The Mike Wallace Interview

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In this interview series, media personality Mike Wallace sits down with some of the most fascinating people in pop culture and society of the 1950s.
S01:E01 - Eleanor Roosevelt
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S01:E01 - Eleanor Roosevelt

26 min
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Eleanor Roosevelt, political activist and former first lady, discusses the Soviet Union and her family life.

S01:E02 - Tennessee Williams
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S01:E02 - Tennessee Williams

26 min
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Playwright Tennessee Williams talks with Mike Wallace about his obsession with tragedy in his work.

S01:E03 - Salvador Dal’
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S01:E03 - Salvador Dal’

25 min
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Salvador Dal’, the surrealist painter, talks to Wallace about genius, the subconscious, death and religion.

S01:E04 - Oscar Hammerstein II
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S01:E04 - Oscar Hammerstein II

26 min
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One of the most successful figures in show business talks to Wallace about sentimentality and politics.

S01:E06 - Rod Serling
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S01:E06 - Rod Serling

22 min
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Wallace talks with television writer/producer Rod Serling about his popular project, television series "The Twilight Zone."

S01:E07 - Sammy Davis Jr.
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S01:E07 - Sammy Davis Jr.

26 min
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Wallace interviews American singer Sammy Davis Jr. about his career and the accident that changed his life.

S01:E08 - Bob Feller
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S01:E08 - Bob Feller

26 min
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Bob Feller, one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time, talks to Wallace about ballplayers' salaries.

S01:E09 - Kirk Douglas
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S01:E09 - Kirk Douglas

25 min
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Film star Kirk Douglas discusses fame and the charge that Hollywood films misrepresent America abroad.

S01:E10 - Henry Kissinger
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S01:E10 - Henry Kissinger

29 min
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Professor Henry Kissinger, a political analyst, talks to Wallace about American military policies.

S01:E11 - William O. Douglas
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S01:E11 - William O. Douglas

29 min
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William Douglas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the US, talks about freedom of expression.

S01:E12 - Walter Reuther
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S01:E12 - Walter Reuther

26 min
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Wallace interviews Walter Reuther, labor leader and president of the United Auto Workers from 1946 until 1970.

S01:E13 - Pearl S. Buck
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S01:E13 - Pearl S. Buck

25 min
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Pearl Buck, Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize-winning novelist, talks to Wallace about American women and marriage.

S01:E14 - Steve Allen
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S01:E14 - Steve Allen

26 min
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Steve Allen, comedian and television personality, talks to Wallace about his rivalry with Ed Sullivan.

S01:E15 - Gloria Swanson
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S01:E15 - Gloria Swanson

26 min
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Mike Wallace interviews Gloria Swanson, the former silent screen star, about Hollywood in the 1920s.

S01:E16 - Margaret Sanger
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S01:E16 - Margaret Sanger

25 min
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Mike Wallace interviews Margaret Sanger, who founded Planned Parenthood and coined the term "birth control."

S01:E17 - Drew Pearson
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S01:E17 - Drew Pearson

25 min
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Drew Pearson, a syndicated columnist, talks to Wallace about Sputnik, Eisenhower, Nixon and Kennedy.

S01:E18 - Eddie Arcaro
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S01:E18 - Eddie Arcaro

25 min
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Eddie Arcaro, a celebrated jockey and winner of 5 Kentucky Derbies, talks with Wallace about horse racing.

S01:E19 - Aldous Huxley
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S01:E19 - Aldous Huxley

28 min
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Aldous Huxley, social critic and author, talks to Wallace about threats to freedom in the United States.

S01:E20 - Elsa Maxwell
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S01:E20 - Elsa Maxwell

26 min
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Wallace talks with Elsa Maxwell, a famous hostess to the very rich, about high society in the US.

S01:E21 - George Jessel
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S01:E21 - George Jessel

25 min
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Veteran comedian George Jessel talks about Jewish performers and his desire to be named ambassador to Israel.

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