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Interview with Mike Todd Jr. about Bobby Clark

Title
Interview with Mike Todd Jr. about Bobby Clark, 1961-09-12.
Publication
1961.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Todd, Michael, Jr., 1929-2002
  • Lipton, Bill, 1926-
Found In
Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 37 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
Mike Todd (Jr.), the son of a famous theater and film producer Mike Todd who cast Bobby Clark in five Broadway shows, recalls some episodes and stunts from these productions, his father's relationship with Clark, and his father's objective to put Clark's comic talent and acrobatic skills in the center of the shows that assured the success of these performances. Some of the recollections touch upon Clark's individual qualities such rationality, frugality, and perfectionism. The 2nd part, a meaningless 27-second extract from an unidentified recording, is not related to the interview.
Alternative Title
Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title from collection record; date and credits from audition and the original container that was discarded.
  • Streaming files transferred from original audio reel.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming audio file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Source (note)
  • Bill Lipton
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark, *L(Special) 93-36.
Call Number
*LT-7-A 2939
OCLC
909398942
Title
Interview with Mike Todd Jr. about Bobby Clark, 1961-09-12.
Production
1961.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audiotape reel
online resource
Access
Patrons can access streaming audio file online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer
Bill Lipton, interviewer ; Mike Todd Jr., interviewee.
Event
Recorded at Todd's office on Broadway in New York 1961 September 12.
Original Version
Archival original format: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 3 3/4 ips., two track mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7-A 2939.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark, *L(Special) 93-36.
Source
Gift; Bill Lipton, 1984.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Todd, Michael, Jr., 1929-2002, interviewee.
Lipton, Bill, 1926- interviewer.
Lipton, Bill, 1926- donor.
Added Title
Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Found In:
Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark.
Research Call Number
*LT-7-A 2939
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