Oral history interview with Bosley Crowther, 1958

Biographical Note

Motion picture critic

Scope and Contents

Career as NEW YORK TIMES motion picture critic 1940-58; motion picture criticism in America, function and history; recollections of Lyman Howe travelogues and "The Birth of a Nation"; reflections on Hollywood

Subjects

• Crowther, Bosley--Interviews.
• Film criticism.
• Film critics--Interviews.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.
• Interviews.
• Motion picture industry.
• New York Times Company.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

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