How 100 years of Hollywood have charted the history of America
Next month marks the centenary of In Old California, a 17-minute adventure yarn directed by DW Griffith and the first Hollywood production. Philip French records the changes in film and US society in the past century, and names the films that defined each decade 1910-1919: The birth of Hollywood According to Hollywood myth, the first film made there was Cecil B DeMille’s The Squaw Man in 1914 …

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Hawaii is paradise — with infernally high prices
To start today’s column, I’m afraid I’ll have to make some of you jealous. Here’s how: I just returned from a vacation in…

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RETAIL SALES REPORT: Snowstorms hurt clothing sales in Feb.
NEW YORK — Snowstorms that shut in shoppers last month also chilled sales at women’s clothing stores compared with a year earlier, but most retail sectors saw gains in February, data released today show.

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