The Day the Screen Screamed radio program, 1958

 

Title
The Day the Screen Screamed radio program, 1958
Abstract
"The Day the Screen Screamed" 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 coming of sound to the motion pictures (the advent of the "talkies"). The episode is hosted by Joseph Schildkraut and features the recollections of Ja net Gaynor, Harold Lloyd, Richard Barthelmess, Elliot Nugent, Lila Lee, King Vidor, and Sam Raphaelson, The episode also features Ralph Bellamy and Reginald Denny's memories of John Gilbert
Collection Name
Popular arts project
Subjects
Actors; Comedians; Motion pictures; Motion picture acting; Silent films
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1958
Note (Provenance)
Joan S. Franklin, Gift 2008
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
13073523
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-yh3p-np17
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.