Description for Five Directors
Hardback. Collects the fascinating memories of some of radio's most vivid personalities: Himan Brown, Axel Gruenberg, Fletcher Markle, Arch Oboloer, and Robert Lewis Shayon. They explain in their own words their journey through radio broadcasting, how it affected their lives, and how they saw it impacting upon the consciousness of a country. Series: Directors Guild of America Oral History S. Num Pages: 236 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APW; BG; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Five Directors collects the fascinating memories of some of radio's most vivid personalities: Himan Brown, Axel Gruenberg, Fletcher Markle, Arch Oboloer, and Robert Lewis Shayon. They explain in their own words their journey through radio broadcasting, how it affected their lives, and how they saw it affecting the consciousness of a country. Their histories are not just stories of success in early twentieth century America, but individual portraits of the roller coaster changes in lifestyle that swept the United States. Radio delivered not only entertainment, but up-to-date news, from Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic triumph, to Roosevelt's comforting Fireside Chats during the ... Read more
Five Directors collects the fascinating memories of some of radio's most vivid personalities: Himan Brown, Axel Gruenberg, Fletcher Markle, Arch Oboloer, and Robert Lewis Shayon. They explain in their own words their journey through radio broadcasting, how it affected their lives, and how they saw it affecting the consciousness of a country. Their histories are not just stories of success in early twentieth century America, but individual portraits of the roller coaster changes in lifestyle that swept the United States. Radio delivered not only entertainment, but up-to-date news, from Charles Lindbergh's transatlantic triumph, to Roosevelt's comforting Fireside Chats during the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
Series
Directors Guild of America Oral History S.
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810834729
SKU
V9780810834729
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Ira Skutch
Ira Skutch formerly with Goodson-Todman Productions, where he served as producer-director and vice president until 1983, Ira Skutch logged over 10,000 episodes of such television shows as "I've Got a Secret," "Beat the Clock," "Play Your Hunch," " Match Game," and "Password." He has written a memoir, I Remember Television (Scarecrow Press, 1989), and edited other books in the ... Read more
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