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In Search of Hart Crane

Produced and directed by Hurwitz for National Educational Television (precursor of PBS), Hurwitz uses biographer and Columbia professor, John Unterecker, to help him look for the poet, Hart Crane, in his work and in the memories of many of his contemporaries. In Search of Hart Crane, 1966, is one of the very first interview-driven documentaries and is still a masterpiece of the literary documentary film.

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  • Gary Merrill

    Gary Merrill

    Narrator (voice)

  • Charmion von Wiegand

    Charmion von Wiegand

    Self

  • Gorham B. Munson

    Gorham B. Munson

    Self

  • Samuel Loveman

    Samuel Loveman

    Self

  • William Lescaze

    William Lescaze

    Self

  • Waldo Frank

    Waldo Frank

    Self

  • Malcolm Cowley

    Malcolm Cowley

    Self

  • Margaret Babcock

    Margaret Babcock

    Self

  • Solomon Grunberg

    Solomon Grunberg

    Self

Overview

Produced and directed by Hurwitz for National Educational Television (precursor of PBS), Hurwitz uses biographer and Columbia professor, John Unterecker, to help him look for the poet, Hart Crane, in his work and in the memories of many of his contemporaries. In Search of Hart Crane, 1966, is one of the very first interview-driven documentaries and is still a masterpiece of the literary documentary film.

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