Reminiscences of Sidney Blackmer : oral history, 1959.

Scope and Contents

Childhood in North Carolina; early love for the theater; University of North Carolina; working in silent pictures; comparison of stage and movie acting; recollections of Wallace Reid and D.W. Griffith; transitions in movie making; acting techniques; criticism of method acting; "Sweet Bird of Youth".

Subjects

• Actors--Interviews.
• Blackmer, Sidney, 1895-1973.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Motion picture acting.
• Motion picture actors and actresses--Interviews.
• Motion pictures.
• Oral histories.

Access Conditions

Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.