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Marvin Hamlisch had won three Academy Awards but wanted to work on Broadway shows.

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Though classically trained, young Hamlisch knew he was destined for something different.

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Hear music from the Broadway show "Sweet Smell of Success" and see the marked score.

1:20
Hamlisch reveals what inspired the opening notes to "The Way We Were."

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Bing Crosby and songs sing the spiritual "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho."

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In 1965 Lange and the MoMA curator of photography prepared for her one-woman exhibition.

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Serving in Vietnam and music of the era are inextricably linked for author Tim O'Brien.

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Dorothea Lange and her husband were the first to document Dust Bowl migrants.

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Lange documented those struggling with the Great Depression and sharecropping system.

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Alice Walker describes the act of creation as bliss.

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Alice Walker talks about her great-great-great-great-grandmother's journey.

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Luminaries of music and entertainment speak to the genius of Marvin Hamlisch.