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1961-08-00, WBFM, 56 min.
Host Johnny Greene interviews motion picture producer Dore Schary who was chief of production at MGM replacing Louis B. Mayer in 1951. Schary, who shared an Academy Award of the original story of the 1938 production of "Boys Town," worked with David O' Selznick's independent company. An executive producer at RKO in the late forties, he wrote and produced the play "Sunrise at Campobello" which won five Tony Awards.1961-12-31, WNYC, 27 min.
- Joan Franklin
- Robert Franklin
- Richard Barthelmess
- Jack Lemmon
- Myrna Loy
- David Wark Griffith
- Jerry Wald
- Dore Schary
- Zachary Scott
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Louis B. Mayer
- Basil Rathbone
- Ben Hecht
- Alexander Korda
- Harry Cohen
- Reginald Denham
- Irving Thalberg
Program number 8 of 18 programs. Myrna Loy introduces this unique series. Zachary Scott as host, assembles a composite portrait of the men who produce and direct the great motion picture studios. Some bouquets and a handful of knocks are handed to D.W. Griffith, Samuel Goldwyn, Alexander Korda, Harry Cohen, Irving Thalberg and Louis B. Mayer by Richard Barthlemess, Basil Rathbone, Jerry Wald, director Reginald Denham, Jack Lemmon, Ben Hecht, Dore Schary and Myrna Loy. NOTE: Robert C. Franklin (1920-1980), inspired by a 1958 newspaper story he read about Columbia University's POPULAR ARTS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT, approached Dr. Louis Starr, then director of the oral-history collection, with a proposal to interview and tape record, on to 1/4" reel to reel audio tapes, movie people as they passed through New York. The objective would be to document, through personal recollections, the era of the silent era in films, the impact of sound, the triumphs and inequities of the major studios, and life in the glittering film capital...a firsthand account revelation of how silent movies were actually made. Robert and his wife, Joan Franklin went on to record 200 reels of audio tape, recording celebrities mostly in New York City hotel rooms in 1958 and 1959. Transcripts of interviews were made available at the time to students and researchers. In 1961 excerpts/highlights from these audio tapes were edited into a 16 part radio series titled, MEMOIRS OF THE MOVIES. Myrna Loy provided a standard opening. A different celebrity host/hostess was employed to introduce each episode. All of the 90 celebrities interviewed have since passed away with the exception of Joanne Woodward. Two additional episodes were later produced, "Style of the 70's," and "Rush To Reality," both hosted by Ben Gazzara and added, subsequently, to re-issues of the series which were syndicated in the 1960's and 1970's airing in New York (WINS), Boston (WBZ), Philadelphia (KYW), Baltimore (WJZ), Fort Wayne (WOWO), Chicago (WIND), San Francisco (KPIX), and Los Angeles (KFWB). The original 200 unedited reels of 1/4" audio tape interviews recorded by Joan and Robert Franklin are no longer known to exist. However, audio cassette transfers from these original tapes were donated by Joan Franklin many decades ago to Columbia University's Oral History Research Office where they exist today. Confirmed during a 2009 phone conversation with Mary Marshal Clark, archivist at Columbia at that time, who stated that the first on file communication from Robert Franklin to Columbia University related to his proposal to do an oral history audio recorded project is dated, July 31, 1958.#624: TELL US MORE
Order1964-03-05, WNBC, 10 min.
The careers of Samuel Goldwyn and Louis B. Mayer are profiled by host Conrad Nagel with additional anecdotes from Richard Gamen and Conrad Nagel. This was the next to the last show of the series. It was broadcast monthly live from September 9, 1963 to March 6, 1964.1970-01-10, WABC, 51 min.
- Groucho Marx
- Clark Gable
- John Barrymore
- Greta Garbo
- Wallace Beery
- Marie Dressler
- Louis B. Mayer
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Dick Cavett
- Irving Thalberg
- Jean Harlow
Dick Cavett narrates this nostalgia trip back to the "glory days" of MGM: The personalities include Louis B. Mayer, Irving Thalberg, Greta Garbo, Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Elizabeth Taylor, The Marx Brothers and many others.1976-12-31, WNBC, 57 min.
- Mickey Rooney
- Andy Devine
- Tom Snyder
- Judy Garland
- Woody Allen
- Diane Ramaker
- Mickey McGuire
- Jack Nicholson
- Louis B. Mayer
- Harry Cohen
"The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder. October 15, 1973-January 28, 1982. This broadcast originally scheduled to be broadcast live from Rose Bowl live from Pasadena was changed to a live presentation in a studio due to rain. Tom Snyder explains at the top of the show. A lively discussion with first guest, Mickey Rooney who talk to Tom about a myriad of topics including, His love and long working career relationship with Judy Garland, early work in Hollywood and on television, and losing his own identity when he was at a crossroads in his declining career in the 1950's, his thoughts on each or his former wives (7 marriages), his children, his thoughts on his 5' 3" height. Mickey also states his praise for Barbara Streisand and Woody Allen and Jack Nicholson. He reminisces about the studio system working for and with Louis B. Mayer, Harry Cohen, his filing for bankruptcy, bad management, current work doing a lot of theater plays and his frame of mind today. Andy Devine joins the discussion. He was recently in intensive care for five weeks and received over 14,000 fan letters. This would be his last broadcast interview as he would pass away only six weeks later. Devine discusses the four films he made with Rooney...meeting him when he was called Mickey McGuire, appearing in over 400 motion pictures, his love for the character "Jingles" which he played on the TV series The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock (1951-1958), working with John Ford and Harry Carey in 1919. Andy Devine also discusses his "Help the Children" campaign initiative striving to get more medical alert bracelets for all who can benefit by wearing one. 1977 Rose Bowl queen, Diane Ramaker talks to Tom Snyder about she attained the title, appearances she will doing during the year, and her philosophy of life. Tom Snyder closes the show by rolling three minutes of credits, listing everyone who has contributed to the Tomorrow Show over the year, both broadcast from New York and California. Credits roll to the music "As Time Goes Bye." An hour-long talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. Network television's first entry into late-late-night programming on weeknights Monday thru Thursday, usually broadcasting on tape 1 AM to 2 AM. "Tomorrow" was expanded to 90 minutes on September 16, 1980.