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Happy 116th Birthday, Frank Capra
(May 18, 1897 - September 3, 1991)
“Maybe there really wasn’t an America, maybe it was only Frank Capra.”
- John Cassavetes“When I see a crowd, I see a collection of free individuals: each a unique person; each a king or a queen; each a story that would fill a book; each an island of human dignity.”
“Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream, it takes over as the number one hormone; it bosses the enzymes; directs the pineal gland; plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to film is more film. “
Happy 106th Birthday, Katharine Hepburn
(May 12, 1907 - June 29, 2003)
“Time with her was more than time well spent. A little bit with her was worth days and weeks and months with somebody else.”
- Lauren Bacall“She’s the most completely honest woman I’ve ever met.”
- Cary Grant“She used to say to me, ‘Be fascinating, Christopher,’ and I’d say, ‘Well, that’s easy for you. The rest of us have to work at it.’”
- Christopher Reeve
Happy 114th Birthday, Fred Astaire
(May 10, 1899 - June 22, 1987)
“Fred knew the value of a song and his heart was in it before his feet took over.”
- Irving Berlin
“This is a tale about an unprejudiced heart, and how it changed our valley forever.”
Babe [1995]
