#richard kelton

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The Pagemaster (Thehypercutter’s style) Cast

“A storm forces frightened Custard Cookie III (Jaimie Kelton) inside a nearby library for shelter. Eclair Cookie (Zeno Robinson), the librarian, sees that Custard Cookie III needs an adventure and tries to give the boy a book, but all Custard Cookie III wants is a phone. Before he can call his parents (Yuri Lowenthal, Elizabeth Maxwell), Custard Cookie III slips on the floor, hits his head and passes out. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a fantasy land populated by famous cartoon characters.”

Custard Cookie III (Cookie Run) as Richard Tyler (Live Action)

Megaman (Megaman) as Richard Tyler (Animated)

Pure Vanilla Cookie and HollyBerry Cookie (Cookie Run) as Richard Tyler’s Parents

Fireman (Megaman) as Adventure

Elecman (Megaman) as Fantasy

Waveman (Megaman Fully Charged) as Horror

Balan (Balan Wonderworld) as The Pagemaster

Eclair Cookie (Cookie Run) as Mr. Dewey

Dmitri (Henry Stickmin) and Beastman (Megaman Battle Network) as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

RHM (Henry Stickmin) as Captain Ahab

Tidal Whale (Megaman X) as Moby Dick

Pirateman (Megaman) as Long John Silver

The Order of No Quarter (Shovel Knight) as The Pirates

The Hydrac (Balan Wonderworld) as The Dragon

Stardroids (Megaman) as The Small Citizens

Slashman (Megaman) as The Hound of Baskervilles

Falzar Beast Out (Megaman Battle Network) as The Giant Squid

Cookie Kids (Cookie Run) As the Neighborhood Kids

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Books I Read in 2023

Ranging from the terrible (Altered Carbon) to the great (Elena Ferrante is one of the GOAT) to the Hunger Games.

The List:

-Cities of the Plain by Cormac McCarthy

-The Road by Cormac McCarthy

-The Hunger Games 1-3 by Suzanne Collins

-Soft Inheritance by Fawn Parker

-Strong Towns by Charles Marohn Jr.

-Speech Acts by Laura McCullough

-Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré

-The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

-Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber

-The Trouble With Being Born by Emil Cioran

-The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante

-Salmon by Sebastian Castillo

-The Moan Wilds by Caroline Rayner

-The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power by Robert Caro

-The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Means of Ascent by Robert Caro

-The Philosophy of Modern Song by Bob Dylan

-I'd Rather Be Lightning by Nancy Lynée Woo

-The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism by Katherine Stewart

-Politics by Aristotle

-The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton

-No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood

-Jesus and John Wayne by Kristin Kobes Du Mez

-Dying of Whiteness by Jonathan M. Metzl

-June 30th, June 30th by Richard Brautigan

-Real Life by Brandon Taylor

-Loading Mercury with a Pitchfork by Richard Brautigan

-Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados

-Normal People by Sally Rooney

-Jack by Marilynne Robinson

-Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett

-All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

-Passing by Nella Larsen

-Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen

-The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates

-The Custom of the Country by Edith Wharton

-Energy and Civilization: A History by Vaclav Smil

-(re-read) The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of The Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein

-Stalinist Confessions by Igal Halfin

-A History of Russian Thought by William Leatherbarrow

-Dream Work by Mary Oliver

-House of Light by Mary Oliver

-Altered Carbon by Richard Morgan

-Call for the Dead by John le Carré

[nerds-yearbook]

A pandemic has ravaged the world. By 2012, New York City is practically a ghost town and those who remain are divided into gangs fighting for survival and power. A scientist in one of the gangs has developed seeds that are resistant to the plague. The gang fights its way out of the city in hopes of starting a new life with the seeds. ("The Ultimate Warrior", flm)

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Quark (1977)

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Lightning Strikes Twice (1934) Ben Holmes

April 2nd 2021

[letaliabane]

This episode absolutely destroyed me. Thanks Sam Heughan and Duncan Lucroix for making me ugly cry. I’m just gonna go finish my third vodka cruiser! 

[livable4all]

How Can We Afford a Universal Basic Income (UBI)? - Books With Answers

One of the most common questions to come up whenever people talk about a universal basic income is: how can we afford it?

There is an easy answer to that: we can’t afford NOT to implement an emergency UBI as the costs of poverty and the costs to the environment are catastrophically too high to continue the current economic system. That’s because this system relies on an impossible model of endless economic growth and trying to create enough jobs for everyone -- even if many of those jobs are meaningless, demoralizing, harmful, wasteful make-work jobs. 

