"Marvin Gaye" by David Ritz When Marvin Gaye died in 1984, he left behind one of the great legacies in American music. More than a superb vocalist and subtle composer, he was a visionary who expressed the tenor of his times. Both radical and romantic, ...
Zora Neale Hurston wrote the following letter to Countee Cullen, her friend and fellow writer, in 1943. In it, she discusses lynching, segregation, and her feelings about white "liberals." March 5, 1943 Dear Countee: Thanks a million for your kind letter. I am always proud ...
In the interview below, Carol Burnett provides her own take on an award-winning career that began in New York City in the 1950s. Q: What challenges did you face starting out? A: I wanted to be on Broadway, but in musical comedy. Aside from being ...
View photos of Warner Bros. productions, from the studio's humble but ambitious beginnings to its blockbusters of today. The studio was founded by the four Warner brothers Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack.
The following is excerpted from director Richard Schickel's book, You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story, upon which his film is based. You could argue that this book, and the television series from which it derives has been in the making for something like ...
Q: What first got you interested in doing a film on the Warner brothers? A: Several reasons: My grandfather, Harry Warner, was very much around the first 10 years of my life as we spent almost every weekend on his ranch just out side of ...
He was a master of the Broadway musical and one of the greatest ballet choreographers this country has ever produced.
