Interview Steve Carlin In his three-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, Steve Carlin (1919-2003) talks about his early years, including working at WMCA radio and producing children's records. He recalls his first foray into television, creating and producing Rootie Kazootie , a Howdy Doody -inspired live children's...
Interview Hume Cronyn In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Hume Cronyn (1911-2003) talks about his long career in the theater, in television, and in film, often opposite his late wife Jessica Tandy. He recalls his television debut in a 1939 NBC production called Her Majesty's Voice . He discusses his film association...
Interview Ruth Warrick In her four-and-a-half-hour interview, Ruth Warrick (1916-2005) talks about her beginnings as "Miss Jubilesta," which led to a brief career in radio drama. She recalls her early chance meeting with Orson Welles, which led to her being cast in the groundbreaking feature film Citizen Kane as the wife...
Interview Ring Lardner, Jr. In his three-hour interview, Ring Lardner, Jr. (1915-2000) describes his work as a screenwriter and his experiences as one of the most high-profile victims of the Hollywood Blacklist. He talks about working on films including A Star Is Born , for which he contributed the movie's famous ending,...
Interview Abraham Polonsky In his nearly three-hour interview, Abraham Polonsky (1910-1999) speaks frankly about appearing before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1951 (in which he was labeled by Congressman Harold H. Velde as "the most dangerous man in America") and his subsequent blacklisting in the...