However, many people involved in making or explaining policy will want to read some detailed policy-oriented books to make their case for a UBI. Here are a few top choices.

1) FINANCING BASIC INCOME - RICHARD PEREIRA

2) THE DEFICIT MYTH - STEPHANIE KELTON 

3)  BETWEEN DEBT AND THE DEVIL - ADAIR TURNER (a differing, and some say more important, analysis of debt than Kelton’s Deficit Myth). Also on the topic of monetary theory, check out Geoff Crocker’s book on UBI & money. 

4) LET THERE BE MONEY - SCOTT SANTENS

5) SOCIOECONOMIC DEMOCRACY - ROBLEY GEORGE

6) BULLSHIT JOBS and DEBT: THE FIRST 5,000 YEARS both by DAVID GRAEBER

[duggardata]

Everybody’s Birthdays  (By Month)

Here’s the full list of DOBs for all Predictor People...   Accurate as of March 2, 2021.

January—

1   William Gilvin (“Gil”) Bates  (1965)

1   Anthym Bliss Collins  (2021)

4   Olivia Mercy Rodrigues  (2012)

2   Caleb _____ Shrader  (2018)

6   Praise T.L. Helferich  (1995)

7   Grace Annette (“Gracie”) Duggar–Burnett  (2020)

11   Karissa Beth (Goering) Collins  (1984)

12   Jana Marie Duggar  (1990)

12   John David Duggar  (1990)

13   John Steven Maxwell  (1991)

13   Lincoln “Taylor” Bontrager  (2002)

17   Enoch _____ Shrader  (2003)

18   Simon Peter Maxwell–Hamilton  (2020)

19   Sarah Rae Maxwell  (1982)

20   Joseph Garrett Duggar  (1995)

20   Nehemiah _____ Shrader  (2007)

21   Asher Benjamin Dominguez  (2013)

23   Michaela Christian (Bates) Keilen  (1990)

25   Caleb Alexander Maxwell–Frost  (2020)

26   Lexi Mae Webster  (2017)

26   Axton John Maxwell–Bontrager  (2019)

27   Jesiah Mathew Caldwell  (2015)

29   Chelsy Renee (Bontrager) Maxwell  (1991)

31   Layla Rae Stewart  (2020)

February—

1   Trace Whitfield Bates  (1997)

1   Marjorie Ellen Jackson  (1998) (Josiah Duggar’s Ex)

1   Jeb Colton Bates  (2012)

4   Sara Nicole Smith  (1983) (Chris Maxwell’s Ex)

5   Robert Alan (“Bobby”) Ballinger, Jr.  (1994)

6   Henry Wilberforce Seewald  (2017)

6   Ansyr Blue Collins  (2018)

9   Maci Jo Webster  (2021)

10   Tiffany Lian Espensen (1999)

16   Robert Ellis (“Bobby”) Smith III  (1995)

17   Bryn _____ (Leppert) Bontrager  (1994)

17   Jackzon Ezekiel Bates  (2002)

17   Addallee Hope Bates  (2006)

18   Ruthanne Elizabeth Maxwell–Hamilton  (2014)

19   Brooklyn Praise Duggar–Caldwell  (2021)

21   Benjamin Steven Maxwell–Maher  (2017)

23   Gideon Martyn Forsyth  (2018)

23   Elizabeth Grace Maxwell–Hamilton  (2018)

27   Claire Yvonne (Spivey) Duggar  (2001)

27   Judah Miles Young  (2020)

28   Elijah _____ Shrader  (2010)

March—

1   Kyle Jeremiah Maxwell–Frost  (2018)

3   Joshua James Duggar  (1988)

5   Nathan Paul Caldwell  (2007)

6   Sophia Joy Shrader  (2013)

8   Travis J. Clark  (2001)

8   Joseph Tumelo Shrader  (2020)

9   Derick Michael Dillard  (1989)

10   Christopher Owen Rogers  (1988)

12   Micah Joe Bontrager–Leppert  (2019)

