Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Elliott Nugent, 1958.
Creator: | Nugent, Elliott, 1896-1980 | Project: | Popular arts project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | Transcript 85 pages Sound recording 1 reel Sound recording (Memoirs of the of the Movies excerpts) 1 reel | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteProducer, director, actor, writer
Scope and ContentsFamily background, early life, father and vaudeville; beginning of theatrical career, 1920s; theater life during Prohibition; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and motion picture career: transition to sound; social, intellectual and political life in Hollywood; discussion of outstanding films; impressions of Eva Tanguay, Harold Lloyd, Charles Chaplin, Delmar Daves, Jimmie Flood, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, many others; reflections on comedy
SubjectsAccess ConditionsCopyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975
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