'La Grande Illusion': First Foreign Feature to Break Out In Hollywood

At a time when subtitled films were a non-factor in the U.S., and with no major studio backing, Jean Renoir's antiwar classic ...

He Wanted to Be John Travolta. Instead, He Became ‘Kaves.’

As a child, Michael McLeer wanted to be like John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and leave the neighborhood. A tragedy ...

Simon Abkarian, star of 'De Gaulle': 'At school in Lebanon, my nickname was de Gaulle'

The actor and theater director plays Charles de Gaulle in the recently released two-part film. In this article, he explains ...
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The Rise of American Consumerism

Americans spent their money on cars, televisions and other modern appliance, Library of Congress At the end of World War II, American soldiers returned home to a country quite different from the one ...
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Women and Work After World War II

Tupperware targeted women who were interested in working, Tupperware, Inc. During the Second World War, women proved that they could do "men's" work, and do it well. With men away to serve in the ...