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Interview with Harry Ruby

Title
Interview with Harry Ruby, 1971-06-12.
Author
Ruby, Harry
Publication
1971.

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Additional Authors
Wilk, Max
Found In
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Description
2 streaming audio files (approximately 70 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
Harry Ruby, a composer and screenwriter, speaks about his childhood, his background, the beginning of his songwriting, the circumstances that led to his partnership with Bert Kalmar( a lyricist who started as a successful vaudevillian); the movie "Check and double check" for which Kalmar and Ruby wrote the story; the "Book my mother never sang" (a book of 12 humorous songs); and many famous songwriters of his generation such as the Gershwin brothers and others. The interview is sprinkled with a few anecdotes from his life experiences including a story about a pet duck who drank martini, and a monkey named Brutus (both belonged to Kalmar who loved animals and had all sorts of them on his ranch) who acted in a movie.
Alternative Title
  • They're playing our song.
  • Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Subject
  • Ruby, Harry > Interviews
  • Lyricists > United States > Interviews
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Title supplied by cataloger from information on the original container.
  • Original interview conducted by Max Wilk, playwright, screenwriter and author of fiction and nonfiction books, for the book "They're playing our song" published in 1973.
Access (note)
  • Access to original item restricted.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53175.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Call Number
*LDC 53175
OCLC
879645046
Author
Ruby, Harry, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Harry Ruby, 1971-06-12.
Production
1971.
Playing Time
004623 002358
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audio disc
online resource
Performer
Harry Ruby, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.
Event
Recorded in Los Angeles 1971 June 12.
Access
Access to original item restricted.
Additional Formats
Also available on CD (1 audio disc : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original in *LDC 53175.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Local Note
Archival original: (1 audiotape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips., 1/2 track mono ; 10 in.) in *LT-10 2181.
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Added Author
Wilk, Max, interviewer.
Added Title
They're playing our song.
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Found In:
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song".
Research Call Number
*LDC 53175
*LT-10 2181
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