The British actor Sir Alec Guinness (1914-2000) was noted for his versatility and disguise. In his career, which spanned more than half a century, he performed in a wide range of roles on stage, in fi...
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Alec Guinness: The Authorized Biography, by Piers Paul Read. Simon & Schuster, 632 pages, $35.
Most actors ramp up an exhibitionistic façade as a means of compensating for displeasure ...
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Alec Guinness: The Authorized Biography, by Piers Paul Read. Simon & Schuster, 632 pages, $35.Most actors ramp up an exhibitionistic façade as a means of compensating for displeasure with ...
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Question 1 of 10:After confessing to his parents that he wanted more than anything to be an actor,
John
gave up a career in what?
Law
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The brown hooded cloak worn by Obi-Wan Kenobi in the "Star Wars" films _ and then forgotten for years in a warehouse _ sold for $104,000 to an anonymous telephone bidder Tuesday at an auction of mo...
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Today is Sunday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 2007. There are 148 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:Fifty years ago, on Aug. 5, 1957, the teenage dance show "American Bandstand," hoste...
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Tom Patterson enjoyed the theater, but his real goal in creating the Stratford Festival was to revive the fortunes of the faded Canadian town where he was raised.He turned that idea into the larges...
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The star system for rating movie quality is predicated on the idea that every film possesses at least some merit. Showgirls has Gina Gershon channeling Tura Satana; Shakes the Clown, the ineffable ...
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Alec Guinness
An Artist of Repression, Pictured Here Without the Art
