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Film
  • Rita Moreno

    Rita Moreno discusses her role in West Side Story ; part 2

    Jun. 13, 1962

    Rita Moreno talks about her own Puerto Rican ethnicity and how it relates to her role as Maria in West Side Story.

  • Rita Moreno

    Rita Moreno discusses her role in West Side Story ; part 1

    Jun. 13, 1962

    Rita Moreno talks about her own Puerto Rican ethnicity and how it relates to her role as Anita in West Side Story.

  • Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri

    Interview with Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri

    Feb. 21, 1968

    Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri discuss Greece. Includes an interview with Irene Papas. Includes an interview with Nikos Gounaris. Includes Greek song sung by Melina Mercouri. Includes song ["Kamos"] by the composer [Dirocus]. Includes the song "Women of Souli." Includes song "Mitros and Mirina."

  • Ida Kaminska

    Interview with Ida Kaminska

    Apr. 13, 1966

    Actor Ida Kaminska discusses her role in the film "The Shop on Main Street."

  • Roger Ebert

    Roger Ebert discusses old movies with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 3, 1996

    Chicago Sun-Times film critic and author Roger Ebert discusses his book "Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, The Finest Writing From A Century of Film" (published by Norton); reads passages from his book; interview with Buster Keaton is played at 35:18.

  • Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses her career

    May. 4, 1995

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses and demonstrates her unique character portrayals from her works "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992."

  • Karel Reisz

    Interview with Karel Reisz and a London Cab Driver

    1962

    Interviewing a London cab driver and Karel Reisz while Studs was in England. Recorded in the cab and in Karel Reisz's London home.

  • Peggy Nelson, Arnaud d'Usseau, and Olivier Bernier

    1962

    Studs speaks to actress Peggy Nelson, playwright Arnaud d'Usseau, and student Olivier Bernier while he is in France. [Part 2 includes Yves Montand.]

  • Cesare Zavattini discusses his career

    1962

    Interviewing Cesare Zavattini while Studs was in Italy. Carlo Baldi translates. This is the second half of the interview that starts with Nervi and Nicoletti.

  • Yves Montand

    A French taxi driver and actor/singer Yves Montand

    1962

    While waiting to see Yves Montand, Studs speaks with a taxi driver through an interpreter, Michelle [Viande?]. Also speaks to Yves Montand. [This Montand interview is also 1915409-3-1. Peggy Nelson is on 1925288-3-1.]

  • Interview with playwright and author William Gibson.

    1969

    Interviewing William Gibson.

  • Pier Luigi Nervi

    Pier Luigi Nervi and Joseph Nicoletti discuss architecture; part 2. Second interview: Caesar Zavattini discusses screenwriting and cinema

    1962

    End of interview with Pier Luigi Nervi and Joseph Nicoletti where they discuss innovation in architecture and learning from a master; second part is a separate interview with Cesare Zavattini about film inspirations and creating some of his most well known works.

  • Roger Ebert

    Roger Ebert discusses old movies with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 3, 1996

    Chicago Sun-Times film critic and author Roger Ebert discusses his book "Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, The Finest Writing From A Century of Film" (published by Norton); reads passages from his book.

  • Aaron Copland

    Aaron Copland discusses his career

    Mar. 10, 1961

    Aaron Copland discusses his music, his colleagues, contemporaries, musicians, and composers.

  • Interview with Jean Bach

    Oct. 10, 1994

    Interviewing producer, director and screenwriter Jean Bach about her Oscar-nominated documentary "A Great Day in Harlem".

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