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  • He broke it by whistling "Bedelia" two notes off the key.

    Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905 Various

  • She did not even play "Robin Adair"; she played "Bedelia" and all the new cake-walks, for she was her father's housekeeper, and rightly looked upon the office as being the same as that of his heart-keeper.

    The Magnificent Ambersons; illustrated by Arthur William Brown 1918

  • "Bedelia" and all the new cake-walks, for she was her father's housekeeper, and rightly looked upon the office as being the same as that of his heart-keeper.

    The Magnificent Ambersons Booth Tarkington 1907

  • "I'd call him a musician if he could play 'Bedelia' on a jews'-harp; but he can't, so's he's got to be a poet."

    Cape Cod Stories Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907

  • It was that June when "Bedelia" covered nearly the whole of the political horizon; it was the date of June when West Point, Vassar, the Blue, the

    The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary Anne Warner 1891

  • a chapel; and, so dreaming, I would start spasmodically, to hear the red-coated orchestra of a cafe 'blare out into "Bedelia," and awake to the laughter and rouge and blague which that dear pongee had helped me for a moment to forget!

    The Beautiful Lady Booth Tarkington 1907

  • And the characters are played by a very good cast, led by Maura Tierney, Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia and Peter Krause.

    Where's the potential in fall TV? 2009

  • From Friday Night Lights executive producer Jason Katims, this new series re-imagines and updates the production to introduce audiences to the very large, very colorful and imperfect Braverman family, played by Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Lauren Graham, Peter Krause, Monica Potter, Dax Shepard and Erika Christensen, among others.

    Ron Howard Interview NBC’s PARENTHOOD – Collider.com 2010

  • Adventures of Cecelia Bedelia put me onto this meme, started by Lost in Books.

    Meme, Myself, & I: Where's a Sequel When You Need One? 2010

  • Donna (Sanaa Lathan) takes over for Bonnie Bedelia as McClane's wife, and Tim the Bear (exec producer Seth MacFarlane) assumes the part of Alan Rickman's terrorist leader.

    The Cleveland Show Goes to the Movies With Die Hard Parody 2011

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