
08 Nov 2023

Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion
The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.
1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
Herman Mankiewicz
Marion Davies
Rita Alexander
Louis B. Mayer
Joseph Mankiewicz
John Houseman
Irving Thalberg
Sara Mankiewicz
Orson Welles
Charles Lederer
Shelly Metcalf
David O. Selznick
Fräulein Frieda
William Randolph Hearst
Sid Perelman
George S. Kaufman
Charles MacArthur
Ben Hecht
Eddie Cantor
Tommy
08 Nov 2023
The life of Henri Grouès, known as Abbé Pierre, from his time in the Resistance in WWII to his fights against poverty and for the homeless.
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