trouble after being sent to a finishing school by her neglectful parents.

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Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932), popularly known as Flo Ziegfeld, was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931), inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris.

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Forsaking All Others

Forsaking All Others is a 1934 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke, and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Robert Montgomery.

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George Cukor

George Dewey Cukor (July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director.

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Gildersleeve on Broadway

Gildersleeve on Broadway is a 1943 American film starring Harold Peary as his radio character The Great Gildersleeve.

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Girl Trouble (1942 film)

Girl Trouble is a 1942 comedy film made by 20th Century Fox, directed by Harold D. Schuster, and starring Don Ameche and Joan Bennett.

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Given name

A given name (also known as a first name, forename or Christian name) is a part of a person's personal name.

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Glinda the Good Witch

Glinda, also known as the Good Witch of the South, is a fictional character created by L. Frank Baum in his Oz novels.

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Gloria's Romance

Gloria's Romance was a 1916 silent film serial starring Billie Burke.

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Glorifying the American Girl

Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 American Pre-Code, musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers.

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Gone with the Wind (film)

Gone with the Wind is a 1939 American epic historical romance film, adapted from Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel of the same name.

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Good Gracious, Annabelle

Good Gracious, Annabelle is a lost 1919 American silent society comedy film starring Billie Burke.

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Harris & Ewing photo studio

Harris & Ewing Inc. was a photographic studio in Washington, D.C., owned and run by George W. Harris and Martha Ewing.

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Hastings-on-Hudson, New York

Hastings-on-Hudson is a village and inner suburb of New York City located in the southwest part of the town of Greenburgh in the state of New York, United States.

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Hi Diddle Diddle

Hi Diddle Diddle is a 1943 American comedy film made in directed by Andrew L. Stone and starring Adolphe Menjou, Martha Scott, Dennis O'Keefe, June Havoc, Billie Burke, and Pola Negri.

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Hollywood

Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California.

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Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California.

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Hollywood Walk of Fame

The Hollywood Walk of Fame comprises more than 2,600 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along 15 blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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Hullabaloo (film)

Hullabaloo is a 1940 American musical comedy film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Nat Perrin.

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In Pursuit of Polly

In Pursuit of Polly is a lost 1918 American silent comedy-drama film starring Billie Burke and Thomas Meighan.

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In This Our Life

In This Our Life is a 1942 American drama film, the second to be directed by John Huston.

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Irene (1940 film)

Irene (1940) is an American musical film produced and directed by Herbert Wilcox.

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Jean Harlow

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Joan Bennett

Joan Geraldine Bennett (February 27, 1910 – December 7, 1990) was an American stage, film and television actress.

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John Barrymore

John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio.

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John Ford

John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director.

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Judy Garland

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian.

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Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Houghton Hepburn (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress.

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Kensico Cemetery

Kensico Cemetery, located in Valhalla, Westchester County, New York was founded in 1889, when many New York City cemeteries were becoming full, and rural cemeteries were being created near the railroads that served the city.

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Laura Hope Crews

Laura Hope Crews (December 12, 1879 – November 12, 1942) was a leading actress of the American stage in the first decades of the 20th century who is best remembered today for her later work as a character actress in motion pictures of the 1930s.

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Let's Get a Divorce

Let's Get a Divorce is a 1918 American silent comedy film starring Billie Burke and written for the screen by husband and wife team John Emerson and Anita Loos.

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Lillian Gish

Lillian Diana Gish (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993) was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer.

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Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore (born Lionel Herbert Blythe; April 28, 1878 – November 15, 1954) was an American actor of stage, screen and radio as well as a film director.

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List of actors with Academy Award nominations

This list of actors with Academy Award nominations includes all male and female actors with Academy Award nominations for lead and supporting roles in motion pictures, and the total nominations and wins for each actor.

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List of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars

This list of actors with Hollywood Walk of Fame motion picture stars includes all actors who have been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of motion pictures.

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Listerine

Listerine is a brand of antiseptic mouthwash product.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Love Watches

Love Watches is a lost 1918 American silent feature comedy-drama film directed by Henry Houry and starring Corinne Griffith.

