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Jan 01, 1936A romantic pair leaves their flat for a desultory burlesque show and two workmen take advantage of the empty house to pilfer a wallet.
Virgil Thomson
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Poem Posters
May 19, 1967... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William Burroughs, Andy Warhol, Rudy Gernreich, Jonas Mekas and others.
Documentary
The River
Feb 04, 1938This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental destruction committed in the name of progress, particularly farming and timber practices and their impact on impoverished farmers.
Documentary
The Plow That Broke the Plains
May 10, 1936A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the Dust Bowl.
Documentary
Tuesday in November
May 11, 1945A propaganda short about the 1944 United States presidential election, produced by the Office of War information, for overseas distribution. It is meant to explain how the democratic process in America works. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
Documentary
The Spanish Earth
Jul 10, 1937A propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the Republican government against the rebellion by Gen. Francisco Franco's forces who were backed by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. The film would have been seen by those making it as a documentary.
Documentary
Power Among Men
Jan 01, 1959Four episodes on the theme of human hope and survival set in Santambrogio, Italy; Fermathe, Haiti; British Columbia and Kjeller in Norway.
Documentary
King Lear
Oct 18, 1953In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power.
TV Movie
Louisiana Story
Sep 28, 1948In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power.
Adventure
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein
Mar 11, 2000The life and work of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), an American writer who lived in France for more than half of her life ("... not the half that made me, but the half when I did what I did..."), presented in a montage of her autobiographical texts, with pictures from today mixed with archives from the past.
The Goddess
Jun 24, 1958A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.
Drama
The Kennedy Center Honors
Dec 26, 2023The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.
