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Kim Novak Discusses Vertigo and Working with Hitchcock
The beautiful Kim Novak discusses why the role appealed to her and Hitchcock's obsessive attention to detail: "If I let you change me, will you love me?" Continue reading
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Lord Byron
Lord Byron: “No Other in Word or Deed Shall Ever Hold the Place in My Affection…”
Byron's love letter, written in August 1812, is addressed to the married Lady Caroline Lamb. Continue reading
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin Describes His Persistent Sea-Sickness Aboard The Beagle
Charles Darwin describes his persistent sea-sickness aboard The Beagle. Continue reading
Winter Olympic Games
Olympics Favorite Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards on His 1988 Ski Jumping Experience
Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards discusses how he started his career in ski jumping and why he believes he became so popular with the British public. Continue reading
Vinko Bogataj
Bokotaj Remembers His Agony of Defeat
Yugoslovian ski jumper Vinko Bokotaj became known to a generation of Americans as a symbol for the "Agony of Defeat." Continue reading
David Bowie
Bowie’s Ex-Wife on the Creation of Ziggy Stardust
Angie Bowie, David Bowie's ex-wife, talks about the people who influenced the creation of Ziggy Stardust, Mr. Bowie's famous 1970s alter-ego. Continue reading
David Bowie
David Bowie: “I’ve always just seemed to collect personalities”
Russell Harty's 1973 interview with David Bowie on his different guises and religious beliefs. Continue reading
D. W. Griffith
Lillian Gish on Making Movies With D. W. Griffith
The great Lillian Gish, often called the "The First Lady of American Cinema," discusses her acting career and what it was like to work with the famous director D. W. Griffith. Continue reading
World War II
Interview With One of the Last Surviving Monuments Men
Harry Ettlinger, one of the last surviving members of the Monuments Men, talks about his service recovering the stolen art by Nazis during World War II. Continue reading
World War II
Monuments Man: “WWII was…the greatest theft in history…I witnessed this firsthand”
Harry Ettlinger, one of the last surviving members of the Monuments Men, talks about his World War II service in Germany where he spent 10 months in salt mines helping to secure stolen art by the Nazis. Continue reading