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Title
Arthur Bell interviews Ann Miller, [1979?]
Names
Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving) (Donor)
Miller, Ann, 1923-2004 (Interviewee)
Bell, Arthur (Arthur Irving) (Interviewer)
Collection

Arthur Bell Collection of Recorded Interviews, 1970-1980

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1979 (Questionable)
Library locations
Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound
Shelf locator: *LDC 52802
Shelf locator: *LTC 4532--*LTC 4533
Topics
Miller, Ann, 1923-2004
Tap dancers -- United States
Motion picture actors and actresses
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Biographical/historical: Interview by Arthur Bell, most probably conducted for his popular column "Bell tells" in the Village Voice.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger from information on original cassette.
Venue: Recorded [1979?] New York, N.Y.
Additional physical form: Service compact discs (3 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.) copied from archival original, available in *LDC 52802.
Acquisition: Gift; Bell Estate; 1990 NN-RHA.
Content: Forms part of Arthur Bell collection of recorded interviews, 1970-1980, *L (Special) 90-32.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 2 audio cassettes (approximately 102 min.) : analog, stereo
Description
CD 1, tracks 1-4; CD 2, tracks 2-13; and CD 3. American tap dancer and actress Ann Miller talks about her life and long-term career in the enterteinmet business, her family background, her unsuccessful marriages and very successful experience working in Broadway and Hollywood. Speaking about her career she recalls her very early professional start at the age of thirteen, when she was advised to pretend she was eighteen, in order to get a job in the movies. She also discusses her influences such as Ginger Rogers and Eleanor Powell, and her autobiographical book "Miller's high life" that was published in 1972. CD 2, track 1. Call to Ann Miller. CD 1, track 5. Short excerpt from muffled interview with unidentified person.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19980807
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cc6e8ad0-8a98-0131-b38d-58d385a7bbd0
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Bell interviews Ann Miller, [1979?]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d1dee400-8a98-0131-554f-58d385a7bbd0

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Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Bell interviews Ann Miller, [1979?]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 5, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d1dee400-8a98-0131-554f-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library. (1979). Arthur Bell interviews Ann Miller, [1979?] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d1dee400-8a98-0131-554f-58d385a7bbd0

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Arthur Bell interviews Ann Miller, [1979?]