Reminiscences of Eric A. Johnston : oral history, 1959.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Reminiscences of Eric A. Johnston : oral history, 1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122481310

Recollections of movies as a youth; Russia in the 1940s; president of Motion Picture Association, 1945: settling strikes, participation in Un-American Affairs Committee hearings, motion picture code and censorship; changes in the industry: studio control, production techniques, economy of industry, tendency towards greater reality in films.

Transcript: 23 leaves.

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

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6729308

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

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Franklin, Joan

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jq13pm (person)

Franklin, Robert Stephen

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63n265s (person)

Johnston, Eric A. (Eric Allen), 1895-1963

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mc91sb (person)

Motion picture executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Eric A. Johnston : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481310 Material for biographical note taken from "The Eric A. Johnston Story" by Ralph P. Edgerton, 1979. (Copy located in The Westerners, Spokane Corral Records [Ms 141].) Eric Johnston has been described as ambitious, aggressive, and industrious. With a plethora of natural ta...