Love in America 032 - Puttin' On the Ritz

Irving Berlin wrote the songs that were America's soundtrack of the 20th Century, escaped the Cossack buring of his Siberian home, across Europe, onto America's shores and into her heart. Never learning to write music, he nonetheless wrote a life and love story told through 256 hits rooted in the events of he and his Ellin's lives together. Also in this episode, meet the lady and the lawman on the Riverfront of New Orleans, an honest, funny and unvarnished conversation on western love. The show opens with a ribald romp through South Dakota happenings, a feature that will soon be a new series - South Dakota Weakly News!