Day at Night (1970)

Country

United States

How it feels

This television interview series features extended conversations with a wide range of prominent figures from the arts, science, and culture from the 1970s. Host James Day speaks with guests like performers, scientists, authors, and activists about their lives and work.

conversationalinterview-styleeducationalclassicpacedintellectual

What happens

Day at Night was a public television interview program airing from 1973 to 1974, hosted by James Day, former president of both KQED and WNET. They are now available online via CUNY TV. Interviewees include Alwyn Nikolais, choreographer - November 29, 1974 Colleen Dewhurst, actress - June 6, 1974 George Rose, actor - June 3, 1974 William Schuman, composer - May 25, 1974 Anne Baxter, actress - May 17, 1974 Richard Rodgers, composer - May 13, 1974 Edward Teller, nuclear physicist - May 8, 1974 Marty Links, cartoonist ("EmmyLou") - May 8, 1974 Archie Moore, boxer - May 6, 1974 Tennessee Ernie Ford, singer - May 6, 1974 Herbert Gold, novelist from the Beat Generation - May 3, 1974 Jonas Salk, developer of the polio vaccine - April 28, 1974 Christopher Isherwood, playwright - April 25, 1974 Hugh Hefner, founder and publisher of Playboy - April 25, 1974 Vincent Price, actor and horror star - April 25, 1974 Irving Stone, novelist - April 23, 1974 Joan Baez, singer-songwriter - April 20, 1974 Wallace Stegner, author, historian, and environmentalist - April 18, 1974 Jacob Bronowski, historian of science - April 9, 1974 Noam Chomsky, author, lecturer, philosopher, and linguist - April 9, 1974 Howard K. Smith, TV newscaster - April 5, 1974 Sam Levenson, humorist and author - April 3, 1974 Cab Calloway, singer and bandleader. - April 2, 1974 S. J. Perelman, humorist and playwright - April 2, 1974 Hermione Gingold, actress - March 29, 1974 Alfred A. Knopf, publisher - March 28, 1974 Irving Howe, author - March 28, 1974 Kurt Waldheim, UN Secretary-General - March 22, 1974 Virgil Thomson, composer - March 18, 1974 Jan Peerce, opera singer. - March 15, 1974 Marya Mannes, author ("They") - March 15, 1974 Norman Cousins, author, journalist, peace advocate - March 12, 1974 Art Buchwald, newspaper columnist - March 7, 1974 Herbert Block, a.k.a. Herblock, political cartoonist. - February 28, 1974 Muhammad Ali, legendary boxing champion - February 19, 1974 Newton Minow, former chairman of the FCC - February 12, 1974 Norman Lear, renowned TV producer ("All in the Family") - January 23, 1974 Ray Bradbury, novelist and short story writer - January 21, 1974 Ozzie Nelson, actor and director - January 21, 1974 Stewart Alsop, newspaper columnist - January 1, 1974 Aaron Copland, composer - December 20, 1973 Theodore Bikel, actor - December 16, 1973 Victor Borge, Danish comedian, conductor and pianist - December 5, 1973 John Houseman, film and theatre producer, Part 1. - December 3, 1973 Joseph Papp, theatrical producer and founder of the Public Theater. - November 29, 1973 Jonathan Winters, actor/comedian - November 27, 1973 Eli Wallach, actor/star of stage, screen and TV - November 20, 1973 Abe Burrows, playwright and screenwriter. - November 13, 1973 Billie Jean King, tennis champion - November 13, 1973 Isaac Stern, classical violinist. - November 13, 1973 Agnes De Mille, choreographer - June 25, 1973 Katherine Anne Porter, novelist and short story writer - June 25, 1973 Myrna Loy, actress - May 25, 1973 Ayn Rand, writer (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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