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Provocative print ads

Description: Controversial photography of artist Robert Mapplethorpe is compared to provocative fashion advertising and film. Visual comparisons between Mapplethorpe photos and sexually suggestive advertising images follow opening dialogue. Clips from films "Robocop 2" and "Total Recall" used to highlight gratuitous violence in popular culture. Footage from Madonna concert. Clips of professional commentary throughout. Following edited story is b-roll footage panning on suggestive print ads. Various print editorials. Johnnie Walker. Dep hair gel. Guess jeans. Various Calvin Klein ads. Norma Kamali. Revlon. Fruit of the Loom. Maidenform. Tanqueray. Interview Magazine with Madonna on cover. Spiegel. Royal Velvet.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/02/1990

Screenwriter Julius Epstein

Description: Screenwriter Julius Epstein talks about the famous lines he created for films. Clips from "Casablanca" and "Play It Again Sam."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 05/05/1989

Silber and BU dorm rules

Description: Boston University president John Silber and BU students comment on dormitory curfews to become effective next semester. Clip from "Animal House"
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/27/1988

Suffolk County sheriff candidates

Description: Candidates for Suffolk County sheriff: Edward Burns, Robert Rufo, Albert Dapper O'Neil. Clip from "High Noon."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/25/1986

THE SOLDIER'S TALE

Description: R.O.BLECHMAN ANIMATION OF STRAVINSKY'S 'THE SOLDIER'S TALE'
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/29/1984

TOCN show tape

Description: 1) Boston Teachers Union president Kathy Kelly decries layoffs. Boston Schools Superintendent Robert Spillane says staffing will remain steady. 2) Gov. Michael Dukakis on local aid package. 3) State Supreme Court upholds ban on urea formaldehyde foam insulation; UFFI being blown into shingles. 4) Interview with Michael Rezendes on political favors inside Boston City Hall and BRA. 5) People scurry to open IRAs at Fidelity by tax deadline; Shawmut Bank exterior. 6) Film critic Sam Kaplan comments on Oscars. Anchors Lydon and McGrath.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/12/1983

TOCN show tape

Description: 1) Cash rich corporations buy tax credits from poorer companies under Reagan's economic recovery program. 2) Changing structure of American family — more single parents and working mothers; Uri Bronfenbrenner. 3) Brief on state senator Alan Sisitsky charged with disruptive behavior at Seattle Airport. 4) Interview with writer V.S. Naipaul. 5) Studio Red Top is home for Boston women in jazz; Cathy Lee, founder and Barbara Merjan, percussionist. 6) Stravinsky centennial festival at New England Conservatory; Robert Craft; photo of Igor; student ensemble with chorus and French horns. 7) Obit of French filmmaker Abel Gance; silent clip from “Napoleon.” Anchor Lydon in bow tie.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/13/1981

Test ban anniversary

Description: Limited nuclear test ban treaty of 1963 has not ended atomic testing. John Pastore, Jr. and Sr., argue for comprehensive test ban to stop nuclear arms race. Atomic Cafe, Dr. Strangelove clips.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/05/1988

Titicut Follies

Description: Roger Goodrich interviews Elliot Richardson, Massachusetts Attorney General, on the Frederick Wiseman film, Titicut Follies. He explains his objection film based on it's lack of regard for individual rights and privacy. He talks about the situation under former Attorney General Ed Brooke during which the film was made with the understanding that those individuals not able to give consent would not be featured. Cutaways of reporter asking questions. Footage of the Massachusetts Superior Court hearings on the film. A man who worked at Bridgewater State Hospital, where Titicut Follies was filmed, answers many questions. He mentions that his deputy forbade the cameras from going anywhere near Albert DeSalvo, the alleged Boston Strangler. Corrections Commissioner Gavin also answers questions. Outtakes of reporter standup. Silent courtroom scenes. Exteriors of the Massachusetts State House. Silent footage of Frederick Wiseman in the courtroom, talking to reporter Bill Harrington.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 10/18/1967

Titicut Follies

Description: Interview with Dr. Alexander on his reaction to the Frederick Wiseman film, Titicut Follies, which he thinks is a genuine depiction of severe mental illness. He discusses censorship of the film. Following the interview there is silent b-roll of the Suffolk County Court House, Superior Court chambers, and court room scenes of the hearings about Titicut Follies.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 11/1967