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	<title>Alternative Film Guide &#187; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington</title>
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		<title>Claude Rains on TCM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Claude Rains, one of the greatest actors of the studio era &#8212; in fact, one of the greatest film actors of the 20th century &#8212; is Turner Classic Movies&#8216; Star of the Month of September.
What would I recommend? 
Well, whether on TCM or on DVD or on VHS or in some hidden vault somewhere, I&#8217;d say check him out in The Invisible Man and (ouch!) The Lost World; his supporting roles opposite Priscilla Lane and Bette Davis; his Oscar-nominated roles in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Casablanca, Mr. Skeffington, and Notorious;  his brief appearances in Lawrence of Arabia and The Greatest Story Ever Told; his cinematic swan song, Twilight of Honor. In sum, if Claude Rains is in it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON Screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
A newly restored print of Frank Capra&#8217;s 1939 Best Picture nominee Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, starring Jean Arthur, James Stewart, and Claude Rains, will  be screened tonight, July 20, as part of  the Academy of Motion Picture Arts  and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture  Nominees of 1939.” The screening will take place at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s  Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.  
The evening will begin at 7 p.m., with the tenth chapter of the 1939  serial Buck Rogers, starring Buster Crabbe and Constance Moore, and  the Columbia animated short Scrappy’s Added Attraction.
By the time  Mr. Smith Goes to Washington came out in 1939, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hollywood’s Greatest Year in New York City</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (top); Bette Davis, Geraldine Fitzgerald in Dark Victory (middle); Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon in Wuthering Heights (bottom)

Gone with the Wind, the 1939 Best Picture winner, will kick off  the New York presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and  Sciences’ latest screening series, &#34;Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939,&#34; on Saturday, June 20, at 12:30 p.m. at the  Academy’s Theater in New York City. Turner Classic Movies host and film historian Robert Osborne will host the event.
&#34;Hollywood’s Greatest Year&#34;  will continue through mid-October, showcasing  all 10 Best  Picture nominees from 1939. Screenings will take place on Monday at 7:30 p.m.,  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WUTHERING HEIGHTS Screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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The 1939 Best Picture nominee Wuthering Heights, directed by William Wyler, and starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, will be  the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’  series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939.” The Wuthering Heights screening will take place on Monday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
Starting at 7 p.m., the feature will be preceded by the fourth chapter of the 1939  serial Buck Rogers, starring Buster Crabbe and Constance Moore, and  the animated short The Pointer, starring Mickey Mouse and Pluto.
According to Samuel Goldwyn biographer A. Scott Berg, Wuthering Heights was the producer&#8217;s favorite among his films. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GONE WITH THE WIND Screening</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 01:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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&#34;Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees  of 1939&#34; is the title of the  Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences&#8216; summer series, which kicks off next Monday, May 18, with a big-screen presentation of Gone  with the Wind.
 &#34;Hollywood’s Greatest Year&#34; will showcase all of the best picture nominees from 1939, which many consider the best film year in Hollywood history. The 10-film 70th anniversary celebration runs through August 3. (Up to 1943, most years had 10 to  12 films  nominated for the best picture Oscar.) All screenings will be held on Monday evenings at  7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 1939 best picture Oscar nominees were:

May 18 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jean Arthur on TCM</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jan 2007 10:04:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jean Arthur was Columbia's top star of the 1930s and early 1940s. Jean Arthur starred in numerous classics, including Mr. Deeds Goes to Town and You Can't Take It with You. Jean Arthur died in 1991.]]></description>
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