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Mary Badham, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘The Untried Life’

Posted Tuesday, November 6, 2012

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Dee Perry speaks with actress Mary Badham best known as Scout Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird who comes to Cleveland for a 50th Anniversary screening of that film at The Cinematheque. Then we listen to a book club discussion about Harper Lee's Pulitzer-Prize-winning book that the beloved film is based on. And we share a Veteran's Day discussion with the author of The Untried Life: The Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War - James Fritsch.

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Arts and Culture, History, Literature, Motion Pictures (Film, Video)

Guests

Mary Badham, actress

Ann Klotz, head of Laurel School

Rhonda Williams, Case Western Reserve University

Lolita Buckner Inniss, Cleveland State University

James Fritsch, author

Additional Information

Mary Badham appears at 50th anniversary screening of To Kill a Mockingbird at Cleveland Cinematheque Fri Nov 9 7pm.

Hear entire Around Noon Book Club show on To Kill a Mockingbird.

James Fritsch is the author of The Untried Life: The Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

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