Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Glenda Farrell, 1959.
Creator: | Farrell, Glenda, 1904-1971 | Project: | Popular arts project. (see all project interviews) | 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 | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteActress
Scope and ContentsChild 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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