Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
The original trailer for Corn’s-a-Poppin’, Robert Altman’s first film, released in 1956:
To learn more about the history of this film, go here.(This is the latest in a series of arts- and history-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
“It is very natural that clever young men should be rather odious. They are conscious of gifts that they do not know how to use. They are exasperated with the world that will not recognize their merit. They have something to give, and no hand is stretched out to receive it. They are impatient for the fame they regard as their due.”
W. Somerset Maugham, “The Voice of the Turtle”