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Beale, Edie 1917-2002 Beale, Edith Bouvier d. 1977 Documentary films Door-to-door selling Biography DVDs East Hampton (N.Y.) Eccentrics and eccentricities United States Mothers and daughters New York (State) East Hampton Biography Recluses New York (State) East Hampton Biography Sales personnel BiographyFilter By Subjects
Beale, Edie 1917-2002 Beale, Edith Bouvier d. 1977 Documentary films Door-to-door selling Biography DVDs East Hampton (N.Y.) Eccentrics and eccentricities United States Mothers and daughters New York (State) East Hampton Biography Recluses New York (State) East Hampton Biography Sales personnel BiographySummary: "A landmark documentary ... Captures in vivid detail the bygone era of the door-to-door slesman. While laboring to sell a gold-embossed version of the Holy Word, Paul Brennan and his colleagues target the beleaguered masses, then face the demands of quotas and the frustrations of life on the road. Following Brennan on his daily rounds, the Maysles discover a real-life Willy Loman, walking the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Home Vision Entertainment 2001
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SALSummary: East Hampton, the mid-1970's: documentary filmmakers Albert and David Maysles set up camp in a decrepit mansion known as Grey Gardens, where the eccentric Edith "Big Edie" Ewing Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale live amid piles of trash and mounds of cats. The film becomes an instant cult classic. Fast forward to the present day: "Grey Gardens" has inspired a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2006