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Explore 20th century entertainment through the lens of Hirschfeld drawings

The Hirschfeld Century Podcast The Al Hirschfeld Foundation

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Explore 20th century entertainment through the lens of Hirschfeld drawings

    Episode 45 – 1964

    Episode 45 – 1964

    David and Katherine look back 60 years ago to a year that was full of exciting works from Al Hirschfeld: 1964!



    Fiddler on the Roof, Hello Dolly!, Funny Girl and more premiered on Broadway; My Fair Lady and The Best Man hit the big screen; and Hirschfeld introduces two new series of drawings: "Famous Feuds" and "Unlikely Casting".



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    Bedtime Story, 1964

    What's My Line

    David Niven



    The Best Man, 1964



    The Best Man ("Movies to Remember" Series), 1979



    The Best Man (Broadway), 1960



    My Fair Lady (Film), 1964



    The Train, 1964



    Tribute to Harold Mirisch, 1964



    The Yellow Rolls Royce, 1964



    "Famous Feuds" Series



    Famous Feuds: Mona Lisa and Rembrandt's Aristotle, 1963



    Famous Feuds: The Beatles vs. the Singing Nun, 1964



    Famous Feuds: Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg, 1964



    Jimmy Durante as Alfred Smith, 1937



    Mary Pickford as Adolf Hitler, 1937



    "Be A Television Writer, Earn No Money", 1964



    S.J. Perelman with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, 1964



    Walter Kerr, 1979



    Alec Guinness in Dylan, 1964



    Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly!, 1964



    Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl with Fanny Brice Photo, 1964



    Original Cast of Fiddler on the Roof, 1964  



    Josephine Baker, 1964



    Richard Rodgers



    The King & I Revival, 1964



    The Merry Widow Revival, 1964



    Porgy & Bess Revival, 1964



    Donald Pleasance in Poor Bitos", 1964



    King Lear, 1964



    Hamlet, 1964



    Bajour, 1964



    Joe Gould, 1941



    Tiny Alice, 1964



    Ready When You Are, C.B., 1964



    "Unlikely Casting" Series for Playbill, 1964



    David Merrick



    Fade Out Fade In Poster, 1964



    Carol Burnett



    Moon Over Buffalo, 1995



    El San Juan Hotel Ads



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    • 53 min
    Episode 44 – Disney

    Episode 44 – Disney

    The Al Hirschfeld Foundation team celebrates Disney's 100th anniversary through Al Hirschfeld's unique relationship with the company including Hirschfeld's critical reviews of early Disney films, his depictions of their characters, and Disney Animation's tributes to Hirschfeld in the films Aladdin and Fantasia 2000!



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    Hollywood Party, 1934



    "Mickey Mouse Can Be All Things To All Men", 1937



    Marge Champion



    Alexander King



    Hirschfeld's Reviews of Disney Films



    Walt Disney, 1938 (For Snow White Review)



    Ray Bolger



    Eric Goldberg Interview on "The Hirschfeld Century Podcast" (2019)



    New International Casino, 1937



    The Movies, 1954



    Television Personalities/Me and the Set, 1955



    Ice Capades, 1958 (with the Seven Dwarfs)



    Freddie Trinkler in Stars on Ice, 1942



    Walt Disney, 1955 (For Colliers Magazine)



    Disney Characters Around the Algonquin Round Table, 1973



    The Algonquin Round Table, 1962



    Mary Poppins, 1990 (Two Drawings)



    Americans in London (w/Walt Disney), 1952



    Omnibus, 1952 (Featuring Walt Disney and Scenes from Peter Pan)



    Walt Disney, 1955 (For Colliers Magazine)



    "Noises Off" Poster, 1992



    Eric Goldberg (w/ the Genie), 1995



    Solid Sender from "Harlem as seen by Hirschfeld", 1941



    George Gershwin



    Mitzi Mayfair



    Carl Barks, 1999



    Brad Bird and Family, 2002



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    • 1 hr 6 min
    Episode 43 – Brooks Atkinson & The Lively Years

    Episode 43 – Brooks Atkinson & The Lively Years

    David & Katherine celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Lively Years, a collaboration by Al Hirschfeld and his friend, theater critic Brooks Atkinson, featuring over 80 old and new drawings by Hirschfeld looking back at over 50 years of American theatre.



