Oral Histories
Interview of Edmond DePatie
Vice president and general manager of Warner Bros. President of the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
- Subtitle:
- Out of the Silents
- Series:
- Interviews not in a series, part one
- Topic:
- Film and Television
- Biographical Note:
- Vice president and general manager of Warner Bros. President of the Motion Picture Relief Fund.
- Interviewee:
- DePatie, Edmond
- Supporting Documents:
- Records relating to the interview are located in the office of the UCLA Library's Center for Oral History Research.
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- Regents of the University of California, UCLA Library.
- Abstract:
- French-Canadian family in Connecticut; early work experience; World War I military service; move to Hollywood, 1924; advancement from statistical typist with Joseph M. Schenck Productions, 1924, to vice president and general manager of Warner Brothers, 1927-57; formative years of film industry; finance in movie industry; union movement; Jack Warner's attempts to raise wages; start of Screen Actors Guild, Screen Directors Guild, and Writers Guild; strike of 1937; Conference of Studio Unions, Herbert K. Sorrell, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, and strike of 1945-46; star system; Hollywood's public image; new trends in production; pay television; formation of Hollywood Motion Picture and Television Museum.