13   Alatheia Grace Shrader  (2004)

13   Clint _____ Rogers  (2010)

15   Timothy David Rodrigues  (2000)

16   Paul William Waller  (2013)

23   Lydia Joy Maxwell–Hamilton  (2015)

24   Joshua Maxwell Bontrager  (1997)

25   Micah Joel Caldwell  (2004)

25   Kolter Gray Smith  (2020)

28   Harper Lynn Ballinger  (2017)

28   Zoey Joy Webster  (2018)

30   Marlin Joe Bontrager  (1967)

30   Everly Hope Paine  (2018)

April—

1   Carolina Katherine (Bowers) Bontrager  (1995)

4   Courtney Ann (Harkins) Rogers  (1984)

6   Israel David Dillard  (2015)

9   Lillie “Suzette” (Stembridge) Keller  (1955)

11   Carlin Brianne (Bates) Stewart  (1998)

11   Allie Jane Webster  (2015)

11   Janessa Ruth Rodrigues  (2018)

16   Abbie Grace (Burnett) Duggar  (1992)

18   Charles Stephen (“Chad”) Paine III  (1987)

19   Anna Marie (Hamilton) Maxwell  (1986)

19   Nurie Katelin (Rodrigues) Keller  (1999)

21   Jason Michael Duggar  (2000)

22   Winston Marshall Bontrager–Bowers  (2020)

23   Nathan Edward Keller  (1996)

24   Joseph Howard Maxwell  (1989)

28   Ellie Bridget Bates  (2007)

May—

2   Erin Elise (Bates) Paine  (1991)

2   Ashley _____ Salyer  (1995) (Nathan Bates’s Ex)

4   Jeremiah Seth Helferich  (1996)

5   Christopher Lloyd Maxwell  (1979)

6   Timothy _____ Caldwell  (2009)

6   Peter David Waller  (2020)

9   Esther Joy (Keller) Shrader  (1981)

9   Calena _____ Rogers  (2017)

13   Allison Nicole (Bontrager) Helferich  (1994)

13   Deborah Carol Maxwell–Maher  (2019)

14   Anna Patrice (Craig) Maxwell  (2000)

14   Charles Stephen (“Carson”) Paine IV  (2015)

15   Ava Joy Young  (2018)

17   Jill Michelle (Duggar) Dillard  (1991)

18   Lauren Milagro (Swanson) Duggar  (1999)

18   Abigail Grace Maxwell–Maher  (2008)

19   Benjamin Michael Seewald  (1995)

19   Warden Justice Bates  (2003)

22   Lauren Hope Caldwell  (2000)

23   Jackson Levi Duggar  (2004)

26   Gabriel Victor Rodrigues  (2006)

26   Brecken Lee Young  (2016)

26   Ivy Jane Seewald  (2019)

29   David John Rodrigues  (1972)

June—

2   Joshua Christopher Maxwell–Hamilton  (2012)

2   Marcus Anthony Duggar–Keller  (2013)

2   Isaiah Kasimpe Shrader  (2016)

3   Agape Faith Shrader  (2008)

5   Kristen Nicole (Barnard) Young  (1992)

6   Coralee Jean Rogers  (2019)

8   Garrett David Duggar–Caldwell  (2018)

10   Caydie _____ Rogers  (2018)

15   Michael James Duggar–Keller  (2011)

15   Christina Mercy Maxwell–Maher  (2012)

18   Renee Crystine Rodrigues  (2002)

19   Elliot Rex Maxwell–Bontrager  (2020)

20   Kaci Lynn Bates–Perkins  (2016)

23   Anna Renne (Keller) Duggar  (1988)

25   Charis Elisabeth Shrader  (2011)

27   Mark _____ Dominguez  (1981)

29   John Eric Shrader  (1977)

July—

2   Mitchell Joe Bontrager  (1992)

2   Titus James Hall  (1993)

2   Cassidy Grace (Bowers) Bontrager  (1997)

3   Christina Marie (Hamrick) Caldwell  (1979)

3   Priscilla Lynn (Keller) Waller  (1986)

