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.

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

Spencer Tracy and Freddie Bartholomew in the film Captains Courageous, 1937

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Captains Courageous: A classic film about faith at sea

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Why Spencer Tracy’s son John was the key to his greatness

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Hollywood star Betty Hutton discovered “Christ is my heart”

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How John Ford infused his movies with the heart of Christ

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How Christ the King arrived in Hollywood right on cue

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Are any of the Oscar winners or nominees worth watching?

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Robert Reilly’s “Making Gay OK” (Exclusive Interview)

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Thousands Attend Beatification Ceremony of Bishop Álvaro del Portillo in Madrid

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Bishop Álvaro Del Portillo of Opus Dei To Be Beatified This Saturday

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