Creative Person; 58; James Jones
- Series
- Creative Person
- Episode Number
- 58
- Episode
- James Jones
- Producing Organization
- Allan King Associates
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-ms3jw87m24
- NOLA Code
- CRPN
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- Description
- Episode Description
- This profile on the American author James Jones opens with him at the skeet range of Camp des Loges, outside Paris where the author now resides. His physical prowess is seen again at the swimming pool Pontoise, swimming and diving, as he does about twice a week when he is at work on a book. Jones is then seen shopping with his wife, Gloria, in the Paris Flea Market, buying a desk at a store for their children, and having a drink at a nearby bar. They later go window shopping on the Boulevard Haussman, which is decorated for Christmas. Jones discusses the themes of his recent books, Go to the Windowmaker during an interview in his study. He is seen surrounded by the mementoes of his life including the Congressional Medal of Honor, Aqualungs, six pairs of cowboy boots, knives, guns, and a framed fake million-dollar check celebrating his new contract with Dell publishing Company for his next three unwritten books (one of which is Windowmaker). He talks of his past life, parents, the writing of From Here to Eternity, and the nature of courage and mans search for physical danger. A poker game follows a dinner party at the Jones apartment on the fashionable Ile St. Louis, with painter Don Fink, director Nicholas Ray, and writer Irving Shaw. At his local brasserie Jones talks to the American mountaineer, Gary Hemmings, about their conflicting attitudes on the issues of courage, cowardice, and the search for physical danger. Over a whisky at the 17th-century pulpit used by Jones as a bar in his drawing room, he discusses problems of sexual morality, faithfulness, and frankness in literature, and the liberating influence of From Here to Eternity. Later, Jones and his wife prepare to go out to dinner with some 20 guests at the apartment of the authors agent. At this party a quarrel arises on Americas involvement in Vietnam, which draws forth some of Jones strongest reactions. The Creative Person: James Jones was produced for National Educational Television by Allan King Associates. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- This series focuses on the private vision of the creative person. Each program is devoted to a 20th century artist whose special qualities of imagination, taste, originality, intelligence, craftsmanship, and individuality have marked him as a pace-setter in his field. These artists --- whose fields span the entire gamut of the art world --- include filmmaker Jean Renoir, poet John Ciardi, industrial designer Raymond Loewy, Hollywood producer-director King Vidor, noted Broadway couple Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee, artist Leonard Baskin, humorist James Thurber, satirist Robert Osborn, Indian musician Ravi Shankar, poet P. G. Wodehouse, painter Georges Braque, former ballet star Olga Spessivtzeva, Rudolf Bing, and Marni Nixon. The format for each program has been geared to the individual featured; Performance, interview, and documentary technique are employed interchangeably. The Creative Person is a 1965 production of National Educational Television. The N.E.T. producers are Jack Sameth, Jac Venza, Lane Slate, Thomas Slevin, Brice Howard, Craig Gilbert, and Jim Perrin. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1967-07-16
- Asset type
- Episode
- Genres
- Documentary
- Topics
- Literature
- Biography
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Camera Operator: Brayne, William
Director: King, Allan
Guest: Jones, James
Guest: Shaw, Irving
Guest: Jones, Gloria
Guest: Ray, Nicholas
Guest: Fink, Don
Guest: Hemmings, Gary
Producer: Slevin, Tom
Producer: King, Allan
Producing Organization: Allan King Associates
Sound: Sharrock, Ivan
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2000467-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Creative Person; 58; James Jones,” 1967-07-16, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 16, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-ms3jw87m24.
- MLA: “Creative Person; 58; James Jones.” 1967-07-16. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 16, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-ms3jw87m24>.
- APA: Creative Person; 58; James Jones. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-ms3jw87m24