campaign trail, 5 cents, and putting alfalfa bill before the voters. he also was quite the populist, here is his platform, the murray doctrine. the first point, i hold that civilization begins and ends with the plow, no government can stand without the freedom of the farmer, free from roe from oppression. he talks about the banking act and some financial institutions of the day, themes that are probably reminiscent today as well. how was he received as a candidate? he was seen as somewhat of a populist, more fringe candidate if you will than mainstream candidate. would have been running at the same time franklin delano roosevelt. we have paper in a lot of different forms. we also have audiovisual materials in our collection. that s a newer development that we re having to change some of our collection practices with. but we also have some memorabilia, which i think is often times of great interest to people who are interested in the collection. for example, here we have
transforming the landscape of the state with reservoirs and lakes throughout the state, and soil conservation initiatives that really underscore our agriculture economy. how did these pins come to your collection? well, when we get a collection, sometimes it s somewhat organized and sometimes it s not terribly organized, but the members will have, as part of their collection, some of these, this memorabilia, plaques, other sorts of things, and then sometimes we just have people who, over the years, know that we are in the business of preserving political history, and they will offer to make donations to us. we generally do not purchase items for the collection. they are donated to the collection. some of these would have come from different collections, but they re preserved here in one. you know, one of the things that this the senate historian s office emphasizes to members is that you want to put your collection someplace where it has the capacity not only to preserv
scholars, and that s why we think we urge many of our members here in the state of oklahoma to make their donations to us. one of our most interesting collections and one that it gets used quite a bit is helen kahayden, douglas who served in the 1940s and was from california. what is interesting about helen kahayden douglas is that she was married to the hollywood actor melvin douglas. served during the 1940s, from california. and had a very distinguished acting career, and so we have actually have some of her stage photos. very imposing presence here. this is a promo photo from the one film that she made which was called she. and the name of the character that she played in this was she, who must be obeyed. there will be slaves waiting at the outer wall to guide you in safety into the world. it is a, probably more of a cult film now than it is a well-known film, and it has something to do with, you know, the fountain of youth and eternal light. how did she get invo
and i put my hands, the hand prints and my feet in the foot prints of the actors of the time, errol flynn, melvin douglas, blah, blah, blah, and when my hands and footprints were nut in front of the chinese theater and i m the only producer in front of that theater, and i looked up at that hotel, i swear to you, i could see my mother and father standing at the window. i could see them. i got tears in my eyes. and i looked down and i put my feet in there and i said, i looked and i said oh, god, thank you. it was beautiful. larry: before we get to sinatra, the oceans movies. yeah. larry: by the way, a couple weeks ago, jerry did the new karate kid you produced that and it s your biggest opening ever. yeah. you know, it s crazy. i did the original karate kid 30 years ago. 30 years ago. and this one i didn t want to do because karate kid is part of my legacy. when you go through all the films i ve made and all the
it should be noted this isn t the first time somebody tried to put jerry weintraub s feet in cement. larry: your father took you out to l.a. when you were 9. you were at the chinese theater and now you ve got a hand print. that trip was incredible. and the first thing i did because i loved the movies so much, i just loved movies, the first thing my dad, first place he took me was the chinese theater. i put my hands in the hand prints and my feet in the foot prints of actors of the time, errol flinn, melvin douglas, blah, blah, and when my hands and foot prints were put in front of the chinese theater and i m the only producer in front of that theater and i looked up at that hotel, i swear to you i could see my mother and father standing at the window. i could see them. i got tears in my eyes.