American Masters (1986)
Directed by Susan Lacy / Robert Trachtenberg / Susan Steinberg
Genres - Culture & Society, Film, TV & Radio, Language & Literature, Music, Visual Arts |
Sub-Genres - Art History, Biography, Film & Television History, Literary Studies, Music History |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States |
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Synopsis
An acclaimed series of biographies of artists, writers, filmmakers, musicians and Hollywood stars. Profiles of Alexander Calder, Paul Simon, Charlie Chaplin and music producer John Hammond won Peabody Awards, while films about Edward R. Murrow, Lucille Ball, Buster Keaton, Lillian Gish and Leonard Bernstein (among others) won Emmys, and a study of the Algonquin Round Table won a 1987 Academy Award.
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actor, artist, film-industry, Hollywood, musician, pop-culture
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High Historical Importance
