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.

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

Mary Claire Kendall

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

Mary Claire Kendall

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

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

Mary Claire Kendall

Captains Courageous: A classic film about faith at sea

Mary Claire Kendall

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

Mary Claire Kendall

Hollywood star Betty Hutton discovered “Christ is my heart”

Mary Claire Kendall

How John Ford infused his movies with the heart of Christ

Mary Claire Kendall

How Christ the King arrived in Hollywood right on cue

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