Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
Hermione Gingold is the guest on This Is Your Life. The host is Ralph Edwards. This episode was originally telecast by NBC on April 23, 1961. Gingold was “surprised” by Edwards’ TV crew immediately after spending the day shooting the film version of The Music Man:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
“When we read, we are not looking for new ideas, but to see our own thoughts given the seal of confirmation on the printed page. The words that strike us are those that awake an echo in a zone we have already made our own—the place where we live—and the vibration enables us to find fresh starting points within ourselves.”
Cesare Pavese, This Business of Living: Diaries 1935-1950