Author E.L. Doctorow's acclaimed short story Jolene: A Life gets the big screen treatment in Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont's...
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Short Story Author
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2008
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It was the fire that sparked reform; after 146 people -- mostly women and girls -- died in the ferocious 1911 blaze that...
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1999
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Harry Houdini was performing in a circus with his wife when he began dreaming about an even bigger career. This film recalls...
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1999
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The "Big Apple" has a colorful, influential, and, at times, tragic history that spans nearly four hundred years. This is the...
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1999
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With the Civil War settled, New York could focus solely on the business of business and getting rich. Central Park finally...
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1999
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New York of the 19th century was already a haven of celebrities; showman P.T. Barnum's museum drew crowds on Broadway, and up...
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1999
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Calling Prohibition a "noble experiment," New York congressman Fiorello La Guardia then declared the law unenforceable....
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1999
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In this film version of E. L. Doctorow's Billy Bathgate, Loren Dean plays the title character, a street-smart kid who...
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Book Author
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1991
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Book Author, Executive Producer, Screenwriter
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1983
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Milos Foreman's cinematic adaptation of E.L. Doctrow's sprawling pop-culture epic Ragtime follows a variety of characters...
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Book Author, Screenwriter
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1981
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Long before he scored with the epic Ragtime, novelist E.L. Doctorow wrote a minor novel upon which this stark 1967 film is...
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Book Author
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1967
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