Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne [unedited version].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Lunt, Alfred
• Fontanne, Lynn
• Funke, Lewis, 1912-1992
• Booth, John E. (John Erlanger)

Found In

Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting".

Description

2 audio discs : digital, mono; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

The interview takes places on two days. The 1st disc has sound problems: there is constant humming and 19 minutes into the recording, from the middle of track 4 to track 10, humming is very loud and the conversation is practically inaudible. During the 1st part of the interview, Lunt speaks about theater direction (and mentions a few directors); the reason he and Fontanne go on the road unlike many other famous actors ; his reaction to long runs and his opinion of them, and such. The next day Fontanne joins her husband and together they discuss the following: their team work; their method of working and learning their roles; their high opinion of Stanislavsky's Method and Method acting in general; actors Marlon Brando, Eli Wallach, Maureen Stapleton, and Ben Gazzara; the combination of technique and imagination in acting; diction and clarity of the voice; the importance of experience; various nuances of their trade; the importance of breath control; their approach to the selection of scripts; the process of building a part; stage skills; stage fright and ability to control nervousness; concentration and distraction during performances; comedy versus drama; talent to completely identify with the character, and more.

Alternative Title

• Actors talk about acting.
• Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting".

Subjects

• Actors > Interviews
• Actresses > Interviews
• Lunt, Alfred > Interviews
• Interviews (Sound recordings)
• Fontanne, Lynn > Interviews

Genre/Form

• Interviews.
• Sound recordings.

Note

• Title supplied by cataloger.
• An edited version of the same interview conducted by Funke, New York Times editor, and Booth, educational associate and author of numerous articles on theater, for the book "Actors talk about acting" published in 1961, can be found in *LDC 52604.

Access (note)

• Access to original item restricted.

Source (note)

• John E Booth;

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of: Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting", *L(Special) 89-13.

Call Number

*LDC 52728

OCLC

848959495

Title

Interview with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne [unedited version].

Playing Time

005913 005813

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Performer

Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, interviewees ; Lewis Funke, John Booth, interviewers.

Event

Recorded in NYC 1958 between August and November.

Access

Access to original item restricted.

Linking Entry

Forms part of: Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting", *L(Special) 89-13.

Local Note

Archival originals: (2 audiotape reels : analog, 3 3/4 ips., 2 track mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7 5721-5722.

On reel *LT-7 5721 with: Interview with Vivien Leigh (service copy in *LDC 52730) and Interview with Jose Ferrer (service copy in *LDC 52731). On reel *LT-7 5722 with: Interview with John Gielgud [unedited version] (service copy in *LDC 52727) and Interview with Anne Bancroft [unedited version] (service copy in *LDC 52725).

Service CD (2 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archive originals.

Source

Gift; John E Booth; 1989.

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Added Author

Lunt, Alfred, interviewee.

Fontanne, Lynn, interviewee.

Funke, Lewis, 1912-1992, interviewer.

Booth, John E. (John Erlanger), interviewer.

Booth, John E. (John Erlanger), donor.

Added Title

Actors talk about acting.

Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting".

Found In:

Interviews for the book "Actors talk about acting".

Research Call Number

*LDC 52728

*LT-7 5721

*LT-7 5722