Frank Craven is a famous name in early Hollywood as a ghost writer for MGM & Columbia Pictures, a character actor, pipe smoking gentleman that that did cameos and leads, a popular playwright/actor of Broadway comedies in the 1920,30 & 40's. His grandson, is the present day author/poet that has staged various original Off Off Broadway shows (a few are viewable at The Lincoln Center Libray theater on tape archive) and has a sharp bite on politics as a Vietnam draft dodging student reared in Barcelona, Spain. Under a harsh fascist dictatorship of Generalisimo Francisco Franco. His (famous) Dad, Actor John Craven (Original lead of Our Town, Two on Island & others and pioneer of TV in The Egg & I, and various other shows), was the Drama coach and Master Theater Director of the INAS Institututo Americano de estudios Norte Americanos 1968-1975, had to navigate the tricky McCarthy witchunt and advised his son "Keep your politics in your back pocket,son. When you go to the voting booth, you draw the curtain and its a private thing". Well, young Franky was unfairly pounced upon by tough rough cops and applauded Prez. Nixon having to step down from The Pentagon Papers and Watergate scandal in an era of authentic journalism and free press vs. presnt day scripted pseudo "news". A vociferous peace activist and champion for Human Rights (Authority Vs. Majority) and eco rights (National Vanity Vs. Natural Sanity AKA: 4 Chats et 1 Loup) plus various Art Attack shows that proclaim eco friendly energy solutions to fossil fuel industry pollutions, alongside an ongoing public access cable TV program for the village of skyscrapers, since 1998 webstreamed via mnn.org called WA/HA? (A primordial patriot war cry, global native wailing) What's Ailing/Healing US America? A question we have a right/duty to ask/answer! On venus/Friday nights, Shebat Shalom, as an ongoing prayer vigil and self empowerment project that awakens consciousness for stuff that mainstream media avoids.
