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Interview with Abel Green

Title
Interview with Abel Green, 1971-11-19.
Author
Green, Abel, 1900-1973
Publication
1971.

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Additional Authors
Wilk, Max
Found In
Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 54 min.) : digital, mono.
Summary
Abel Green a journalist best known as the editor of Variety for forty years, comments on shows, composers, the difference between success at the box office and critics' reviews, financial operations of various theaters (Shubert Theater, Music Box Theater, Jewel Box Theater, Eugene O'Neil Theater, Billy Rose Theater), and owners of these theaters. He recalls many anecdotes from his long career as an editor of an entertainment magazine, closely connected to show business in New York. The rest of the interview he speaks about Irving Berlin, who has been his longtime good friend.
Alternative Title
  • They're playing our song.
  • Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Subject
  • Green, Abel, 1900-1973 > Interviews
  • Journalists > United States > Interviews
  • Editors > 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 53159.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Interviews for the book "They're playing our song."
Call Number
*LDC 53159
OCLC
879646312
Author
Green, Abel, 1900-1973, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Abel Green, 1971-11-19.
Production
1971.
Playing Time
005359
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
computer
Type of Carrier
audio disc
online resource
Performer
Abel Green, interviewee ; Max Wilk, interviewer.
Event
Recorded in New York 1971 November 19.
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 53159.
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 2169.
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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 53159
*LT-10 2169
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