Oral history interview with Jean Dalrymple, 1979
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- Name
- Dalrymple, Jean (Interviewee)
- Daum, Raymond L (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Jean Dalrymple, 1979
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Jean Dalrymple, 1979
- Abstract
- Family background and influences; theatergoing, William S. Harte; P.S. 132, Washington Heights, Mrs. Pierce's Business School, New York City; vaudeville in 1920s: Orpheum circuit, partnership with Dan Jarrett; producing films in 1920s: discovery of Cary Grant, Jimmy Cagney; backer of early pay TV; founding of Lincoln Center, City Center; meeting with George Bernard Shaw, 1947; organization of Unite d States cultural events at Brussels World's Fair; making of CHILDREN OF THEATRE STREET, 1976, relationship with Earle Mach, Kirov Ballet School, travel and filmmaking experiences in Soviet Union; difficulties as a female producer; impressions of opening nights, theater critics, many show business personalities
- Collection Name
- Individual interviews oral history collection
- Subjects
- Theatrical producers and directors; Motion picture producers and directors; Theater--Production and direction; Motion picture industry; Motion picture actors and actresses; Vaudeville; Dalrymple, Jean
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1979
- Physical Description
- 271 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Producer, theatrical agent; interviewee b. 1910
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
- Biographical interview
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Interviewed by Raymond L. Daum
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 7091796
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-s0mb-q442
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.