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On her eventual move to the publicity department at MGM; on starting out doing the billings for the MGM publicity department; on working for the Special Services Department; on becoming a junior publicist and her quick rise to senior publicist; on the structure and inner workings of the publicity department at MGM; on becoming the first woman planter for the publicity department to the media 11:37
Interview: Esme Chandlee
Esme Chandlee on the structure of the publicity department at MGM 01:11
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Profession: Publicist
On Louis B. Mayer's feelings about publicity; on the publicity for premieres on both the large and small screen; on how the business of publicity has changed over the years; on a publicist's responsibilities while accompanying a performer on interviews; on the control and influence the studios had over the publicity for the stars; on what kinds of stories were granted interviews with the press 15:28
Interview: Esme Chandlee
On working with columnists like Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons; on further detail about working as a plant; on how MGM handled situations that could lead to negative press; on the protective nature the publicists at MGM had for their stars; on dealing with the Teamster's in 1945; on further details of her work as a Senior Publicist at MGM 12:49
Interview: Esme Chandlee
Esme Chandlee on how new projects were started at MGM 00:42
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Person: Danny Thomas
Esme Chandlee on the responsibilities of the publicist when accompanying a star on an interview, such as Debbie Reynolds and others 00:56
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Person: Debbie Reynolds
Esme Chandlee on the control and influence the studios had over the publicity for the stars such as Janet Leigh 01:27
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Person: Janet Leigh
Esme Chandlee on working with columnists like Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons 01:45
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Person: Hedda Hopper
Esme Chandlee on working with columnists like Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons 01:45
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Person: Louella Parsons
Esme Chandlee on the dismissal of Judy Garland's publicist 01:05
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Person: Judy Garland
Esme Chandlee on the impact to Debbie Reynolds' image, when she got divorced 01:18
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Person: Debbie Reynolds
Esme Chandlee on the philosophy that MGM had regarding publicity 00:24
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Profession: Publicist
Esme Chandlee on the responsibilities of the publicist when accompanying a star on an interview 00:56
Interview: Esme Chandlee
Esme Chandlee on the control and influence the studios had over the publicity for the stars 04:24
Interview: Esme Chandlee
Esme Chandlee on working with columnists like Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons 01:45
Interview: Esme Chandlee
Esme Chandlee on dealing with the Teamster's strike in 1945 01:22
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Topic: Industry Strikes
Esme Chandlee on how MGM handled situations that could lead to negative press; on the protective nature the publicists at MGM had for their stars 02:56
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Topic: Fame and Celebrity
Esme Chandlee on working with columnists like Hedda Hopper and Louella Parsons 01:45
Interview: Esme Chandlee | Topic: Fame and Celebrity
Esme Chandlee on where and when publicity interviews with the stars were often conducted at MGM studios 02:08
Interview: Esme Chandlee
On his childhood and early influences; on playing piano and being the director's assistant in a high school play in Iowa and falling in love with directing; on serving in World War II; on his favorite movies; on directing community theater in Iowa; on his first professional directing job in Chicago and moving to Los Angeles 16:51
Interview: Ralph Senensky
On television shows he watched when he was young; on working at the Pasadena Playhouse; on working for CBS radio and transitioning to television; on CBS' Television City; on his first job at Playhouse 90; on the Playhouse 90 production of "The Death of Manolette"; on his on-the-job training at Playhouse 90 and the production process 16:25
Interview: Ralph Senensky
On difficulties of live production at Playhouse 90; on Playhouse 90 producers Martin Manulis, John Houseman, Herbert Brodkin, and Fred Coe; on learning from directors Franklin J. Schaffner, John Frankenheimer, and George Roy Hill; on the legacy of Playhouse 90 14:28
Interview: Ralph Senensky
On becoming production supervisor on soap opera Full Circle; on working for game shows; on on meeting Norman Felton and how he got his first directing assignment - for Dr. Kildare 11:22
Interview: Ralph Senensky
Ralph Senensky on working on Playhouse 90 23:31
Interview: Ralph Senensky | Genre: Classic Anthology Series
Ralph Senensky on the Playhouse 90 production of "The Death of Manolete" 04:23
Interview: Ralph Senensky | Person: John Frankenheimer
Ralph Senensky on difficulties on a production of "Last Clear Chance" on Playhouse 90 04:33
Interview: Ralph Senensky | Person: Paul Muni