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Agee was an ardent champion of [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s then extremely unpopular film ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947), which has since become a film classic. He was also a great admirer of [[Laurence Olivier]]'s ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' and ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'', especially ''Henry V'', for which he actually published three separate reviews, all of which have been printed in the collection ''Agee on Film''.

Agee was an ardent champion of [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s then extremely unpopular film ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947), which has since become a film classic. He was also a great admirer of [[Laurence Olivier]]'s ''[[Henry V (1944 film)|Henry V]]'' and ''[[Hamlet (1948 film)|Hamlet]]'', especially ''Henry V'', for which he actually published three separate reviews, all of which have been printed in the collection ''Agee on Film''.

In 1951 in Santa Barbara, California, Agee suffered the first two in a series of heart attacks, which ultimately claimed his life four years later at the age of 45.  He died on May 16, 1955 while in a taxi cab en route to a doctor's appointment -- coincidentally two days before the anniversary of his father's death.[http://www.ageefilms.org/ageebio.html] James Agee (1909-1955)] Chronology of his Life and Work He was buried on a farm he owned at [[Hillsdale, NY]].

In 1951 in Santa Barbara, California, Agee suffered the first two in a series of heart attacks, which ultimately claimed his life four years later at the age of 45.  He died on May 16, 1955 while in a taxi cab en route to a doctor's appointment -- coincidentally two days before the anniversary of his father's death.[https://www.ageefilms.org/ageebio.html] James Agee (1909-1955)] Chronology of his Life and Work He was buried on a farm he owned at [[Hillsdale, NY]].

===Hollywood and ''The Night of the Hunter''===

===Hollywood and ''The Night of the Hunter''===

== External links ==

== External links ==

*[http://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/Tales_dir/james_agee_mother_tale.html A Mother's Tale]

*[https://xahlee.org/PageTwo_dir/Tales_dir/james_agee_mother_tale.html A Mother's Tale]

*[http://www.ageefilms.org/ageebio.html A chronology of James Agee's life & work] from Agee Films

*[https://www.ageefilms.org/ageebio.html A chronology of James Agee's life & work] from Agee Films

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