While it's not true that all of her best work came later, Lombard hit her slightly cockeyed stride in the mid-to-late 1930s.

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And just as Wink is beginning to hit its stride, those same companies Wilderotter worked so hard to sell on interactive TV are quietly scheming against her.

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