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Reminiscences of Roderick (Roddy) McDowall : oral history, 1959.

Creator: McDowall, Roderick, 1928-
Project: Popular arts project.
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Phys. Desc. :Transcript 58 leaves.
Location: Columbia Center for Oral History
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Biographical Note

Actor.

Scope and Contents

Early career: acting as a child during the Battle of Britain, impressions of New York, N.Y., HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY; impressions of John Ford; child acting as a trade; art vs business interests in movie making; the film industry in the 1940s; combating typecasting; theater industry in New York, N.Y. compared to that in California; utilization of film and television as an art form.

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