This week on "Sunday Morning" (October 20)
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COVER STORY: The Herbert Hoover you didn't know | Watch Video
Herbert Hoover had been president for less than a year when the Crash of 1929 initiated the Great Depression, an epochal event in American history that would place his name near the bottom of presidential rankings. But the engineer and business magnate, who made several fortunes in his 20s, is also remembered as a great humanitarian for feeding several million starving Belgians during World War I, and for introducing a variety of innovations in American life, from standardized traffic lights to milk bottles. Mo Rocca examines Hoover's remarkable rise (from humble beginnings to the White House) and his remarkable fall.
For more info:
- Hoover-Minthorn House Museum, Newberg, Ore.
- Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum, West Branch, Iowa
- "Firing Line with Margaret Hoover" (PBS)
- "Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times" by Kenneth Whyte (Knopf), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
ALMANAC: Margaret Dumont | Watch Video
On October 20, 1882, the film and stage actress, the favorite comic foil of the Marx Brothers, was born. Jane Pauley reports.
For more info:
- Margaret Dumont, the fifth Marx Brother (Mental Floss)
- marx-brothers.org
ART: Helen Frankenthaler: An artist lost in the moment | Watch Video
The beauty of Provincetown, Massachusetts inspired many works by one of the most renowned American artists of the 20th century: Helen Frankenthaler. A series of works that the abstract expressionist painter created on Cape Cod is on view in an exhibit called "Abstract Climates," at the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, Long Island. Correspondent Rita Braver talked with co-curator Elizabeth Smith, and with the artist's step-daughter, Lise Motherwell, about Frankenthaler's unique style.
For more info:
- Abstract Climates: Helen Frankenthaler in Provincetown, at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, N.Y. (through October 27)
- Helen Frankenthaler Prints: Seven Types of Ambiguity, at the Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, N.J. (through October 20)
- Pittura/Panorama: Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler, 1952-1992, at the Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice, Italy (through November 17)
- Helen Frankenthaler Foundation
- Gagosian Gallery: Helen Frankenthaler
- "Frankenthaler: Toward a New Climate," a film by Perry Miller Adato (WNET)
FROM THE ARCHIVES: From 1984: Abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler (VIDEO)
In this report originally broadcast on "CBS Sunday Morning" September 16, 1984, correspondent Eugenia Zuckerman met with one of the most important of American post-war painters, Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011), as she prepared for an exhibition of her abstract expressionist work at the André Emmerich Gallery in New York City, and talked about her artistic process, which she described as "a kind of magic."
MUSIC: How Janis Joplin became America's first female rock star | Watch Video
A new book about the rock and blues singer presents a portrait of a gifted, complex and challenging artist who became an iconic trailblazer during her 27 years. Anthony Mason talks with music journalist Holly George-Warren about her biography, "Janis: Her Life and Music."
READ A BOOK EXCERPT: "Janis: Her Life and Music"
WEB EXTRA: Listen to 12 essential Janis Joplin tracks
Music journalist Holly George-Warren offers "Sunday Morning" a roster of Joplin hits – well-known and rare – that capture the brilliance and power of the rock and blues singer.
For more info:
- "Janis: Her Life and Music" by Holly George-Warren (Simon & Schuster), in Hardcover, eBook and Audio formats, available via Amazon
- janisjoplin.com
- hollygeorgewarren.com
- The Broadway musical "A Night With Janis Joplin," presented in movie theatres nationwide November 5-11
- Janis Joplin on iTunes and Spotify
- Thanks to Public Records, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- Footage from Historic Films and Reelin' in the Years
PASSAGE: Bill Macy and Elijah Cummings | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" remembers an actor famed for playing the long-suffering TV husband of Bea Arthur in the '70s sitcom "Maude," and a fiery orator of the House and untiring champion of civil rights. Jane Pauley also remembers two veterans of CBS News: Chris Myers, our Los Angeles deputy bureau chief, and Chris Raine, a video editor in our London bureau.
GAMES: Escapism: The immersive adventure of escape rooms | Watch Video
Correspondents David Pogue, Martha Teichner and Nancy Giles, along with "Sunday Morning" intern Cory Peeler, face a difficult challenge: Find their way out of a room before a bomb goes off! It's just one of many examples of the big business in escape rooms – immersive adventures in which people are entertained by being trapped.
