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5 Episodes 1997 - 1997
Episode 1
Wed, Sep 17, 1997 60 mins
"The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" is a compelling portrait of the late poet and political activist, employing archival footage, interviews and celebrity commentary to chronicle his experiences with Beat writers of the 1950s and his later social and spiritual concerns.
Episode 2
Wed, Nov 26, 1997 60 mins
A history of vaudeville, the stage-show form of family entertainment that prospered in the early 20th century. Included: clips of acts and comments from Rose Marie, Morey Amsterdam, Joey Faye, June Havoc and Bobby Short. Narrated by Ben Vereen.
Episode 3
Wed, Feb 4, 1998 60 mins
A profile of Billy Wilder, the writer-director whose movies include "Some Like It Hot" and "The Apartment." Included: clips from those films; comments from Wilder, Walter Matthau (who also narrates), Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, critic Richard Schickel, and writer-directors Robert Towne and Ron Shelton.
Episode 4
Wed, May 13, 1998 90 mins
This profile of Don Hewitt follows the brash executive producer of "60 Minutes" as he oversees the newsmagazine on "gut instinct." Also interviewed: Mike Wallace, Lesley Stahl, Walter Cronkite, Ed Bradley.
Episode 5
Wed, Jun 17, 1998 60 mins
Profiling Alexander Calder, whose sculpture "celebrated laughter, play and fun," narrator Tovah Feldshuh says. Calder invented the mobile in the 1930s, then reinvented public sculpture in the '50s with "immense abstract monuments" called stabiles.