American visitors to USSR, 1930s, 40s and 50s

Valery Belyanin val.belianine at UTORONTO.CA
Sat Mar 13 06:13:43 UTC 2004


If one is ready to take in consideration fiction and parodies than
obviously "Mister-Tvister" by Samuil Marshak is classics (1930-ies).
http://www.litera.ru:8080/stixiya/authors/marshak/est-za-granicej.html

Valery Belyanin,
Editor of www.textology.ru

Friday, March 12, 2004, 3:20:28 PM, you wrote:
AJ> I know it's from the 1920s, but the Russian portrayal of the
AJ> visiting Western capitalist in the silent film "The Adventures
AJ> of Mr West in the Land of the Bolsheviks" is a classic.
AJ> Andrew Jameson
AJ> Chair, Russian Committee, ALL
AJ> Lancaster LA1 1SL UK

AJ> ----- Original Message -----
AJ> One obvious fictional portrayal of an American's visit to the Soviet Union
AJ> in those years is, of course, Alexandrov's film Circus (Tsirk). Also, a few
AJ> tangential references - also dealing with fictional treatment of the
AJ> subject,

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