Name
Wilson, Carey, 1889-1962 (Interviewee)
Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Carey Wilson, 1959
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Carey Wilson, 1959
Abstract
Childhood, early career as a salesman and writer; Hollywood in the 1920s: social system, studios, production schedules; distribution and block booking; censorship before and after Motion Picture Code; western films; recollections of making series pictures; relation of writing to film; effect of Screenwriters Guild; producing and directing. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westingh ouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"
Collection Name
Popular arts project
Subjects
Authors; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion pictures; Motion pictures--Production and direction; Motion pictures--Censorship; Western films; Motion pictures--Distribution; Wilson, Carey, 1889-1962
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1959
Physical Description
sound files : digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)
Note (Biographical)
Writer, producer
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
7032189
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-h04n-b226
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.