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Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon

Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff-Gordon (née Sutherland) (13 June 1863 – 20 April 1935) was a leading British fashion designer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who worked under the professional name of Lucile.

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Luise Rainer

Luise Rainer (12 January 1910 – 30 December 2014) was a German and American film actress.

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Lyceum Theatre (Broadway)

The Lyceum Theatre is a Broadway theatre located at 149 West 45th Street near Times Square between Seventh and Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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Marie Dressler

Marie Dressler (born Leila Marie Koerber, November 9, 1868 – July 28, 1934) was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress, comedian, and early silent film and Depression-era film star.

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Mary Pickford

Gladys Louise Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-born film actress and producer.

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Mercury (planet)

Mercury is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.

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Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live is a 1938 comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, starring Constance Bennett and Brian Aherne and featuring Ann Dvorak, Bonita Granville, Billie Burke, Tom Brown, Alan Mowbray, Clarence Kolb and Patsy Kelly.

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Mugar Memorial Library

The Mugar Memorial Library is the primary library for study, teaching, and research in the humanities and social sciences for Boston University.

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Musical film

The musical film is a film genre in which songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing.

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Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance.

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My American Wife

My American Wife is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Gloria Swanson.

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Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy (born Myrna Adele Williams; August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American film, television and stage actress.

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Navy Blue and Gold (film)

Navy Blue and Gold is a 1937 American Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer dramatic film starring Robert Young, James Stewart and Lionel Barrymore.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, is located in Manhattan, New York City, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side, between the Metropolitan Opera House and the Vivian Beaumont Theater.

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One Night in Lisbon

One Night in Lisbon is a 1941 American thriller film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll and Patricia Morison.

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Only Yesterday (1933 film)

Only Yesterday is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film about a young woman who becomes pregnant by her boyfriend before he rushes off to fight in World War I. It stars Margaret Sullavan (in her film debut) and John Boles.

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Parable of the Good Samaritan

The parable of the Good Samaritan is a parable told by Jesus in the Gospel of Luke It is about a traveler who is stripped of clothing, beaten, and left half dead alongside the road.

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Parnell (film)

Parnell is a 1937 biographical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, starring Clark Gable as Charles Stewart Parnell, the famous Irish politician.

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Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson

Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (October 23, 1916 – April 11, 2008) was an American author.

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Peggy (1916 film)

Peggy (also known as The Devil’s Pepper Pot) is a 1916 American silent comedy film produced and directed by Thomas Ince and stars Billie Burke in her motion picture debut.

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Pepe (film)

Pepe is a 1960 musical comedy film starring Cantinflas in the title role, directed by George Sidney.

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Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 24 February 1917 by Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, and in the United Kingdom in May 1918 by Herbert Jenkins, London.

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Remember? (1939 film)

Remember? is an American romantic comedy released on December 19, 1939, directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Robert Taylor, Greer Garson and Lew Ayres.

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus

Ringling Bros.

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Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce may refer to.

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Sadie Love

Sadie Love is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film distributed by Paramount Pictures (as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) and directed by John S. Robertson.

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Sergeant Rutledge

Sergeant Rutledge is a 1960 American Technicolor Western crime film starring Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode and Billie Burke.

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She Couldn't Take It

She Couldn't Take It is a 1935 screwball comedy film made at Columbia Pictures, directed by Tay Garnett, written by C. Graham Baker, Gene Towne and Oliver H.P. Garrett, and starring George Raft and Joan Bennett.

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Sitcom

A sitcom, short for "situation comedy", is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who carry over from episode to episode.

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Small Town Girl (1953 film)

Small Town Girl is a 1953 musical film directed by László Kardos and starring Jane Powell, Farley Granger, and Ann Miller.

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So's Your Uncle

So's Your Uncle is 1943 comedy film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Billie Burke and Donald Woods.

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Society Doctor

Society Doctor is a 1935 American film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Robert Taylor, Chester Morris, and Virginia Bruce.

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Spencer Tracy

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility.

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Splendor (1935 film)

Splendor is a 1935 drama film starring Miriam Hopkins and Joel McCrea, produced by Samuel Goldwyn, and distributed by United Artists.

