The Movies: Art or Industry radio program, 1959

Scope and Contents

"The Movies: Art or Industry" is an episode of the "Memoirs of the Movies" series, produced by Group W of the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company in collaboration with Columbia University's Oral History Research Office. In this episode, film makers and actors discuss the elements that make a successful motion picture. The episode is hosted by Arthur Mayer and features the recollections of Rouben Mamoulian, King Vidor, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Edward Dmytryk, Jean Negulesco, Myrna Loy, Henry Fonda, Ben Hecht, Samuel Spewack, and Leo Rosten

Subjects

• Actors--Interviews.
• Interviews
• Motion picture acting.
• Motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.
• Motion pictures.
• Oral histories (literary works)