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Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924)is an American film and stage actress and model, known forher husky voice and sultry looks. She is perhaps best knownfor being a film noir leading lady in such films as The BigSleep (1946) and Dark Passage (1947), as well as acomedienne, as seen in 1953's How to Marry a Millionaireand 1957's Designing Woman. Bacall also enjoyed Tony- winning success in the Broadway musicals Applause in 1970and Woman of the Year in 1981. Her performance in the movieThe Mirror Has Two Faces (1996) earned her a Golden GlobeAward and an Academy Award nomination. In 1999, Bacall wasranked as one of the 25 actresses on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list by the American Film Institute. In 2009, shewas selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts andSciences to receive an Academy Honorary Award at theinaugural Governors Awards. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, brought to you by Gale®, a part of Cengage Learning, a world leader in e-research and educational publishing for libraries, schools and businesses.The length of the article is 229 words.The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.You can view it with any web browser.Signed essays ranging from 500 to 2,500 words, written by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries include subject-specific bibliographies and textual cross-references to related essays. ... Read more

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The Tribeca Film Festival brings together film lovers from around New York City and around the world to watch and discuss the newest U.S. and international independent and studio films. In addition to the film program is the Tribeca Talks panel series that includes one-on-one discussions with influential filmmakers. This publication is a collection of transcripts from the Tribeca Talks panels of 2002 and 2003. Featured are documents from nine panels, including: New York, New York: A Movie Maker's Muse with Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks, and Richard Prince, moderated by Nick Davis; In Love, in the Movies with Lauren Bacall, James Harvey, Paul Rudnick, and Jennifer Westfeldt, moderated by Nora Ephron; What's So Funny? Laughter in the Movies with Jay Roach, Paul Rudnick, Trey Parker, and Matt Stone, moderated by Lisa Birnbach; and Actors on Acting with Roger Bart, Edie Falco, Helen Hunt, Holly Hunter, and Paul Rudd, moderated by Peter Bart.

The introduction by James Sanders explores the history and urban character of Tribeca, including the arrival of the film community in the 1990s, the impact of September 11th, and the subsequent birth of the Tribeca Film Festival under the auspices of the Tribeca Film Institute (founded in 2002 by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Martin Scorsese, and Craig Hatkoff). Also included are special selections of favorite New York films by Martin Scorsese and Peter Scarlet, plus quotes from New York filmmakers like Ron Howard, Sydney Lumet, Harold Ramis, and Nora Ephron, as well as a brief glossary and an index of the films shown in the festival's first two years.Featuring conversations about the movies with Martin Scorsese, Jay Cocks, Richard Prince, Nick Davis, Lauren Bacall, James Harvey, Paul Rudnick, Jennifer Westfeldt, Nora Ephron, Jay Roach, Trey Parker, Matt Stone, Lisa Birnbach, Roger Bart, Edie Falco, Helen Hunt, Holly Hunter, Paul Rudd, and Peter Bart.

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Introduction by James Sanders.

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Title: Bacall focused on future, not storied past.(Movies - Articles)
Author: Gale Reference Team
Publication: Winnipeg Free Press (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 16, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Page: d9

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