Reminiscences of Morton Da Costa : oral history, 1959.

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Reminiscences of Morton Da Costa : oral history, 1959.

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Philadelphia childhood; Phoenix Players, Pennsylvania and Milwaukee, 1936-40; theater in Cragsmoor, New York, 1945-47; association with Maurice Evans and City Center, 1948-50; director, St. Louis Municipal Opera, 1950; director of "No Time for Sergeants," "Auntie Mame," "The Music Man"; filming of "Auntie Mame"; directing: classics vs. commercial productions, financing, type casting, booking problems; opinions on film version of "No Time for Sergeants" directed by Mervyn LeRoy; impressions of various plays and playwrights.

Transcript: 43 leaves.

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

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Morton DaCosta (born Tecosky), stage and film director and actor, was born 7 March 1914 in Philadelphia. A graduate of Temple University, Mr. DaCosta began his career as an actor and director in regional theatre in 1937. He made his acting debut on Broadway in 1942 in THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH and his New York directing debut in 1949 with a revival of SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. Among his many productions are PLAIN AND FANCY (1955), NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS (1955), AUNTIE MAME (1956) with which he made his ...