Actors' Fund home turns retirement into shared showbiz tales
In Englewood New Jersey the Actors Fund retirement home houses 108 former performers many facing high care costs. The 1999 film Curtain Call follows Bernard Flood Tessie Moreno Rosetta LeNoire and others as they swap glory days tell show stories and reveal the lasting pull of the stage. The documentary notes the fund assists with housing health insurance and counseling while residents perform read plays and reminisce about jazz stars and Broadway years.
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Louis Armstrong
Tessie Moreno
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Rosetta LeNoire
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson
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N.J
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Hayworth
Braverman
Peter LeDonne
LeDonne
Flood
Armstrong
LeNoire
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Moreno
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Curtain Call film captures aging actors and Alzheimer's toll
A documentary traces a home for performers facing aging and decline. It recounts a star briefly replaced after an arrest and blackballing rumors, while highlighting residents including Brian Stokes Mitchell performing and reflecting on careers. The film notes three residents' deaths since filming.
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Kirk Douglas
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Kate
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Flood
Mason
Preston pair keep war victim's Ford Fairlane alive
Gene and Francie Evans nurture Gary Farley’s 1966 Ford Fairlane, stored since his Vietnam death in 1967. The car, with Farley’s keepsakes, draws veterans to shows and serves as a living memorial as the couple and Akron area collectors promote Ford passion through Mountaintop Cruisers shows.
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Francie Evans
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Ravenna
Ohio
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Bertha Farley
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Elkins City Park
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Fords
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