Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. Audio Recordings. 1945 - 1965. THE ACTOR

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Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense. 1921 - 2008. Audio Recordings. 1945 - 1965. THE ACTOR

1963

This program explores the question: What is an actor? Various actors and actresses, such as Sir Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Lionel and Ethel Barrymore, Tallulah Bankhead and Humphrey Bogart discuss their views or deliver recitations from their most famous performances. Their performances are then analyzed by authorities such as Broadway producer, Mike Todd, press agent, Dick Maney, anthropologist, Doctor Hortense Powdermaker, psychoanalyst John Gustin and publisher Leo Schull. William Saroyan, syndicated columnists Leonard Lyons and Hy Gardner, Rocky Graziano, Peter Ustinov, Dore Schary, Alfred Hitchcock, Walter Kerr, John Carradine, Michael Redgrave, Sir Ralph Richardson, Ralph Bellamy and Joseph Mankiewicz, give their opinions on the thespian fraternity.

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Bogart, Humphrey DeForest, 1899-1957

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Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema. Bogart began acting in Broadway shows, beginning his career in motion pictures with Up the River (1930) for Fox. Bogart appeared in supporting roles for the next decade, sometimes portraying gangster...

Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Denys [Blakelock], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871310 Actress Vivien Leigh was born in Darjeeling, India, and returned to England with her parents after World War I. While attending a convent school, her mother took her to see a play, where she determined to become an actress. She had little experience before creating a sensation in the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the movie Gone With t...

Graziano, Rocky, 1921-

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Barrymore, John, 1882-1942

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Richardson, Ralph, Sir, 1902-

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Olivier, Laurence, 1907-

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Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959

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American actress. From the description of Ethel Barrymore autograph, 1895. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936509 ...

Mankiewicz, Joseph L.

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz, screenwriter; John Klempner, novelist, and Vera Caspary, screenwriter and adapter, uncredited here. From the description of A letter to three wives : screenplay, 1948 May 19. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615419 Writer, director. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph L. Mankiewicz : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419436 From the description of R...

Kerr, Walter

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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980

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Alfred Hitchcock (b. 13 August 1899, Leytonstone, England–d. 29 April 1980, Bel Air, CA) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as "the Master of Suspense", he directed over 50 feature films. He began his career in the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer after training as a technical clerk and copy writer for a telegraph-cable company. ...

Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-

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Carradine, John

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Saroyan, William, 1908-

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Biography Goldie Weisberg was a fellow writer whose work Saroyan had discovered in a literary magzine. Saroyan initiated the correspondence, which focuses on their respective reading, writing, and work lives. From the guide to the Saroyan, William, 1908- . Correspondence with Goldie Weisberg, 1930-1938, (Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.) ...