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2) The women
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Mary Haines (Norma Shearer) loses her husband to ruthless Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford) who is aided and abetted by Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) whose own spouse has taken up with another woman. In Reno, in the throes of divorce, all wage war on one another.
Author
Publisher
University of Nevada
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
The influx of divorce-seekers after May 1, 1931 was so great that there were no accomodations to be had in Reno. In the spirit of American ingenuity, local Renoites sought to benefit from divorce fever by turning their private homes into rooming houses.
Series
The Nevada experience volume 402
Publisher
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
In search of ritual: the burning man: Part art project and part primitive ritual, The Burning man, an event held annually in the Black Rock Desert, is documented in this segment. -- "The Reno cure" is a look at the divorce industry in Reno, from it's beginning at the turn of the century, through it's heyday in the 1930's to the present. -- "Last flight of the Sky Crane" is a look at the history of the military helicopter, know[n] as the Sky Crane...
Publisher
Channel 5 Public Broadcasting
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
"The first part of the program depicts the early days of big name entertainment in Reno in the 50's, 60's and 70's. The second part traces Reno history as the divorce capitol of the world in the 30's, 40's and 50's. The final part of the program documents the rise and fall of the Mapes Hotel ... before it closed in 1982"--Container label.
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