Essay/Michael Winship: On Independence Day, here’s to my friend Irving
Michael Winship
Happy birthday, America, and happy birthday, Irving.
Who’s Irving? By way of explanation, I’m a big fan of Turner Classic Movies. At my house, that channel has been a godsend during the turmoil of the pandemic and our buzzsaw politics, an escape hatch to more entertaining times in the past. On this Fourth of July, they’re running some of their patriotic perennials “John Paul Jones,” “Yankee Doodle Dandy” and “1776,” among others. It’s a good thing.
But I also watch TCM because these old films often are an intriguing sociological look back at how Americans used to live and think. A few weeks ago, they ran the first movie in which cowboy crooner Roy Rogers had the starring role (apparently, the studio was in a contract dispute with Gene Autry; Roy was their ace in the hole.)
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