Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick; 10; Rat Alley

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Series
Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick
Episode Number
10
Episode
Rat Alley
Producing Organization
KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Nine Network of Public Media
Contributing Organization
The Nine Network of Public Media (St. Louis, Missouri)
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/110-10jsxnw7
NOLA Code
FYWF
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Description
Episode Description
Rat Alley - where the world of crime meets the world of politics - is Fitzpatrick's invention for attacking corruption in public life. He joins host Passonneau and Sheriff Joseph Lohman to take them and the viewer on a tour of Rat Alley and some of the problems facing the citizens of American communities who want to cope with crime and corruption. The three talk of organized crime and of the efforts of city and state governments to combat it. They also discuss the famous cartoon drawn in protest to judges, which caused Fitzpatrick to be put into jail for contempt of court. Fitzpatrick ends the program with a statement of his belief that a crusading press and an active public are essential to preserve the general welfare of the community. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
From 1913 to 1958 Daniel R. Fitzpatrick drew exciting, stimulating, nationally recognized editorial cartoons for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Prohibition, the Depression of 1929, the New Deal, World War II and the Korean War all were reflected in his work, as were less transient questions such as civil rights, the labor movement, slums and gangsterism, and the corruption of justice. Daniel R. Fitzpatrick retired from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in August, 1958, after forty-five years as editorial cartoonist. In that long period, the newspaper published over 14,000 of his cartoons ranging in topic from fashion to Fascism, from civic leaders to corrupt judges and conniving gangsters. He won two Pulitzer Prizes, in 1926 and 1954, and has seen his cartoons published in papers, magazines and books around the world. KETC-TV in St. Louis has now produced a series of fifteen half-hour episodes featuring the dean of American cartoonists, DR Fitzpatrick, and the cartoons he drew to amuse, awaken and arouse his fellow-citizens. Each episode focuses on a topic which Mr. Fitzpatrick feels to be of particular importance, and joins commentary with the recreation of some of his most famous cartoons. Joseph Passonneau, the host on all sixteen of the episodes, is the Dean of the School of Architecture of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Each episode presents not only Mr. Fitzpatrick and his cartoons, but also guests who were or are particularly involved in the issues being discussed. The 16 episodes that comprise the series were all originally recorded on kinescope, except the first episode, which was recorded on videotape. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Broadcast Date
1960-00-00
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
Topics
Politics and Government
Law Enforcement and Crime
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:29:21
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Credits
Director: Tangney, Ralph J.
Director: Tangney, Ralph J.
Guest: Fitzpatrick, Daniel R.
Guest: Lohman, Joseph
Guest: Fitzpatrick, Daniel R.
Guest: Lohman, Joseph
Host: Passonneau, Joseph
Host: Passonneau, Joseph
Producer: Tangney, Ralph J.
Producer: Tangney, Ralph J.
Producing Organization: KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Producing Organization: KETC-TV (Television station : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Producing Organization: Nine Network of Public Media
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Nine Network of Public Media (formerly KETC)
Identifier: MOH 15071 (Mo History)
Format: 16mm film
Library of Congress
Identifier: 2406477-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
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Citations
Chicago: “Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick; 10; Rat Alley,” 1960-00-00, The Nine Network of Public Media, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 20, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-110-10jsxnw7.
MLA: “Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick; 10; Rat Alley.” 1960-00-00. The Nine Network of Public Media, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 20, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-110-10jsxnw7>.
APA: Forty-five Years with Fitzpatrick; 10; Rat Alley. Boston, MA: The Nine Network of Public Media, 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-110-10jsxnw7