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81. Interview of James V. Fiorito

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
Biographical Note:
Scenic artist and fine arts painter. Member of Scenic, Title, and Graphic Artists Council at the Art Directors Guild, as well as of the Art Directors Guild Board of Directors.

82. 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.

83. Interview of Albert Obregon

Topic:
Film and Television
COVID-19 Pandemic
Length:
6.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
This series of interviews was undertaken in collaboration with the Art Directors Guild. Its aim is to document the lives and work of Guild members and staff who have made a significant contribution to film and television history. Interviews capture the work of title artists, set designers, art di...
Biographical Note:
Scenic artist at NBC Studios from 1958 to 1987. Began work at ABC Studios after a time as head of own company, Premiere Scenery, which did work for the Golden Globes and other productions.

84. Interview of Milt Larsen

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
4 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Ralph Edwards Productions series seeks to document the history of the Ralph Edwards Productions company by interviewing persons who had worked closely with Ralph Edwards in the early years of the company. Ralph Edwards Productions produced This is Your Life, as well as Truth or Consequences, ...
Biographical Note:
Writer for Ralph Edwards Productions program “Truth or Consequences.”. Magician and founder of the Magic Castle, a venue for performing magic.

85. Interview of Edmund Hall North

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
3.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Biographical Note:
Screenwriter known for writing Patton and The Day the Earth Stood Still.

86. Interview of Glenda Wina

Topic:
African American History
Film and Television
Length:
10.25 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The interviews in the series African Americans in Entertainment and Media are designed to document African Americans in television, radio, theater and film and aims to better understand how they overcame bias and discrimination and were trailblazers who opened doors for other African Americans in...
Biographical Note:
Journalist, anchorwoman, publicist, and producer.

87. Interview of Stephanie Rothman

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
8.3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series were conducted with filmmakers and artists in the area of feminist media and art of the seventies in Los Angeles.
Biographical Note:
Feminist film director known for The Student Nurses(1970) and The Velvet Vampire(1971) for New World Pictures. Co-founder of Dimension Pictures , making Group Marriage (1973), Terminal Island (1973), The Working Girls (1974).

88. Interview of Christopher Trumbo

Topic:
Social Movements
Film and Television
Communist Party
Length:
4.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
Interviews in this series preserve the recollections of selected individuals in Los Angeles who were affected by the Hollywood blacklist during the Joseph R. McCarthy-J. Edgar Hoover era.
Biographical Note:
Son of the screen and television writer Dalton Trumbo, who was one of the Hollywood Ten, who were imprisoned and blacklisted in the post-World War II Hollywood blacklist.

89. Interview of Stu Billett

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
1.5 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Ralph Edwards Productions series seeks to document the history of the Ralph Edwards Productions company by interviewing persons who had worked closely with Ralph Edwards in the early years of the company. Ralph Edwards Productions produced This is Your Life, as well as Truth or Consequences, ...
Biographical Note:
Co-founder with Ralph Edwards of Ralph Edwards-Stu Billett Productions. Creator in concert with Ralph Edwards of the court TV series “The People's Court.”

90. Interview of Bianca Pino

Topic:
Film and Television
Length:
3 hrs.
Language:
English
Audio:
Series Statement:
The Ralph Edwards Productions series seeks to document the history of the Ralph Edwards Productions company by interviewing persons who had worked closely with Ralph Edwards in the early years of the company. Ralph Edwards Productions produced This is Your Life, as well as Truth or Consequences, ...
Biographical Note:
Producer for Ralph Edwards Productions who was involved with the television series “This is Your Life.” Senior vice president of programming and development for KindWorld Productions.