Oral history interview with Jackie Cooper, 1959
Oral history interview with Jackie Cooper, 1959
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- Name
- Cooper, Jackie, 1922-2011 (Interviewee)
- Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
- Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Jackie Cooper, 1959
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Jackie Cooper, 1959
- Abstract
- Acting as a child: "Our Gang" comedies, schooling on the lot, "The Champ," impressions of Hollywood as a child star; difficulties while growing up; being typecast; serious attention to acting; entertainment assignments during World War II; recollections of Victor Flemming and Wallace Beery; growing interest in directing and producing; future aspirations. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts fr om the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"
- Collection Name
- Popular arts project
- Subjects
- Motion picture producers and directors; Actors; Acting; Motion pictures; Child actors; Cooper, Jackie, 1922-2011
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1959
- Note (Biographical)
- Actor, director
- Note
- Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 14835051
- Also In
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-ckq1-aw58
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.