The Magnificent Ambersons
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Why Did They Hate 'The Magnificent Ambersons'? August 08, 2022
Eighty years ago, in March 1942, Orson Welles was two months away from turning 27. To that point in his already remarkable life, he had known little but applause. Born in 1915 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Welles was judged a genius from an early age. “I wa...
The Magnificent Tarkington November 25, 2019
After 319 volumes over 40 years the Library of America (LOA) has finally collected three books by Newton Booth Tarkington. That the only author to win two Pulitzer Prizes for his novels had to wait until the timeless works of James Weldon Johnson, Ch...