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    Brooks Atkinson



    Our Town



    The Visit, 1958



    R.U.R., 1973 



    Waiting For Godot



    Summer and Smoke, 1952



    Arthur Miller



    The Beautiful People, 1941



    Sidney Lumet



    Critic and Artist Escaping the Theater, 1948



    Guys and Dolls, 1950



    The Iceman Cometh, 1946



    The Cradle Will Rock, 1938 (with added "Nina")



    Born Yesterday, 1946 (Right Side) 



    Henry Hull in Tobacco Road (1935)



    Winterset - 1935 & 1973



    Idiot's Delight (1973)



    Golden Boy (1973)



    Abe Lincoln in Illinois: 1938 (Original) - 1971 (Pulitzer Prize series) - 1973



    Watch On The Rhine: 1941 - 1973



    There Shall Be No Night: 1940 - 1973



    The Skin of Our Teeth: 1942 - 1973 



    Bury The Dead, 1973



    Osgood Perkins (Lively Years Cover), 1973



    One Third of a Nation, 1973



    Nathan George in No Place To Be Somebody, 1973



    Lost In The Stars: Black Theater Makers Drawn By Hirschfeld - Online Exhibition



    Hair, 1968



    West Side Story, 1957



    Raisin in the Sun, 1973



    Lena Horne



    Hirschfeld's Original Drawings for The Lively Years (1973)



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    • 1 hr 9 min
    Episode 42 – Warner Brothers 100

    Episode 42 – Warner Brothers 100

    David & Katherine celebrate the 100th anniversary of Warner Brothers by looking at Hirschfeld's work for the studio and the many films he drew from their prestigious library!



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    Miguel Covarrubias



    Rin-Tin-Tin



    George Bonte, Warner Brothers Art Dept., 1925



    Set of Borders from Warner Brother Campaign Book, 1925



    Selznick Distributing Corporation Brochure, 1924



    Ernst Lubitsch, 1925



    Sydney Chaplin in The Man on the Box - Irene Rich in My Wife & I, 1925



    John Barrymore in Don Juan, 1926



    Jason Robards Sr.



    Monte Blue



    How Baxter Butted In, 1925



    George Jessel



    You Can't Take it With You, 1938



    My Fair Lady, 1964



    Any Wednesday, 1966



    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966



    Camelot, 1967



    Finian's Rainbow, 1968



    Ship of Fools, 1965



    Petulia, 1968



    Warner Bros. Seven Arts Int'l Film Festival, 1969



    What's Up Doc?, 1972



    Portnoy's Complaint, 1972



    Jane Fonda, 1970



    Stanley Kubrick Edits A Clockwork Orange, 1972



    McCabe and Mrs. Miller, 1971



    The Goodbye Girl, 1977



    Lucille Ball in Mame, 1974



    The Prisoner of Second Avenue, 1975



    The Ritz, 1976



    The Cast of The Last of Sheila, 1973



    Movies to Remember Series



    Arthur, 1981



    City Heat, 1984



    A Streetcar Named Desire - Limited Edition Book



    The Maltese Falcon, 1977



    James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1989



    Casablanca



    All Warner Brothers Published Pieces







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    • 50 min
    Episode 41 – Prints

    Episode 41 – Prints

    At long last, our long-teased prints podcast episode is here! David & Katherine discuss Hirschfeld’s long, exciting history with prints, and answer your burning print questions. Learn more about the Harlem, Rhythm, and Kabuki series, plus many more works!



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    Lithograph Example: Bob Hope (1988)



    Etching Example: Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl (1975)



    The Hook Shop (1926)



    Fez Drawings (1926)



    Art Students League - Caricature Study (1926)



    Railway Station, Kharkov (1928)



    Art and Industry (1931)



    The Dizzy Club (1931)



    La Serviette Au Cou (1931)



    Harlem as seen by Hirschfeld (1941) - Apollo Chorine



    Rhythm Series (1970)



    Kabuki Series (1976)



    Chelsea Pub (1931)



    Elvis (1968) - (Print with Spotlight)



    Charlie Chaplin Back View (1981)



    Reba in Annie Get Your Gun (2001)



    What's My Line? TV Guide Cover (1957)



    Lindy Hop from the Harlem Series (1941)