4   Kelton Edward Balka  (1995)

5   Kaylee Arlissa Rodrigues  (2001)

5   Andrew James Maxwell–Maher  (2014)

5   Daniel Titus Maxwell–Hamilton  (2016)

7   James Andrew Duggar  (2001)

8   Olivia Grace (“Gracie”) Caldwell  (2010)

8   Samuel Scott Dillard–Duggar  (2017)

9   Tessie Elizabeth Rodrigues  (2007)

9   Robert Alan (“Bear”) Ballinger III  (2020)

15   Sofia Amy Julianne Rodrigues  (2015)

15   Jubilee Katherine Bontrager–Bowers  (2018)

16   Meredith Grace Duggar–Keller  (2015)

16   Wallace Bradford Bontrager–Bowers  (2018)

17   Andersyn Brooklyn Collins  (2015)

18   James Robert (“Jim Bob”) Duggar  (1965)

19   Felicity Nicole Vuolo  (2018)

19   Willow Kristy Balka  (2019)

22   Phillip Jonathan Rodrigues  (2003)

25   Andrae Cardell Collins  (2011)

25   Calena Ann Rogers  (2013)

26   Clay Mason Rogers  (2011)

27   William “Lawson” Bates  (1992)

29   Khai David Dominguez  (2010)

August—

2   Timothy _____ Shrader  (2005)

2   Jennifer Danielle Duggar  (2007)

2   Callie–Anna Rose Bates  (2009)

4   Josie Kellyn (Bates) Balka  (1999)

6   Brooklyn Elise Paine  (2016)

7   Steven R. Maxwell  (1951)

11   Kendra Renee (Caldwell) Duggar  (1998)

13   Bethany Faith (“Betsy”) Maxwell–Maher  (2010)

17   Teri L. (Frazer) Maxwell  (1955)

21   Mary Carol Maxwell  (1996)

21   Evelyn Mae Forsyth  (2020)

24   Evan Patrick Stewart  (1995)

27   Jemima Virtue Bontrager–Bowers  (2020)

28   Josiah Matthew Duggar  (1996)

29   Kenneth Nathaniel (“Nathan”) Bates  (1993)

31   Anchor Christian Collins  (2019)

September—

1   Melanie Sue (Maher) Maxwell  (1975)

1   Ellyn Joy Dominguez  (2014)

5   Jeremy Joseph Vuolo  (1987)

6   Daylon Gabriel Dominguez  (2011)

8   David William Waller  (1986)

9   Chaney Grace Kahle  (1998)

9   Rebecca Shania Bontrager  (2007)

9   Marlie Denise Ballinger  (2018)

10   Sierra Jolene (Baird) Dominguez  (1989)

10   Stephen Lushomo Shrader  (2014)

12   Colt _____ Rogers  (2015)

12   Case _____ Rogers  (2015)

12   Mason Garrett Duggar–Keller  (2017)

13   Michelle Annette (Ruark) Duggar  (1966)

15   Brandon Timothy Keilen  (1989)

15   Judson Wyatt Bates  (2010)

16   Cade _____ Rogers  (2012)

18   Jesse Paul Maxwell  (1994)

21   Whitney Eileen (Perkins) Bates  (1993)

28   Meagan Elizabeth (Forsyth) Ballinger  (1991)

28   Merrick Zion Dominguez  (2019)

30   Hannah Faith Rodrigues  (2008)

October—

2   Destiny Faith Waller  (2018)

4   Calia Grace Maxwell–Frost  (2015)

5   Katie Grace Bates  (2000)

8   Mackynzie Renee Duggar–Keller  (2009)

10   Elissa Marie (Frost) Maxwell  (1991)

11   Johannah Faith Duggar  (2005)

14   Rebecca (“Becky”) Marie (Stolzfus) Bontrager  (1967)

14   Esther Joy Keyes  (1997)

16   Isaiah Courage Bates  (2004)

15   Hudson Reed Bontrager  (2005)

19   Phillip Andrew Waller  (2016)

24   Cash _____ Rogers  (2014)

26   Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates  (1966)

