Frank Lloyd Wright's life is remembered by his wife and former associates. Wright, the architect, is represented in this tribute, narrated by Walter Cronkite.
Frank Lloyd Wright was not only a real architect, but also an accomplished teacher and a noted iconoclast. These facets of the designer's identity, and the course of his career, are surveyed on this half-hour broadcast, narrated by Walter Cronkite.
Wright, the architect, is represented highlighting some of his buildings: the Winslow House in River Forest, Illinois; the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo; the S.C. Johnson building in Racine, Wisconsin; the Price Tower in Bartlesville, Oklahoma; the Guggenheim
Museum in New York City.
Wright, the teacher, is shown working with students and associates at Taliesin, his studio and residence in Wisconsin.
Wright, the iconoclast, is seen giving his thoughts on the Lincoln Memorial to Robert Richman of the National Culture Center. And we hear Frank Lloyd Wright's views on a man he holds in high esteem - himself.
Mrs. Frank Lloyd Wright (Olgivanna Lloyd Wright) and one of her husband's former associates, Henry Klumb, recall some of Wright's ideas.
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