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Welcome to your Classic Movies Newsletter for the week of March 22, 2011.

NOTE: We apologize if you were one of those who received two copies of this newsletter. We were just in the process of sending it when the news of Elizabeth Taylor's death came, and we quickly made the correction. We were able to catch most of them.

This week: Elizabeth Taylor Dead at 79, plus updated tributes to Joan Crawford and Gloria Swanson.

This week we celebrate birthdays for living legends Alan Arkin (March 26, 1934), James Caan (March 26, 1939) and Leonard Nimoy (March 26, 1931), all with the same birthday! For more information about birthdays for classic movie people living and dead, check out our birthday calendar:
Classic Birthdays Our condolences to the family of Elizabeth Taylor, who died just as this newsletter was being prepared.

New/Updated Features

Elizabeth Taylor Dead at 79
She was a movie star in every sense of the word. She left us just after her 79th birthday celebrated last month. There was only one "Liz," and we will miss her!
A Tribute to Elizabeth Taylor

A Tribute to Gloria Swanson
She was once the highest-paid and most popular actress in America, but today she is remembered primarily for playing a character much like herself, in one of the most popular movies of all time. A Tribute to Gloria Swanson

A Tribute to Joan Crawford
Though modern audiences may know her mostly from her later, more unsympathetic roles, Joan Crawford was at one time the leading actress in Hollywood, and was voted #10 on the AFI list of all-time favorite actresses. A Tribute to Joan Crawford

A Tribute to Jerry Lewis
Looking back on the career of a comic genius, who made people laugh all over the world, made them cry every Labor Day, won every award except an Oscar, and stirred up plenty of controversy while doing all of it.
A Tribute to Jerry Lewis.

A Tribute to John Garfield
If there was ever an actor who has not received his fair share of attention from latter-day movie audiences, it's John Garfield, who died too young and never got the recognition he deserved.
A Tribute to John Garfield

A Tribute to Jean Harlow
The original Blonde Bombshell died tragically at the age of 26, after only a decade of movie appearances, leaving her fans wanting more. Here's as much as there is.
A Tribute to Jean Harlow

A Tribute to Joanne Woodward
Wishing a happy 81st birthday to Joanne Woodward, actress and humanitarian, and wife of the late Paul Newman, featuring a very personal guest article.
A Tribute to Joanne Woodward

A Tribute to Robert Young
The man who was TV's Jim Anderson and Dr. Welby also appeared in over 100 movies before he began his TV career.
A Tribute to Robert Young

A Tribute to Sidney Poitier
Saluting the man who broke the color barrier into little pieces and inspired two generations of African-American actors and directors, as he turns 84.
A Tribute to Sidney Poitier

New on DVD

We're going to be adding more new titles to the list this week. Visit the link below for more information:
New On DVD

Parting Words

Coming up next week: Updated tributes to Debbie Reynolds, Alec Guinness, Marlon Brando, and Doris Day.

Brad Lang
Classic Movies
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