Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Dore Schary, 1958.
Creator: | Schary, Dore | Project: | Popular arts project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 87 pages Sound recording 1 reel Sound recording (Memoirs of the of the Movies excerpts) 1 reel | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteMotion picture writer and producer
Scope and ContentsEarly life in New Jersey and New York; career in Hollywood from 1932: screenwriting, B picture production, head of production at Radio Keith Orphium, later at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; resignation from Metro, 1956; involvement in Screen Writer's Guild, political views and activities, Communists in Hollywood and the Un-American Affairs Committee; social and intellectual life in Hollywood; 3-D phenomenon; state of comedy; impact of the agent on motion pictures; impressions of various films and personalities
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