Reminiscences of Joel McCrea, 1971.

Biographical Note

Actor

Scope and Contents

Transition from silent films; reminiscences of Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, George Cukor, Cecil B. deMille, Kaye Francis, Greta Garbo, Veronica Lake, Gail Russell, Preston Sturges; acting for directors William Wyler, Gregory Le Cara, Alfred Hitchcock, Sam Peckinpah; first starring role, "The Bird of Paradise"; switch to westerns; stunts; personality of Samuel Goldwyn

Subjects

• Acting.
• Actors--Interviews.
• Actors.
• Actresses.
• Higham, Charles, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990--Interviews.
• Motion pictures--Production and direction.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Silent films.

Access Conditions

Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1990