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Interview with Louise Kerz Hirschfeld

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Title
Interview with Louise Kerz Hirschfeld
Additional title: Louise Hirschfeld interview
Names
Parker/Hodges Productions (Production company)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division., Theatre on Film and Tape Archive. (Producer)
Hirschfeld, Louise Kerz, 1936- (Interviewee)
Haskins, Susan (Interviewer)
Collection

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Public Program Videos

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 2021
Place: New York
Library locations
Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Shelf locator: NCOW 435
Topics
Hirschfeld, Louise Kerz, 1936-
Hirschfeld, Louise Kerz, 1936- -- Friends and associates
Hirschfeld, Al
Hirschfeld, Al -- Marriage
Hirschfeld, Al -- Friends and associates
Kerz, Leo -- Marriage
Cullman, Lewis B., 1919-2019 -- Marriage
Caricature -- United States
Cartoonists -- United States
Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Performing arts -- United States
Genres
Interviews
Interviews
Notes
Statement of responsibility: [Video production company] Parker/Hodges Productions, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
Content: Title from opening credits.
Performers: Interviewed by Susan Haskins.
Venue: Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, October 7, 2021.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 videodisc (DVD) (67 min.) :sound, color ;4 3/4 in.
Description
Louise Kerz Hirschfeld Cullman, who has been affiliated with the performing arts as a researcher and curator, and in other capacities as well, discusses her life with interviewer Susan Haskins. The interview begins with a discussion of her late husband, the artist Al Hirschfeld, and an examination of his drawing desk, chair, and tools. Subsequent topics include Cullman's early efforts to become an actress; her marriage to theater producer and designer Leo Kerz, and their life together; and her work as a cultural historian, through acting as a research consultant for television documentaries and museum exhibits devoted to prominent personalities in the arts. She tells how she first knew Al Hirschfeld and his wife Dolly Haas as hosts of dinner parties she would attend with her husband Kerz, and discusses her eventual marriage to Hirschfeld after both had been widowed. After his death in 2003, she would marry philantropist Lewis B. Cullman, who died at age 100 in 2019. She concludes by discussing various ways she has maintained Al Hirschfeld's artistic legacy.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1296609158
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22699227
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b22807036
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cde87980-717f-013a-d371-0242ac110004
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Item timeline of events

  • 2021: Issued
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Louise Kerz Hirschfeld" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e1ec7ed-l0ad-edde-c0de-d9b1e55ed008

Chicago/Turabian Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Louise Kerz Hirschfeld" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e1ec7ed-l0ad-edde-c0de-d9b1e55ed008

APA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. (2021). Interview with Louise Kerz Hirschfeld Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e1ec7ed-l0ad-edde-c0de-d9b1e55ed008

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Louise Kerz Hirschfeld