Peggy Lawson Movies

  • 1963
    The Cool World

    The Cool World

    The Cool World

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    A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to...

    The Cool World
  • 1961
    Blast of Silence

    Blast of Silence

    Blast of Silence

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    A hired killer from Cleveland has a job to do on a second-string mob boss in New York. But a special girl from his past and a fat gun dealer with pet...

    Blast of Silence
  • 1958
    Date with Dizzy

    Date with Dizzy

    Date with Dizzy

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    A Hubley stand-in instructs iconic trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie on scoring a short commercial for an instant rope ladder.

    Date with Dizzy
  • 1960
    Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

    Indian Summer

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    On the first hot day of summer, an old farmer goes fishing just as he has done for many years on the West Branch of the Delaware River. A young boy,...

    Indian Summer
  • 1961
    Adventures on the New Frontier

    Adventures on the New Frontier

    Adventures on the New Frontier

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    A look at the daily business of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, with a focus on some of the political issues he faces six weeks into his term. ...

    Adventures on the New Frontier
  • 1967
    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

    For Life, Against the War

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    First shown on January 30, 1967, FOR LIFE AGAINST THE WAR was an open-call, collective statement from American independent filmmakers disparate in...

    For Life, Against the War
  • 1968
    The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

    The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

    The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'

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    This documentary has interviews with actors and the director as they arrive for the 1968 New York world premiere of "Finian's Rainbow."

    The World Premiere of 'Finian's Rainbow'
  • 1980
    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed

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    A documentary about the film-maker's wife and co-worker, Peggy Lawson, who died in 1971.

    Dialogue with a Woman Departed
  • 1970
    Light and the City

    Light and the City

    Light and the City

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    A film by Leo Hurwitz & Peggy Lawson.

    Light and the City
  • 1966
    The Year Of The Horse

    The Year Of The Horse

    The Year Of The Horse

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    A young boy from Chinatown befriends an elderly Central Park carriage driver in this children's drama. Their relationship takes a sad turn when the...

    The Year Of The Horse
  • 1956
    The Museum and the Fury

    The Museum and the Fury

    The Museum and the Fury

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    From the perspective of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, documentary material, amongst this the freeing of the camp and the Nuremberg Trials with...

    The Museum and the Fury
  • 1970
    This Island

    This Island

    This Island

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    How the art in the Detroit Institute of Art connects to life's experiences and the neighborhood.

    This Island