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In Memoriam Immortality is a by-product of good work. -Mel Brooks December, 2019
With 2019 quickly coming to an end, it is time to look back and remember these talented men and women. They are gone but their work endures.
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Upcoming Events 2019 Annual Music Box Christmas Sing-A-Long & Double Feature December 12 - 24 The Music Box Theatre 3733 North Southport, Chicago
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Director John Singleton's directorial debut tells the story of three friends and their struggle to survive in South Central Los Angeles. The film was a commercial and critical success, giving Singleton Academy Award® nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. It also launched the film careers of Cuba Gooding, Jr., Ice Cube, and Angela Bassett. Rated R.
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Anna Quayle (1932 - 2019) Anna Quayle had a long career in both television and film, including the Beatles 1964 film debut. She has a memorable scene where she stops a young man (John Lennon) and remarks that he looks remarkably like John Lennon. Rated G.
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Robert Forster's film career spanned over 40 years and included films such as Medium Cool and Mulholland Drive. In Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown, a stewardess, a gun runner, a bail bondsman (Forster), a shifty ex-con, a stoned-out surfer girl, and an earnest federal agent converge in a quest for a missing half million dollars. Also starring Pam Grier and Samuel L. Jackson. Rated R.
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Rutger Hauer was a successful actor in his native Holland before arriving in Hollywood where he achieved stardom in Blade Runner. In 1985, he starred in Ladyhawke, the story of a knight and a maiden who were once lovers but have been placed under a curse. The film also stars Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Broderick. Rated PG-13.
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Verna Bloom's film credits include High Plains Drifter and The Last Temptation of Christ. However, she is probably best known as Marion, wife of Faber College's Dean Vernon Wormer, in the classic comedy National Lampoon's Animal House. Rated R.
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Stanley Donen's death marked the passing of one of the last major directors of Hollywood's Golden Age. Donen worked on musicals such as Singin' in the Rain and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. On the Town stars Frank Sinatra, Gene Kelly, and Jules Munshin as sailors enjoying a 24 hour shore leave in New York City. Unrated.
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Already a successful singer, Doris Day received the only Academy Award® nomination of her film career for Pillow Talk. Paired for the first time with Rock Hudson, Day stars as an interior decorator who shares a telephone party line with a composer (Hudson). Unrated.
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Peter Fonda is best known for the counterculture film Easy Rider. After the success of that film, his career had numerous ups and downs. In 1997 he won critical acclaim, a Golden Globe®, and an Oscar® nomination for his role as a widowed beekeeper in Ulee's Gold. Rated R.
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Documentary filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker produced some of cinema's most important and enduring works. Primary, which he edited, chronicled the 1960 Wisconsin showdown between John F. Kennedy and Hubert Humphrey and his opening scene in Don't Look Back featured Bob Dylan in a sequence that has since been copied in several music videos. In The War Room, he follows Bill Clinton and his strategists during Clinton's 1992 run for President. Rated PG.
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Robert Evans began his career as an actor in the 1950's and ten years later became a producer and production head for Paramount Pictures. His career included producing numerous hits such as Urban Cowboy starring John Travolta and Debra Winger. The film is also notable for its soundtrack which produced several Top Ten hits. Rated PG.
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