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Woody Allen: A Documentary: Watch Part 1 Online

colin fitzpatrick — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:49:43 +0000

Watch Part 1 of Robert Weide’s definitive biography of Woody Allen.

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Woody Allen: A Documentary: Watch Part 2 Online

colin fitzpatrick — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 13:29:40 +0000

Watch Part 2 of Robert Weide’s definitive biography of Woody Allen.

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Cab Calloway: Sketches: Clip: Cab’s Straight Hair

colin fitzpatrick — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:45:47 +0000

Horn player Gerald Wilson, jazz writer Gary Giddens, and jazz critic/cultural historian Stanley Crouch discuss how Cab’s straight hair, unusual in people of African American descent, and his ability to toss it while performing, played into his persona and popularity as an entertainer. Cab Calloway: Sketches premieres nationally Monday, February 27 at 10 p.m. (check local listings).

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Cab Calloway: Sketches: Steve Brodner Draws Cab Calloway to “Minnie the Moocher”

colin fitzpatrick — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:51:38 +0000

Stever Brodner creates a second sketch of Cab Calloway to Calloway’s classic hit “Minnie The Moocher” for the documentary AMERICAN MASTERS Cab Calloway: Sketches, premiering nationally Monday, February 27 at 10 p.m. (check local listings). Brodner’s completed sketch comes alives and dances alongside Matthew Rushing, choreographer/principal dancer of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. In the New York metro-area the film airs Sunday, February 26 at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN.

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Cab Calloway: Sketches: Steve Brodner Sketches Cab to “Everybody Eats When They Come To My House”

colin fitzpatrick — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:40:16 +0000

Watch Steve Brodner create one of the sketches used in the documentary AMERICAN MASTERS Cab Calloway: Sketches to the soundtrack of Cab Calloway’s “Everybody Eats When They Come To My House.”Cab Calloway: Sketches premiering nationally Monday, February 27 at 10 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). In the New York metro-area the film airs Sunday, February 26 at 8 p.m. on THIRTEEN.

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