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Swing Out, Sister

Swing Out, Sister is a 1945 American musical comedy film directed by Edward C. Lilley and starring Arthur Treacher, Rod Cameron and Billie Burke.

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The "Mind the Paint" Girl

The "Mind the Paint" Girl is a four-act play by Arthur Pinero, first published in 1912.

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The Bachelor's Daughters

The Bachelor's Daughters is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Andrew L. Stone and written by Stone and Frederick J. Jackson.

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The Barkleys of Broadway

The Barkleys of Broadway is a 1949 Technicolor musical film from the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that reunited Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers after ten years apart.

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The Billie Burke Show

The Billie Burke Show was an old-time radio situation comedy in the United States.

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The Blue Moon (musical)

The Blue Moon is an Edwardian musical comedy with music composed by Howard Talbot and Paul Rubens, lyrics by Percy Greenbank and Rubens and a book by Harold Ellis and by Alexander M. Thompson.

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The Bride Wore Red

The Bride Wore Red is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Dorothy Arzner, and starring Joan Crawford, Franchot Tone, Robert Young and Billie Burke.

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The Captain Is a Lady

The Captain Is a Lady is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Henry Clark.

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The Chase and Sanborn Hour

The Chase and Sanborn Hour was the umbrella title for a series of US comedy and variety radio shows sponsored by Standard Brands' Chase and Sanborn Coffee, usually airing Sundays on NBC from 8pm to 9pm during the years 1929 to 1948.

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The Cheaters (1945 film)

The Cheaters (1945).

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The Colgate Sports Newsreel

The Colgate Sports Newsreel was a radio program focusing on sports.

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The Duchess of Dantzic

The Duchess of Dantzic is a comic opera in three acts, set in Paris, with music by Ivan Caryll and a book and lyrics by Henry Hamilton, based on the play Madame Sans-Gêne by Victorien Sardou and Émile Moreau.

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The Education of Elizabeth

The Education of Elizabeth is a 1921 American silent comedy romance film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour

The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour (also known as The Rudy Vallée Show, The Fleischmann Yeast Hour, and The Fleischmann Hour) was a pioneering musical variety radio program broadcast on NBC from 1929 to 1936, when it became The Royal Gelatin Hour, continuing until 1939.

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The Frisky Mrs. Johnson

The Frisky Mrs.

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The Ghost Comes Home

The Ghost Comes Home is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Richard Maibaum and Harry Ruskin.

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The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg.

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The Land of Promise

The Land of Promise is a 1917 American silent comedy drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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The Make-Believe Wife

The Make-Believe Wife is a lost 1918 American silent comedy film starring Billie Burke and directed by John S. Robertson.

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The Man Who Came to Dinner (film)

The Man Who Came to Dinner is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William Keighley,Variety; January 7, 1942, page 44.

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The Martin and Lewis Show

The Martin and Lewis Show was a radio comedy-variety program in the United States starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

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The Misleading Widow

The Misleading Widow (1919) is a silent film comedy directed by John S. Robertson and starring Billie Burke.

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The Mysterious Miss Terry

The Mysterious Miss Terry is a 1917 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures.

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The Pepsodent Show

The Pepsodent Show is an American radio comedy program broadcast during the Golden Age of Radio.

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The Rescuing Angel

The Rescuing Angel is a 1919 American comedy silent film directed by Walter Edwards and written by Edith Kennedy and Clare Kummer.

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The School Girl

The School Girl is an Edwardian musical comedy, in two acts, composed by Leslie Stuart (with additional songs by Paul Rubens) with a book by Henry Hamilton and Paul M. Potter, and lyrics by Charles H. Taylor and others.

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The Screen Guild Theater

The Screen Guild Theater is a radio anthology series broadcast from 1939 until 1952 during the Golden Age of Radio.

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The Wild Man of Borneo (film)

The Wild Man of Borneo is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Robert B. Sinclair and written by Waldo Salt and John McClain.

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The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)

The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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The Young in Heart

The Young in Heart is a 1938 American comedy film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and Paulette Goddard.

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The Young Philadelphians

The Young Philadelphians is a 1959 drama film starring Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Robert Vaughn and Alexis Smith, and directed by Vincent Sherman.

