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Reminiscences of James Francis McHugh : oral history, 1959.

Creator: McHugh, Jimmy, 1894-1969.
Project: Popular arts project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 81 leaves.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Songwriter.

Scope and Contents

Childhood, working at Boston Opera House; working for Berlin Company; writing vaudeville songs, performing in vaudeville company; the Cotton Club; life in New York, N.Y.; "Blackbirds"; working for Florenz Ziegfeld; life and society in Hollywood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; stockmarket crash; introduction of musical movie; working techniques; relationship of music publisher to movie studio at different time periods; views on contemporary music.

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