Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997

  1. Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997
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Born in New York, Shirley Clarke first made waves as a dancer studying with modern choreographers like Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, and Doris Humphrey. In early short films, such as A Dance in the Sun (1953), Bullfight (1955), and Bridges Go Round (1958), she successfully fused her interests in choreography and cinema. Subsequent feature films The Connection (1961), The Cool World (1964), and Portrait of Jason (1967) were landmarks of independent cinema, charting an uncompromising path through controversial subject matter. Her portrait of the poet Robert Frost, Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World (1963) won the Academy Award for Best Documentary. Her final feature, Ornette: Made in America (1985), is another portrait, this time of the jazz musician Ornette Coleman...

Collection of Shirley Clarke materials finding aid

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hfa00046/catalog

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173696620

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http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hfa00017/catalog

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173697662

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http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb473-rg/h

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145884039

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http://archives.nypl.org/the/21468

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173696627

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http://viaf.org/viaf/286005435

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/232008059

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/166526559

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123502461

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123502464

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123502527

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122533088

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http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt6q2nf66x

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155473170

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/144661815

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25815092

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155473150

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http://viaf.org/viaf/84973287

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173692467

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173698136

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http://viaf.org/viaf/54395818

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173698163

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/440852778

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173697935

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/123502465

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Name Entry: Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997

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Name Entry: Brimberg, Shirley, 1919-1997

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Name Entry: Clarke, Shirley Brimberg, 1919-1997

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Place: New York City

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