Commemoration of the American Civil War played by Taran Killam. News publication "The Week" mocked the retraction and remarked that it "[wa]sn't the most consequential apology, nor the most belated." The article proceeded to list other belated apologies, including a June 18, 2009 U.S. Senate resolution passed to apologize for the institution of slavery and segregation. Hollywood's take on the war has been especially influential in shaping public memory, as seen in such film "classics" as "Birth of a Nation" (1915), "Gone with the Wind" (1939), and "Lincoln (2012)". Commemoration of the American Civil War The commemoration of the American Civil War is based on the
The White Sister (1933 film) The White Sister (1933 film) The White Sister is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming. The film stars Helen Hayes and Clark Gable. It was based on the 1909 novel of the same name by Francis Marion Crawford and was a remake of the silent film "The White Sister" (1923), starring Lillian Gish and Ronald Colman. Italian aristocrat Angela Chiaromonte (Helen Hayes) spurns the potential husband chosen by her father (Lewis Stone) in favor of Giovanni Severi (Clark Gable), a handsome army lieutenant. When her lover is reported killed in World War I, Hayes renounces