| Title: |
Reminiscences of Elliot Nugent
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP88-A78
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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 I
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| Description: |
Family background, early life, father and vaudeville; beginning of theatrical career, 1920s; theater life during Prohibition; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and motion picture career: transition to sound; social, intellectual and political life in Hollywood; discussion of outstanding films; impressions of Eva Tanguay, Harold Lloyd, Charles Chaplin, Delmar Daves, Jimmie Flood, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, many others; reflections on comedy.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 85 leaves, Tape: 1 reel
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1975. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact; 540 |a(cont.) repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part II, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1958 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Nugent, Elliot, 1896-1980
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1896
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| Speaker occupation: |
Actor; Director; Producer; Writer
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| Age at speaking: |
62
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| Document date: |
1958
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| Interviewer: |
Franklin, Joan; Franklin, Robert
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| Organizations discussed: |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Culver City, CA
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
Actors; Authors; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Culver City, CA; Motion picture acting; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion pictures; North America; Oral history; Silent films; United States
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Nugent, Elliot, 1896-1980
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0020361-15803
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