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William Wolf Film & Theater Interview Collection, *L(Special) 99-21, Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
The collection was donated by William Wolf.
William Wolf, critic, author, and lecturer, has written extensively on film and theater. He was for many years film critic and film editor for Cue Magazine (1964-1980), and when Cue was merged into New York Magazine, he bacame a critic and contributing editor writing the On Film column (1980-1983). He subsequently became the syndicated film critic and columnist for the Gannett newspaper chain (1984-1988). Mr. Wolf's articles have appeared in newspapers throughout the United States, publications abroad, and various national and international magazines and prestigious annuals.
In 1988 he bagan publishing The William Wolf Entertainment Guide on the Internet (www.wolfentertainmentguide.com) containing his reviews of theater, film, and other cultural events.
During the course of his career, Mr. Wolf has interviewed hundreds of film and theater notables and has covered the world's major film festivals. He served two years as Chariman of the New York Film Critic's Circle and is a member of the Drama Desk, P.E.N., and the American Association of University Professors.
At New York University, with which he has been affiliated since the early 1970's, he teaches Film as Literature in the English Department, and Cinema and Literature in the French Department. Professor Wolf is particularly know for his Filmmaker's course for New York University's School of Continuing Education and its successor course, William Wolf's Movie Previews at the Walter Reade Theater of Lincoln Center.
Mr. Wolf is the author of Landmark Films: the Cinema and Our Century, which he wrote in collaboration with his wife, Lillian Kramer Wolf, and of The Marx Brothers.
A native of Bound Brook, New Jersey, Mr. Wolf is a graduate of Rutgers University, where he majored in journalism. He started his career as a correspondent for various newspapers while at Rutgers, and after graduation, worked for the Associated Press in Huntington, W. VA., before going to Europe to free-lance as a foreign correspondent.
The collection consists of interviews with directors, actors, producers and others in the world of cinema and the stage. The majority of interviews were conducted for Mr. Wolf's New York University's School of Continuing Education class, The Filmmakers. The remaining interviews were conducted for Mr. Wolf's books, and magazine articles. These cases are documented in the finding aid.
Interview with Caroline Aaron and Jeff Kurland.
Interview with Meyer Ackerman and Ralph Donnelly.
Interview with Norma Aleandro, Jacabo Finkelstein, and Rolando Epstein.
Interview with Maria Conchita Alonzo and Geoffrey Taylor.
Interview with Robert Altman and Michael Weller. Interview about Ragtime for articles.
Interview with Anthony Andrews and Diana Quick. Interview about the television mini-series Brideshead Revisited for New York Magazine.
Interview with David Rothenberg, Virginia Apuzzo and Sherry Lansing for a gay theme movie article.
Interview with Paul Auster and Wayne Wang.
Interview with the cast of the film The Right Stuff for an article.
Includes: Veronica Cartwright, Pamela Reed and Kathy Baker.
Interview with Steve Bauer, Dina Silver and Marisa Silver.
Interview with Mikhail Belikov and Nana Djondjadze.
Interview with Lissy Bellaiche and Klaus Hesselberg. Interview about Danish film, conducted in Copenhagen for articles.
Interview with Davina Belling and Bill Forsyth.
Interview with Bengt Forslund and Klaus Olofson. Interview conducted at the Swedish Film Institute in Stockholm for articles.
Interview with Richard Benjamin and Patrick Palmer.
Interview with Iris Bentley and Peter Medak.
Interview with: Ring Lardner, Jr. ; Walter Bernstein ; Victor Navasky, discussing the blacklist.
Interview with Andrew Braunsberg and Adrian Lyne.
Interview with Steve Burns and Rob Nilsson.
Interview with Ellen Burstyn and Bud Yorkin.
Interview with George Butler, Lydia Cheng, and Diana Taylor.
Interview with Brian Caldwell and Derval Whelan.
Interview with Tony Chan, Jeff Lau, and Colleen O'Brien.
William Wolf lecture on the film A Chorus Line.
Interview with Margi Clark and Alexandra Pigg.
Interview with Stacy Cochran and Stephen Collins.
Interview with Brigitte Rouon and Serge Cohn-Solal.
Interview with Robert Colesberry and Fred Zollo.
Speakers include Steven Spielberg.
Interview with Gerald Cotts and Stan Warnow.
Interview for Playbill. Never published.
Interview with Hume Cronin and Jessica Tandy.
Interview with Elizabeth Czysewska and Lisa Swerling.
Interview with Sean Daniel and Ned Tannen. Interview for a New York Magazine column.