    The Movies (1954)



    Conductors of the Philadelphia Orchestra (2002)



    The Summit (2002)



    Ringo Starr (2001)



    Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1997)



    The Grateful Dead (1995)



    Jack Lemmon in Tribute (1979)



    The Sopranos (2001)



    Frank Ferrante as Groucho Marx (1986)



    Swing Quartet (1956)



    United Nations Postal Service (1991)



    Beverly Hills 90210 (1995)



    The Gershwins (1955)



    The Thin Man (1998)



    Jerry Garcia (1995)



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    • 1 hr 8 min
    Episode 40 – Hirschfeld in the 21st Century

    Episode 40 – Hirschfeld in the 21st Century

    Join Al Hirschfeld Foundation Creative Director David Leopold and Archives Manager Katherine Eastman as they take a look at Hirschfeld's works in the 21st Century in honor of his 120th birthday on June 21st. From Friends on TV, to Academy Award nominees, to Reba on Broadway and more; hear about the final works in Al Hirschfeld's career and how his legacy lives on today.



    The Royal Tenenbaums, 2001



    Gangs of New York, 2002



    2000 Academy Award Nominees



    Groucho Marx, 2000



    Comedians at Lunch, 2000



    The Sopranos, 2001



    Friends 



    Seinfeld



    The West Wing, 2001



    Will & Grace



    American Flag (TV Guide), 2001



    Ally McBeal, 1999



    Riverdance, 2000



    Jacob’s Pillow, 2001



    The Conductors of the Philadelphia Orchestra, 2002



    Reba McEntire, 2001



    42nd Street, 2001



    Oklahoma!, 2002



    Oklahoma (Other Drawings)



    David Mamet and Ricky Jay - On the Stem, 2002



    Harry Houdini, 2002



    Tony Nominees - Special Theatrical Event: Barbara Cook - Bea Arthur - John Leguizamo - Elaine Stritch 



    Self-Portrait, 2002



    Self-Portrait for the Fog Museum, 1985



    Inkwell Self-Portrait, 1980



    Mary Rodgers, 2000







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    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
12 Ratings

12 Ratings

TallulahKilgallen ,

Sheer Delight!

HIRSCHFELD CENTURY PODCAST is deeply informative to anyone who is interested in the popular culture of the 20th Century, not just Hirschfeld fans or theatre fans. You are in reliable hands listening to David and Katherine talk about the subjects of Hirschfeld cartoons, Hirschfeld’s illustrious friends and colleagues and the world they lived in. (And David and Katherine are funny and entertaining together!). Great stuff!!!

K Sheldon ,

You Don’t Know What You’re Missing!!

I have to say, in the world we live in these days, this podcast series and the time spent researching the people/events mentioned in it have been an oasis for me. Each episode is like a cold sip of water in the desert. They’re not just educating and entertaining us listeners; they are also providing a respite. What’s more, is I’m not alone in thinking so. I’ve recruited several friends (who are also Hirschfeld collectors, admirers & fellow theatre folk) who have also started listening to the podcast, too. I agree with the comment a few of them have shared with me in that the podcast is the perfect antidote and escape from all the doom-scrolling and terror that we are exposed to on the news.

In addition to the very comprehensive education I’m receiving from David and Katherine, I feel obligated to share my appreciation of the dynamic between them. It’s absolutely charming, amusing (even hilarious at times), and above all: inspiring. They absolutely complement each other’s shared AND varied perspectives, senses of humor, energies, knowledge and opinions. They have quickly become two of my favorite talk show hosts.

I’m constantly in awe of David’s vast knowledge and recall of not only Hirschfeld, but also of twentieth century American pop culture, US history, and of course, American theatre history. I’m learning so much (and in many cases, so much MORE) about so many beloved topics….all in one place.

Keep the episodes coming, please!

Gigahaw ,

Hear what you don't see

If you spent Sunday mornings looking for Nina in the Arts & Leisure section of the New York Times, or if you love Broadway's golden and modern age, or if you want to hear two quirky intelligent characters add color to Mr Hirschfeld's black and white pen line drawings, then by gosh this is the podcast for you. You can tell these two enjoy the topics and each other and play off each other so well. A millennial and a post baby boomer trying to share a cultural consciousness. It's a hoot AND educational. Subscribe now.

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