Subject: Arts: Performing Arts

The Biographies Series: Performing Arts

2 of 23 programs from The Biographies Series, which offer in-depth and personal studies of famous people in the Performing Arts. The other focus areas are Communications; History, Literature, Photography; Psychology; U.S. Studies; World Studies. Programs available on 2 individual DVDs, Digital Streaming Files or Videos; also in a 2-Disc Set. (Complete Series available on 23 individual DVDs, Digital Streaming Files or Videos; also in an 23-Disc Set.) For pricing call in US: 800.876.2447/Intl. 603.434.9262 or e-mail

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Houdini

"An enthralling documentary of the man whose performances left people spellbound, and who brought magic to a new level of entertainment." -National Media Review
Magician and stunt performer Harry Houdini is widely regarded as the greatest escapologist of all time. Although he personally claimed to Click for more

Merle Oberon: The "Trouble" With Merle

"Recommended. The 'trouble' of the title is the multiple versions of Merle Oberon's origins. The "official" story that studio publicists created and promulgated had the star born in far-flung Tasmania, and raised in India by upper-class godparents. Oberon clung to this fiction for the rest of her life. The truth Click for more