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Interview with Kendall Capps Jr.

Title
  1. Interview with Kendall Capps Jr. [sound recording].
Published by
  1. 1996.
Author
  1. Capps, Kendall, Jr.

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Vol/datereel 3FormatAudioAccessUse in libraryCall number*MGZTC 3-2038 [sound cassette] reel 3Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Additional authors
  1. Baytos, Betsy.
Description
  1. 3 sound cassettes (3 hr.) +
Summary
  1. Cassette 1 (30 min. per side). Mr. Capps discusses his family background, particularly his father Kendall Capps and his various performance acts; defines eccentric dancing; describes the variety of acts that comprised a typical vaudeville show; and comments on various performers, particularly those that influenced him.
  2. Cassette 2 (30 min. per side). Mr. Capps discusses further his father and early performing experiences with him and others; attending Professional Children's School; being filmed for A day at the races with the Marx Brothers and later having his scene cut; other work and people he met as a child; leaving the act he had with his father; studying music; working with Buster West; different aspects of his education; enlisting in the army; getting serious about music; and studying with Joseph Schillinger and Arnold Schoenberg.
  3. Cassette 3 (30 min. per side). Mr. Capps describes going to England in 1931 and opening the New Victoria Theatre; his love of performing in England; origins of eccentric dance; history of burlesque; differences between vaudeville and burlesque; the status of different show business genres; the influence of eccentric dance on other genres; and comments on the variety of performers he has met or seen.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Alternative title
  1. Dance Oral History Project.
  2. Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  1. Phonotapes > Baytos, B
  2. Phonotapes > Capps, K
  3. Variety dancing
  4. Burlesque
  5. Vaudeville
Call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-2038
Note
  1. For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-2038.
  2. Interviewed by Betsy Baytos May 30, 1996.
Access (note)
  1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Author
  1. Capps, Kendall, Jr. Interviewee
Title
  1. Interview with Kendall Capps Jr. [sound recording].
Imprint
  1. 1996.
Local note
  1. Preservation master cassettes: *MGZTCO 3-2038.
  2. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2038.
  3. Interview funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)
Restricted access
  1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local subject
  1. Variety dancing.
  2. Phonotapes -- Capps, K
  3. Phonotapes -- Baytos, B.
Added author
  1. Baytos, Betsy. Interviewer
Research call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-2038 [Transcript]
  2. *MGZTC 3-2038 [Cassette]
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