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Regarding his sabbatical from filmmaking and directing plays on Broadway, 1981, before October
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The edited interview was published in the October 11, 1981 issue of the New York Times. Alman begins this recording with a mention of Raiders of the Lost Ark and his film Popeye. He then discusses the difficulties inherent in making the types of films that he wants to make. He talks about his sabbatical from filmmaking and directing the Broadway play Come Back to...
Dates:
1981, before October
Guthrie, Janet, 1978
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Audio recordings and transcript.
Dates:
1978
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Leticia Kent papers
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Interviews
Cooney, Tim and Marshall England, probably, 1969 or 1970
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Contains two partial interviews. The first interview begins in progress, with a man speaking about starting out teaching school in Montgomery, Alabama and then coming to New York. He was working with delinquents to channel them into civil rights ventures. He is 36 years old and president of a group (name inaudible). Dicusses Wyatt Walker and the Church in Harlem. The interviewee used to live in Harlem. Dicusses UDC projects in the community and the lack of their equal employment...
Dates:
1969 or 1970
Regarding ABC cutting his show, approximately 1975
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Kent starts off the interview asking Cavett why he thinks his ABC show went off the air. He responds saying probably because ABC didn't make enough money off of it, having to do with the station lineup, not knowing how to sell the show or present it to promotional media. He discusses flaws in the Neilsen ratings; other talk shows; thoughts about what he might do next, such as movies, or a college tour. Discussion of interviewing and the different types of interviewees. Kent asks whether he...
Dates:
approximately 1975
Boyd, Don, 1981
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Interview begins with Scottish director/producer Boyd saying he's just made a film in America with director John Schlessinger, Honky Tonk Freeway (1981). He also discusses the television film he produced, Look Back in Anger with Macolm McDowell (1980) and its relevance in America. He considers the promise of cable television/pay TV in America. He mentions the film Scum that he produced (1979), and more about his background: school, directing commercials, his past entrepreneurship in...
Dates:
1981
Harold and Maude, 1971, before April
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The article about Harold and Maude was published in the April 4, 1971 issue of the New York Times. Harold and Maude, a flim released in 1971, was written by Colin Higgins, directed by Hal Ashby, and starred Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon as the title characters.
Dates:
1971, before April
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Leticia Kent papers
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Interviews
Gordon, Ruth, 1971, before April
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The first side includes the initial ten minutes of the interview with Gordon. On side two Kent asks Gordon how much of Harold and Maude is being done on-script or not, and she says so far it's been shot as it was written. he talks about her New England roots, upcoming television appearances to talk about her book, and the women's lib movement. The third side continues from the previous tape and she talks about an interview she did with Rex Reed, and about her career peaking now when she is...
Dates:
1971, before April
Lindsay, John, 1968 December 17
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The edited interview was published in the January 12, 1969 issue of the New York Times. The interview begins with John V. Lindsay (Mayor of New York City) talking about his interest in theater and his mother's theater background; mentions of the couple of theater gigs he had during his time in the U.S. House of Representatives. Then talking about a Sunday TV show that he has, as well as public hearings, and his appeareances on other shows such as The Tonight...
Dates:
1968 December 17
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Leticia Kent papers
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Interviews