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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/163231988 Title: [Interview with Betty Comden and Adolph Green : raw footage] Author: Betty Comden; Adolph Green; Michael Kantor; Buddy Squires Publisher: New York , 1998. OCLC:163231988

  
  

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[Interview with Betty Comden and Adolph Green : raw footage]

Author:	Betty Comden; Adolph Green; Michael Kantor; Buddy Squires
Publisher:	New York , 1998.
Edition/Format:	VHS video : VHS tape  Visual material : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Raw interview footage used for the documentary Broadway, the American musical. Betty Comden and Adolph Green, a writing team who penned the screenplays and songs for many movie musicals, as well as numerous Broadway productions, discuss their careers. Interview begins with Comden alone who discusses her desire, shared with many descendants of immigrants, to assimilate into American culture, and her changing of her name from Basya Cohen; why Jewish immigrants were drawn to composing music for the theater; her childhood in Brooklyn, and experience going to Manhattan to the theater where she saw her first show Rose Marie, and later The vagabond king; what Broadway meant to her as a child; her theatrical influences, including Gilbert & Sullivan, the musical Pal Joey, and Noel Coward; her feelings about her collaborator Adolph Green; meeting Leonard Bernstein following her performance at the Village Vanguard as part of the troupe called the Revuers; seeing the production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma!; working with theatrical producer George Abbott, choreographer Jerome Robbins and composer Leonard Bernstein on their first Broadway musical On the town, a World War II era romp about three sailors on leave in New York City; her feelings and attitudes during World War II, and how these were expressed in the show's song Some other time; how the American musical evolved from the operetta, via the creative activities of certain individuals; New York City as a source of creative inspiration for the musical. Adolph Green then joins the interview at ca. 21 min. They discuss their writing of their songs Carried away, New York, New York, and Bells are ringing, which they wrote for their colleague Judy Holliday, and Just in time, on which they collaborated with composer Jule Styne. They illustrate by singing verses from these songs. Green then speaks about the review of On the town by Daily News critic John Chapman, who after being pursuaded by them to see their show again, reversed his initially negative review to a favorable one. Comden and Green then discuss their experiences writing for Hollywood, where they wrote the screenplay for the musical Singin' in the rain as part of "the unit" at MGM Studios; what the Broadway musical signifies to them; various composers with whom they worked; how their ideas for songs evolve from the story and its characters, and the importance of a musical's book. Interview continues at ca. 37 min. with Green alone, who describes his feelings about Comden; what Broadway meant to him as a child, and his views about the future of the theater; Comden's creative talents, and their theatrical association; and lastly, he and Comden's favorite song Some other time, from which he sings an excerpt.  Read more...
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