Cinema: The Farmer's Daughter

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The men in her life are mostly tight-lipped about their memories. Back home in North Carolina, a boy who used to squire her will only say that she was a nice little country girl with a better-than-average figure. Husband No. 1, brash little Mickey Rooney, declares stiffly: "I have a code of ethics, and it doesn't include talking about my ex-wives." Husband No. 2, Bandleader Artie Shaw, says: "She is a nice girl. I feel complete detachment." Potential Husband No. 3, Crooner Frank Sinatra (now on the hunt for a divorce), is...

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