Series from 1957
| Genres: | Talkshow, Documentary |
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Media personality Mike Wallace hosts a series of compelling and revealing interviews with some of the most fascinating people in pop culture and society of the time.
Aldous Huxley, social critic and author of Brave New World, talks to Wallace about threats to freedom in the United States, overpopulation, propaganda, drugs and television.
Mike Wallace hosts Elsa Maxwell, a famous hostess to the very rich in the US and international society. She speaks about alcohol, high society and contemporary personalities.
Veteran comedian George Jessel talks to Wallace about television, Jimmy Hoffa and the Teamsters Union, fame, Jewish performers and his desire to be named ambassador to Israel.
Mike Wallace hosts Bennett Cerf, co-founder of Random House Publishing, humorist and panelist on the TV game show "What's My Line."
An interview with Anthony Perkins, conducted two years before his portrayal of Norman Bates in "Psycho," about unflattering news stories, Hollywood and the Beat Generation.
A high-profile defense lawyer, whose clients have included gambling czar Frank Costello, union boss Jimmy Hoffa and Senator Joseph McCarthy, talks to Wallace about the United States justice system.
