Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Sidney Poitier [unedited version].

Author

Poitier, Sidney

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• 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

Poitier, an American-born Bahamian actor and film director, speaks about the circumstances that prompted him to try acting; studying diction from listening to the radio; efforts to become more literate and enlarge his vocabulary; people who contributed to his success; his initial feelings for the theater; professional training; Stanislavsky's Method and his way of implementing it in his work; his way of preparing for a role (as an example he analyzes his part in the movie and play "A raisin in the sun"); the difference between gifted musicians and actors and those who can hypnotize with their gift of soul; the importance of recognizing one's gift and nurturing it; his many interests in various aspects of social issues; his approach to choosing a part; art that can relate to people of different backgrounds; preparation for a role in a film or on the stage; his opinion of the status of "a negro actor" and his/her prospects in the future; his idea of an actor's progress; the reason for losing interest in playing in works by Shakespeare and his admiration and passion for reading them, and the motive for his preference to work in Hollywood rather than in the theater.

Alternative Title

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

Subjects

• Poitier, Sidney > Interviews
• Actors > Interviews
• African American actors > Interviews
• Interviews (Sound recordings)

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 52729.

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 52726

OCLC

848942051

Author

Poitier, Sidney, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Sidney Poitier [unedited version].

Playing Time

010431 002700

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Performer

Sidney Poitier, interviewee ; Lewis Funke, John Booth, interviewers.

Event

Recorded at the home of L. Funke, Mount Vernon 1960.

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 original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1 track mono ; 7 in.) in *LT-7 5723.

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

On reel with: Interview with Anne Bancroft (service copy in *LDC 52725).

Source

Gift; John E Booth; 1989.

Connect to:

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Added Author

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 52726

*LT-7 5723