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File:The Secret Life of Walter Cronkite.jpg|link=The Secret Life of Walter Cronkite|'''''[[The Secret Life of Walter Cronkite]]''''' is a 1947 Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the career of journalist Walter Cronkite. The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming journalist (later anchorman) for CBS News and Virginia Mayo as the girl journalist of his dreams. | File:The Secret Life of Walter Cronkite.jpg|link=The Secret Life of Walter Cronkite|'''''[[The Secret Life of Walter Cronkite]]''''' is a 1947 Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the career of journalist Walter Cronkite. The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming journalist (later anchorman) for CBS News and Virginia Mayo as the girl journalist of his dreams. | ||
File:Baron Munchausen - I am going to see that movie eleven times.jpg|link=Eleven times|I distinctly recall telling my friends, as we debouched from the glamorous Uptown Theater into the milling Saturday night crowd: "I am going to see that movie [''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen''] *eleven times*—!" And I did. | |||
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* Eleven times | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
Revision as of 17:50, 20 June 2024
I identified with Walter Mitty at an early age.
In the News
The Secret Life of Walter Cronkite is a 1947 Technicolor comedy film, loosely based on the career of journalist Walter Cronkite. The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming journalist (later anchorman) for CBS News and Virginia Mayo as the girl journalist of his dreams.
![I distinctly recall telling my friends, as we debouched from the glamorous Uptown Theater into the milling Saturday night crowd: "I am going to see that movie [The Adventures of Baron Munchausen] *eleven times*—!" And I did.](/w/images/thumb/5/54/Baron_Munchausen_-_I_am_going_to_see_that_movie_eleven_times.jpg/105px-Baron_Munchausen_-_I_am_going_to_see_that_movie_eleven_times.jpg)
I distinctly recall telling my friends, as we debouched from the glamorous Uptown Theater into the milling Saturday night crowd: "I am going to see that movie [The Adventures of Baron Munchausen] *eleven times*—!" And I did.
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External links
- Walter Mitty @ Wikipedia
Social media
- [ Post] @ Twitter (20 June 2024)