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American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and cultural icon Truman Capote wrote dozens of novels, short novels, plays, and movies on his way to becoming one of the most important voices in New Journalism, and filmmakers have been adapting his work from the start. While some younger generations may only know Truman Capote because of Philip Seymour Hoffman's award-winning performance in Capote, the vast number of movies about Capote are not eligible for a list of movies adapted from his works.

At the same time, movies made from his screenplays, marvelous as they may be, are also not to be included on a list of adaptations. Taking a Capote story or short story and turning it into something memorable that stands apart from the author's original is a higher degree of difficulty than having Capote be a part of the moviemaking itself. While Capote occasionally has a hand in these adaptations,...

Several atom-fear exposés bravely ‘told the truth’ about the madness of the nuclear standoff. They didn’t get more liberal-precious than this uncompromising, difficult-to-watch ordeal based on a true incident. When an Imminent Attack alarm sends a tiny elementary school into a panic, Frank and Eleanor Perry pull no punches, finding the worst possible outcome to twist one’s insides in helpless frustration. The notorious yet little-seen show stars stage actors then unfamiliar, a couple of whom would soon become much bigger names. For us Children of the Bomb it’s the traumatic connection between Duck and Cover and Miracle Mile — or “Romper Room of Fear.” Richard Harland Smith’s commentary gives this release the context it needs, answering most of the questions that have hovered over it for 57 years.

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1963 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen / 82 min. / Street Date December 15, 2020 / available through Kino Lorber / 24.95

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1954: CBS daytime soap opera The Secret Storm premiered.

1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.

1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.

1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited in the bell tower."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor. Read "Remembering Woodbridge: A History of the Late, Great 'Secret Storm'" here.

After 20 years, CBS canceled the show with the final episode...

1954: CBS daytime soap opera The Secret Storm premiered.

1980: CBS aired the final episode of Love of Life.

1980: The Edge of Night's Nola admitted she was Mrs. Corey.

1994: As the World Turns' Holden and Lily reunited."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."

― Machiavelli

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1954: The Secret Storm premiered on CBS. The daytime soap opera was created by Roy Winsor.