Reminiscences of Morton Da Costa : oral history, 1959.

Biographical Note

Director.

Scope and Contents

Philadelphia childhood; Phoenix Players, Pennsylvania and Milwaukee, 1936-40; theater in Cragsmoor, New York, 1945-47; association with Maurice Evans and City Center, 1948-50; director, St. Louis Municipal Opera, 1950; director of "No Time for Sergeants," "Auntie Mame," "The Music Man"; filming of "Auntie Mame"; directing: classics vs. commercial productions, financing, type casting, booking problems; opinions on film version of "No Time for Sergeants" directed by Mervyn LeRoy; impressions of various plays and playwrights.

Subjects

• DaCosta, Morton, 1914-1989.
• 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.
• Musicals.
• Oral histories.
• Theater--United States.
• Theatrical producers and directors--Interviews.

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