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The Mansfield Memorial Museum is paying tribute to silent film actress Martha Mansfield.

JOHN BARRYMORE lives on in the popular imagination as the consummate stage performer, a thespian of the old school armed with an impossibly cultured voice, a gift for grand gestures and majestic poses, and a mysterious ability to look good in tights.

While a few "modern" flicks are releasing this week -- Push , The Unborn and what have you -- the older stuff is just so much better! Take a look at my favorites, and then make plans: Release o' the week: Peanuts: 1960's Collection.

Fans of the Masterpiece Mystery series will love this three-disc collection as David Suchet returns as the Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot.

Dalton Trumbo's favorite of all his screenplays was this stirring adaptation of Edward Abbey's Brave Cowboy -- a moving and exciting modern chase western, with Kirk Douglas as Jack Burns, an individualist modern cowboy on the run from a posse that includes helicopters, high-powered rifles and police radio.

JOHN Barrymore and John Gilbert, legendary womanizers and pals who drank themselves to death, were two of the biggest stars of the silent era.

The details: John Barrymore could be a glorious capering ham a ' see Twentieth Century a ' but he also could be a focused under-actor, a key transitional figure in 20th-century drama and a lot more than Drew Barrymorea TMs grandfather.

An odd science fiction mystery, a paranormal action thriller and a look at a legendary star are among DVD releases for Tuesday, July 7. 'Knowing.' Summit Entertainment The lowdown: Nicolas Cage stars in this science fiction-like oddity that features an interesting premise that is nearly negated by some flawed execution.

Gilbert's 'Monte Cristo' and 'Bardelys the Magnificent' and Barrymore's 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr.