Name
Foreman, Carl (Interviewee)
Franklin, Joan (Interviewer)
Franklin, Robert (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Carl Foreman, 1959
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Carl Foreman, 1959
Abstract
University of Illinois; year in Hollywood, 1933; impressions of Hollywood as a struggling writer; return to Hollywood in 1938 and 1940; influence of making films in the army during World War II; forming an independent film company with Stanley Kramer; blacklisted during McCarthy era; views on American Communist Party; making "High Noon"; life in England; influence of television on the film industry ; present view of 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
Screenwriters; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture industry; Motion pictures--Censorship; Internal security--United States; Motion pictures and television; Foreman, Carl; Communist Party of the United States of America
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1959
Note (Biographical)
Movie writer, producer; interviewee b. 1914, d. 1984
Note
Interviewed by Joan and Robert Franklin
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Catalog Record
13004961
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-tfp2-cs09
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.