Oral history interview with Gene Kelly, 1958
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- Name
- Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996 (Interviewee)
- Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
- Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Gene Kelly, 1958
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Gene Kelly, 1958
- Abstract
- Career in Hollywood and New York, NY as dancer, actor, choreographer and director; growth of musical comedy, development of American style of dancing; "Marjorie Morningstar," "Singin' in the Rain," "On the Town"; left and right wing politics in Hollywood. Audio is comprised of narrator's excerpts from the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company's radio program series "Memoirs of the Movies"
- Collection Name
- Popular arts project
- Subjects
- Choreographers; Dancers; Musicals; Motion pictures; Motion pictures and music; Dance in motion pictures, television, etc; Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1958
- Physical Description
- 24 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Dancer, actor, choreographer
- Note
- Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 13005803
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-qqd7-n284
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.