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WNYC: Radio
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MUNI-LVLY-1953-06-16-8362.4 LT3432 EQ RESTORED
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MUNI-LVLY-1953-06-16-8362.4 LT3432 EQ RESTORED
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Catalog Number:
LT3432
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LT3432
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Title:
[President Eisenhower's bookburning speech]
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[President Eisenhower's bookburning speech]
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Series Title:
Lively Arts, The
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Lively Arts, The
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Description:
Seldes discusses the letters that arrived for him while he was out of town. The letters have been locked away, so he hasn't read them yet. He's not sure if people like his program or not. He is concerned by the contents of the letters. He will read them and be guided by them. He knows he talked too quickly on the last episode. Promise to reform. ~ President Eisenhower's speech, given at Dartmouth, about book burning. His first reaction to the speech was to Dashiell Hammett's "Maltese Falcon." Hammett is guilty of inspiring the work of Mickey Spillane. He took the detective story away from the British, raised the level of American detective story writing. ~ Repeats Eisenhower's words: don't join the book burners. Don't be afraid to go to the library and read every book. ~ Mussolini banned detective stories because they were bourgeois and democratic. ~ He is against any use of books that doesn't bring in royalties. ~ "The Great Issues" course for seniors in Brooklyn. ~ Another section of Eisenhower's speech, when he quotes Julius Caesar. Seldes talks about the movie version of Julius Caesar, going to see it when the audio track went out. ~ A reproduction of a poster: Even a child knows that you should go and vote. More and more children are being used in advertising. ~ Last night's Ford show. Everything had been reduced to making the road entertainment only.
description
Seldes discusses the letters that arrived for him while he was out of town. The letters have been locked away, so he hasn't read them yet. He's not sure if people like his program or not. He is concerned by the contents of the letters. He will read them and be guided by them. He knows he talked too quickly on the last episode. Promise to reform. ~ President Eisenhower's speech, given at Dartmouth, about book burning. His first reaction to the speech was to Dashiell Hammett's "Maltese Falcon." Hammett is guilty of inspiring the work of Mickey Spillane. He took the detective story away from the British, raised the level of American detective story writing. ~ Repeats Eisenhower's words: don't join the book burners. Don't be afraid to go to the library and read every book. ~ Mussolini banned detective stories because they were bourgeois and democratic. ~ He is against any use of books that doesn't bring in royalties. ~ "The Great Issues" course for seniors in Brooklyn. ~ Another section of Eisenhower's speech, when he quotes Julius Caesar. Seldes talks about the movie version of Julius Caesar, going to see it when the audio track went out. ~ A reproduction of a poster: Even a child knows that you should go and vote. More and more children are being used in advertising. ~ Last night's Ford show. Everything had been reduced to making the road entertainment only.
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Date:
6/16/1953
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6/16/1953
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Creator:
WNYC Radio
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WNYC Radio
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Credit:
Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Original recordings reformatted by New York Public Radio Archives (WNYC/WQXR) with the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Subject:
Censorship.
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Censorship.
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Subject:
Book burning.
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Book burning.
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Subject:
Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
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Hammett, Dashiell, 1894-1961.
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Subject:
Literature.
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Literature.
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Subject:
Books and reading.
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Books and reading.
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false
Subject:
Arts.
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Arts.
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false
Subject:
Social sciences.
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Social sciences.
Subject
false
Subject:
Youth.
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Youth.
Subject
false
Subject:
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
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Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
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Subject:
Advertising.
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Advertising.
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Type:
Sound
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Sound
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Format:
lacquer transcription disc
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lacquer transcription disc
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Language:
English
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English
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Notes:
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