Reminiscences of Dorothy Fields : oral history, 1958.

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Reminiscences of Dorothy Fields : oral history, 1958.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122362007

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.

Transcript: 40 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Dorothy Fields, lyricist and librettist, was born in Allenhurst, New Jersey, July 15, 1905. She was the daughter of Lew Fields, comedian and producer, and Rose (Harris) Shoenfeld. Her first well known song was "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," which she wrote with James McHugh in 1928. She collaborated extensively with her brother Herbert Fields, who also was a librettist. Their most famous production was "Annie Get Your Gun," produced in 1946. Her other brother Joseph Fields was a dramatic ...