Stanley’s House

Stanley’s House is a film by Tobe Carey about Stanley J. Kunitz, the former Poet Laureate of the United States. Kunitz was born in 1905 in Worcester, Massachusetts, six weeks before his father committed suicide in a public park. When he was thirteen, Stanley’s family moved into a new house his mother had built at the edge of the city. In 2003, Tobe Carey learned that he had been raised in the same house and had the same bedroom as Kunitz. Carey interweaves the story of Stanley’s family with his own memories. Historical and cultural details are added by Kunitz; by scholar and poet, Carle Johnson; and by Norma Feingold, curator of the Worcester Historical Museum. Included are several readings by Kunitz. ©2007. Running time is 50:50 minutes.