Movies and Music radio program, 1959

 

Title
Movies and Music radio program, 1959
Abstract
"Movies and Music" is an episode of the "Memoirs of the Movies" series, produced by Group W of the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company in collaboration with Columbia University's Oral History Research Office. The theme of this episode is the artistic contribution of music to film, with specific attention to music during the silent film era, musicals in the 1930s, and the Roxy Theater. The episode is hosted by Dorothy Lamour and features the recollections of Jeanette MacDonald, Gene Kelly, Francis X. Bushman, Allan Jones, Arthur Freed, Dorothy Fields, Ray Henderson, Franz Waxman, Jack Shaindlin, and Dr. C. A. J. Parmentier
Collection Name
Popular arts project
Subjects
Actors; Musicians; Musicals; Motion picture music; Silent films--Musical accompaniment; Motion pictures
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1959
Note (Provenance)
Joan S. Franklin, Gift 2008
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
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Catalog Record
13073657
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-y222-6711
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.