Lawrence County Resources. St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery booklet containing information about dates of birth, parents and other relatives' names, causes of death, epitaphs, etc.
At times, while directing Robin Williams and Nathan Lane in The Birdcage, Mike Nichols found himself laughing so hard that he had to work from beneath a soundproof blanket in order not to ruin the takes. Can you blame him? Twenty years after its release on March 8, 1996, The Birdcage remains a hilarious landmark. Besides being a smash hit, the film made a movie star out of Lane, gave Calista Flockhart her big break, and provided probably the only opportunity in film history to see Gene Hackman in a platinum blonde wig and a gown.
In 1962 MGM released the movie The Birdman of Alcatraz. Starring Burt Lancaster, it depicted the story of how two-time murderer Robert Stroud, originally incarcerated at Leavenworth and then transferred to Alcatraz, began to pass the time by studying the diseases of the sparrows and canaries that he kept as pets.