Oral history interview with John Cromwell, 1958.

Biographical Note

Actor, director, producer

Scope and Contents

Early film-making in Hollywood, especially transition from silents to sound; technical practices, cameramen, studio heads and film writers; effect of the Motion Picture Production Code and box office on film content; blacklisting in Hollywood; independent producer and diminished role of studios; discussion of "Tom Sawyer," "Of Human Bondage," "Anna and the King of Siam," and "The Goddess"

Subjects

• Actors--Interviews.
• Cromwell, John, 1886-1979--Interviews.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Motion picture industry.
• Motion picture producers and directors--Interviews.
• Motion pictures.
• Oral histories (literary works)