Oral history interview with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, 1959

Name: Comden, Betty (Interviewee); Franklin, Joan (Interviewer); Franklin, Robert (Interviewer); Green, Adolph (Interviewee)
Title: Oral history interview with Betty Comden and Adolph Green, 1959
Other Titles: Reminiscences of Betty Comden and Adolph Green, 1959
Abstract: Description of early careers; formation of the Revuers; work at the Village Vanguard; night club performing; Hollywood and New York; writing: "On the Town," 1944, "Billion Dollar Baby," "Good News," "Bandwagon," "Singin' in the Rain," "Wonderful Town," "Peter Pan," "Bells are Ringing," "The Party," "Auntie Mame"; MGM and Louis B. Mayer; character of a musical; impressions of George Abbott, Gene Kel ly, Arthur Fried, Rosalind Russell, Jack Warner
Collection Name: Popular arts project
Subjects: Composers; Musical films; Popular music--Writing and publishing; Comden, Betty; Green, Adolph
Format: oral histories
Genre: Interviews
Date: 1959

Physical Description: 59 pages
Note (Biographical): Writers and songwriters; Comden b. 1919; Green b. 1915
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: 14873112
Also In: Oral History Archives at Columbia; Time-Based Media; Time-Based Media
Persistent URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-mxxv-a972
Related URLs: Available digital content for this interview.