Reminiscences of Betty Comden and Adolph Green : oral history, 1959.

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Reminiscences of Betty Comden and Adolph Green : oral history, 1959.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122597639

Description of early careers; formation of the Revuers; work at the Village Vanguard; night club performing; Hollywood and New York; writing: "On the Town," 1944, "Billion Dollar Baby," "Good News," "Bandwagon," "Singin' in the Rain," "Wonderful Town," "Peter Pan," "Bells are Ringing," "The Party," "Auntie Mame"; MGM and Louis B. Mayer; character of a musical; impressions of George Abbott, Gene Kelly, Arthur Fried, Rosalind Russell, Jack Warner.

Transcript: 59 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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