Tells the life story of nineteenth-century American writer Mark Twain, from his childhood in Hannibal, Missouri, to the fame and tragedies that shaped his adulthood.
Uses film excerpts, dramatic readings, and location footage to look at what is known about the life and career of sixteenth-century playwright William Shakespeare, from his youth in Stratford-on-Avon, to his death at age fifty-two.
Examines the life of twentieth-century American novelist John Steinbeck, featuring interviews with people who knew and loved the writer, and including discussion of some of his landmark works, and his legacy of literature and activism.
Presents a biographical look at attorney, judge, and civil rights leader Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American to serve on the United States Supreme Court.
Tells the story of Sammy Davis Jr. from his start as a child vaudeville performer in the 1920s to his career as a star of Broadway, Hollywood, and Las Vegas.
