Oral history interview with Reginald Leigh Denny, 1958

Biographical Note

Actor

Scope and Contents

Early theatrical experiences: England, India, United States; Vitagraph and Famous Players studios; Hollywood film career including "The Iron Trail," "The Abysmal Brute," "Leather Pushers"; the advent of sound; impressions of John Barrymore. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"

Subjects

• Actors--Interviews.
• Denny, Reginald, 1891-1967--Interviews.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Motion pictures.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Silent films.
• Theater.