Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Jean Dalrymple, 1979.Biographical NoteProducer, theatrical agent; interviewee b. 1910
Scope and ContentsFamily background and influences; theatergoing, William S. Harte; P.S. 132, Washington Heights, Mrs. Pierce's Business School, New York City; vaudeville in 1920s: Orpheum circuit, partnership with Dan Jarrett; producing films in 1920s: discovery of Cary Grant, Jimmy Cagney; backer of early pay TV; founding of Lincoln Center, City Center; meeting with George Bernard Shaw, 1947; organization of United States cultural events at Brussels World's Fair; making of CHILDREN OF THEATRE STREET, 1976, relationship with Earle Mach, Kirov Ballet School, travel and filmmaking experiences in Soviet Union; difficulties as a female producer; impressions of opening nights, theater critics, many show business personalities
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