Episodes (9)

Novel Reflections: The American Dream
S21E01 · Novel Reflections: The American Dream

Apr 03, 2007

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Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built
S21E02 · Atlantic Records: The House That Ahmet Built

May 01, 2007

Ahmet Ertegun created a new genre of music that combined the African-American music of 1940s Washington, D.C., with the European sensibility.

Les Paul: Chasing Sound
S21E03 · Les Paul: Chasing Sound

Jul 10, 2007

The Authorized biography of Les Paul, " The Wizard of Waukesha". The name Les Paul is synonymous with the electric guitar. As a player, inventor, and recording artist(Paul had two #1 hits with his wife Mary Ford), Paul has been and innovator from the early years of his life. In 1928, thirteen-year-old Les Paul borrowed a phonograph needle from the family Victrola, stuck it under the strings of his Sear Roebuck guitar, and wired the contraption to a telephone mike and two radio speakers, thus achieving not only amplification but a crude stereo effect. The pioneering ...

David Hockney: The Colors of Music
S21E04 · David Hockney: The Colors of Music

Jul 17, 2007

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John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature
S21E05 · John James Audubon: Drawn from Nature

Jul 24, 2007

John James Audubon is best known for The Birds of America, a book of 435 images, portraits of every bird then known in the United States - painted and reproduced in the size of life. Its creation cost Audubon eighteen years of monumental effort in finding the birds, making the book, and selling it to subscribers. Audubon also wrote thousands of pages about birds (Ornithological Biography); he'd completed half of a collection of paintings of mammals (The Viviparous Quadrapeds of North America) when his eyesight failed in 1846. His story is a dramatic and surprising one...

Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends
S21E06 · Tony Bennett: The Music Never Ends

Sep 11, 2007

Archival footage, live performances, and interviews conducted by none other than Clint Eastwood depict the life and career of Tony Bennett.

Orozco: Man on Fire
S21E07 · Orozco: Man on Fire

Sep 18, 2007

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Good Ol' Charles Schulz
S21E08 · Good Ol' Charles Schulz

Oct 28, 2007

The life and career of the American cartoonist who created the Peanuts comic strip.

Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character
S21E09 · Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character

Nov 04, 2007

Comedienne Carol Burnett's early show business aspirations were to perform in live theater on Broadway, craving the instant gratification from a live audience. Her sensibilities were shaped by going to "happy" movies in the 1940s and 1950s, the story lines for which made it seem like anything was possible. These movie going experiences were in part a mechanism to escape her difficult home life, which was nonetheless loving. Based on her early work, professionals around her saw her comedic talents and steered her in the direction of stand-up and sketch comedy. Her life in sketch ...

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American Masters Season 22 (2007) is released on Apr 03, 2007 and the latest season 37 of American Masters is released in 2021. Watch American Masters online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. American Masters is directed by Susan Lacy,Robert Trachtenberg,Susan Steinberg,Catherine Tatge and created by Susan Lacy with Martin Scorsese and Peter Bogdanovich.

Since its premiere in 1986, this Emmy-winning documentary series has presented hundreds of hours comprising profiles of outstanding American cultural artists. Past subjects have included Charlie Chaplin, Helen Hayes, pop icon Andy Warhol, singer Billie Holiday, and Composer and Conductor Leonard Bernstein.

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United States

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English

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Thirteen / WNET, 1515 Productions Limited, American Masters Pictures

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