28   Michael Edward Keller  (1959)

28   Joy–Anna (Duggar) Forsyth  (1997)

29   Bradley Gilvin Bates–Perkins  (2014)

31   Anna Elizabeth Maxwell  (1992)

November—

2   Annistan Breanne Collins  (2012)

2   Addison Renee Duggar–Caldwell  (2019)

3   Jill Christine (Noyes) Rodrigues  (1978)

4   Sarah Elizabeth Reith  (1988)

4   Jessa Lauren (Duggar) Seewald  (1992)

5   Carson Wayne Bontrager  (1995)

5   Spurgeon Elliot Seewald  (2015)

7   Khloé Eileen Bates–Perkins  (2019)

8   Bella Milagro Duggar–Swanson  (2019)

9   Alyssa Joy (Bates) Webster  (1994)

9   Robert Ellis (“Kade”) Smith IV  (2018)

12   Davia Lynn Waller  (2014)

12   Edyn Grace Dominguez  (2015)

13   Mandrae Cardell Collins  (1983)

15   Justin Samuel Duggar  (2002)

19   Isaiah Gabriel Caldwell  (2018)

21   John Elliott Webster  (1989)

22   Evangeline Jo Vuolo  (2020)

24   Samuel Richard Rodrigues  (2004)

26   Holland Grace Paine  (2019)

27   Sadie Patricia Rodrigues  (2013)

27   Maryella Hope Duggar–Keller  (2019)

28   Caris Audrey Rogers  (2020)

December—

5   Nathan James Maxwell  (1976)

5   Denver Elliot Bontrager  (1999)

7   Tucker Allen Bontrager–Leppert  (2020)

9   Ayngel Belle Collins  (2016)

10   Justin Lee Young  (1991)

10   Josie Brooklyn Duggar  (2009)

11   Austin Martyn Forsyth  (1993)

12   Anissa Beth Collins  (2009)

14   Anjalie Brielle Collins  (2014)

18   Elizabeth Caresse Bontrager  (2003)

18   Jordyn–Grace Makiya Duggar  (2008)

20   Tori Layne (Bates) Smith  (1995)

21   Jinger Nicole (Duggar) Vuolo  (1993)

29   Brooks Zechariah Dominguez  (2017)

30   Zachary Gilvin Bates  (1988)

30   Jedidiah Robert Duggar  (1998)

30   Jeremiah Robert Duggar  (1998)

Unknown—

Gene “Paul” Caldwell  (c. 1977)

Elizabeth _____ Munck  (c. 1992) (Joseph Maxwell’s Ex)

Stay tuned for Everybody’s Anniversaries!

[vintagehomeplans]

United States, 1944: Kelton Apartments

A modern five-unit apartment building designed by Richard Neutra.

New Pencil Points, January 1944. (Stamford, CT, USA)

[racefortheironthrone]

I have no background in economics, but recently I read Poor Economics (BTW, have you read it?) & liked it. Since your domain seems to be the intersection of history & economics, I wonder whether you can refer some interesting books on economics that even a novice can read & understand?

Sure thing! (no, haven’t read that book.)

First place to start is maybe reading some of the mass-audience books by economists who are high-profile public intellectuals - Paul Krugman, Stephanie Kelton, Joe Stiglitz, Dean Baker, etc. Those are written for the layman, so there’s less of a hurdle when it comes to jargon. One thing I’d warn: avoid Freakonomics and its sequels like the plague; Levitt has a bad habit of academic columbusing and the result is shoddy work that’s hard for novices to spot. 

There’s also the work of people like Piketty and Saez and Raj Chetty, which is super-important but (especially in the case of Piketty) can be a steeper hill to climb when it comes to jargon and prose style. At some point, you should read Keynes’ General Theory (even if it can be a bit daunting), and Hyman Minsky’s work is very approachable.

For a deeper cut, there’s a couple of Australian scholars, Lane Kenworthy and John Quiggan, who’ve written some very insightful and approachable books. Quiggan’s work might be especially helpful to you, because he writes a lot about trends in economic thought so that you get a sense of what’s out there without having to read a lot of academic papers. 

However, I wouldn’t be doing my job without recommending some actual history of economics books. Rosenof’s Economics in the Long Run and Yuval Yunay’s Struggle for the Soul of Economics, and Burgin’s The Great Persuasion are vital for understanding how economics became what it is today. For further depth, check out Nancy Cohen’s Reconstruction of American Liberalism, and Mary Furner’s The State and Economic Knowledge and The State and Social Investigation.

Biographies are also good ways of gaining an understanding of a scholar’s work in the context of their life. Skidelsky’s and Zach Carter’s biographies of John Maynard Keynes and Richard Parker’s biography of John Kenneth Galbraith are particularly good. 

[socialistexan]

We spend a lot of time talking about potential vice president, but an administration is more than just President and VP. So how about a guess at a potential Bernie Sanders Presidential Cabinet:

State: Jeff Merkley

Defense: Ro Khanna

Justice/AG: Zephyr Teachout

Labor: Richard Trumka

Education: Randi Weingartner

HHS: Abdul El-Sayed or Roseanne DeMoro

Energy: Mark Jacobson

HUD: Chokwe Antar Lumumba

Agriculture: John Boyd

Interior: Jay Inslee

Treasury: Stephanie Kelton

Commerce: (bit of shock here) Andrew Yang

VA: Tammy Duckworth

Transportation: Chuy Garcia

I'm sure there will be places for Faiz Shakir, Nina Turner (if she's not VP) and David Sirota somewhere, whether it's Chief of Staff or whatever.

