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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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“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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“It is possible to follow your dreams with integrity, courtesy, equity, and humanity.”
—Donna Reed (born Donna Belle Mullenger; 1921 – 1986)

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“I don’t feel like I’m really in the public eye because I feel like I’m one of the public.”
—Cloris Leachman, RIP (1926 – 2021) Her most memorable role was as the neglected housewife in The Last Picture Show, 1971, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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“There was always something sacred to me about that camera.”
—Mary Pickford

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“I was, I am afraid, wildly infatuated with love. At the age of sixteen – when I looked about twenty four – I was playing Robert Taylor’s wife. I’d finish a passionate love scene with him and then the tutor would drag me away to study mathematics. I mean it really kind of made your eyes go crossed.”
—Elizabeth Taylor

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