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Blog Entries by John Farr from 11/2012

On Her Birthday, A Meditation on the Work and Life of Grace Kelly

| Posted 11.11.2012
Read More: The Children of Theatre Street, Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, Grace Kelly, The Bridges at Toko-Ri, To Catch a Thief, High Noon, The Country Girl, Grace Kelly Legacy, Grace Kelly Birthday, News

Her ascendancy from Grace Kelly to Her Serene Highness, Princess Grace Of Monaco was the stuff of storybooks (and a newspaper editor's dream) in 1956, yet without the "happily ever after" part.

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25 Great Movies for Our 'Historically Illiterate' Children

| Posted 11.30.2012
Read More: A Night to Remember, The Missiles of October, The Killing Fields, A Man for All Seasons, Young Mr. Lincoln, Glory, Schindler?S List, Born on the Fourth of July, The Battle of Algiers, Gallipoli, All the King?S Men, Apollo 13, Reds, The Official Story, City of Life and Death, Judgment at Nuremberg, Gandhi, The Last Emperor, The Longest Day, Downfall, Malcolm X, Milk, All the President?S Men, Inherit the Wind, Danton, News

If history itself is comprised of human stories, great movies can make those stories feel even more immediate, more human. With that in mind, here are twenty-five of my favorite historical films, and the subjects they cover.

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