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"Theodora" was the first attempt for a funny movie with Irene. Then, in 1937 she co-starred with Cary Grant in "The Awful Truth," directed by Leo McCarey (see above.) That film received 6 Oscar nominations and won Best Director. Then again, "My Favorite Wife" of 1940 reunited Irene Dunne and Cary Grant (it ... included Randolph Scott and Gail Patrick in offbeat roles) turned out to be a wild, almost slapstick movie that’s one of the funniest ever made. The sex innuendoes are ahead of their time, cinematically speaking. It was to be directed by McCarey but he had a car accident. Director Garson Kanin took over and did a great job with that funny, wild movie.
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The major source for information on Theodora is Procopius, who wrote about her in three works: his History of the Wars of Justinian, De Aedificiis, and Anekdota or Secret History. All three were written after Theodora's death. The first credits Theodora with the suppression of the Nika revolt, through her courageous response, and possibly therefore with Justinian's continued rule. De Aedificiis is flattering to Theodora. But the Secret History is quite nasty about Theodora, especially her early life.
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Theodora had two sisters, Comitona and Anastasia. Upon the death of her father when she was but a child, Theodora began to work on stage as a mime with her older sister Comitona, and soon became a full-fledged actress. By her late teens, she was a favorite both on the stage, where she delighted in displaying "undraped the beauty of which she was so proud, " and off, where she followed in the footsteps of her sister as a prostitute and/or courtesan. In the context of the time, "actress" was synonymous with "prostitute."
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Through her relationship with her husband, who seems to have treated her as his intellectual partner, Theodora had a real effect on the political decisions of the empire. Justinian writes, for instance, that he consulted Theodora when he promulgated a constitution which included reforms meant to end corruption by public officials. She is credited with influencing many other reforms, including some which expanded the rights of women in divorce and property ownership, forbid exposure of unwanted infants, gave mothers some guardianship rights over their children, and forbid the killing of a wife who committed adultery. She closed brothels and created convents where the ex-prostitutes could support themselves.
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Following the Nika Revolt, Theodora and Justinian set about rebuilding Constantinople. They transformed it into the most splendid city in the world, so much so that Europeans during the Middle Ages referred to it as simply "The City." Constantinople, not Rome, was the center of Christian civilization from the 6th to the beginning of the 12th century. Justinian and Theodora built more that 25 churches and convents in Constantinople. The greatest of them, and indeed the greatest church in all of Christendom prior to the building of St. Peter's in Rome, was the Hegia Sophia, rebuilt by the imperial couple. With its great dome, 107 feet in diameter, and decorated in rich marbles and mosaics, it dazzled visitors for centuries.
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As an attorney, Theodora Gordon knew or reasonably should have known, that an attorney may not rely on the client's representations, but must make a separate and independent inquiry into the facts of a case before making any filing. Chicago Title & Trust Co. v. Anderson, 177 Ill.App.3d 615, 532 N.E.2d 595 (1st Dist. 1989); A & A Acoustics, Inc. v. Valinsky, 202 Ill.App.3d 516, 559 N.E.2d 1180 (1st Dist. 1990); Edwards v. Estate of Harrison, 235 Ill.App.3d 213, 601 N.E.2d 862 (1st Dist. 1992). This is especially true when her client presents her with only a void judgment as the basis of her defense.
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