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5 records found for Samuel Goldwyn
1961-12-31, WNYC, 27 min.
- Joan Franklin
- Robert Franklin
- Richard Barthelmess
- Jack Lemmon
- Myrna Loy
- David Wark Griffith
- Jerry Wald
- Dore Schary
- Zachary Scott
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Louis B. Mayer
- Basil Rathbone
- Ben Hecht
- Alexander Korda
- Harry Cohen
- Reginald Denham
- Irving Thalberg
Program number 8 of 18 programs. Myrna Loy introduces this unique series. Zachary Scott as host, assembles a composite portrait of the men who produce and direct the great motion picture studios. Some bouquets and a handful of knocks are handed to D.W. Griffith, Samuel Goldwyn, Alexander Korda, Harry Cohen, Irving Thalberg and Louis B. Mayer by Richard Barthlemess, Basil Rathbone, Jerry Wald, director Reginald Denham, Jack Lemmon, Ben Hecht, Dore Schary and Myrna Loy. NOTE: Robert C. Franklin (1920-1980), inspired by a 1958 newspaper story he read about Columbia University's POPULAR ARTS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, approached Dr. Louis Starr, then director of the oral-history collection, with a proposal to interview and tape record, on to 1/4" reel to reel audio tapes, movie people as they passed through New York. The objective would be to document, through personal recollections, the era of the silent era in films, the impact of sound, the triumphs and inequities of the major studios, and life in the glittering film capital...a firsthand account revelation of how silent movies were actually made. Robert and his wife, Joan Franklin went on to record 200 reels of audio tape, recording celebrities mostly in New York City hotel rooms in 1958 and 1959. Transcripts of interviews were made available at the time to students and researchers. In 1961 excerpts/highlights from these audio tapes were edited into a 16 part radio series titled, MEMOIRS OF THE MOVIES. Myrna Loy provided a standard opening. A different celebrity host/hostess was employed to introduce each episode. All of the 90 celebrities interviewed have since passed away with the exception of Joanne Woodward. Two additional episodes were later produced, "Style of the 70's," and "Rush To Reality," both hosted by Ben Gazzara and added, subsequently, to re-issues of the series which were syndicated in the 1960's and 1970's airing in New York (WINS), Boston (WBZ), Philadelphia (KYW), Baltimore (WJZ), Fort Wayne (WOWO), Chicago (WIND), San Francisco (KPIX), and Los Angeles (KFWB). The original 200 unedited reels of 1/4" audio tape interviews recorded by Joan and Robert Franklin are no longer known to exist. However, audio cassette transfers from these original tapes were donated by Joan Franklin many decades ago to Columbia University's Oral History Research Office where they exist today. Confirmed during a 2009 phone conversation with Mary Marshal Clark, archivist at Columbia at that time, who stated that the first on file communication from Robert Franklin to Columbia University related to his proposal to do an oral history audio recorded project is dated, July 31, 1958.1963-12-01, WNBC, 80 min.
- Bob Hope
- Elmer Bernstein
- Edward G. Robinson
- Gloria Swanson
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Charlton Heston
- Cornel Wilde
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Billy Graham
- Yul Brynner
- Betty Hutton
- Barbara Stanwyck
Cecil B. De Mille's career as a director and producer is profiled. Yul Brynner, Charlton Heston, Bob Hope, Gloria Swanson, Betty Hutton, Edward G. Robinson, Cornel Wilde and Barbara Stanwyck discuss his career and personality. Also, comments from Rev. Billy Graham and Samuel Goldwyn. Music by Elmer Bernstein.#624: TELL US MORE
Order1964-03-05, WNBC, 10 min.
The careers of Samuel Goldwyn and Louis B. Mayer are profiled by host Conrad Nagel with additional anecdotes from Richard Gamen and Conrad Nagel. This was the next to the last show of the series. It was broadcast monthly live from September 9, 1963 to March 6, 1964.1974-04-02, NBC, min.
- Debbie Reynolds
- Connie Stevens
- Groucho Marx
- Jack Lemmon
- John Houseman
- Samuel Goldwyn
- John Huston
- Burt Reynolds
- Diana Ross
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Jack Gilford
- Glenda Jackson
- Katherine Hepburn
- Susan Heyward
- George Lucas
- Tony Bill
- Tatum ONeal
- Candy Clark
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Julia Phillips
The 46th annual Academy Awards presentation broadcast live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles, California. Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, David Niven, and, John Huston serve as hosts. Director George Lucas made his Academy Award debut for American Grafitti, Katherine Hepburn made her first and only appearance at the ceremony. Susan Heyward made her last public appearance before dying of brain cancer. Producer Samuel Goldwyn is honored posthumously and Groucho Marx is presented with an honorary Academy Award for his contributions to the cinema. Duplicate of # 7506.1974-04-02, NBC, 203 min.
- Debbie Reynolds
- Connie Stevens
- Groucho Marx
- Jack Lemmon
- John Houseman
- Samuel Goldwyn
- John Huston
- Burt Reynolds
- Diana Ross
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Jack Gilford
- Glenda Jackson
- Katherine Hepburn
- Susan Heyward
- George Lucas
- Tony Bill
- Tatum ONeal
- Candy Clark
- Lawrence Weingarten
- Julia Phillips
The 46th annual Academy Awards presentation broadcast live from the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion in Los Angeles, California. Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, David Niven, and, John Huston serve as hosts. Director George Lucas made his Academy Award debut for American Grafitti, Katherine Hepburn made her first and only appearance at the ceremony. Susan Heyward made her last public appearance before dying of brain cancer. Producer Samuel Goldwyn is honored posthumously and Groucho Marx is presented with an honorary Academy Award for his contributions to the cinema.