Interview Walter E. Grauman In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Walter E. Grauman (1922-2015) describes how he began his career in the television industry, as a co-producer (with Alan A. Armer) of the talent-search series Lights, Camera, Action . He recalls how he broke into network television, directing for producer Albert...
Interview James Lipton In his one-and-a-half-hour interview, James Lipton (1926-2020) talks about his early years, and his very first acting role on the radio version of The Lone Ranger. He describes moving to New York City, and studying acting under Stella Adler, while appearing on the daytime drama Guiding Light , and...
Interview John Bartley On his approach to The X-Files , John Bartley says: "They thought it was crazy to go that dark, to get things down that far. Sometimes it's a little nail-biting and you've got to make sure that it's actually there, or something's there. Directors would look at me and say, you okay with that? They...
Interview Sol Saks In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Sol Saks (1910-2011) talks about his early years breaking into radio writing in Chicago and Los Angeles. He gives his impressions of such radio personalities as Dinah Shore, Ozzie Nelson, Fanny Brice, and Hattie McDaniel. On Duffy's Tavern he recalls the long...