Hollywood film industry project : oral history, 1971-1972.

Scope and Contents

A series of taped interviews with Hollywood actors, directors, cameramen and technicians, conducted from 1971-1972 for a volume published by Time/Life, Inc. on life in the film capital Participants and pagination of transcripts: Judith Anderson, 43; Fred Astaire, 45; Mary Astor, 30; Gene Autry, 28; Lew Ayres, 32; Lauren Bacall, 23; Busby Berkeley, 23; Pandro S. Berman, 50; Walter Brennan, 36; Johnny Mack Brown, 25; George Cukor, 92; Bette Davis; Andy Devine, 28; Melvyn Douglas, 48; Rudolf Friml, 28; Henry Hathaway, 62; Howard Hawks, 30; Paul Henried, 22; James Wong Howe, 36; Nunnally Johnson, 40; Fritz Lang, 52; Arthur Laurents, 26; Mervyn LeRoy, 42; Anita Loos, 29; Joel McCrea, 58; Reginald Owen, 39; Joe Pasternak, 66; Otto Preminger, 76; Irving Rapper, 64; Vincent Sherman, 44; Adela Rogers St. Johns, 32; Max Steiner, 23; James Stewart, 31; John Wayne, 26; and William Wyler, 43

Subjects

• Acting.
• Dance.
• Interviews.
• Motion pictures--Production and direction.
• Motion pictures.
• Oral histories (literary works)

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1985-1992