Oral history interview with Joel McCrea, 1971
- Name
- McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990 (Interviewee)
- Higham, Charles (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with Joel McCrea, 1971
- Other Titles
- Reminiscences of Joel McCrea, 1971
- Abstract
- Transition from silent films; reminiscences of Jean Arthur, Charles Coburn, George Cukor, Cecil B. deMille, Kaye Francis, Greta Garbo, Veronica Lake, Gail Russell, Preston Sturges; acting for directors William Wyler, Gregory Le Cara, Alfred Hitchcock, Sam Peckinpah; first starring role, "The Bird of Paradise"; switch to westerns; stunts; personality of Samuel Goldwyn
- Collection Name
- Hollywood film industry project
- Subjects
- Actors; Acting; Actresses; Motion pictures--Production and direction; Silent films; McCrea, Joel, 1905-1990
- Format
- oral histories
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 1971
- Physical Description
- 58 pages
- Note (Biographical)
- Actor
- Note (Funding)
- Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
- Note
- Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
- Interviewed by Charles Higham in 1971
- Note (Provenance)
- Time-Life Books, Inc., Gift 1983
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
- Catalog Record
- 7217588
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-w9z0-3k75
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.