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COVER STORY
The Forties
Host Kurt Andersen and filmmaker Woody Allen talk about
Allen's new movie "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion", set in the
1940s, and our modern day attraction to the decade's unforgettable music,
movies, and history.
 Fast
Talking Dames
In the Forties, actresses like Barbara
Stanwyck and Carol Lombard energized their movies with jokes, slang, frankness,
and breathtaking banter. Kurt talks with Princeton professor Maria DiBattista
about this glorious moment of cinematic history and the focus of her new
book, Fast Talking Dames.
 Go
to a"Ball of Fire" movie site
Go
to an "All About Eve" movie site
Go
to an "After the Thin Man" movie still
Zoot
Suit Riots
In southern California during World
War II, the extravagantly tailored suits of young Mexican-Americans, with
broad shoulders, huge lapels, and narrow peg pants, clashed with the all-American
austerity of the war. A look back at the improbable flash point that became
known as the Zoot Suit Riots. Produced by Eric Roy of KCRW Santa Monica.
Go
to an article on the Zoot Suit Riots
Go
to archived NY & LA Times articles on the riots
 Chiura
Obata
In the spring of 1942, art professor Chiura Obata and
his family were among the thousands of Japanese Americans relocated to
internment camps. Obata's granddaughter and a curator at the DeYoung Museum
in San Francisco tell the story of Obata's efforts to bring some civility
and dignity -- and art -- into the lives of his fellow internees. Produced
by Jonathan Mitchell.
Go
to Museum of San Francisco page on Japanese Internment
Go
to Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Go
to Asian American Curriculum Project gallery
SPECIAL GUEST
Woody Allen
The film director Woody Allen has averaged a film
a year for the last 25 years, winning Oscars for his writing and directing
of Annie Hall and Hannah and Her Sisters. His newest film, The Curse of
the Jade Scorpion -- a romantic comedy about a jewel heist and set in
the 1940s -- opens August 17th.
Go
to a Woody Allen site in-the-making
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Commentary
Intergalactic Pop Culture
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Now Playing
A visit to the Phillip Collection's monumental
retrospective of paintings by Jacob Lawrence -- perhaps the least heralded
great artist of the 20th century. Produced by Jacquie Gales Webb. Audio
of Jacob Lawrence courtesy the Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.
Go
to Phillips Collection website
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