... was accused of murdering Helen Jewitt, a celebratory New York prostitute, and setting fire to her room in 1836 and was ultimately found not guilty. Clark was a troubled lad who had been prone to acts considered to be mischievous acts in light of the standards of early nineteenth-century rural Massachusetts life ... explained that arson, in the Puritan society of wooden housing, was a greater capital offense than robbery, murder and treason. According to Clark, he and his alleged accomplice, Joe Lawrence, lit a candle in the barn of one William Cross and waited for it to burn down to ligh...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to go on a USO tour of Korea to entertain the troops. Despite the freezing weather, I entertained the 60,000 soldiers. It was a huge success. Joe did not accompany me on this trip; instead he stayed in Japan and awaited my return. On May 29, I began filming "There's No Business Like Show ... I had been taking for the last few years. When the famous ventilator scene from "The Seven Year Itch", was filmed in New York, Joe watched as my skirt flew up again and again, revealing my white panties. Several hundred photographers, along with 2,000 spectators gathered outside the Trans- ... sadly ...

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... , a schoolteacher. There he attended John Dewey High School. He his nickname of "Spike" from his mother. He attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and developed his film making skills at Clark Atlanta University. After graduating from Morehouse, Lee attended the Tisch School of Arts graduate film program. While attending film school, he made his first student film for his thesis called ... Joe's Bed-Stuy Barbershop: We Cut Heads" which won an Academy award for "Best Student Film" At New York University, he received his Master's degree of Fine Arts ... ...

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