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Mims highlights moments in the life of North Carolina's most famous movie actress, Ava Gardner.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 10, Mar 2014,
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2881
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Born on Christmas Eve, 1922, near Smithfield in Johnston County, Ava Gardner achieved movie stardom in films like ON THE BEACH. The Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield contains numerous momentoes of her career.
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The daughter of a tobacco farmer, Ava Gardner was born on Christmas Eve, 1922, near Smithfield. She achieved movie stardom in such films as THE SUN ALSO RISES. The Ava Gardner Museum in Smithfield contains 100,000 mementos of her career.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 13 Issue 9, Mar 1995,
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2711
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Although Charlotte's Randolph Scott played a variety of roles during his thirty-year movie career, he is best remembered for his portrayal of the man of the West in thirty-eight feature films.
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Born near Smithfield on Christmas Eve, 1922, Ava Gardner starred in numerous films and received an Academy Award nomination for MOGAMBO. Smithfield's Ava Gardner Museum contains mementos of her career.
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20788
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McAffe describes some North Carolinians who are among Hollywood's most prominent actors and actresses, including Ava Gardner, Cecil B. DeMille, Randolph Scott, and Sidney Blackmer.
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18460
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John Shepperd Strudwick, a native of Hillsboro, is one of the most talented young actors in Hollywood. He acted on Broadway and in summer stock under the name Shepperd, but in Hollywood he goes by his first name. The film that has catapulted him to screen prominence is Belle Starr, with Gene Tierney as his leading lady.
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North Carolina has a number of its citizens, including Randolph Scott and Virginia Dale, achieving success in the movie industry. Thomas writes of another actress, Ava Gardner of Smithfield, who hopes to follow in their footsteps.
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17816
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McAfee updates readers on the movie career of Randolph Scott of Charlotte.
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McAffee traces the career of Charlotte's Randolph Scott in the motion picture industry.
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17586
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Virginia Dale, born Virginia Paxton in Charlotte, was, with her sister Frances, known as the Dancing Paxtons in the early days of her career in entertainment. Hollywood beckoned, and the sisters went their separate ways. Virginia is now a rising star and recently landed her best part to date, the female lead in the Jack Benny comedy \"Buck Benny Rides Again.\"
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17587
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Sidney Blackmer was born in Salisbury and came to Hollywood a few years ago having built a long and successful stage career. He has had a successful movie career and is known for his many portrayals of the of the 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt.
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This article relates information on how Randolph Scott, of Charlotte, got his start in Hollywood. Scott's photograph is on the cover of this issue of The State.
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