And by and the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. American romantic comedies are bright, witty, silly and loaded. In 1934, the Motion Picture it happened one night broke Hollywood Records and won 5 academy awards. Its appeal was in its modern version of romae, which played with certain acts, themes, words and implications. That same year, the motion piure production code was instituted which explicitly prohibited certain acts, themes words and implications. The code dnt mean it meant there were limits. Writers enjoyed testing the limits, changing a battle of the sexes into a playful intrigue that turned on double meanings and double dealings, launching a dede of fasttalking romantic comedies known as screwball. Some of the most elegant actors and actressein hollywood did their best work maki wisecracks and taking pratfalls proving the battle of the sexes is bt as a battle of equals. From the screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s to their res
Hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. In the man who shot liberty valance, john fords great film a newspaperman says, when the legend becomes fact, print the legend. That may not be Good Journalism but it makes a good western. The history of the western is often a history of legends, billy the kid, wyatt earp, the gunfight at the ok corral. Not the real west, but a mythical place full of images that are uniquely american the open frontier, the outlaw, the solitary, often reluctant hero. The western is also landscapes; a unique stage on which dramas from the American Experience get played out. A young man rebels against his stepfather in red river. An uncle becomes obsessed with finding his niece in the searchers. A reformed killer is caught up in a vengeance out of control in unforgiven. Since the great train robbery of 1903, hundreds of westerns have been made. Its the Great American form, our equivalent of classic greek tragedy, where we replay and reinterpret stories o
And the annual Financial Support of hello, im john lithgow. Welcome to american cinema. In the man who shot liberty lance, john fords great film a newspaperman says, whethe legendecomes fact, print the legend. That may not be Good Journalism but it makes a good western. The history of the western is often a history of legends, billy the kid, wyatt ear the nfht at the ok corral. Not the real west, but a mythical place full of images that are uniquely american the enrontier, the outlaw, the solitary, often reluant hero. The western is also landscapes; a unique stage on which dramas from the American Experience get played out. A young man rebels against his stepfathern red river. An uncle beces obsessed with finding his niece in the searchers. A reformed killer is caught up in a venance out of control in unforgiven. Since the great train robbery of 1903, hundreds of westerns have been made. Its the Great American form, our equivalent of classic greek tragedy, where we replay and reinterpr
Williams clothed in a seated position unresponsive with a belt around his neck and the other end of the belt wedged around the door frame. Reporter williams may have tried to slit his wrist with a pocketknife. The 20minute long press conference was deemed inappropriate by many taking to twitter outraged over its gruesome level of detail over the death of the beloved star. His wife was the last to see the iconic comedic. Believing williams was asleep snyder left the house an hour before his body was discovered. We were all shaken up last night. We learned that Robin Williams passed away. Reporter jimmy fallon and conan obrien visibly upset as they paid tribute. Robin, thank you for so many funny moments and so much happiness. Reporter tributes extending across the country from fans grateful for all the laughter he brought. There was a time when i found myself funny. Reporter the San Francisco giants holding a moment of silence at last nights game who they called one of their most loyal
Same. We are also seeing a rare cooperation between Kurdish Peshmerga and iraqi forces, two historic adversaries. They are now united against isis, a common enemy. Coordinating attacks and sharing bases. France and the cia are helping arm the kurds but they are still outgunned against isis, which is armed with our heavy weaponry captured from the iraqi army. We start again today inside the kurdish capital of erbil, iraq, with nbcs duncan golestani. Duncan, what is the latest . Reporter hey, abby. Theres 130 u. S. Military advisers. They arrived in erbil. They will be helping with the coordination of the humanitarian efforts of the yezidi people and from that briefing you just showed, we understand they will be looking at options for how to get them down from the mountains around sinjar. There are still around 20,000 to 30,000 yezidis on the mountain. They are up there with no food, no water, in scorching temperatures, exposed to the elements. So what are the options for getting them do