Category 1940’s

Looking At The Craft Of Acting In 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

Become a Patron! NBC Radio – Biography In Sound – The Actor – March 6, 1955 – The Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although this documentary concentrates primarily at Acting for the Stage in 1955, the sentiments and reflections on…

Charles Munch

Charles Munch And The New York Philharmonic – Honegger: Joan Of Arc At The Stake (U.S. Premier) – 1948 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

– New York Philharmonic – Soloists and Chorus conducted by Charles Munch. Artur Honegger: Joan Of Arc At The Stake (U.S. Broadcast premier) – January 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I hesitated to run this for several months…

Europe

Europe At War: Another Day Of Turmoil – Another Day Of Resolve – February 9, 1941

If you like us, become a subscriber: Become a Patron! – Blue Network News Of The World – February 9, 1941 – During the early uncertain and chaotic days of World War 2 in Europe, the flood of news reports,…

London

Blitz Over London – Hitler: Confident Contemptuousness – January 31, 1941

Become a Subscriber: Become a Patron! – News For January 31, 1941 – News for this last day of January in 1941 was a continuation of The Blitz which had begun months earlier. Continued daylight air raids over London and…

A Few Words From Man Ray – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry

As one of the cornerstones of the Avant-Garde, Dada-Surrealist and Modernist Movements, Man Ray is probably best known for his painting, A L’Heure de L’Observatoire – Les Amoureux (Observatory Time – The Lovers) – which you can see in the…

War

World At War: Situations Growing More Grave – January 19, 1942

A little love – a little support – a lot of history : – Red Network News Of The World – January 19, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No shortage of grim news, this world at war on…