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Additional authors

1. Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007
2. Jeffers, Michall
3. Warner, John
4. Holder, E. R.
5. Robinson, Mercedes
6. Helu, Jose
7. Rivellino, Dennis
8. Silverman, June
9. American Cablevision

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic) (28 min.) : sd., col. SP; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Singer, actress, and arts advocate, Kitty Carlisle discusses her life and career with interviewer Michall Jeffers. Carlisle speaks of her late husband playwright and director Moss Hart, including their first meeting on the set of the motion picture A night at the opera, their courtship, and aspects of Hart's character and personal life. She also discusses her relationship with her mother and their trip to Europe, her studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London where she decided to become a performer, her offers of marriage from George Gershwin and Sinclair Lewis, her long-held role on the panel television show To tell the truth, and her activities as chairman of the New York State Council on the Arts.

Series statement

1. Be my guest

Subject

1. Actresses > Interviews
2. Theater > New York (State) > New York
3. Interviews
4. Talk shows
5. Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007 > Interviews
6. New York State Council on the Arts
7. Art and state > United States
8. Hart, Moss, 1904-1961 > Marriage
9. Television
10. Arts administrators > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Television.
2. Talk shows.
3. Interviews.

Call number

1. NCOX 575

Note

1. Credits at end of tape.

Credits (note)

1. Audio, E. R. Holder ; camera operators, Mercedes Robinson, Jose Helu ; music, Dennis Rivellino ; production assistant, June Silverman.

Performer (note)

1. Guest: Kitty Carlisle. Interviewer: Michall Jeffers.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at Continental Cablevision, Ossining, N.Y., 1989.

Linking entry (note)

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Title

1. Be my guest. Kitty Carlisle [videorecording] / Continental Cablevision presents ; written by Michall Jeffers ; produced and directed by John Warner.

Imprint

1. Ossining, N.Y., c1989.

Series

1. Be my guest

Credits

1. Audio, E. R. Holder ; camera operators, Mercedes Robinson, Jose Helu ; music, Dennis Rivellino ; production assistant, June Silverman.

Performer

1. Guest: Kitty Carlisle. Interviewer: Michall Jeffers.

Event

1. Videotaped at Continental Cablevision, Ossining, N.Y., 1989.

Linking entry

1. Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.

Added author

1. Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007, interviewee.
2. Jeffers, Michall, interviewer.
3. Warner, John, producer.
4. Warner, John, director.
5. Holder, E. R., audio.
6. Robinson, Mercedes, camera.
7. Helu, Jose, camera.
8. Rivellino, Dennis, music.
9. Silverman, June, production personnel.
10. American Cablevision.

Research call number

1. NCOX 575