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Interview with Jay Gorney

Title
Interview with Jay Gorney, 1971-09-28.
Author
Gorney, Jay, 1896-1990
Publication
1971.

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AudioUse in library *LDC 53158Performing Arts Research Collections - Recorded Sound

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Additional Authors
Wilk, Max
Found In
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 81 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
Jay Gorney, a theater and film song writer, speaks about his family and their life in Białystok, Russia; pogroms and immigration to America; life in Detroit; his lessons in piano and college education; enlisting in the Navy during WWI and forming a band on a ship; coming to New York; composing the famous song "Brother, can you spare a dime" dedicated to the Great Depression; his songwriting experience in Hollywood; meeting and introducing Shirley Temple to Fox Studios in 1932; period of decline in Hollywood due to blacklisting and limitations on freedom of speech, and more about many show business people.
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 53158.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Call Number
*LDC 53158
OCLC
879646365
Author
Gorney, Jay, 1896-1990, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Jay Gorney, 1971-09-28.
Production
1971.
Playing Time
004405 003720
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audio disc
online resource
Performer
Jay Gorney, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.
Event
Recorded in London 1971 September 28.
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 53158.
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 2168.
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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 53158
*LT-10 2168
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