Also dissolve DHS entirely, if you can't then I guess Ron Wyden?

[silent-era-of-cinema]

Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965), was an American stage, film, radio and television actress. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s and for a time during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, as well as one of the most popular. Bennett frequently played society women, focusing on melodramas in the early 1930s and then taking more comedic roles in the late 1930s and 1940s. She is best known today for her leading roles in What Price Hollywood? (1932), Bed of Roses (1933), Topper (1937), Topper Takes a Trip (1938), and had a prominent supporting role in Greta Garbo's last film, Two-Faced Woman (1941).

She was the daughter of stage and silent film star Richard Bennett, and the older sister of actress Joan Bennett.

Constance Bennett was born in New York City, the eldest of three daughters of actress Adrienne Morrison and actor Richard Bennett. Her younger sisters were actresses Joan Bennett and Barbara Bennett. All three girls attended the Chapin School in New York.

After some time spent in a convent, Bennett went into the family business. Independent, cultured, ironic and outspoken, Constance, the first Bennett sister to enter motion pictures, appeared in New York-produced silent movies before a meeting with Samuel Goldwyn led to her Hollywood debut in Cytherea (1924). She abandoned a burgeoning career in silents for marriage to Philip Plant in 1925, but resumed her film career after their divorce, with the advent of talking pictures (1929), and with her delicate blonde features and glamorous fashion style, she quickly became a popular film star.

In the early 1930s, Bennett was frequently among the top actresses named in audience popularity and box-office polls. For a short time, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. So successful was Bennett during this time, that RKO, Bennett's home studio at the time, controlled the careers of actresses Ann Harding and Helen Twelvetrees in a similar manner, hoping to duplicate Bennett's success.

In 1931, a short-lived contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer earned her $300,000 for two movies which included The Easiest Way and made her one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood. Warner Brothers paid her the all-time high salary of $30,000 a week for Bought! in 1931. Richard Bennett, her father, was also cast in this film.

The next year she moved to RKO, where she acted in What Price Hollywood? (1932), directed by George Cukor, an ironic and at the same time tragic behind-the-scenes looks at the old Hollywood studio system, in which she portrayed waitress Mary Evans, who becomes a movie star. Lowell Sherman co-starred as the film director who discovers her, and Neil Hamilton as the wealthy playboy she marries. It was a critical and box office hit at the time of its release.[citation needed] The film Morning Glory had been written with Bennett in mind for the lead role, but producer Pandro S. Berman gave the role to Katharine Hepburn, who won an Academy Award for her performance.

Bennett next showed her versatility in the likes of Our Betters (1933), writer/director Gregory La Cava's Bed of Roses (1933) with Pert Kelton, After Tonight (1933) (co-starring with future husband Gilbert Roland), The Affairs of Cellini (1934), After Office Hours (1935) with Clark Gable, the original Topper (1937, in a career standout as Marian Kerby opposite Cary Grant, a role she repeated in the 1939 sequel, Topper Takes a Trip), the ultimate madcap family comedy Merrily We Live (1938) and Two-Faced Woman (1941, supporting Greta Garbo).

By the 1940s, Bennett was working less frequently in film but was in demand in both radio and theatre. She had her own program, Constance Bennett Calls on You, on ABC radio in 1945-1946. Shrewd investments had made her a wealthy woman, and she founded a cosmetics and clothing company.

Bennett was married five times and had three children.

On June 15, 1921, Bennett eloped with Chester Hirst Moorehead of Chicago, a student at the University of Virginia who was the son of oral surgeon, Frederick Moorehead. They were married by a justice of the peace in Greenwich, Connecticut. Bennett was 16 at the time. A New York Times article that reported the elopement noted, "The parents of Miss Bennett were opposed to their marriage at this time solely on account of their youth." The marriage was annulled in 1923.

Bennett's next serious relationship was with millionaire socialite Philip Morgan Plant. Her parents planned a cruise to Europe, taking Constance with them, to separate the couple. As the ship was preparing to leave port, however, the Bennetts saw Plant and his parents boarding, too. A contemporary newspaper article reported, "Now the little beauty and the heir to all the Plant millions were assured a week of the cosy intimacy which an ocean liner affords." In November 1925, the two eloped and were married in Greenwich, Connecticut, by the same justice of the peace who officiated at Bennett's wedding to Moorehead. They divorced in a French court.

