Omnibus: Photography Segment
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| Halsman's Dail portrait |
CBS
November 23, 1952
Documentary
DVD
C
I really don't know what to make of this eleven-minute sequence about photographer Philippe Halsman, who's shown staging a photo he calls "Friendship in Hollywood," with Eva Gabor and another actress strangling each other, while one is suspended in mid-air. The host-- Alistair Cooke!-- of course has to mention a sexist quote from H.L. Mencken: "When women kiss, it always reminds one of prize-fighters shaking hands." We aren't given any more insight than that into Halsman's work. I'll give the next sequence a shot, but I don't know that I'll be watching all six+ hours of this DVD collection (alphabetized by my library as American Profiles). And, yes, welcome at last to CBS!
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