Media Marathon - A Twentieth-Century Memoir

"Eric Barnouw's memoir is a follow through on his celebrated work as one of the most perceptive chroniclers of our generation. It is personal history at its best."--Studs Terkel

List of contents

Prologue 1

John Mulholland 6

Thornton WIlder 14

Joshua Logan 21

Tony Wons 32

Billy Halop 47

Peal S. Buck 59

William A. Hart 73

Lynn Fontanne 81

Dwight D. Eisenhower 93

Frank and Anne Hummert 112

Tallulah Bankhead 124

Dr. L. E. Smith 133

Bud Leyra 143

M. G. Ramachandran 155

Clifford J. Durr 167

The Kaufman Brothers 182

Akira Iwasaki 193

Robert Osborn 218

Daniel J. Bornstein 233

Epilogue 250

Chronology 253

Index 257

About the author

Erik Barnouw

Summary

Born in Holland in 1908 and an immigrant to the United States at the age of eleven, the author spent his early working years in an astounding array of occupations actor and stage manager, lyricist, translator, director, producer, teacher, and union official. This book tells his story.

Product details

• Authors: Barnouw, Erik Barnouw, Erik Barnouw
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.1996
• EAN: 9780822317289
• ISBN: 978-0-8223-1728-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Weight: 726 g
• Illustrations: 30 b&w photographs
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Biografien: allgemein, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA