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American Masters : Season 1
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Air date: 23 Jun '86 - 12 episodesAmerican Masters is a PBS television show which produces biographies on artists, actors and writers of the United States who have left a profound impact on the nation's popular culture. It is produced by WNET in New York City. The show debuted on PBS in 1986. Groups or organizations featured include: Actors Studio, Algonquin Round Table, Group Theatre, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Women of Tin Pan Alley, Negro Ensemble Company, Juilliard School, the Beat Generation, The Singer-songwriters of the 1970s, Sun Records, Vaudeville, and Warner Bros. Pictures.
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List of Episodes (12)
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American Masters (1986)
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1. Private Conversations: On the Set of 'Death of a Salesman'
23 Jun '86A behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman for television.
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American Masters (1986)
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2. Philip Johnson, Self Portrait
30 Jun '86One of America's best-known architects is profiled, with emphasis on his early career and his later movement away from minimalism.
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American Masters (1986)
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3. Katherine Anne Porter: The Eye of Memory
07 Jul '86A biography of the well-known social critic and author Katherine Anne Porter.
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4. The Unknown Chaplin (1)
14 Jul '86An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.
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American Masters (1986)
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5. The Unknown Chaplin (2)
21 Jul '86An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.
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6. The Unknown Chaplin (3)
28 Jul '86An in-depth treatment of the life and sensibilities of the innovative silent film superstar Charlie Chaplin.
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American Masters (1986)
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7. Billie Holiday: The Long Night of Lady Day
04 Aug '86A biography of Billie Holiday, one of America's most unique and emotional jazz singers and the tragic end of her life at an early age.
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American Masters (1986)
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8. James Levine: A Life in Music
11 Aug '86The musical career of the long-time conductor of New York City's Metropolitan Opera as reflected by following his normal working day on camera.
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American Masters (1986)
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9. Aaron Copland: A Self Portrait
18 Aug '86One of America's signature classical composers and the unique elements he incorporated into his pieces.
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10. Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait
25 Aug '86The strikingly realistic and unsentimental paintings of the noted artist from Philadelphia.
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11. Georgia O'Keeffe
01 Sep '86A profile of the noted American artist originally produced to celebrate her 90th birthday.
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12. Eugene O'Neill: A Glory of Ghosts
08 Sep '86
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