Interview with Sid Marion about Bobby Clark, 1961-08-22

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Title

Interview with Sid Marion about Bobby Clark, 1961-08-22

Collection

Collection of audio interviews about Bobby Clark, 1961-1964

Names

Marion, Sid (Interviewee)
Chasen, Dave (Interviewee)
Kinsella, Walter (Interviewee)
Lipton, Bill, 1926- (Interviewer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1961-08-22

Library Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *L(Special) 93-36
Shelf locator: *LT-7-A 2737

Subjects

Clark, Bobby, 1888-1960
Marion, Sid -- Interviews
Chasen, Dave -- Interviews
Kinsella, Walter -- Interviews
Actors -- United States
Comedians -- United States

Genres

Interviews

Notes

Source Note: Title from collection record; date from the original container.
Venue: Recorded at Masquers Playhouse Point Richmond, California 1961 August 22; Recorded at Chasen's restaurant in West Hollywood, California 1961 August.
Acquisition: Gift; Bill Lipton, 1984.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 42 min.) : analog, 3 3/4 ips., two track mono ; 7 in.

Abstract

Sid Marion, a fellow comedian and a friend of Bobby Clark since the 20s, provides details about the early work of Clark and McCullough team in burlesque that brought them such success and recognition in theater and outlines Clark's professional and personal traits and penchants. The last 12 minutes of the recording contain 2 short interviews with Dave Chasen and Walter Kinsella at a very noisy Chasen's restaurant that to do add any information about Clark.

Languages

English

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18147582
RLIN/OCLC: 908468112
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20616421
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2c112c80-b8c0-0133-d65f-60f81dd2b63c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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MLA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Sid Marion about Bobby Clark, 1961-08-22" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1961. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c112c80-b8c0-0133-d65f-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1961). Interview with Sid Marion about Bobby Clark, 1961-08-22 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c112c80-b8c0-0133-d65f-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Sid Marion about Bobby Clark, 1961-08-22" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2c112c80-b8c0-0133-d65f-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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