Richard Burton was born in Wales on November 10, 1925, which means his centennial was eleven days ago. Better late than never since I was a huge fan of his. I first saw him on the big screen in THE ROBE (1953), the very first Cinemascope epic, when it was reissued in the late 1950s […]
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