Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Charlson, Carl.
2. McCullough, David G.
3. Stiers, David Ogden.
4. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
5. PBS Video.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Recounts the 1906 murder of Stanford White, New York City's leading architect, by Harry K. Thaw, eccentric heir to a Pittsburgh railroad fortune, over Evelyn Nesbit, Thaw's wife. Thaw's trial touched off an extended debate over widespread acceptance of a double standard--one for rich Americans and another for everyone else.

Uniform title

1. American experience (Television program)

Subject

1. White, Stanford, 1853-1906
2. Thaw, Harry Kendall, 1871-1947
3. Nesbit, Evelyn, 1884-1967
4. Trials (Murder) > New York (State) > New York
5. Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Call number

1. *UGS-994

Note

1. Videocassette release of the 1995 episode of the television program The American experience.
2. Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.

Credits (note)

1. Cinematography, Tom Hurwitz ; editor, Peter Rhodes ; music, Brian Keane.

Audience (note)

1. General.

System details (note)

1. VHS.

Title

1. Murder of the century [videorecording] / a production of WGBH Boston for The American experience ; written and produced by Carl Charlson.

Imprint

1. [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video [distributor], c1996.

System details

1. VHS.

Credits

1. Cinematography, Tom Hurwitz ; editor, Peter Rhodes ; music, Brian Keane.

Audience

1. General.

Added author

1. Charlson, Carl.
2. McCullough, David G.
3. Stiers, David Ogden.
4. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)
5. PBS Video.

Added title

1. American experience (Television program)

Publisher no.

1. AMEX-801 PBS Video

Research call number

1. *UGS-994 [Video]