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• The Girl From Missouri

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  Kansas City born Jean Harlow stars as - you guessed it - a girl from Kansas City who runs away to New York City.

• Blackkklansman

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  The Spike Lee Joint was co-written by KU Professor Kevin Willmott and won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 91st Academy Awards!

• Mildred Pierce

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  Joan Crawford attended school in Kansas City as a child!

• The Mary Tyler Moore Show, the Complete First Season

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  Wyandotte High School student Ed Asner stars as Lou Grant in this series

• Libeled Lady

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  Harlow shares the screen with fellow Kansas Citian William Powell, who attended high school in KC.

• Swing Time (Criterion Collection)

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  Dancer/actress Ginger Rogers was born in Independence, MO!

• American Beauty

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  Chris Cooper stars in this Best Picture winner from 1999

• Mary Poppins

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  Walt Disney (whose Laugh-O-Gram studios was once in Kansas City) received his only Best Picture nomination for Mary Poppins.

• C.S.A.

  The Confederate States of America

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  KU film professor Kevin Willmott's critically acclaimed mockumentary

• Hotel Rwanda

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  Best Actor nominee Don Cheadle was born in Kansas City.

• E.T.

  the Extra-terrestrial

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  KCK native Dee Wallace stars in this classic

• Role Models

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  Star Paul Rudd attended Shawnee Mission West and graduated in 1987.

• Ted Lasso

  the Richmond Way

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  Jason Sudeikis is a 1994 graduate from Shawnee Mission West.

• Life of the Party

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  Kansas City native Heidi Gardner shows her comedy chops in this flick!