E. E. Cummings: The Making of a Poet

Duration: 23

Genre: Art | Biographical (Nonfiction) | Educational

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Harold Mantell

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 11Nov71 · MP23665 (Jan-Jun 1973) Copyright holder: Harold Mantell, Inc

Description: Presents a self-portrait of e. e. cummings, focusing on his early years, his poetic development, and his works. Recreates scenes from cummings' childhood, his student days at Harvard, his years in Paris and New York, and his years of mature creativity in Greenwich Village and New Hampshire. Highlights cummings' watercolor drawings, poetry, and selections from his sketchbooks., e. e. Cummings tells how he became a great writer, revealing the sources, sites, friends, and the events which influenced him. Includes his work as a painter.

Complete Record: Presents a self-portrait of e. e. cummings, focusing on his early years, his poetic development, and his works. Recreates scenes from cummings' childhood, his student days at Harvard, his years in Paris and New York, and his years of mature creativity in Greenwich Village and New Hampshire. Highlights cummings' watercolor drawings, poetry, and selections from his sketchbooks., Cumming's drawings, paintings, and family photographs are used to trace the development of this American poet. The soundtrack is composed of Cummings' voice and words excerpted from Six Nonlectures delivered at Harvard University, 1953. The film re-creates scenes from his childhood, his student days at Harvard and years in Paris, New York, and New Hampshire. , , , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.