Rita Moreno discusses her role in West Side Story ; part 2
Rita Moreno talks about her own Puerto Rican ethnicity and how it relates to her role as Anita in West Side Story.
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Rita Moreno discusses her role in West Side Story ; part 1
Jun. 13, 1962 Rita Moreno talks about her own Puerto Rican ethnicity and how it relates to her role as Anita in West Side Story.
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Pauline Kael discusses her book "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" and her career, part 2
1966 Part 2 of celebrated fim critic Pauline Kael discussing her book "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" as well as Laurence Olivier, Sidney Poitier, safe roles, older actors, distortion of women's contributions, and Lillian Hellman's frustrations.
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Frank Carney, Susie Gelaga, Linda Gelaga, Molly Gelaga and Fred Christy discuss the youth in Chicago ; part 1
1968 Interviewing Frank Carney, Susie Gelaga, Linda (daughter-in-law), Molly (daughter), and Fred Christy. They discuss the youth of Chicago and their own life experiences.
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Discussing Cole Porter's work and the book "Cole" and interviewing its author Robert Kimball
1970 Cole Porter biographer Robert Kimball talks with Studs about his book "Cole" and his subject's life and work as they listen to classic performances of some of his most beloved songs. They marvel at how Porter perfectly captured the zeitgeist of the times in his lyrics, his lyrical influences, his unique method of outside-in composing lyrics and music simultaneously, Bobby Short's masterful interpretations, controversies over some of his works, and how well his material holds up.
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Anna Deavere Smith discusses her career
May. 4, 1995 Anna Deavere Smith discusses and demonstrates her unique character portrayals from her works "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992."