Oral history interview with Gene Kelly, 1958

Biographical Note

Dancer, actor, choreographer

Scope and Contents

Career in Hollywood and New York, NY as dancer, actor, choreographer and director; growth of musical comedy, development of American style of dancing; "Marjorie Morningstar," "Singin' in the Rain," "On the Town"; left and right wing politics in Hollywood. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"

Subjects

• Choreographers--Interviews.
• Dance in motion pictures, television, etc.
• Dancers--Interviews.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996--Interviews.
• Motion pictures.
• Motion pictures and music.
• Musicals.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by Patricia Ward Kelly, Creative Director, Gene Kelly: The Legacy