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Interview with Marc Platt and Nicholas Daks
- Title
- Interview with Marc Platt and Nicholas Daks, 1965.
- Author
- Platt, Marc, 1913-2014
- Publication
- 1965
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 sound disc (approximately 24 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Marian Horosko, as host, introduces her guests Marc Platt and Nicholas Daks; Platt and Daks speak about the first production at Radio City Music Hall including a discussion of Harald Kreutzberg; Roxy [Samuel Roxy Rothafel]; the conversion of the theater to a venue for motion pictures; the corps de ballet; the Rockettes; Platt speaks briefly about how his experiences with Leonide Massine, Jack Cole, and Agnes de Mille has helped him in his work with the dancers at Radio City Music Hall; Daks speaks about his transition from dancing to producing; how he escaped execution in Russia as a young man; Platt and Daks speak about the process of producing a show at Radio City; Horosko's closing remarks.
- Uniform Title
- Profiles (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Marc Platt and Nicholas Daks, conducted by Marian Horosko backstage at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, as host for the series, Profiles, on radio station WNCN-FM, New York, on or for broadcast on May 16, 1965.
- Sound quality is fair. The volume of the recording is occasionally soft but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Funding (note)
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2954
- OCLC
- 884360757
- Author
- Platt, Marc, 1913-2014, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Marc Platt and Nicholas Daks, 1965.
- Production
- 1965
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Event
- Recorded for WNCN-FM, New York 1965 New York (N.Y.)
- Original Version
- Original format: one sound reel (approximately 24 minutes); 7 inches; 7.5 ips., mono; half-track originally recorded for WNCN-FM radio station in New York City, in 1965; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.
- Funding
- 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.
- Added Author
- Daks, Nicholas, 1899-1978, interviewee.Horosko, Marian, host.
- Added Title
- Profiles (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2954