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CREATIVITY WITH BILL MOYERS: SAMSON RAPHAELSON (TV)
Summary
One in this documentary series, hosted by Bill Moyers, that explores the enigma of creativity by profiling individual creators. In this program, Moyers profiles the work of writer Samuel Raphaelson. Raphaelson comments on his work and the success of "The Jazz Singer," the hit Broadway musical which he wrote in 1925. Clips of the film version of the play and a discussion of director Ernest Lubitsch are included.
Preservation of the Post–World War II American Television Documentary Collection is supported in part by a Federal Save America’s Treasures grant administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WNET New York, NY
- DATE: January 22, 1982 Friday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:07
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T87:0070
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Public affairs/Documentaries; Writers
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1982
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Charles Grinker … Executive Producer
- Mert Koplin … Executive Producer
- David Grubin … Producer, Director
- Ronald Blumer … Producer, Writer
- Sidney Smith … Producer, Director, Studio essay produced and directed by
- Pamela Rosser … Producer, Studio essay produced by
- Bill Moyers … Host
- Samson Raphaelson … Guest
- Ernest Lubitsch