In 1932, Bennett returned from Europe with a three-year-old child, whom she claimed to have adopted and named Peter Bennett Plant (born 1929). In 1942, however, during a battle over a large trust fund established to benefit any descendants of her former husband, Bennett announced that her adopted son actually was her natural child by Plant, born after the divorce and kept hidden to ensure that the child's biological father did not get custody. During the court hearings, the actress told her former mother-in-law and her husband's widow that "if she got to the witness stand she would give a complete account of her life with Plant." The matter was settled out of court.

In 1931, Bennett made headlines when she married one of Gloria Swanson's former husbands, Henri le Bailly, the Marquis de La Coudraye de La Falaise, a French nobleman and film director. She and de la Falaise founded Bennett Pictures Corp. and co-produced two films which were the last filmed in Hollywood in the two-strip Technicolor process, Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935) filmed in Bali, and Kilou the Killer Tiger (1936), filmed in Indochina. They were divorced in Reno, Nevada in 1940.

Bennett's fourth marriage was to actor Gilbert Roland. They were married in 1941 and had two daughters, Lorinda "Lynda" (1938) and Christina "Gyl" (1941). They divorced in 1946, with Bennett winning custody of their children. Later that year, Bennett married for the fifth and final time to US Air Force Colonel (later Brigadier General) John Theron Coulter. After her marriage, she concentrated her efforts on providing relief entertainment to US troops still stationed in Europe, winning military honors for her services. Bennett and Coulter remained married until her death in 1965.

She had a major supporting role in Warner Bros' The Unsuspected (1947) opposite Claude Rains, in which she played Jane Moynihan, the program director who helps prove that radio host Victor Grandison (Rains) is guilty of murder. In 1958, she hosted "The Constance Bennett Show" with Scott Vincent on ABC Radio. She made no films from the early 1950s until 1965 when she made a comeback in the film Madame X (released posthumously in 1966) as the blackmailing mother-in-law of Madame X (Lana Turner).

On July 25, 1965, shortly after filming of Madame X was completed, Bennett collapsed and died from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 60. In recognition of her military contributions, and as the wife of John Theron Coulter, who had achieved the rank of brigadier general, she was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Coulter died in 1995 and was buried with her.

Bennett has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Her star is located at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard, a short distance from the star of her sister, Joan.

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Constance Campbell Bennett (October 22, 1904 – July 24, 1965), was an American stage, film, radio and television actress. She was a major Hollywood star during the 1920s and 1930s and for a time during the early 1930s, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood, as well as one of the most popular. Bennett frequently played society women, focusing on melodramas in the early 1930s and then taking more comedic roles in the late 1930s and 1940s. She is best known today for her leading roles in What Price Hollywood? (1932), Bed of Roses (1933), Topper (1937), Topper Takes a Trip (1938), and had a prominent supporting role in Greta Garbo's last film, Two-Faced Woman (1941).

Constance Bennett was born in New York City, the eldest of three daughters of actress Adrienne Morrison and actor Richard Bennett. Her younger sisters were actresses Joan Bennett and Barbara Bennett. All three girls attended the Chapin School in New York.

After some time spent in a convent, Bennett went into the family business. Independent, cultured, ironic and outspoken, Constance, the first Bennett sister to enter motion pictures, appeared in New York-produced silent movies before a meeting with Samuel Goldwyn led to her Hollywood debut in Cytherea (1924). She abandoned a burgeoning career in silents for marriage to Philip Plant in 1925, but resumed her film career after their divorce, with the advent of talking pictures (1929), and with her delicate blonde features and glamorous fashion style, she quickly became a popular film star.

In the early 1930s, Bennett was frequently among the top actresses named in audience popularity and box-office polls. For a short time, she was the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. So successful was Bennett during this time, that RKO, Bennett's home studio at the time, controlled the careers of actresses Ann Harding and Helen Twelvetrees in a similar manner, hoping to duplicate Bennett's success.

In 1931, a short-lived contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer earned her $300,000 for two movies which included The Easiest Way and made her one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood. Warner Brothers paid her the all-time high salary of $30,000 a week for Bought! in 1931. Richard Bennett, her father, was also cast in this film.

The next year she moved to RKO, where she acted in What Price Hollywood? (1932), directed by George Cukor, an ironic and at the same time tragic behind-the-scenes looks at the old Hollywood studio system, in which she portrayed waitress Mary Evans, who becomes a movie star. Lowell Sherman co-starred as the film director who discovers her, and Neil Hamilton as the wealthy playboy she marries. It was a critical and box office hit at the time of its release.[citation needed] The film Morning Glory had been written with Bennett in mind for the lead role, but producer Pandro S. Berman gave the role to Katharine Hepburn, who won an Academy Award for her performance.

