The Mike Wallace Interview
1959
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.
Subtitles: English
Starring:Mike Wallace
Season 1
S01:E01 - Eleanor Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt, political activist and former first lady, discusses the Soviet Union and her family life.
S01:E02 - Tennessee Williams
Playwright Tennessee Williams talks with Mike Wallace about his obsession with tragedy in his work.
S01:E03 - Salvador Dal’
Salvador Dal’, the surrealist painter, talks to Wallace about genius, the subconscious, death and religion.
S01:E04 - Oscar Hammerstein II
One of the most successful figures in show business talks to Wallace about sentimentality and politics.
S01:E06 - Rod Serling
Wallace talks with television writer/producer Rod Serling about his popular project, television series "The Twilight Zone."
S01:E07 - Sammy Davis Jr.
Wallace interviews American singer Sammy Davis Jr. about his career and the accident that changed his life.
S01:E08 - Bob Feller
Bob Feller, one of the greatest baseball pitchers of all time, talks to Wallace about ballplayers' salaries.
S01:E09 - Kirk Douglas
Film star Kirk Douglas discusses fame and the charge that Hollywood films misrepresent America abroad.
S01:E10 - Henry Kissinger
Professor Henry Kissinger, a political analyst, talks to Wallace about American military policies.
S01:E11 - William O. Douglas
William Douglas, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the US, talks about freedom of expression.
S01:E12 - Walter Reuther
Wallace interviews Walter Reuther, labor leader and president of the United Auto Workers from 1946 until 1970.
S01:E13 - Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Buck, Pulitzer- and Nobel Prize-winning novelist, talks to Wallace about American women and marriage.
S01:E14 - Steve Allen
Steve Allen, comedian and television personality, talks to Wallace about his rivalry with Ed Sullivan.
S01:E15 - Gloria Swanson
Mike Wallace interviews Gloria Swanson, the former silent screen star, about Hollywood in the 1920s.
S01:E16 - Margaret Sanger
Mike Wallace interviews Margaret Sanger, who founded Planned Parenthood and coined the term "birth control."
S01:E17 - Drew Pearson
Drew Pearson, a syndicated columnist, talks to Wallace about Sputnik, Eisenhower, Nixon and Kennedy.
S01:E18 - Eddie Arcaro
Eddie Arcaro, a celebrated jockey and winner of 5 Kentucky Derbies, talks with Wallace about horse racing.
S01:E19 - Aldous Huxley
Aldous Huxley, social critic and author, talks to Wallace about threats to freedom in the United States.
S01:E20 - Elsa Maxwell
Wallace talks with Elsa Maxwell, a famous hostess to the very rich, about high society in the US.
S01:E21 - George Jessel
Veteran comedian George Jessel talks about Jewish performers and his desire to be named ambassador to Israel.
S01:E22 - Bennett Cerf
Wallace hosts the co-founder of Random House Publishing and panelist on the TV game show "What's My Line."
S01:E23 - Anthony Perkins
An interview with actor Anthony Perkins about unflattering news stories, Hollywood and the Beat Generation.
S01:E24 - Edward Bennett Williams
A high-profile defense lawyer whose clients have included Jimmy Hoffa talks about the justice system.
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