The life of Fiorello LaGuardia. 

Host: Mike Wallace.           

Program number 11 of 18 programs. 
Myrna Loy introduces this unique series. The long romance between music and the silent movies, the musical extravaganzas of the thirties, the great days of the Roxy Theater, and the artistic contributions of "background music" to films are among the recollections which Miss Dorothy Lamour introduces. Her guests are Jeanette MacDonald, Gene Kelly, Francis X. Bushman, Allan Jones, producer Arthur Freed, songwriters Dorothy Field and Ray Henderson, award winning composer Franz Waxman, pianist Jack Shaindlin and former organist of the Roxy Theater, Dr.(of music) C.A.J. Parmentier. Most of the interviews were originally recorded in 1959 by producers Joan and Robert Franklin.    

    NOTE: Robert  C. Franklin (1920-1980), inspired by a 1958 newspaper story he read about Columbia University's POPULAR ARTS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, approached Dr. Louis Starr, then director of the oral-history collection, with a proposal to interview and tape record, on to 1/4" reel to reel audio tapes, movie people as they passed through New York. The objective would be to document, through personal recollections, the era of the silent era in films, the impact of sound, the triumphs and inequities of the major studios, and life in the glittering film capital...a firsthand account revelation of how silent movies were actually made.  

Robert  and his wife, Joan Franklin went on to record 200 reels of audio tape, recording celebrities mostly in New York City hotel rooms in 1958 and 1959. Transcripts of interviews were made available at the time to students and researchers. 

In 1961 excerpts/highlights from these audio tapes were edited into a 16 part  radio series titled, MEMOIRS OF THE MOVIES. Myrna Loy provided a standard opening. A different celebrity host/hostess was employed to introduce each episode. All of the 90 celebrities interviewed have since passed away with the exception of Joanne Woodward. Two additional episodes were later produced, "Style of the 70's," and "Rush To Reality," both hosted by Ben Gazzara and added, subsequently, to  re-issues of the series which were syndicated in the 1960's and 1970's airing  in New York (WINS), Boston (WBZ), Philadelphia (KYW), Baltimore (WJZ), Fort Wayne (WOWO), Chicago (WIND), San Francisco (KPIX), and Los Angeles (KFWB).  

The original 200 unedited reels of 1/4" audio tape interviews recorded by Joan and Robert Franklin are no longer known to exist. However, audio cassette transfers from these original tapes were donated by Joan Franklin many decades ago to Columbia University's Oral History Research Office where they exist  today.
Confirmed during a 2009 phone conversation with Mary Marshal Clark, archivist at Columbia at that time, who stated that the first on file communication from Robert  Franklin to Columbia University related to his  proposal to do an oral history audio recorded project is dated, July 31, 1958.
                               

1958 (Syndicated)

A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.  

A man charges his wife with habitual drunkenness.                                              

1958 (Syndicated)

A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.

On today's show, a wife accuses her unemployed husband of being lazy and shiftless. In another case, a wife accuses her husband of bringing home unexpected guests.                                               

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.   

NOTE: This television audio air check was recorded, direct line for pristine sound quality, at the time of its original broadcast by Phil Gries, owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc.                 

1958 (Syndicated)

A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.

Today's case; a wife accuses her husband of drinking and violence.

                                                 

1958 (Syndicated)

A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.

In today's case, a husband accuses his wife of habitual drinking.                                                

1958 (Syndicated)

A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.

In this case, a wife charges her husband with flirting with other women.                                                 

October 20th, 1957-September, 1969

Walter Cronkite hosted this Sunday-evening documentary series, that presented filmed reports on a wide variety of historical and scientific subjects. In January of 1967, the show's title was changed to The Twenty-First Century.

Episode: Get The Graf Spee, reconstruction of events that led to the scuttling of the famed Nazi battleship (The German Sea Raider) in Montevideo harbor on December 17, 1939. German sea raider.
                                                                           

An examination of the human factors to be considered in space travel. Included are films of weightlessness tests, gravity studies and a look at the mental rigors of space travel as two airmen undergo 17 days ia a mock-up capsule. Also, a discussion of nutrition with Beatrice Finkelstein; optical challenges with Otto Schueller, and radiation perils with Dr. Herman J. Schaeffer.                                                                                                                                                             

1958 (Syndicated)

A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.

The wife accuses husband of gambling and selfishness, wife accuses husband of drunkenness.                                                 

1962-1964 Syndicated.

Mike Wallace narrates biographical retrospectives of notable people. This syndicated filmed 65 half-hour program series was one of the first to be produced by David Wolper. 

"Lindbergh" narrated by Mike Wallace. Highlights of Charles Lindberg's career. Commercials included. 

                                 

1958 (Syndicated)

A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.

A wife accuses her husband of extreme jealousy and watching TV.                                                

September 27, 1960-June 4, 1963
A series of reports, many by John Secondari and Robert Drew and his team (Richard Leacock, D.A.Pennebaker, Al Maysles), most notable YANKI NO, THE CHILDREN WERE WATCHING and ADVENTURES ON THE NEW FRONTIER,  in association with Time, Inc.
The series began in the fall of 1960 and ran in sporadic regular runs from 1961 through the middle of 1963.  


A documentary on current events satire.  Also, a look at President Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev.

Hosts: Dick Gregory and Mort Sahl.                          

1958 (Syndicated)

A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.

A wife charges her husband with excessive absence and drinking.                                               

1962-1964 Syndicated.

