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    George Valentine

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    place in Hollywood during the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. George Valentine (Jean Dujardin) is a star in Hollywood that is on top of the world. He is doing very successful and is very famous. He then meets a young aspiring actress, Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), who he helps move up in industry. Then follows the new era of talkies, where Valentine gets pushed out and new faces are brought in, Miller’s being one of them. Valentine then sinks all his money into one last silent film. His new movie and

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    Caveman's Valentine

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    The Caveman’s Valentine is an American produced mystery-drama film released on March 2, 2001. The film is based on the 1994 novel, The Caveman’s Valentine, by George Dawes Green. George Dawes Green is also the screenplay writer of the film, while Kasi Lemmons has directed the film. The protagonist of the film is Romulus Ledbetter, a paranoid schizophrenic, portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson. Romulus is a man with a physiological disorder, homeless in the city of New York with messy, long dreadlocks.

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    Irene And Valentine

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    was on the two princesses Irene and Valentine. Princess Valentine was from the neighboring kingdom, Ecria. The two princesses were known to have been close since birth, both with personalities like day and night. The ball was absolutely stunning however nobody knew that Harvey and Valentine already had their hearts set on each other years earlier, oblivious to this fact Irene was only thinking about her upcoming wedding. As Princess Irene shows Princess Valentine her wedding dress in the lady's chamber

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    Jimmy Valentine

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    “A Retrieving Reformation” by O. Henry, details the story of the transformation of Jimmy Valentine from a criminal to a respectable man, taking place around the early twentieth century. Jimmy Valentine was released from prison early, due to outside connections. Jimmy was meant to serve a four year sentence (which he only served ten months of) because he had robbed multiple banks. Against the warden’s advice, upon his release, Jimmy resumes his profession, and robs banks in Richmond, Logansport, and

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    Jimmy Valentine, 9762, got sentenced 4 years for cracking safes, but only served 10 months. Jimmy got a signed pardon from the governor. He falls in love with a girl named Annabel, which is the banker's daughter in Elmore. Yes, Jimmy Valentine was dedicated to living a moral life because he became a new person to start a life with Annabel, after he rescued Agatha he offered to go with Ben Price, the detective, and he was going to give an old friend his burglary tools. Jimmy Valentine became

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    Jimmy Valentine Quotes

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    Imagine yourself as a person who all you can do in life is to break into banks. Jimmy Valentine is in the same situation. Jimmy Valentine is a main character in a short story by O. Henry called A Retrieved Reformation. Jimmy Valentine always broke into banks, which was a habit for Jimmy. Jimmy’s outside friends always found a way to get Jimmy out of jail. When Jimmy Valentine was released out of jail, Jimmy went back to robbing banks. One day something changed about Jimmy. Jimmy went to Elmore to

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    day was founded on the 14th February to commemorate Valentine Big debate encircling the foundation of Valentine's Day is set up name pertains to one martyr, or many of them all known as Valentine (or Valentinus in Latin). There have been a number of martyrs referred to as Valentine from the same ancient Roman time, so it isn't conclusively understand which one of these the feast was in fact established to celebrate. However, the Saint Valentine that the feast is generally most connected with was

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    ‘Havisham’ and ‘Valentine’ are both poems written by Carol Ann Duffy. They both develop the idea of what love is really about, while being two completely different interpretations about love. The poet reveals the link between the two poems using a variety of techniques; Duffy expresses the reality of love in ‘Valentine’ in contrast to the exaggeration that love is a thing of hate in ‘Havisham’. ‘Valentine’ directly tells the reader what love really is, ‘Not a red rose or a satin heart / not a cute

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    Ender Valentine Quotes

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    brother Peter was jealous of him because he got accepted to battle school. Ender also had a sister that was sweet and he loved her. Ender is kinda like both Peter and Valentine they kinda are the same in a way. Ender He killed a lot of people but he isn’t anything like peter. He also have a good heart but he’s also isn’t like valentine. He’s kinda mixed with both of them because he is violent but has a great heart. Peter is always violent he has a good heart but he never shows it. At the beginning

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    Essay On Valentines Day

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    know. Something felt off. It felt like there was someone watching us. Someone following our every move. I just left that idea alone. My friends and I went to all the Valentine Stations at school. The first station was a crafting station, where we made red and pink hearts out of rough paper. We then had to put a name of our valentine or a special one. But of course, we did

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