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384:Directing
331:' comedy
267:John Ford
214:Cleveland
60:Minnesota
1138:, p. 94.
1010:Subject
876:Bus Stop
662:Director
591:(1969).
583:(1963),
579:(1961),
575:(1959),
571:(1959),
352:Cold War
327:(1945),
317:(1944),
170:(1963),
164:(1961),
158:(1959),
152:(1959),
1361:Flipper
1297:Villa!!
1013:Result
948:Villa!!
940:Pursuit
852:Flipper
722:Bonanza
597:Flipper
581:Flipper
539:on the
479:Lassie,
411:Villa!!
239:Editing
167:Flipper
1404:(1972)
1396:(1969)
1380:(1966)
1372:(1964)
1364:(1963)
1356:(1963)
1348:(1961)
1340:(1961)
1332:(1960)
1324:(1960)
1316:(1959)
1308:(1959)
1300:(1958)
1292:(1958)
1284:(1957)
1004:Award
983:(1957)
967:(1958)
951:(1958)
935:(1959)
927:(1959)
903:(1960)
895:(1961)
887:(1961)
863:(1963)
855:(1963)
781:(1966)
762:Batman
733:(1969)
698:Lassie
657:(1938)
649:(1939)
629:(1945)
621:(1956)
611:Editor
510:Static
475:Batman
354:drama
339:biopic
197:Lassie
191:Batman
132:, and
112:Spouse
88:, U.S.
1337:Misty
884:Misty
577:Misty
253:film
161:Misty
1223:IMDb
1077:Won
1055:Won
520:", "
516:", "
512:", "
508:", "
408:and
218:Ohio
71:Died
64:U.S.
42:Born
1221:at
552:by
465:CBS
443:ABC
350:'s
269:'s
224:in
1420::
1128:^
1105:^
1091:^
418:.
380:.
346:,
228:.
216:,
128:,
104:,
100:,
84:,
62:,
58:,
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