Not many people remember the 1954 film Salt of the Earth, a low-budget account of a mining strike in New Mexico. Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of the movie is that it was made at all.
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Harry Macarthy: The Bob Hope of the Confederacy
He could make tired soldiers laugh, and his ‘Bonnie Blue Flag’ churned southern audiences into a frenzy. That was why Harry Macarthy was loved from one end of the confederacy to the other.
Bone Dealers in Vietnam
More than 90 percent of the supposed remains of U.S. military personnel missing in Vietnam that are brought in by local villagers turn out to be bogus.
World War II: Interview with U.S. Navy Photographer Jack Stewart
As a U.S. Navy photographer on the aircraft carrier Essex, Jack Stewart had a ringside seat when a Japanese kamikaze attacked his ship on November 25, 1944.
Homer Lea: Author of The Valor of Ignorance
Homer Lea, a frail American hunchback, helped make China a republic and prophesied the apocalyptic convulsions of two world wars.
Multi-Media Review – WHAT’S ON IN LONDON
What’s On in London Theater critic Michael Leech previews London’s summer theatre fare. The […]
Multi-Media Review: THE FIFTIES : AH
THE FIFTIES, The History Channel, $99.95. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Halberstam’s book […]