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The film also notably starred Barrymore’s great-uncle, Lionel Barrymore, as fishing boat captain Disko Troop.
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
Indeed, one half of my own family moved to Manchester in the late 1930s when my great-uncle Charlie was spotted by United while playing in Scotland.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Charlie Gladstone reflects on his great-uncle’s legacy, and shares what to expect at the Hawarden Estate exhibition.
—Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Emmett was just 14 when he was kidnapped from his great-uncle’s house by two White men who later admitted to beating and torturing the teen before shooting him in the head and throwing his body into the Tallahatchie River, weighed down by a 75-pound cotton gin fan.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
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Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Sep. 2025
Indeed, one half of my own family moved to Manchester in the late 1930s when my great-uncle Charlie was spotted by United while playing in Scotland.
—Andy Mitten, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
Charlie Gladstone reflects on his great-uncle’s legacy, and shares what to expect at the Hawarden Estate exhibition.
—Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Emmett was just 14 when he was kidnapped from his great-uncle’s house by two White men who later admitted to beating and torturing the teen before shooting him in the head and throwing his body into the Tallahatchie River, weighed down by a 75-pound cotton gin fan.
—Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Great-uncle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great-uncle. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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