| Title: |
Reminiscences of Sidney Blackmer
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A1
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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: |
Childhood in North Carolina; early love for the theater; University of North Carolina; working in silent pictures; comparison of stage and movie acting; recollections of Wallace Reid and D.W. Griffith; transitions in movie making; acting techniques; criticism of method acting; "Sweet Bird of Youth".
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 50 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: |
Blackmer, Sidney, 1895-1973
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1895
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| Age at speaking: |
64
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| Document date: |
1959
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| Interviewer: |
Franklin, Joan; Franklin, Robert
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Actors; Motion picture acting; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion pictures; Oral history
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Blackmer, Sidney, 1895-1973
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017487-12930
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