Jul 21st, 2008 · Paula Felix-Didier of the Museo del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, discovered more than 20 minutes of missing film footage from the classic science fiction silent movie Metropolis in her museum's archives. German filmmaker Fritz Lang directed the film, and three reels have been missing almost since its premiere in 1927. Felix-Didier, the museum's director, talks with Deborah Amos.
Jul 7th, 2008 · In 1927, a record producer came to the border town of Bristol, Tenn./Va. to make the first commercial country music recordings. In 2007, one of Nashville's biggest stars celebrated the 80th anniversary of the Birthplace of Country Music.
Nov 13th, 2007 · Eighty years ago, Melvin Scott and his girlfriend went to a traveling vaudeville show. They were offered $25 to get married onstage. They did it on a whim -- and for the cash. But the marriage lasted. Since $25 went a long way in 1927, they bought bedroom furniture and some china.
Aug 23rd, 2007 · On this day in 1927 80 years ago, the state of Massachusetts executed two Italian immigrants for the murder of two payroll clerks that the men insisted they didn't commit. A new book and documentary draw parallels to our feelings about immigration then and now.
Sep 23rd, 2005 · Noah Adams speaks with University of Memphis musicologist David Evans about songs inspired by the Mississippi Delta floods of 1927. We listen to Lonnie Johnson's "Broken Levee Blues" and Charlie Patton's "High Water Everywhere."
Sep 9th, 2005 · Hundreds of songs have been written about New Orleans and Louisiana. One that's been played frequently in recent days has a special poignancy. Singer-songwriter Randy Newman talks about his song, "Louisiana 1927."
Sep 3rd, 2005 · In 1927 the Mississippi's floodwaters reached from Illinois and Missouri all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. Nearly one million people were left homeless. John Barry, author of Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 describes the epic disaster.
May 21st, 2005 · On May 21, 1927, Minnesotan Xandra Kalman and her husband Collie were on vacation in Paris. It was her wish to be at Le Bourget Field when Charles Lindbergh landed there that day...and she was. She later told the story to her children and grandchildren and recorded it on audio cassette. Her step-grandson, Mark Orton submitted it to our Quest for Sound™.