Philadelphia, city and port, coextensive with Philadelphia county, southeastern Pennsylvania, and situated at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill ...

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The city's strategic location near the midpoint of colonial settlement and its important status as a vital political, economic, and cultural centre—as well as ...

With La strada (1954; “The Road”), Fellini returned to the world of showmen. It starred Anthony Quinn as Zampanò, a brutish but phoney itinerant "strong man," ...

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At the beginning of the 20th century Philadelphia was the site of the largest Black community of any northern city. The migration of Southern-born Blacks to the ...

8 days ago · Philadelphia, city, seat of Neshoba county, east-central Mississippi, U.S., and headquarters of the Choctaw Indian Agency, ...

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The Walnut Street Theatre, opened in 1809, is the oldest playhouse in active use in the English-speaking world. The Playhouse in the Park opened in 1952 as the ...