Mary Claire Kendall

Mary Claire Kendall is the author of Oasis: Conversion Stories of Hollywood Legends and Oasis of Faith: The Souls Behind the Billboard—Barrymore, Cagney, Tracy, Stewart, Guinness & Lemmon. Her book about Ernest Hemingway, titled Hemingway’s Faith, is being published by Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Christmas 2024.

PAT O'BRIEN AND JAMES CAGNEY IN "ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES"

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Actor Pat O’Brien and his friends in “The Boys Club”

Dolores Hart, Hollywood star and Mother Dolores Hart, contemplative nun

Mary Claire Kendall

Mother Dolores: Fellow former movie stars “live in my heart”

Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint in "On the Waterfront"

Mary Claire Kendall

Timely anniversary for spiritually rich ‘On the Waterfront’

"Meet me in St. Louis" and "Maltese Falcon" double feature recommendation

Mary Claire Kendall

Surprising Catholic overtones in two classic Hollywood films

Mary Astor and Humphrey Bogart in "The Maltese Falcon"

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Mary Astor’s amazing journey of faith and healing (Photos)

Scribners: Five Generations in Publishing by Charles Scribner III with portraits of Scribners

Mary Claire Kendall

The Scribners: A story of literature and faith (Photos)

Ethel Barrymore in Rasputin and the Empress and Drew Barrymore in Big Miracle

Mary Claire Kendall

2 Barrymore films: 80 years apart, but both worth a watch

Mary Claire Kendall

Ethel Barrymore: An acting legend who was aided by faith

Lobby card - "Taxi!", 1932, starring James Cagney

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‘Taxi!’ The tough James Cagney movie with a warm heart

Mary Claire Kendall

James Cagney: “Most American of actors” with an Irish-Catholic heart

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