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The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air

The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air, was a program broadcast on CBS Radio during the 1930s, which attempted to bring the success of Florenz Ziegfeld's stage shows to the new medium of radio.

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They All Kissed the Bride

They All Kissed the Bride is a 1942 American screwball comedy film by Columbia Pictures starring Joan Crawford and Melvyn Douglas.

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This Is Show Business

This Is Show Business is an American panel discussion program about the entertainment industry, hosted by Clifton Fadiman, which aired on CBS Television from July 15, 1949 to March 9, 1954, and then again as a summer series on NBC Television from June 26 to September 11, 1956.

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Three Husbands

Three Husbands is a 1951 American comedy film directed by Irving Reis.

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Topper (film)

Topper (1937) is an American supernatural comedy film starring Constance Bennett and Cary Grant and featuring Roland Young, which tells the story of a stuffy, stuck-in-his-ways man, Cosmo Topper (Roland Young) who is haunted by the ghosts of a fun-loving married couple.

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Topper Returns

Topper Returns (1941) is the third and final entry in the initial series of supernatural comedy films inspired by the novels of Thorne Smith.

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Topper Takes a Trip

Topper Takes a Trip is a 1938 film sequel of Topper (1937) Constance Bennett, Roland Young, Billie Burke and Alan Mowbray reprised their roles from the earlier movie; only Cary Grant was missing (other than in a few shots taken from Topper).

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Variety Obituaries

Variety Obituaries is a 15-volume series with facsimile reprints of the full text of every obituary published by the entertainment trade magazine Variety from 1905 to 1994.

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Vernon and Irene Castle

Vernon and Irene Castle were a husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers and dance teachers who appeared on Broadway and in silent films early in the early 20th century.

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Victor Fleming

Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer.

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Vincente Minnelli

Vincente Minnelli (February 28, 1903 – July 25, 1986) was an American stage director and film director, famous for directing such classic movie musicals as Meet Me in St. Louis (1944), Gigi (1958), The Band Wagon (1953), and An American in Paris (1951).

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Wall Street Crash of 1929

The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as Black Tuesday (October 29), the Great Crash, or the Stock Market Crash of 1929, began on October 24, 1929 ("Black Thursday"), and was the most devastating stock market crash in the history of the United States, when taking into consideration the full extent and duration of its after effects.

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Wallace Beery

Wallace Fitzgerald Beery (April 1, 1885 – April 15, 1949) was an American film actor.

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Wanted: A Husband

Wanted: A Husband is a 1919 American silent comedy film starring Billie Burke.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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We're Rich Again

We're Rich Again is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy-drama film starring Edna May Oliver, Billie Burke and Marian Nixon.

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West End of London

The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is an area of Central and West London in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated.

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Westchester County, New York

Westchester County is a county in the U.S. state of New York.

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Western (genre)

The Western is a genre of various arts which tell stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in the American Old West, often centering on the life of a nomadic cowboy or gunfighter armed with a revolver and a rifle who rides a horse.

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What's Cookin'?

What's Cookin'? is a 1942 American musical film starring The Andrews Sisters, Jane Frazee, Robert Paige and Gloria Jean.

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Where Sinners Meet

Where Sinners Meet is a 1934 American pre-Code romantic comedy film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Diana Wynyard, Clive Brook and Billie Burke.

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William Powell

William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor.

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You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith

You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr Smith is a 1943 musical film starring Allan Jones, Evelyn Ankers and Billie Burke.

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Zenobia (film)

Zenobia (also known as Elephants Never Forget (UK) and It's Spring Again) is a 1939 comedy film starring Oliver Hardy, Harry Langdon, Billie Burke, Alice Brady, James Ellison, Jean Parker, June Lang, Stepin Fetchit and Hattie McDaniel.

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Ziegfeld Follies

The Ziegfeld Follies was a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934 and 1936.

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Ziegfeld Follies of 1936

The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 is a musical revue with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by Vernon Duke and sketches by Gershwin and David Freedman.

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Ziegfeld Theatre (1927)

The Ziegfeld Theatre was a Broadway theatre located at 1341 Sixth Avenue, corner of 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Burke

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