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Born December 17, 1894 • San Francisco • California
Died June 14, 1979 (aged 84) • Arcadia • California
Notable Works “Ali Baba Goes to Town” • “Bright Eyes” • “Calamity Jane” • “Caught in the Draft” • “High School Hero” • “Just Imagine” • “Pigskin Parade” • “Road to Morocco” • “Shine on, Harvest Moon” • “Sunny Side Up” • “The Little Colonel” • “The Littlest Rebel”

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Master of suspense
Alfred Hitchcock
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Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
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Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful
Vincente Minnelli
American director
A screen legend
Clint Eastwood
American actor and director
Boys Town
Norman Taurog
American director
Robert Altman
Robert Altman
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Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
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George Cukor
George Cukor
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George Marshall
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Mitchell Leisen
American director
Dirty Harry
Don Siegel
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filming of The Pink Panther
Blake Edwards
American film director, producer, and screenwriter
scene from Footlight Parade
Busby Berkeley
American director
Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
American director, producer, and actor
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci
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Dr. Seuss
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Robert Z. Leonard
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Black Sunday
John Frankenheimer
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Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler
American actor