Return to Giant chronicles Marfa film legacy and town change
The PBS documentary Return to Giant revisits the 1955 Texas town of Marfa where Giant filmed. It traces the production, notes the shift from cattle to oil, and shows Marfa’s decline from 4000 to 2400 residents while highlighting cast ties and the 40th anniversary re release.
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Elizabeth
Giant
Kate Monte Hale
Fran Bennet
Dallas
Fort Worth
Pray School Auditorum
Kocv-Tv
Odessa
Warnock
Reata
Evans
Hollywood
West Texas
Edna Ferber
John Wayne
George Stevens
Marfa
Paisano Hotel
Dean
Taylor
James Dean
East of Eden
Texas
Pecos Bill Marries Slue-Foot Sue in Wild Mountain Vow
The tale follows Pecos Bill and Widow Maker as they ride to Pinnacle Mountain for Sue to wed. Sue arrives in wedding dress but swaps to ranch gear, then leaps aboard Widow Maker to marry the horseman, setting off a dramatic, comic river of Western bravado.
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Bill
Widow Maker
Rio Grande River
Sue
Pinnacle Mountain
Doyle
Chuck
SeFoat Sue
Study Shows More Students Borrowing for Education
A report by Education Resources Institute and the Institute for Higher Education Policy finds graduate and professional students borrowed 62 percent more between 1993 and 1995, rising from 620000 to over 1 million. Texas aid officials caution the full picture, noting loan balances grow as job choice and repayment concerns loom.
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Education Resources Institute Inc
Boston
Institute For Higher Education Policy
Washington
Harold Whitis
University of Texas
Permian Basin
Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Association
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