Research Catalog

Interview with Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross

Title
  1. Interview with Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross
Published by
  1. [ca.1976-1977?]
Author
  1. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987
  2. Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001
  3. Terry, Walter
Description
  1. Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour): digital
Summary
  1. Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 47 minutes) and streaming audio file 2 (approximately 12 minutes). Nora Kaye, with occasional remarks from Herbert Ross, speaks with Walter Terry about the [1977] film The turning point including how the idea for the film evolved; the recruiting of Arthur Laurents to write the script; the typically inadequate portrayal of dance on film; the lighting; her goal of showing the dedication of dancers to their art; the characters, plot, and themes of the film including her own decision to retire from performing; the actors including Anne Bancroft, Shirley MacLaine, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Antoinette Sibley; her thoughts on the film The red shoes [beginning at approximately 36 minutes, the sound quality becomes progressively worse].
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Oral History Archive. Gift of Walter Terry.
Subject
  1. Sound recordings
  2. Interviews
  3. Audiotapes > Kaye, N
  4. Ballet in motion pictures > The turning point
  5. Dance in motion pictures, television, etc
  6. Motion pictures > Production and direction
  7. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 > Interviews
Genre/Form
  1. Interviews.
  2. Sound recordings.
Call number
  1. *MGZTCO 3-818
Note
  1. Interview with Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross conducted by Walter Terry, primarily about the 1977 film The turning point. Ross contributes relatively few remarks to the conversation, and due to poor sound quality, most of what he says is not intelligible. The date and location of the interview are not known, but based on the contents, can be identified as most likely after the film was finished but before its general release (1976 or 1977?).
  2. Sound quality is fair to very poor. The recording is marred by extraneous noise, the volume fluctuates, and the final approximate 15 minutes of the recording is almost completely unintelligible.
  3. Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Funding (note)
  1. The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Source (note)
  1. Walter Terry
Author
  1. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987, interviewee.
Title
  1. Interview with Nora Kaye and Herbert Ross
Imprint
  1. [ca.1976-1977?]
Type of content
  1. spoken word
Type of medium
  1. audio
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Digital file characteristics
  1. audio file
Restricted access
  1. Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
  1. Recorded by Walter Terry ca. 1976-1977?
Funding
  1. The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Original version
  1. Original format: one sound cassette (approximately one hour); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3818_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3818_v01f02_sc.
Local note
  1. Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-818
Source
  1. Gift Walter Terry
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987, interviewee.
  2. Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001, interviewee.
  3. Terry, Walter, interviewer.
Research call number
  1. *MGZTCO 3-818
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