Oral history interview with Jack Lemmon, 1959

Biographical Note

Actor

Scope and Contents

Discussion of films: "It Should Happen to You,"1953, "Mr. Roberts," 1955, "Some Like it Hot," 1959; acting on stage versus film; styles of comedy; comparison of directors John Ford, Joshua Logan, Billy Wilder, Richard Quine, and Mervyn LeRoy; impressions of Harry Cohn and Jimmy Cagney. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"

Subjects

• Acting.
• Actors--Interviews.
• Comedy films.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Lemmon, Jack--Interviews.
• Motion picture industry.
• Motion pictures--Production and direction.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Theater.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984