Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Reginald Denham, 1959.
Creator: | Denham, Reginald, 1894-1983 | Project: | Popular arts project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 64 pages Sound recording (Memoirs of the of the Movies excerpts) 1 reel | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteActor, writer, director
Scope and ContentsBritish theater; director: HEARTBREAK HOUSE, 1923; NO MAN'S LAND, 1924; MOON AND SIXPENCE, 1925; arrival in New York, 1929; JEW SUSS, 1930, LADIES IN RETIREMENT, 1940; working for Paramount Pictures in London; experiences in Hollywood; discussion of importance of comic relief in drama, differences in directing plays and films; recollections of George Bernard Shaw, C.B. Dillingham and Lee Shubert
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