Mike Wallace narrates biographical retrospectives of notable people. This syndicated filmed 65 half-hour program series was one of the first to be produced by David Wolper. 

The Biography of former President Harry S. Truman is narrated by host Mike Wallace. Part 1 of 2.

                                              

1962-1964 Syndicated.

Mike Wallace narrates biographical retrospectives of notable people. This syndicated filmed 65 half-hour program series was one of the first to be produced by David Wolper. 

The Biography of former President Harry S. Truman is narrated by host Mike Wallace. 

Part 2 of 2.

                                                                        

Groucho Marx is the on and off screen narrator for this view of Americans getting off their high horses and into critterless carriages. Music by Skitch Henderson in this Project 20 venture. Written by Philip Reisman Jr. Executive producer, Donald B. Hyatt. Initial airing was on Oct. 22, 1961.             

October 20th, 1957-September, 1969

Walter Cronkite hosted this Sunday-evening documentary series, that presented filmed reports on a wide variety of historical and scientific subjects. In January of 1967, the show's title was changed to The Twenty-First Century.

The jazz of Dave Brubeck. This show originally aired on December 31st, 1961.                         

An NBC News Special.
A one hour documentary of Germany today and Germany under the Nazis-interviews with former Nazis and others. The Germans reject the responsibility for the persecution of the Jews during World War 11.  

The barrier of silence between two German generations are explored.
A focus of those born during the last days of the Third Reich.
Ex Nazis Max Moritz and Rolf Boy tell why they went along with Adolf Hitler. Members of the younger generations testify to their hazy knowledge of the Nazi era and to the lack of parental explanation on the subject.

John Rich reports.                                     

This one hour documentary special  follows Cuba's political history from the take-over of the government by Fulgencio Batista in 1952, through its overthrow by Fidel Castro's forces in 1959. i
Introduced by John Tillman. Narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis.                       

1961 (Syndicated)
A series of half-hour documentaries and pseudo-documentaries filmed all over the world, produced and narrated by Jack Douglas. 

A documentary on Hugh Hefner, publisher of Playboy Magazine, who is profiled behind-the-scenes.                         

Walter Kiernan moderates this examination of the art of politics past and present. Modern campaigning techniques are discussed by pollster John Kraft. James Farley looks back on campaigns in which he participated.  

Broadcast on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York City.                                    

1962-1964 Syndicated.

Consisting entirely of historic newsreel and archival footage. 
65 half hour shows related to biographical profiles of the lives and careers of many of the twentieth century greatest as well as infamous  public figures. Created by David L. Wolper.

Mike Wallace narrates biographical retrospectives of notable people. This syndicated filmed 65 half-hour program series was one of the first to be produced by David Wolper. 

The life of Senator Joseph McCarthy is profiled.                                                           

November 21, 1962 - February 27 1963

Max Morath, a ragtime pianist and raconteur, hosts this half-hour series focusing on the nations manners and morals at the turn of the century, a period spanning three decades from 1890 to 1920.

The idea that the history of any era can be told in terms of its popular songs is being put to the test on this new series comprised of 15 episodes by New york's educational channel. 

Featuring Max Morath, a ragtime pianist and raconteur, this half-hour series of broadcasts takes a musical look at the turn of the century.  

Tonight's episode, the second in the series, profiles the Nickelodeon craze and the development of the movies. This series is one of the earliest examples of programming on the newly formed New York Public Broadcast Station WNDT Ch.13, which debuted on the air September 16, 1962.             

A reconstruction of Shakespeare's life and times, with scenes and settings of the highlights of his career, accompanied by scenes from a dozen of his plays, with readings by Sir Michael Redgrave and a company of British actors, with Sir Ralph Richardson as guest narrator. Produced in the United Kingdom.                        

Profile of bandleader Benny Goodman that covers his childhood in Chicago, his rise to fame and his world travels, particularly his 1961 trip to Russia. Narrated by Alexander Scourby. 

Dupe Of Number 371.                         

October 20th, 1957-September, 1969

Walter Cronkite hosted this Sunday-evening documentary series, that presented filmed reports on a wide variety of historical and scientific subjects. In January of 1967, the show's title was changed to The Twenty-First Century.

Episode: Anzio- One of World War 11's bloodiest battles with an estimated 30,000 casualties. 

Narrated by Walter Cronkite. 
                                                                                                     

CBS newsman Walter Cronkite narrates this special on illegal bookmaking in a Boston Store. 

Narrator: Walter Cronkite.  
NOTE:
The original broadcast was telecast on November 30, 1961. It was banned in Boston Massachusetts until this rebroadcast, shown for the first time.                                  

A documentary on the Soviet-Red Chinese split.
A look at current Communist concepts and conflicts, focusing on the discord be tween the USSR and Red China. Interviewed are Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.

Narrator: Chet Huntley.                           

ABC Close-Up! 1960-

"The Miners' Lament" focuses on the issues and arguments behind recent violence in the Eastern Kentucky coal fields. Views of bombed-out homes, impoverished towns and unemployed miners are shown.  Kentucky governor, Bert T. Combs discusses the friction between union and non-union miners and the recent United Mine Workers announcement that four hospitals, supported by its Welfare Fund, would soon be closed.  
                                                               

Documentary on how a Sargent trains marine recruits.             

Survivors relate battles against the Nazis 20 years ago.                        

Walter Cronkite narrates and traces the changing role of the hero in movies and TV westerns since the turn of the century. Stanley Kramer and William S. Hart, among others, are heard.