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1. Interview of Dave C. Fleischer

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
5.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Animator and co-owner of Fleischer Studios. Known for the Popeye the Sailor and Betty Boop cartoon series.

2. Interview of Friz Freleng

Topic:
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Animator for Warner Bros. Known for development of Looney Tunes characters and the Pink Panther.

3. Interview of Tex Avery

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Animator for Warner Bros. and MGM.

4. Interview of Abby Mann

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Screenwriter and producer. Known for writing the script for Judgment at Nuremberg.

5. Interview of Richard Huemer

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
10 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Animator for Walt Disney Studios.

6. Interview of James Wong Howe

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
9.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Cinematographer and director.

7. Interview of Edward Anhalt

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Screenwriter, producer, and documentary filmmaker. Winner of Academy Award for Panic in the Streets.

8. Interview of C. E. Carle

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
6.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Public relations executive affiliated with Paramount, MGM, and Twentieth Century-Fox.

9. Interview of George Cukor (1969)

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
1 hr.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Film director.

10. Interview of Raymond A. Klune

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
6 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Production manager for Selznick International Pictures and Twentieth Century-Fox. Vice president of RKO and general manager at MGM.

11. Interview of Ben Carre

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
French art director and background painter.

12. Interview of Harry Oliver

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
2 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Film director and artist known for set design. Creator of the “Desert Rat Scrapbook.”

13. Interview of Daniel Mandell

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
7 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Film editor and winner of Academy Award for The Pride of the Yankees, The Best Years of Our Lives, and The Apartment.

14. Interview of Nunnally Johnson

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
23 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Screenwriter, producer, and director.

15. Interview of Lee Garmes

Topic:
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Cinematographer.

16. Interview of Ray Rennahan

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Cinematographer and winner of Academy Award winner for Gone with the Wind and Blood and Sand.

17. Interview of Karl Struss

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
7.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Photographer and cinematographer.

18. Interview of David Lipton

Topic:
Film and Television
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Advertising and publicity director for Universal Studios.

19. Interview of Henry Blanke

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Film producer at Warner Brothers Studios.

20. Interview of King Vidor

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
These interviews with prominent individuals in the motion picture industry were completed under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the American Film Institute to the UCLA Department of Theater Arts. The project was directed by Howard Suber, UCLA Department of Theater Arts....
Biographical Note:
Film director, screenwriter, and producer.