Oral history interview with Eric A. Johnston, 1959

 

Name
Johnston, Eric A. (Eric Allen), 1895-1963 (Interviewee)
Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Eric A. Johnston, 1959
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Eric A. Johnston, 1959
Abstract
Recollections of movies as a youth; Russia in the 1940s; president of Motion Picture Association, 1945: settling strikes, participation in Un-American Affairs Committee hearings, motion picture code and censorship; changes in the industry: studio control, production techniques, economy of industry, tendency towards greater reality in films. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westing house Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"
Collection Name
Popular arts project
Subjects
Executives; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures--Censorship; Internal security investigations; Motion pictures--Production and direction; Johnston, Eric A. (Eric Allen), 1895-1963
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1959
Note (Biographical)
Motion picture executive
Note
Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
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Catalog Record
14846519
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3hp6-sc15
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.