Oral history interview with Zachary Scott, 1959

Biographical Note

Actor

Scope and Contents

Early life in Texas; travels in England; English repertory company during 1930s; early career on Broadway and in Hollywood: "The Southerner," 1944, and "Mildred Pierce," 1946; production of "Requiem for a Nun," 1959; comparison of English and American theater; image as an actor; impressions of William Faulkner and Jean Renoir. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"

Subjects

• Actors--Interviews.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Motion picture actors and actresses.
• Motion pictures.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Scott, Zachary, 1914-1965--Interviews.
• Theater.