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THE MIRACLE WORKER a ' Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke won Oscars for their work in this 1962 drama.

The moon is waning. The morning stars are Venus, Mars, Saturn and Mercury. The evening stars are Neptune, Jupiter and Uranus.

Patty Duke, and Jordan Bridges, is the eigth and final DVD in The Complete Love Comes Softly Collection based on the books by Janette Oke.

The Miracle Worker is the inspiring story of American author, political activist and lecturer Helen Keller.

The weekend's free movies at the Library of Congress Packard Campus Theater on Mount Pony focus on overcoming obstacles or getting over on somebody.

Back in 1963, a sitcom named "The Patty Duke Show'' defined what a girl could be.

We know The Miracle Worker is a wonderful play about Helen Keller. We've come a long way since the 1962 movie starring Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke.

It started in 1904, when the title song was written. Then jump to 1941, when Sally Benson wrote a series of articles for the New Yorker about her family life around the turn of the last century.

The Anglo-French passenger jet Concorde in flight. Today is Monday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2009.

CELEBRITY BENEFIT CONCERT FOR EQUAL RIGHTS THE PALACE OF FINE ARTS MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2009 AT 7:30 PM Celebrities will be coming to San Francisco this Monday for a concert benefiting two equal rights organizations: Marriage Equality USA and Garden State Equality.

Today is Monday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2009. There are 73 days left in the year.

Today is Monday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2009. There are 73 days left in the year.

It can't be done without Helen. A successful production of 'The Miracle Worker' depends on a convincing portrayal of Helen Keller as a child living without sight or sound.

Meg Roe promises to strip The Miracle Worker down to its beautiful bones. The production that Roe is directing runs at the Playhouse from tonight to October 31, but William Gibson's script started life in 1957 on television's dramatic anthology Playhouse 90.

Sentimental? Yes. Done a thousand times? Yes. Still, despite the folderol of the script, The Miracle Worker usually packs a punch - if the production manages to find a good Helen Keller.

Get on board with one of the funniest comics around, as Pam Ann takes her airline humor on a US tour next month.

It's somewhat disheartening as a television addict to think about how poorly shows I adore from just a few years ago may be as alien-seeming as The Patty Duke Show was to me when I experienced it last week.

Patty Duke shot the 1960s' TV sitcom "The Patty Duke Show," in which she played identical cousins, at a time when there were no computers for special effects.

More and more TV on DVD is being released, and the DVDTalk review panel is committed to covering as many sets as they can.

F or baby boomers, revisiting TV series from their youth can be daunting. Will the shows make one wax nostalgic for one's childhood, or hang one's head in embarrassment? Thankfully, two vintage titles being released via Shout! Factory -- "The Patty Duke Show: The Complete First Season" , out last week, and "Mister Ed: The Complete First Season" , ...