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James Mason
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The rest of Mason's memoirs are pretty well devoted to this affair and the events leading up to Captain Frank Gurley's eventual capture and Imprisonment. As divulged in Chapter 21, James Mason was anguished by the imprisonment and treatment of his friend and former commander Frank B. Gurley. One can only imagine Mason's relief when Gurley was finally released from a Federal prison and paroled in April 1866.
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James Mason was an actor of contradictions. He was a lover of classical drama who made his name not in the theatre but in the world of film. He was a quietly spoken, deeply private man who chose to follow the most public of careers. These contradictions may have sometimes troubled Mason but he still managed a prolific film career and by the time he died in 1984 had made just over 100 films in a career covering half a century.
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Mustachioed, French-born silent screen villain James Mason, a former musician, was one of the few professional extras to move into featured roles. In the 1920s, Mason established himself as the ideal "Boss Villain" in budget Westerns and would play variations of that role well into the sound era....Read More
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During the 1820s Mason practiced law and served in the Virginia Legislature. He was a delegate to the Virginia constitutional convention in 1829, and a member of the State house of delegates 1826-32 (except 1827-28). He was presidential elector on the Democratic ticket in 1832.
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Synopsis: Dr. Fischer (James Mason) is a cynical tycoon whose favorite past time is exposing human greed. Determined to prove that even the most righteous person can be bought, Fischer (Bates) plans a party with a strange and diabolical twist. The party favors contain one of two things--one million dollarsRead More
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After the war, James M. Mason became a practicing Methodist preacher and continued this profession for the next thirty-nine years until his sudden death in 1909. Mason remained very active in civil affairs and was highly involved with the Talladega Home for the Blind. He was ... one of the founders of Huntington College in Montgomery. A bronze plaque, bearing his name, stands at the entrance of the college. His son and grandson proudly carried on the Mason name by becoming well-known Alabama surgeons.
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