Muriel Smith

The struggle of a country and its people.

The professional recording of the 1952 original London production at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane.

A la suite d'une chute dans un escalier du château familial d'Albi, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec restera infirme toute sa vie : avec un corps d'adulte sur des jambes d'enfant... Aucune femme ne veut de lui.Henri trompe sa solitude en peignant. Il monte à Paris, fréquente assidûment le cabaret du Moulin Rouge et devient l'ami des vedettes de l'établissement : Jane Avril, La Goulue, Aïcha, Valentin le Désossé, les danseuses du French-cancan.

Inspired by the accomplishments of Mary McCleod Bethune, who made and sold so many sweet potato pies that, with her earnings, she established many schools for the under-privileged.

Strange Victory" is about racial bias in post World War II America. Following "Native Land" in Leo Hurwitz' filmography, it uses some of the same techniques: dramatized scenes interspersed with scenes of compilation news reel footage, and scenes of evocative imagery.