doi:10.7916/d8-hxdd-c905Oral history interview with Henry Fonda, 1958Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982oral historiesmixed materialActorsMotion picturesTheaterActingFonda, Henry, 1905-1982Childhood in Nebraska; work at Omaha Community Playhouse; acting in summer stock theaters: Dennis Cape Playhouse, University Players, Westchester Playhouse; "Mr. Roberts"; on Broadway; films: "The Farmer Takes a Wife,"Grapes of Wrath," "War and Peace," "Twelve Angry Men"; preference for theater over film; making Westerns; impressions of Walter Wanger, George Stevens, John Ford. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"