American Masters
Cary Grant: A Class Apart (#1803)
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Elegant. Witty. Stylish. A totally original talent. "Everyone wants to be Cary Grant... even I want to be Cary Grant," he was fond of saying. Born 100 years ago into dismal circumstances in Bristol, England, Archibald Leach got his start touring in vaudeville and eventually arrived in New York in 1920. He walked on stilts at Coney Island and sold neckties on midtown street corners before landing small parts, in route to Hollywood. He hit it big in 1933 as Mae West's leading man in She Done Him Wrong, followed by Sylvia Scarlett and the emergence of his classy on-screen persona - and the invention of that persona off-screen as well. He worked with such directors as George Cukor, Alfred Hitchcock and Howard Hawks in such films as Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, His Girl Friday, North By Northwest, Notorious, and I Was a Male War Bride and opposite every top Hollywood female star, including Grace Kelly, Katherine Hepburn, Kim Novak, Ingrid Bergman, Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn. He remains one of the most adored actors in film history - whose greatest role was probably himself.
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Program Description: AMERICAN MASTERS is an ongoing series of award-winning primetime specials examining the lives, works, and creative processes of our most outstanding cultural artists. Created in 1984 by Susan Lacy and produced by Thirteen/WNET for national public television, the series is both a celebration and an exploration of creativity in America. Consisting of more than 250 hours of programming to date, AMERICAN MASTERS is a growing film library documenting the role important individuals, groups, and movements have played in the formation of our cultural identity.
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Cary Grant: A Class Apart (#1803)
This comprehensive look at the life and career of Cary Grant sheds light on the man who never felt he lived up to the persona he portrayed on screen.
- Sun, November 22, 2:30 PM on IPTV
- Wed, November 25, 8:30 PM on IPTV
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Atlantic Records: The House that Ahmet Built (#2001)
Explore the life & career of the man single-handedly influenced the direction of contemporary music.
- Fri, December 25, 7:00 AM on IPTV World
- Fri, December 25, 1:00 PM on IPTV World
- Fri, December 25, 11:00 PM on IPTV World
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Marvin Gaye: What's Going On (#2102)
The Motown star created his own intimate style, but his glamorous career was tainted by torment.
- Fri, December 25, 9:00 AM on IPTV World
- Fri, December 25, 3:00 PM on IPTV World
- Fri, December 25, 5:00 PM on IPTV World
- Sat, December 26, 1:00 AM on IPTV World
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Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women (#2207)
A look at the author of "Little Women" reveals she was a free thinker with a literary double life.
- Mon, December 28, 8:00 PM on IPTV
- Tue, December 29, 7:30 AM on IPTV World
- Tue, December 29, 1:30 PM on IPTV World
- Tue, December 29, 6:30 PM on IPTV World
- Tue, December 29, 11:30 PM on IPTV World
Past Episodes
These episodes of American Masters aired in the last few months on Iowa Public Television.
- Carol Burnett: A Woman of Character (#2008)
- Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (#2101)
- Joan Baez: How Sweet The Sound (#2206)
- The Brothers Warner, An American Masters Presentation (#2108)
- Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer (#501)
- John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend (#1901)
- Trumbo (#2205)
- Walter Cronkite: Witness to History (#1905)
- Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (#2204)