For more info:
- Clue Chase, New York City
- 13th Gate Escape, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- roomescapeartist.com
- Trap't Escape Room Adventures, Stamford, Conn.
- Clue Carré, New Orleans
- "Escape Room" (Columbia Pictures)
HARTMAN: What's in a name? (VIDEO)
At a small university near Birmingham, Alabama, Steve Hartman found a big guy: 6'8", 310-pound senior offensive lineman George Grimwade, a dominating force on the Samford Bulldog football team, who used his time on the playing field to send a very special message to his stepdad.
MOVIES: Martin Scorsese, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro on "The Irishman" | Watch Video
Director Martin Scorsese and actors Al Pacino and Robert De Niro talked with correspondent Lee Cowan about their first-ever collaboration, "The Irishman," the true story of Frank Sheeran, a hit man for a Philadelphia crime family. The mob epic, which spans decades, was created using cutting-edge technology to "de-age" its cast, as it traces a story of loyalty and corruption, and explores the fate of Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa.
For more info:
- "The Irishman" opens in select theatres on November 1, before streaming on Netflix beginning November 27.
To watch a trailer for "The Irishman" click on the video player below:
OPINION: Skateboarding: Why should youth be wasted on the young? | Watch Video
Contributor Luke Burbank recently took up a new hobby – skateboarding – and while inside he felt like a kid again, outside he remained very much a middle-aged man, with a sense of balance that could only be described as intermittent.
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HISTORY: Tracing the remarkable life's path of Harriet Tubman | Watch Video
Harriet Tubman, a tiny woman who could neither read nor write, pulled off superheroine-like exploits in the years before the Civil War. With the help of the Underground Railroad, she not only escaped from a Maryland plantation to freedom in the North, she went back, 13 times over 10 years, to guide more than 70 enslaved people to freedom. And during the war, she became the first American woman to lead troops into battle, near Beaufort, S.C. Martha Teichner visits historic sites that were part of Tubman's remarkable life story, and with actress Cynthia Erivo, who plays the iconic figure in a new biopic, "Harriet."
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: British actress Cynthia Erivo on playing American icon Harriet Tubman
The Tony Award-winning British actress Cynthia Erivo, who portrays abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the new movie "Harriet," talks with correspondent Martha Teichner about criticism she has faced as a non-American being cast as a legendary American woman.
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Cynthia Erivo: Playing Harriet Tubman changed me for the better
WEB EXTRA VIDEO: Cynthia Erivo: What Harriet Tubman can teach us
For more info:
- Harriet Tubman Historical Society
- Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Visitor Center, Church Creek, Md.
- Bucktown Village Store, Cambridge, Md. (Bucktown Village Foundation)
- Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Dorchester County, Md.
- Underground Railroad: Jacob and Hannah Leverton Home, Preston, Md.
- Caroline County (Md.) Historical Society
- Maryland Office of Tourism
- Harriet Tubman National Historical Park, Auburn, N.Y. (National Park Service)
- Harriet Tubman House, Auburn, N.Y.
- The AME Zion Church, Auburn, N.Y.
- Seward House Museum, Auburn, N.Y.
- "Harriet" opens in theatres on November 1 (Focus Features)
To watch a trailer for "Harriet" click on the video player below.
CALENDAR: Week of October 21 | Watch Video
"Sunday Morning" takes a look at some notable events of the week ahead. Jane Pauley reports.
NATURE: Butterflies (Extended Video)
"Sunday Morning" takes us to a gathering of cabbage butterflies near Bridgeton, New Jersey. Videographer: Jeff Reisly.
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SUNSPOTS: Amy Sherald's "everyday people" | Watch Video
An exhibition in New York City by the artist whose painting of Michelle Obama became a sensation features portraits of everyday models, and captures the private, inner lives of African Americans. "Sunday Morning" producer Sara Kugel reports.
NATIONAL PASTA DAY (10/17): Geometry and pasta (VIDEO)
People may think more about the taste of pasta than its shape. Architects and chefs, however, find much beauty in the design of different pastas. Faith Salie talks with George Legendra, author of "Pasta by Design," and London chef Jacob Kennedy, co-author of "The Geometry of Pasta." Originally broadcast November 18, 2012.
NATURE UP CLOSE: The pros and cons of introducing non-native fish species
Anglers may welcome fighters like trout, but stocking lakes and streams with non-native fish can have disastrous impacts on other organisms.
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