The overnight hours tomorrow and to the Early Morning wednesday will see more widespread rain will see mostly cloudy conditions out there for much of the day today is a live look at the bay bridge and were waking up to generally most cloudy skies oakland good morning to you were not on the low 60s of mild afternoon on the mostly cloudy skies and. Anny hong a high of 73 by 4 00 the northwest when we had some fog yesterday at this time it was pretty denser right now the visibility is not a problem were not setting any records for the no. Including out as a float down to 5 mi. Visibility temperatures right now all was in the sixties and fifties 59 in San Francisco 57 santa rosa and the 60s and the more it is a look at the feet to cast for here is talking about the rain today at 5 in the morning will see cloudy skies out there the clout the constructor Morning Hours and today most a cloudy day at 6 00 tonight getting off of work temperatures on to the court will see mostly cloudy skies as
Korda, was born with and which he changed when he moved to biewd past as a University Student because it sounded deeply jewish. At first he spelled it corda, then he changed it to korda because it looks hungarian that way. Host what did he do . Guest he was, perhaps, the prototypical film producer, film czar, also film director. He directed his first film at a teenage age in 1914 and directed at least a hundred and perhaps twice that many movies during the course of his life and produced i dont know how many. Many, many, many. Europe, United Kingdom where he eventually settled and, of course, in hollywood in periods when he was there. He was an affable genius, and being his nephew was a fulltime excitement. Host what was his influence on you . He, your father and your other uncle . Guest well, you know, first of all, an enormous respect for talent of any kind. By definition, people who were good at making films are good at recognizing all sorts of talent even if they dont share it them
Youre watching booktv on cspan2 with top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. BookTv Television for serious readers. From my father i inherited my confidence my resilience, my passion, and my audacity, looking back although it was never explained to me in this way, he taught me the spirit of which is greek idea of honor and doing the right thing, even when ones own interests or even ones own life is in peril. Growing up while i never fought anything but australian there were two stories about the Second World War and greece that i always kept close to my heart. The first was in 1940 when Benito Mussolini italys Prime Minister asked the greek Prime Minister for free passage through greece and on the spot at 3 00 in the morning without hesitation, without consultation he said oy he said no. It was spirited defiance and quite incredible when considering just how vastly outnumbered the greeks were by the italians. It prompted sir winston churchhill, the greatest figure of the 20th c
Any gambled on plays and her everything into the stock market. But the stock market crash, he goes down. A lot of others go down with them. But before that happens, new york has won stunning absolutely stunning moment. Washington d. C. Comes into new york and he doesnt make it. He comes back and he makes it in this grubby little clubs run by gangsters. A hustling agent finds that everybody hated me. I did nothing. Harden the term. Theyll pull them this is the guy that does the music. Theres an opening at a place called the cotton club. It is designed by joseph urban design theaters for safeco. Ellington does not addition. Madden signed him up. So madden called one of his mob bosses in philadelphia and said pay this guy robinson who runs the show visit. So the gunman pays him a visit and says get bigger or be dead. He says what does he mean . He said sending ellington to new york city, and he says im ready to get back. That night ellington and the bad were playing at the cotton club and
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