Oral history interview with Bonita Granville, 1959

Biographical Note

Actress

Scope and Contents

Theater background as a child actress: "Westward Passage," with Laurence Olivier 1932; "These Three" 1936; Nancy Drew series from 1938; World War II related work: "Hitler's Children" 1943, publicity tour; associate producer television series "Lassie" 1950s; reminiscences of directors including William Wyler, John Ford, Edward Cmytryk and others. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"

Subjects

• Actresses--Interviews.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.
• Granville, Bonita, 1923-1988--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Motion picture acting.
• Motion picture producers and directors.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Television programs.