Oral history interview with Arthur Laurents, 1971
- Name
- Laurents, Arthur (Interviewee)
- Benton, Nicholas, 1926- (Interviewer)
- Green, Judith, 1931-2001 (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Arthur Laurents, 1971
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Arthur Laurents, 1971
- Abstract
- Work on screenplays of Alfred Hitchcock's films "The Snake Pit," "Rope;" accusations of screenplay plagiarism in "The Snake Pit;" problem of portrayal of homosexuality, translation of original play to the screen in "Rope;" recollections of Hitchcock, various actors and actresses; brief recollections of Hitchcock films "Strangers on a Train," "Under Capricorn;" criticisms of American musicals
- Collection Name
- Hollywood film industry project
- Subjects
- Screenwriters; Dramatists; Motion picture authorship; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture actors and actresses; Musicals; Laurents, Arthur
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 26 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Playwright, screenwriter
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Interviewed by Nicholas Benton and Judith Green on August 3, 1971
- Note (Provenance)
- Time-Life Books, Inc., Gift 1983
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
- Catalog Record
- 6873461
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-bj1q-ev78
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.