Virgil Thomson
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145 W. 21 (1936)
A romantic pair leaves their flat for a desultory burlesque show and two workmen take advantage of the empty house to pilfer a wallet.
Poem Posters (1967)
... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William...
The River (1938)
This short Depression-era documentary describes the importance of the Mississippi River to the United States and laments the environmental...
The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936)
A documentary about what happened to the Great Plains of the United States and Canada when uncontrolled farming destroyed the soil and led to the...
Tuesday in November (1945)
A propaganda short about the 1944 United States presidential election, produced by the Office of War information, for overseas distribution. It is...
The Spanish Earth (1937)
A propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the Republican government against the rebellion by Gen. Francisco Franco's forces...
Power Among Men (1959)
Four episodes on the theme of human hope and survival set in Santambrogio, Italy; Fermathe, Haiti; British Columbia and Kjeller in Norway.
King Lear (1953)
In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power.
Louisiana Story (1948)
The idyllic life of a young Cajun boy and his pet raccoon is disrupted when the tranquility of the bayou is broken by an oil well drilling near his...
Is Dead - Portrait incomplet de Gertrude Stein (2000)
The life and work of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), an American writer who lived in France for more than half of her life ("... not the half that made...
The Goddess (1958)
A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.