Interview with I.A.L. Diamond and Billy Wilder. Interview conducted in Los Angeles for syndicated articles.
Interview with Hal Hartley, Martin Donovan and Adrienne Shelley.
Interview with Michael Emil and Henry Jaglom.
Joanne Koch speaks about the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Richard Roud speaks about the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Interview with Cecilia Peck, Barry Markowitz, Danny Fisher, Machram Huri and Jack Fisher.
Interview with John C. McGinley, Tom Flynn, Tom Mangan, and Jon Tenny.
Speakers: Paul Newman ; Dan Petrie ; New York Police detectives.
Interview with Victoria Foyt and Henry Jaglom.
Interview with: Caroline Roboh ; Aline Isserman ; Patrick Chaput ; Jean-Pierre Denis.
Translator: Martine Singer.
Interview with Boris Frumkin and Laurence Kardish.
Interview with Kathleen Gati and Gabe Von Dettre.
Wolf speaks to Vito Russo and David Rothenberg on gays in film.
Interview for articles with Manahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
Interview with Robert Greenhut and Jack Rollins.
Interview with Walter Hill and Larry Gross.
Interview with Tim Guinee and Warren Leight.
Interview with Jeremiah Guttman and Evelynne Paterson.
Interview with Taylor Hackford and Helen Mirren.
Interview with John Holland and Nim Polanetska.
Interview with Per Host and Max Von Sydow.
William Wolf speaks to: Janet Cole ; Frances Spielman, and Barry Brown.
Interview conducted in Stockholm for articles.
Interview for an article in either 1981 or 1982.
Interview for Wolf's book Landmark Films.
Interview conducted in New York for Wolf's book, Landmark Films.
Interview for New York Magazine column and newspapers.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Interview for a New York Observer article.
Interview for an article.
Interview conducted at Hungarian Film Week, Budapest.
Interview for New York Magazine and other articles conducted in Fore, Sweden.
On container "a few others present".
Interview for articles.
Interview for an article.
On container "after William Wolf comments".
Interview conducted in Borge's Connecticut home, for articles.
Interview for an article in Playbill.
Interview conducted at Hungarian Film Week, Budapest.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Telephone interview for New York Magazine.
Interview for an article in the New York Observer.
Interview for an article.
Interview on for an article on the set of Deathtrap.
Interview for articles.
Interview conducted at Chaplin's home in Vevey Swizterland for various articles.
Also on tape: Lillian Kramer Wolf.
Interview for articles.
Press agent Bill O'Connell.
Interview for articles.
Interview for an article in Cue Magazine.
Interview for articles.
Interview for an article in the New York Observer.
Telephone interview for an article in Playbill.
Interview for a newspaper article.
Press conference at the Berlin Film Festival.
Also speaking are Coppola's daugher Sofia, and father, Carmine.
Discusses the film Missing for articles in New York Magazine and newspapers. Woman's voice is Renee Furst, publicist.
Interview for newspaper article.
Interview for an article.
On container "start lost - technichal problems".
On container "tape I".
Interview for an article.
Interview for articles.
Interview with the producer of Charlie Chaplin films.
Inteview for a Wall Street Journal article on the film The Cotton Club.
Interview for Elle magazine.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Interview about the film Rollover for a New York Magazine column.
Interview about Ragtime for New York Magazine.
Interview for an article in Playbill.
Part of William Wolf's Movie Previews at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center.
Interview for articles.
Interview for an article.
Interview for a newspaper article.
Interview for an article concerning the film No Mercy.
Interview for an article in Playbill.
Interview for an article in Cosmopolitan Magazine.
Discusses the film The Right Stuff.
Interview with the screenwriter of Down in the Delta.
A segment of Wolf's Movie Previews, New York University, at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center.
Interview conducted in New York for newspaper articles.
Goorwitz is also known as Allen Garfield.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Presented at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center, as part of William Wolf's Movie Previews.
Interview for an article.
Interview for articles.
Interview for an article in Cosmopolitan magazine.
Telephone interview conducted in New York for articles.
Interview by telephone for Wolf's book Landmark Films.
Interview for an article for New York Magazine.
Interview at the Berlin Film Festival press conference.
Part of William Wolf's Movie Previews at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center.
Interview for an unused article for New York Magazine.
Interview for articles.
Interview on cassette no. 2.
Interview for an article.
Interview conducted at the Plaza Hotel, New York for articles.
Topic: That's Dancing.
Interview for an article.
Interview at a Dalton's bookstore book signing.
Discuss the book Landmark Films.
Interview for an article in the New York Observer.
