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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1981

Page

9

Ragtime gilded tale of decadence and unrest in New York

Milos Forman directs Ragtime from E L Doctorow’s novel, tracing Gilded Age decadence in New York through Evelyn Nesbit, Harry Thaw, Stanford White, and Coalhouse Walker Jr. The film spans Beaux Arts society, Brimstone revolution, and a devastating clash as Walker’s pride prompts a new war against whites.

Copley News Service Evelyn Nesbit Diana Madison Square Garden Harry Kendall Thaw Pittsburgh Nesbit Stanford White Thaw New York Beaux Arts Milos Forman E.L. Doctorow J.P. Morgan White Brad Dourif New Rochelle Mary Steenburgen James Olson Coalhouse Walker Jr Howard E. Rollins Walker

Mystique of sharks examined

In Hollywood AP reports the National Geographic Specials seventh season will debut on public television in January with The Sharks. Produced by WQED-TV Pittsburgh the hour long program probes the little understood creature and the fear it arouses while noting that sharks often lose in encounters with humans who hunt them for food skin and liver oil.

Hollywood National Geographic Wqed-Tv Pittsburgh

London Life Dramatized in TV Docudrama on Public TV

AP reports William Devane portrays a "red blooded" Jack London in a KOCE televised docudrama to air January 4. The program blends London’s vintage film with Devane's fictional portrayal and notes London's prolific output including Call of the Wild and Sea Wolf.

Hollywood William Devane Jack London Public Koce-Tv Huntington Beach Calif London Devane

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