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[Interview with Jerome Chodorov : raw footage]

Title
[Interview with Jerome Chodorov : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]
Publication
New York, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Chodorov, Jerome
  • Kantor, Michael, 1961-
  • Squires, Buddy
  • Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.
  • Thirteen/WNET, donor.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS) (47 min.) : sd., col. SP; 1/2 in.
Summary
Raw interview footage used for the documentary Broadway, the American musical. Playwright, librettist and screenwriter Jerome Chodorov discusses the American musical. Topics include seeing his first musical comedy Tip toes with music by George Gershwin; the dance teams Fred and Adele Astaire and Vernon and Irene Castle; George and Ira Gershwin's musical Of thee I sing, one of the earliest to feature political satire; Irving Berlin's revue As thousands cheer which featured the singing of Ethel Waters; Marc Blitzstein's Depression-era musical The cradle will rock; working on and attending shows on Broadway during the Depression; songwriters who left Broadway for Hollywood during the Depression, and the career frustrations they endured working in the movies; the possibility of creating a good musical from material that seems "doubtful" at first; the "meaning" of the American musical; attending Vaudeville performances as a youth, and some of his favorite performers; the musical comedy Lady in the dark, which was a satire of psychoanalysis, and its showstopping performances by Danny Kaye and Gertrude Lawrence; Alan Jay Lerner's writing of the book for the musical My fair lady; Chodorov's play My sister Eileen, which became the basis for his musical Wonderful town; his blacklisting during the McCarthy era, and how the broadcasting industry in comparison with the theater world responded to the blacklist; his views on theater luminaries George Abbott, George S. Kaufman and Oscar Hammerstein; and the future of the musical, which he feels depends on its composers. Interview with Chodorov ends at 43 min. and resumes at 47 min. with audio only discussion on the broadcasting and motion picture industries response to the blacklist.
Alternative Title
  • Broadway, the American musical
  • "Chodorov/Kimball" Broaway film project
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual works.
  • Musicals.
  • Unedited footage.
Note
  • On tape with: First portion of Robert Kimball interview, at 43 min.
  • This interview is one of a group of interviews with 90 individuals used in making the documentary Broadway, the American musical. The completed production is available on NCOX 2058.
  • Credits for completed production from pbs.org: A film by Michael Kantor ; produced by Jeff Dupre, Michael Kantor and Sally Rosenthal ; written by Marc Fields, Michael Kantor, Laurence Maslon, and JoAnne Young ; directed by Michael Kantor.
  • Time code on frame.
  • Contains various takes, at occasional brief intervals, audio continues without sound.
Credits (note)
  • Cameraman: Buddy Squires.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: Jerome Chodorov.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on February 4, 2002.
Biography (note)
  • Broadway, the American musical, which aired on PBS in October 2004, is a documentary chronicling the entire history of a unique American art form, the Broadway musical. Each of its six episodes covers a different era in American theater history, and features the Broadway shows and songs which defined the period. The series draws on feature films, television broadcasts, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first-person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in the development of the genre.
Call Number
NCOX 2125
OCLC
145607253
Title
[Interview with Jerome Chodorov : raw footage] [videorecording] / [directed by Michael Kantor]
Imprint
New York, 2002.
Credits
Cameraman: Buddy Squires.
Performer
Interviewer: Michael Kantor. Interviewee: Jerome Chodorov.
Event
Videotaped in New York, N.Y. on February 4, 2002.
Biography
Broadway, the American musical, which aired on PBS in October 2004, is a documentary chronicling the entire history of a unique American art form, the Broadway musical. Each of its six episodes covers a different era in American theater history, and features the Broadway shows and songs which defined the period. The series draws on feature films, television broadcasts, archival news footage, original cast recordings, still photos, diaries, journals, first-person accounts, and on-camera interviews with many of the principals involved in the development of the genre.
Local Note
Gift of Broadway Film Project, Inc. and Thirteen/WNET, 2005.
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Added Author
Chodorov, Jerome, interviewee.
Kantor, Michael, 1961- interviewer.
Kantor, Michael, 1961- director.
Squires, Buddy, cameraman.
Broadway Film Project, Inc, donor.
Thirteen/WNET, donor.
Research Call Number
NCOX 2125
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