Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD |
Cast |
Hal Holbrook. |
Note |
Material adapted by Hal Holbrook through the courtesy of the Estate of Samuel L. Clemens. |
Event |
Originally broadcast as a CBS Television Network special on March 6, 1967. |
Summary |
Hal Holbrook's landmark one-man show is most startling in the freshness of Twain's stinging commentary on politics, the art of lying, religion, partriotism, slavery and man's notion that he is the Creator's pet. |
Credits |
Produced by David Susskind ; directed by Paul Bogart. |
Contents |
Whiskey-train-long dog -- Smoke rings -- Half a gallon -- The water closet -- Reporter & Congress -- His grandfather's old ram -- A hymn book -- The silent lie -- Huck & Jim -- Lower than the angels -- Lynching -- The creator's pet -- Ghost story -- Hannibal boyhood -- Piloting at sunrise -- Gold rush -- 70th escape & Satan -- Mary Ann. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Drama.
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Parodies, imitations, etc.
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Added Author |
Holbrook, Hal.
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Vining Productions.
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Kultur International Films.
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CBS Television Network.
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Added Title |
Mark Twain tonight |
ISBN |
0769718914 |
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9780769718910 |
Standard No. |
032031189195 |
Music No. |
D1891 Kultur |
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