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Tag Archives: Ann-Margret
On This Day: November 22, 1963
From Ann-Margret: My Story, by Ann-Margret: Soon after I got home to Los Angeles, everything about the world was suddenly, horrifyingly different. On November 22, I drove into Beverly Hills to shop. I parked my car, but before I got … Continue reading
Seen Recently: The Train Robbers (1973), Dark City (1998), Easy A (2010), His Girl Friday (1940), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
The Train Robbers directed by Burt Kennedy Somehow I missed this totally entertaining film, despite my love for John Wayne, Ann-Margret (and Ben Johnson)! An absolutely gorgeous LOOKING film (it was cinematographer William H. Clothier’s final film), it stars John … Continue reading
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Tagged Ann-Margret, Cary Grant, His Girl Friday, Howard Hawks, John Wayne, Ralph Bellamy, reviews, Rosalind Russell, sci-fi, screwball comedy, westerns
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Viva Vietnam
Ann Margret entertaining US troops in Vietnam, 1966.