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Cecil DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth won five Oscars in 1953. It was a glorification of the circuses Ringling and Barnum e Bailey (that had united) in the moment of the circus's highest splendor, in all its symbolism of resilience and optimism…

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The Fire of Birds

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The year that changes everything is 1948. The director Orson Welles, who was shooting a film in Rome with the participation of Alberto, introduces him to John Ringling North. He is looking for European talents to hire for his Ringling Bros. and…

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St. John's Violin
"When Nature Underneath A Heap of Jarring Atoms Lay,
And Could Not Heave Her Head,
The Tuneful Voice Was Heard From High,
Arise Ye More Than Dead’!”
(transcription of the text in the painting)

LT 1944-09-09.pdf
It's a quiet Sundat afternoon and they (she and baby) are well. She was on furlough in July. She was grateful and surprised when an older couple gave her a ride to 11:30 am mass. She had a nice visit with Rosina and Dom. Rosina's step-sister Mary got…

LT 1944-09-07.pdf
Leona tells Danny that she drank hot chocolate that morning, and that the baby is kicking vigorously. She couldn't write the night before because she has been busy at work. She tells him that the maintenance workers are on strike and the plant is…

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LT 09-06-1944.pdf
Almost cried when received letter, lonesome for you and in love. Choice between overseas or 6 months training, he chose the training because he wants to see the baby. Baby name. "For you I am just as hot as a fire cracker". Happy she is leaving job…

LT 1944-09-29.pdf
Happy to hear you will be a cook as long as you stay in the army, after that awful training. Mixed news: bed, clothes, ring, alarm clock. I am sure I can't get anything from social security so I did not even bother signing up for it. Page 6 missing.

Danny was so excited to have spoken to Leona on the phone. He says that he had a million things to say but the only ones that came to mind were military secrets and he didn't dare say those! He already refers to her as his wife and tells her that he…

I have been busy all day and how is my honey coming along. I'm feeling fine and so is the baby. Today I did a mojor baby wash. Many diapers. We also washed my mother's curtains so that when the baby comes they're clean. Dominick came by on the way to…

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