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Additional authors

1. Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993
2. Chapin, Schuyler
3. Winship, Michael
4. Morris, Bob
5. Nolan, John
6. Vennes, Dale
7. Edel, Walter, Jr.
8. Long, Robert, Jr.
9. Follmer, Bruce.
10. Shirley Herz Associates, donor.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Summary

1. At age 80, actress Helen Hayes discusses her life and career with interviewer Schuyler Chapin. Speaking from Pretty Penny, her home in Nyack, N.Y., she reminisces about her career as a child actress, her early mentors such as actor/producer Lew Fields and actor/playwright William Gillette, her marriage to playwright Charles MacArthur, the death of their daughter from polio, her movie career, favorite stage roles, and famous friends such as Vernon Castle, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Barrymore, Alexander Woollcott, and Laurette Taylor.

Subject

1. Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993
2. Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993 > Friends and associates
3. Television
4. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 > Friends and associates
5. Fields, Lew, 1867-1941 > Friends and associates
6. Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943 > Friends and associates
7. Castle, Vernon, 1887-1918 > Friends and associates
8. Theater > New York (State) > New York
9. Interviews
10. Taylor, Laurette, 1884-1946 > Friends and associates
11. Motion picture industry > California > Los Angeles
12. Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993 > Interviews
13. Theatrical producers and directors
14. Gillette, William, 1853-1937 > Friends and associates
15. Actresses > Interviews
16. McArthur, Charles, 1895-1956 > Friends and associates
17. Barrymore, John, 1882-1942 > Friends and associates

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 1469

Note

1. Video image has sporadic vertical hold problem.
2. Originally broadcast on PBS-TV.
3. Credits at end of tape.

Credits (note)

1. Lighting director, John Nolan ; audio, Dale Vennes ; cameras, Walter Edel, Jr. and Robert Long, Jr. ; videotape editor, Bruce Follmer.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Schuyler Chapin.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in Nyack, N.Y., 1980.

Title

1. A conversation with Helen Hayes [videorecording] / produced by Michael Winship ; directed by Bob Morris.

Imprint

1. Nyack, N.Y., 1980.

Credits

1. Lighting director, John Nolan ; audio, Dale Vennes ; cameras, Walter Edel, Jr. and Robert Long, Jr. ; videotape editor, Bruce Follmer.

Performer

1. Interviewer: Schuyler Chapin.

Event

1. Videotaped in Nyack, N.Y., 1980.

Added author

1. Hayes, Helen, 1900-1993, interviewee.
2. Chapin, Schuyler, interviewer.
3. Winship, Michael, producer.
4. Morris, Bob, television director.
5. Nolan, John, lighting director.
6. Vennes, Dale, audio.
7. Edel, Walter, Jr., camera operator.
8. Long, Robert, Jr., camera operator.
9. Follmer, Bruce.
10. Shirley Herz Associates, donor.

Research call number

1. NCOX 1469