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17th National Board of Review Awards
December 21, 1945
| "The True Glory" |
The 17th National Board of Review Awards were announced on 21 December 1945.[ citation needed ]
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Ray Milland was a Welsh-American actor and film director. His screen career ran from 1929 to 1985, and he is best remembered for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of an alcoholic writer in The Lost Weekend (1945), a sophisticated leading man opposite a corrupt John Wayne in Reap the Wild Wind (1942), the murder-plotting husband in Dial M for Murder which was directed by Alfred Hitchcock (1954), and as Oliver Barrett III in Love Story (1970).
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The 11th New York Film Critics Circle Awards, announced on 1 January 1946, honored the best filmmaking of 1945.
The 20th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 21, 1948.
The 6th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 20, 1934.
The 48th National Board of Review Awards were announced on December 22, 1976.
True Grit is a 2010 American Revisionist Western film directed, written, produced, and edited by the Coen brothers and executively produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the second adaptation of Charles Portis' 1968 novel of the same name, which was previously released in 1969 starring John Wayne and Glen Campbell. This version stars Hailee Steinfeld as Mattie Ross and Jeff Bridges as Deputy U.S. Marshal Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn, along with Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, and Barry Pepper.
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