Frank Lloyd Wright on The Mike Wallace Interview

The Mike Wallace Interview was a nationally televised program which ran from 1957 - 1960 and was comprised of in depth, well researched conversations with the personalties of the day - available to watch now online, we think the interview...

...with Frank Lloyd Wright sounds fascinating.

Filmed in two parts on 9/1/1957 and 9/28/1957, Frank Lloyd Wright "talks to Wallace about religion, war, mercy killing, art, critics, his mile-high skyscraper, America's youth, sex, morality, politics, nature, and death."

Available for viewing through the Harry Ransom Center of the University of Texas. Click here for the direct link to the Frank Lloyd Wright program or here for the full list of available interviews.

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The interviews were shown at The Cultural Center here in a Chicago, a few years back- all I could keep thinking of as I was watching FLW was "The Fountainhead"!

Plus- they're SMOKING!
It's so "odd" to watch Vintage TV- and see the interviewers puffing away....and cut to a Cigarette commercial!

posted by ManofSteel on April 21st 2008 at 6:19am
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Beyond the interview, it's hilarious to see the cigarette smoke (from Wallace, I presume) wafting into the shots!

posted by Michelle of Montreal on April 21st 2008 at 6:20am
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I did not see this interview. Recently I think I am more interested in Wallace's book 'The Way We Will Be 50 Years from Today': http://dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=98482&ru=279 , anyone read that? I think wherein each chapter was like a little monument to its author's ego.

posted by ppollwith654 on April 21st 2008 at 6:32pm
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Ahhh!! I once had to watch that interview over and over and over for my job (I know, weird). I have a sketch I did of FLW's head (from that interview, I had to entertain myself somehow) hanging behind my monitor right now. Haven't thought of this in a while.

That said, it is an interesting interview (for FLW and Wallace's chain-smoking) on the first go-round.

posted by Kate H. on April 22nd 2008 at 2:54pm
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I just finished reading "Loving Frank" which is the fascinating story of FLW's love affair with Mamah Cheney.

I have been wanting to see this interview. Thanks for making my day.

posted by minnie mama on July 27th 2008 at 6:12am
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