Bennett next showed her versatility in the likes of Our Betters (1933), writer/director Gregory La Cava's Bed of Roses (1933) with Pert Kelton, After Tonight (1933) (co-starring with future husband Gilbert Roland), The Affairs of Cellini (1934), After Office Hours (1935) with Clark Gable, the original Topper (1937, in a career standout as Marian Kerby opposite Cary Grant, a role she repeated in the 1939 sequel, Topper Takes a Trip), the ultimate madcap family comedy Merrily We Live (1938) and Two-Faced Woman (1941, supporting Greta Garbo).

By the 1940s, Bennett was working less frequently in film but was in demand in both radio and theatre. She had her own program, Constance Bennett Calls on You, on ABC radio in 1945-1946. Shrewd investments had made her a wealthy woman, and she founded a cosmetics and clothing company.

Bennett was married five times and had three children.

On June 15, 1921, Bennett eloped with Chester Hirst Moorehead of Chicago, a student at the University of Virginia who was the son of oral surgeon, Frederick Moorehead. They were married by a justice of the peace in Greenwich, Connecticut. Bennett was 16 at the time. A New York Times article that reported the elopement noted, "The parents of Miss Bennett were opposed to their marriage at this time solely on account of their youth." The marriage was annulled in 1923.

Bennett's next serious relationship was with millionaire socialite Philip Morgan Plant. Her parents planned a cruise to Europe, taking Constance with them, to separate the couple. As the ship was preparing to leave port, however, the Bennetts saw Plant and his parents boarding, too. A contemporary newspaper article reported, "Now the little beauty and the heir to all the Plant millions were assured a week of the cosy intimacy which an ocean liner affords." In November 1925, the two eloped and were married in Greenwich, Connecticut, by the same justice of the peace who officiated at Bennett's wedding to Moorehead. They divorced in a French court in 1929.

In 1932, Bennett returned from Europe with a three-year-old child, whom she claimed to have adopted and named Peter Bennett Plant (born 1929). In 1942, however, during a battle over a large trust fund established to benefit any descendants of her former husband, Bennett announced that her adopted son actually was her natural child by Plant, born after the divorce and kept hidden to ensure that the child's biological father did not get custody. During the court hearings, the actress told her former mother-in-law and her husband's widow that "if she got to the witness stand she would give a complete account of her life with Plant." The matter was settled out of court.

In 1931, Bennett made headlines when she married one of Gloria Swanson's former husbands, Henri le Bailly, the Marquis de La Coudraye de La Falaise, a French nobleman and film director. She and de la Falaise founded Bennett Pictures Corp. and co-produced two films which were the last filmed in Hollywood in the two-strip Technicolor process, Legong: Dance of the Virgins (1935) filmed in Bali, and Kilou the Killer Tiger (1936), filmed in Indochina. They were divorced in Reno, Nevada in 1940.

Bennett's fourth marriage was to actor Gilbert Roland. They were married in 1941 and had two daughters, Lorinda "Lynda" (b. 1938) and Christina "Gyl" (1941). They divorced in 1946, with Bennett winning custody of their children. Later that year, Bennett married for the fifth and final time to US Air Force Colonel (later Brigadier General) John Theron Coulter. After her marriage, she concentrated her efforts on providing relief entertainment to US troops still stationed in Europe, winning military honors for her services. Bennett and Coulter remained married until her death in 1965.

She had a major supporting role in Warner Bros' The Unsuspected (1947) opposite Claude Rains, in which she played Jane Moynihan, the program director who helps prove that radio host Victor Grandison (Rains) is guilty of murder. In 1958, she hosted "The Constance Bennett Show" with Scott Vincent on ABC Radio. She made no films from the early 1950s until 1965 when she made a comeback in the film Madame X (released posthumously in 1966) as the blackmailing mother-in-law of Madame X (Lana Turner).

On July 25, 1965, shortly after filming of Madame X was completed, Bennett collapsed and died from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 60. In recognition of her military contributions, and as the wife of John Theron Coulter, who had achieved the rank of brigadier general, she was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. Coulter died in 1995 and was buried with her.

Bennett has a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Her star is located at 6250 Hollywood Boulevard, a short distance from the star of her sister, Joan.