Debbie Allen Quotes
In scoring we have a lot that was not evident in the shooting. The radio is on all the time.
Allen, Debbie. "Behind the Scenes of The Old Settler." PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, 2001.
McPherson was the first woman who preached over the radio. With the advent of radio for all purposes, stations were being erected all over the country and began to interfere with each others broadcast. Herbert Hoover saw this as a Federal Problem and authorized his administration to regulate the power and wavelength frequencies that stations could use for their broadcasts. McPherson had built the Angelus Temple in Echo Park with two huge radio towers but she was broadcasting “the word of God” and did not want to be restricted to broadcasting on a single frequency. She and others, even today, see any regulation of a religious activity as an impingement of freedom of speech and freedom of religion.
Deborah Kaye Allen is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award (winning three), two Tony Awards, and has also won a Golden Globe Award and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991.
