Name
Field, Betty, 1918-1973 (Interviewee)
Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Betty Field, 1959
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Betty Field, 1959
Abstract
Training at American Academy for Dramatic Arts; stage acting; Hollywood's hostility towards New York stage actors; role of publicity agent; films: OF MICE AND MEN, DREAM GIRL, BLUES IN THE NIGHT, PICNIC; censorship in films; role of director in theater and films; impressions of various directors, including Joshua Logan, Howard Lindsay and Lewis Milestone. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts f rom the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"
Collection Name
Popular arts project
Subjects
Actresses; Theater; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures; Acting; Field, Betty, 1918-1973
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
1959
Physical Description
49 pages
Note (Biographical)
Actress
Note
Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
12814621
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-3g3r-jk40
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.