Oral history interview with Dorothy Fields, 1958
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- Name
- Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974 (Interviewee)
- Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
- Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Dorothy Fields, 1958
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Dorothy Fields, 1958
- Abstract
- Recollections of her father, Lew Fields; family's life in the theater; career as a lyric writer: the Cotton Club in Harlem, "Blackbirds," "Annie Get Your Gun," association with J. Fred Coots, Jimmy McHugh, Jerome Kern; old vs. new musical comedy; impression of Lillian Russell
- Collection Name
- Popular arts project
- Subjects
- Lyricists; Popular music; Theater; Musicals; United States Social life and customs; Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974; Fields, Lew
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 40 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Lyricist
- Note
- Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 14873328
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-4c5p-qm67
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.