it's about centennial year for romantic composer thomas mun and german greek pianist dunaway dokken pace her a fitting tribute. and for your summer reading lists in our continuing series 100 german month streets we've got a romp through 1990 s. berlin in the seasonally apropos novel summer night. well it's one of the most beloved all present around just epa verities rigoletto the tale of the skirt chasing duke of mantua who seduces the innocent daughter all of a court jester never fails to draw a crowd it's melodious it's tragic and never short on sexy which is why a new production is always an event like for instance the recent premier here at berlin state off with michael fabiano in the role of the duke. the.

if faye dunaway wasn't wearing a ring in the scene you just saw, that was a mistake. bonnie parker wore her wedding ring for the rest of her life. she was working as a waitress when roy left. there's a strong possibility she was occasionally turning tricks. she was not doing this to be promiscuous. she was doing it to feed herself and her family. 1930, january, there is a party in west dallas. clyde barrow and bonnie parker get there, see each other, that is it. everything else about them has been exaggerated or fictionalized. they were not great crocs. they were not glamorous. they loved each other. it was a real love story. they were instantly attracted, and because of that, they were inseparable until three weeks later, when clyde was arrested for car theft and sentenced for 14 years in prison in texas. clyde barrow is 22 years old. he is sent to eastham prison farm, a hellhole. prisoners there are treated like slaves, worked until they drop. it is in prison that clyde barrow kills his first man. ed crowder, a prison trustee who had been raping clyde in prison for

it's a bicentennial year for romantic composer clown a show month and german greek pianist dunaway dokken pays her a fitting tribute. and for your summer reading list in our continuing series 100 german must read you've got a wrong through 1990 s. berlin in the seasonally apropos novel made the summer night. well it's one of the most beloved all prisons around just epa verities rigoletto the tale of the skirt chasing duke of mantua who seduced is the innocent daughter all of a court jester never fails to draw a crowd it's melodious it's tragic and never short on sexy which is why a new production is always an event like for instance the recent premier here at berlin state all with michael fabiano in the role of the duke. the.

finished seeing bonnie and clyde move back in the day with warren beatty and i forget the actress, faye dunaway i remember walking home that day and i said i'm going to rob a bank, just like bonnie and clyde used to. i was kicking rocks, you know. i was just a kid. >> how much money do you think you've gotten from your bank robberies all these years? >> i don't know. you might want to ask ceasar's palace or something. i have no idea. i never counted. >> torres says he didn't just gamble away his loot but was a modern day robinhood. >> i would give money to homeless people when i see them on the street. i give them $100. i remember one time i was coming out of a bank and kids were out there at christmastime with the salvation army. he asked me for money. i don't have any right now and i'll be right back. you can imagine what i did, okay? >> now 49 years old, torres started his career as a bank robber when he was only 17, and he claims all of his robberies have been non-violent. >> i would go in there and basically just pass the note. i never used a gun. basically used to put this is a robbery. g