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Born a few months before the twentieth century (July 7th, 1899), Cukor was a man of medium height and solid, stocky build, features sharp as perfect projection on a movie screen.
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During his short life, George Gershwin penned a number of America's most recognizable pieces of music.
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George Lucas has been for the past few decades at the forefront of American culture and creative technology both predicting and creating our popular aesthetics.
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For nearly a century, O'Keeffe's representations of the beauty of the American landscape were a brave counterpoint to the chaotic images embraced by the art world.
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Harold Clurman has been called the most influential figure in the history of the American theater.
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"The King of Daredevil Comedy," Harold Lloyd is best remembered today as the young man dangling desperately from a clock tower in the 1923 classic Safety Last.
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Long regarded as "the First Lady of American Theater," Helen Hayes earned international esteem and affection during a career that spanned more than eighty years on stage and in films, radio, and television.
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We all think we know Helen Keller's story. But Helen Keller grew up, and it is her fascinating life as a Deaf Blind adult that this film explores.
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From the sexed-up Suzie Wong to the kung fu fighting Bruce Lee, American Masters tackles issues of race and representation in "Hollywood Chinese."
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Whether he was working in Paris or Istanbul, James Baldwin never ceased to reflect on his experience as a black man in white America.
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