'To Kill a Mockingbird' Makes Its Mark, 50 Years After the Film’s Release

In honor of the anniversary of the landmark movie, Sandra McElwaine checks in with its stars.

Published Jan. 31 2012 4:45AM EST

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When Mary Badham was catapulted from her fourth-grade Victorian classroom in Birmingham, Ala., to a meticulously replicated small Southern town on a backlot in Hollywood, she knew there was “something special” about the trip.

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'To Kill a Mockingbird' Makes Its Mark, 50 Years After the Film’s Release

In honor of the anniversary of the landmark movie, Sandra McElwaine checks in with its stars.

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Sandra McElwaine