Oral history interview with Henry Myers, 1959

Biographical Note

Playwright

Scope and Contents

Early life; Columbia University; Larry Hart; early playwriting; press agent for Shuberts; Dmitri Tiomkin; first reactions to Hollywood; Clara Bow; "Writers Building," Paramount; MILLION DOLLAR LEGS; writing for Columbia, Universal, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; comedy writing for films; DESTRY RIDES AGAIN; departure from Hollywood, 1950. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"

Subjects

• Comedy films.
• Dramatists--Interviews.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Motion picture authorship.
• Myers, Henry, 1893-1975--Interviews.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Playwriting.