Interview Rita Riggs In her three-and-a-half-hour interview, Rita Riggs (1930-2017) talks about her early years, and being hired by CBS in the costume department just out of school. She recalls working at CBS Television City in Hollywood on shows including The Bob Crosby Show and the classic anthology series Playhouse...
Interview Quincy Jones In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Quincy Jones (1933-2024) details his tumultuous early years and pinpoints the moment his life changed as he became interested in music. He talks about starting his music career as an arranger and discusses his quick rise in the music industry. He chronicles his...
Interview Lyn Paolo In her four-hour interview, Lyn Paolo describes growing up in Sunderland, England in a working-class town and developing an early interest in the movies and Hollywood of the 1960s. She talks about studying English literature and history and becoming a teacher and her decision to move to the United...
Interview Lesli Linka Glatter In her three-and-a-half-hour interview, Lesli Linka Glatter talks about her early years, and moving to Japan to be a dancer and choreographer. She describes moving to Los Angeles to join AFI’s Women’s Directing Workshop, and Steven Spielberg taking her under his wing to direct Amazing Stories . She...
Interview Bernie Orenstein In his two-hour interview, Bernie Orenstein talks about his early life in Canada and moving to New York City to write for Candid Camera . He discusses writing for The Hollywood Palace and the first project he worked on with his writing/producing partner Saul Turteltaub: the pilot of The Pat Boone...