Interview for articles.
Barbara Kopple is the director of Wild man blues.
Interview is part of William Wolf's Movie Previews, New York University. Conducted at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center.
Interview for a New York Magazine article.
Interview starts in mid-discussion.
Interview conducted in New York for articles.
Interview for articles.
Interview with the entertainment lawyer concerning Jamie Lee Curtis.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Interview for a newspaper article.
Interview for an article.
Interview conducted in Deauville, France for a New York Magazine article.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article in the New York Observer.
Interview for an article.
The director of the film Bent talks with Wolf as part of William Wolf's Movie Previews, New York Univeristy. Presented at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center.
Interview for an article.
Interview for Wolf's Film as Literature class.
Interview for an article.
Interview conducted in Paris for New York Magazine.
Part one of interview. Interview continued on *LTC 7391, #1.
Interview for an article in New York Magazine conducted in Paris.
Part two of interview. Continued from *LTC 7204.
Interview about Four Friends for a New York Magazine article.
Interview for newspapers.
Interview for an article.
Interview about All the President's Men, conducted in New York for Cue Magazine.
Interview for an article.
Original in: *LTC 7355
Interview for an article in New York Magazine.
Portions in French.
Interview conducted in New York City for articles.
Discusses the film Pennies from Heaven for an article in New York Magazine.
Interview for New York Magazine column and newspapers.
Interview for articles.
Part of William Wolf's Movie Previews at the Walter Reade Theatre, Lincoln Center.
Interview conducted in New York for newspaper articles.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Interview conducted in Deauville, France for an article in New York magazine.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article in Playbill.
Interview for Metro Sunday Syndicate article.
Part of William Wolf's Movie Previews at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center.
Interview with the director conducted in Budapest.
Interview conducted at Hungarian Film Week, Budapest.
Stainton, art historian, talks about the film Artemisia with Wolf as part of William Wolf's Movie previews, New York University. Presented at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center.
Telephone interview conducted in New York for articles.
Interview with the Argentinian writer/director of Man facing Southeast.
Interview for an article.
Interview conducted in Budapest for articles.
Interview conducted at Hungarian Film Week, Budapest.
Interview conducted in Paris for an article in New York Magazine.
Discussion about the film Four Friends, recorded in Chicago.
Interview for a New York Magazine article.
Interview for an article.
Interview for an article.
Interview conducted in New York for syndicated articles and Cue Magazine.
Interview with the French director for an article.
Interview for a New York Magazine article.
Interview for articles.
Interview about the film script to Ragtime.
Interview conducted in New York for the book Landmark Films.
Interview with Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach.
Interview with Henry Jaglom, Rochelle Caron and Elizabeth Kemp.
Interview with Kevin Kline and Meryl Streep. Interview for an article.
Interview with Joanne Koch, Adrienne Mancia, Spike Lee, and Sandy Tung.
Interview with Ricki Lake and Jerry Stiller.
Interview with Mark Linn-Baker and Brian Kerwin.
Interview with Yuan-Xi Ma and Norman Wang.
Interview of Marcello Mastroianni and Ettore Scola conducted at Le Cirque, New York City for an article.
Interview with E.G. McConnell and Nina Rosenblum.
Interview with Bill McCutcheon and Mark Tarlov.
Interview with Dudley Moore and Mary Tyler Moore. Interview conducted in New York for newspaper articles.
Interview with Susan Morse and Josh Mostel.
Interview with Red Mulhearn and Daniel Petrie.
Interview concerning the television program, Law and order.
Interview with Christopher Noth and Joseph Stern.
Interview with Bulle Ogier and Pascale Ogier. Interview for an article.
Press conference at the Public Theater.
Interview with Zoey Quarante and Daniel Wilson.
Press conference at the Berlin Film Festival.
Speakers: Dustin Hoffman and Barry Levinson.
Interview with Al Ruban and Julian Schlossberg.
Interview with Robert Ruisz and William Storke.
Interview with Dina and Marisa Silver.
Interview about the film A fish in the bathtub. Part of William Wolf's movie previews, New York University. Conducted at the Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center.
Interview with Joan Micklin Silver and Ray Silver.
Recorded on the set. Speakers: Andrew Bergman ; Richard Kiel, etc.
Interview with Herbert and Lotte Strauss.
Speakers: Gene Hackman ; Matt Dillon ; Arthur Penn.
Julia Panely, translator.
Interview with Paolo & Vittorio Taviani.
Shadows (1826). NYPL Art and Architecture Collection.
One of 700,000 pictures in the NYPL Digital Gallery
