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Interview with Harry Warren
- Title
- Interview with Harry Warren, 1971-06-09.
- Author
- Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
- Publication
- 1971.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *LDC 52814 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Wilk, Max
- Found In
- Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately 99 min.) : digital, mono.
- Summary
- Harry Warren, a composer and lyricist who wrote songs primarily for films, speaks about the impact of publicity; the long lasting success of musicals in Europe; the humble beginning of his music career (he played the piano for silent movies and later led a band in the Navy during World War I); the gradual success of his songs in the 20s; the typical work practices in Hollywood studios; the success of the musical films on which he worked (42nd Street, Gold diggers of 1933 etc.); performers such as Al Jolson, Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby whose special charisma can turn a song into a hit; head of Fox Studio Darryl Zanuck and head of MGM Louis B. Mayer as personalities and executives; his long and productive collaboration with the lyricist Al Dubin, and after the latter's death, with Billy Rose, Mack Gordon, Leo Robin, Ira Gershwin and Johnny Mercer; his love for the composer Puccini and his taste in music; and recounts many experiences from his long career in the film industry.
- Alternative Title
- They're playing our song.
- Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
- Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.
- Access (note)
- Access to original item restricted.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 52814.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
- Call Number
- *LDC 52814
- OCLC
- 879644706
- Author
- Warren, Harry, 1893-1981, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Harry Warren, 1971-06-09.
- Production
- 1971.
- Playing Time
- 010148 003704
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audiocomputer
- Type of Carrier
- audio disconline resource
- Performer
- Harry Warren, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.
- Event
- Recorded in Beverly Hills, California (original container incorrectly indicates New York City) 1971 June 9.
- Access
- Access to original item restricted.
- Additional Formats
- Also available on CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 52814.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
- Local Note
- Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2185.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wilk, Max, interviewer.
- Added Title
- They're playing our song.Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
- Found In:
- Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
- Research Call Number
- *LDC 52814*LT-10 2185