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Veronica Lake as "The Girl" and Joel
McCrea as John L. Sullivan in Preston
Sturges's satire Sullivan's Travels |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
John Locke (1632; died October 28, 1704) English philosopher
Of Civil Government;
Some Thoughts Concerning Education
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809; died October 7, 1894) American poet and author who wrote
The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table
Preston Sturges (1898; died August 6, 1959) American known for making sophisticated "screwball comedies," including
The Great McGinty,
The Lady Eve,
Sullivan's Travels,
The Palm Beach Story, and
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
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