Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Glenda Farrell, 1959
Creator: | Farrell, Glenda, 1904-1971 | Project: | Popular arts project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteActress
Scope and ContentsChild actress in summer stock productions; stage actress in New York and California; film debut in "Little Caesar," 1930; Torchy Blaine series; "The Middle of the Night," 1959; discussion of the differences between comedy and drama, glamorous image of movie stars, social and cultural life in Hollywood, impact of television; impressions of Joan Blondell, Mervyn LeRoy and Paddy Chayevsky. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"
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