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Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.

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“I’d like people to remember me as someone who was good at his job and seemed to mean what he said.”
—James Stewart revisits one of the air force bases where he was stationed during his service with the United States Army Air Corps during WWII.

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“If there hadn’t been women we’d still be squatting in a cave eating raw meat, because we made civilization in order to impress our girlfriends.”
—Orson Welles

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“When I die, my epitaph should be: I died a thousand deaths. That was the story of my film career. Most of the time I played in mystery and intrigue stories. They didn’t know what to do with me at the end, so they killed me off.”
—Anna May Wong

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“Some perfect wife I am. I’ve been married four times, divorced four times, have no children, and can’t boil an egg.”
—Myrna Loy.

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“Standing there in white shirt, beige slacks—with a peach complexion, light-brown hair, and the most incredible face ever seen by man—was Greta Garbo. I almost gasped out loud as Cole introduced me to her. No make-up—unmatched beauty. It was the only time I saw her at anything but a distance.” –
—Lauren Bacall, speaking of her encounter with Garbo at Cole Porter’s home.

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