A Personal Experience of Representation - The Intersection of Armenian Culture & Epilepsy
I am an Armenian who has a mild form of epilepsy. I rarely see Armenian culture and epilepsy properly portrayed in film or TV. I delve into the how and why.
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved.
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Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touring North America and in possession of a keepsake of Susan's he wants to return. Desperate for publicity, lecture bureau press agent Teddy Evans magnifies this into a great romance. The efforts of both dignified principals to quash the story have the opposite effect; matters get more and more involved.
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Genre:Comedy
Written By:Charles Hoffman
In Theaters:3/16/1950
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Runtime:85 minutes
Studio:Columbia Pictures
Cast
Edward Buzzell
Director
Rosalind Russell
Susan Manning Middlecott
Ray Milland
Alexander "Alec" Stevenson
Edmund Gwenn
J.D. Middlecott
Janis Carter
Teddy Evans
Mary Jane Saunders
Louisa Middlecott
Francis Lederer
Paul Simone
Jerome Courtland
Jerome
Clifton Young
Chet
Gale Gordon
Postal Clerk
Harry Tyler
Cabbie
Lucille Ball
Self (uncredited)
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