Day: August 2, 2016
CHINATOWN
“Forget it, Jake … it’s Chinatown.” “Water is the life blood of every community.” With this statement, the Owens Valley History Site still does, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power‘s website once used to begin its biography of William Mulholland, the real life model of two of this movie’s characters, water department […]
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Warrior Kings of England – The Story of the Plantagenet Dynasty [REBLOG]
Reblogged from: Carpe Librum This course at Medieval Courses is 1/2 price until August 14th. I have signed up to take it and thought some of you might be interested as well. With payment ($49), you receive lifetime access to 24 modules with audio, quizzes, & additional reading recommendations. The author of the course is […]
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WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
“It’s not the jury’s judgment that worries me. It’s mine.” “No more murder cases,” is the doctor’s strict prohibition upon reluctantly releasing renowned barrister and recent heart attack survivor Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton) from hospital. (Although even the word “release” seems to be a matter of some dispute here, because according to Sir Wilfrid’s […]
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