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Oral history interview with Glenda Farrell, 1959.

Creator: Farrell, Glenda, 1904-1971
Project: Popular arts project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 61 pages Sound recording 1 reel Sound recording (Memoirs of the of the Movies excerpts) 1 reel
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Actress

Scope and Contents

Child actress in summer stock productions; stage actress in New York and California; film debut in "Little Caesar," 1930; Torchy Blaine series; "The Middle of the Night," 1959; discussion of the differences between comedy and drama, glamorous image of movie stars, social and cultural life in Hollywood, impact of television; impressions of Joan Blondell, Mervyn LeRoy and Paddy Chayevsky

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