he is doing alfred hitchcock's by movies but hitchcock has no idea his producer is a spy. [laughter] but this goes on five or six really good movies like 39 steps. i will give you one quick short story what of a typical week in his life, he could move so quickly through social circles it was remarkably blunt dash remarkable. his other hobby was ping-pong. he was probably the only person that had enough money to start the federation he gets the international table tennis federation going when he is 20 to start having will to kinships on his way he decides to write a letter to drop in on trotsky. he already had a split and was living in exile in turkey and very worried about being assassinated as he was ultimately but he let in this young aristocratic englishman. he has no idea he is a spy. they set up all night to talk politics at the end of the evening trotsky confesses he is worried he could be assassinated at any moment and hands montagu loaded pistol. we know that he was not a killer. he went fishing and almost drowned then continues on to a ping-pong tournament. a very

now he is doing all of hitchcock's spy movies and yet hitchcock has no idea that his producer is actually a spy. and this goes on -- this relationship continues for five or six really good movies, like 39 steps, some of the greats. i'll give you one quick short story of what a typical week in this young man's life was. he would -- he could move so quickly through different social circles. it was remarkable. his other great hobby was ping-pong, and he was probably the only person in the world who had enough money to start an international table tennis federation, which he codifies -- he gets the ittf, the international table tennis federation going when he is 20 and starts having world championships. now, on his way to one of the first world championships he decides to write a letter and drop in on leon trotski. trotski was living in exile in turkey and worried about being assassinated, as ultimately he was but he opens the door and lets in this young englishman who claims he is interested in the labor movement, and he had no idea he is a stalinist, and they sit up all night and talk polit

lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in w

and it will be a nightmare. >> jimmy: here you are, with alfred hitchcock.cter or something. what was he like? >> well, he was -- when weep first came to hollywood. we got a lucky break. because we still had a chance to work with the legends. he is even bigger than a legend. he is -- the legends were bigger than life. you can't be bigger than life now in this business. but, he was bigger than life. no matter what. he was funny. he was a very huge man. people think well he was small. he stood backwards so much. if you measure, the height and tipped him forward. and he weighed 265 pounds. he was big. one funny thing that happened one day. the first day of the movie. of shooting family -- shooting family plot. at the end of the day. he said to the first assistant, oh, might i have a word with the crew. the first assistant said yeah. i decided the first day of the movie. i was going to put my chair next to him. wasn't going to miss ten weeks with this guy. we had a relationship. he started to get up. as he got up. his hips went between the arm of the chair and e

carasara, hitchcock, kubr. >> -- kubrich. >> great to have you here. look forward to what you are back next. m. night shyamalan on his book and movie career, i'll ali velshi, thanks for joining >> your subject your commitment and your discipline has released me to stand before you today. >> i never heard him say that he was grateful to the united states. >> the cold war mentality of the 1980s defined the u.s. relationship with south africa's apartheid rulers and others across the country says former president jimmy carter. >> all the other presidents were in bed with military dictators. >> he isth

he then came to washington in 1972 to write a history of the state capital was henry russell hitchcock. he and their two sons settled in native alexandria. at this point in his career, he focused upon two different things. restoration in writing. in his volume of the white house was discussed in 1986 and was a second edition in 1996. he's he is the editor of the association journal white house history. his other book includes an architectural history of the white house and history of the national trust houses and temples of democracy and the state capital in the usa and american courthouses. he commissions book was published earlier this year. his restoration includes 11 state capitals and various houses, including general at marshall and wisconsin pretreat of the broadway actors and this included lynn fontaine. tonight he will speak about his new book a book about washington. it is called "the imperial season" and it is about america's capital at the time of the first ambassadors. not surprisingly, his studies led him here to the anderson house to cross paths with those who readily jo

. >> alfred hitchcock gave a tour of the set.dependence day" was the first trailer on a super bowl broadcast. you can bet film ads during this year's campaign cost a lot more. >> mourning a loss in music with the passing of pete seeger. peter yarrow of peter, paul and mary fame will join us next. >> the world has lost a true legend, pete seeger has died at the age of 94. one of our greatest folk musicians, he helped to spark a revival of this unique art form ♪ where have all the flowers gone ♪ ♪ long time passing ♪ where have all the flowers gone ♪ ♪ long time ago >> pete seeger's songs including "where have all the flowers gone" were used as anthem for the civil rights, antiwar and labour movements. during the red square of the "50s he defied the health and american activities committee, was held in congress and sentenced to gaol. it was overturped. he returned to washington to perform "this land is your land", with bruce spring teen. we are joined by peter yarrow, who sang many of peter's songs with his group peter, paul and ma

acted in several tv programs in the 507s and '60s including the adventures adventf superman, alfred hitchcock twilight zone. his most famous roll, the professor on gilligan's island. ♪ can with gilligan. ♪ the skipper, too. ♪ the millionaire and his wife. ♪ the movie star. ♪ the professor and marian. ♪ here on gilligan's island >> russell johnson, appeared in several films and tv shows including anedded so of newhart in which he was shown watching an episode of gilligan's island. he leaves behind his wife and a daughter, kim. >> lots of smokers puffing on e-cig lets and some of the biggest companies are developing policies for workers. the eseeing credit are badry powered and create a vapor, therer is no smoke or carcinogens. supporters say it neither lingers in the air or has a cigarette smell. two actors used e-cig let tuesday golden globes and people were all over this. exxon mobile allows workers to smoke e-cig rids. starbucks and wal-mart banned myees using it. and ups charges none union employ years who use tobacco an extra $150 a month, and now makes e-cig -- e-cig let users to the sam

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