| Title: |
Reminiscences of Leo Calvin Rosten
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A159
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Popular Arts Project, Part III
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| Description: |
Hollywood in the late 1930s: how movies are made, what influences their content, what kinds of people make movies, specifics about the movie making process; political climate in Hollywood; influence of pressure groups; anti-semitism and racism; employment practices; recollections of Harry and Jack Warner; comparison of major studios.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 103 leaves
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1959 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Rosten, Leo Calvin, 1908-
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1908
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| Speaker occupation: |
Author; Movie script writer
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| Age at speaking: |
51
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| Document date: |
1959
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| Interviewer: |
Franklin, Joan; Franklin, Robert
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Authors; Motion pictures; Motion pictures--Production and direction; Screenwriters; United States--Social life and customs
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Politics in motion pictures; Pressure groups; Rosten, Leo Calvin, 1908-
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017482-12925
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