George Eastman Museum

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Elaine King, October 29-November 6, 1978. Photo: Mike Mandel (American, 1924–2016). "Arthur Siegel," from "The Baseball Photographer Trading Cards," 1974–1975. Courtesy of Department of Photography/George Eastman Museum. This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Silver Voices Proj...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Elaine King, October 29-November 6, 1978. Photo: Mike Mandel (American, 1924–2016). "Arthur Siegel," from "The Baseball Photographer Trading Cards," 1974–1975. Courtesy of Department of Photography/George Eastman Museum. This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Silver Voices Proj...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Elaine King, October 29-November 6, 1978. Photo: Mike Mandel (American, 1924–2016). "Arthur Siegel," from "The Baseball Photographer Trading Cards," 1974–1975. Courtesy of Department of Photography/George Eastman Museum. This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Silver Voices Proj...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Elaine King, October 29-November 6, 1978. Photo: Mike Mandel (American, 1924–2016). "Arthur Siegel," from "The Baseball Photographer Trading Cards," 1974–1975. Courtesy of Department of Photography/George Eastman Museum. This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Silver Voices Proj...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Elaine King, October 29-November 6, 1978. Photo: Mike Mandel (American, 1924–2016). "Arthur Siegel," from "The Baseball Photographer Trading Cards," 1974–1975. Courtesy of Department of Photography/George Eastman Museum. This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Silver Voices Proj...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Marilyn McCray, December 19, 1977. This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Marilyn McCray, December 19, 1977. This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo by Roman Freulich. Courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expre...

Interview conducted by George Pratt on April 8, 1958, at Josef Von Sternberg's Los Angeles apartment. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum 00:00:00 Introduction 00:03:08 Early career — Experimentation with film form and technique 00:07:23 Career — THE BLUE ANGEL (1930), AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1931), THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (1935) 00:10:25 Career — Attempted adapta...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:18 Career — Autobiography A Tree is a Tree: King Vidor 00:02:38 Career — First Hollywood job and MAN WITHOUT A STAR (1955) 00:05:00 Career — WAR AND PEACE (1956): Adaptation process, shooting in Italy 00:12:38 Career — WAR AND PEACE (1956): Production languag...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences/Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions,...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo by Balboa Studios. Courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expre...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo by Roman Freulich. Courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum Content notice: Holmes uses racist language in some of his descriptions when discussing performing in Blackface early in his career. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:33 Early Career – Start in pictures with the Edison Company and Vitagraph Studios 00:06:20 Early Career – W...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy MGM/Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this au...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this audio...

00:00:00 Early Career – Transition from Theatre to Film 00:03:24 Early Career – CARMEN (1915) 00:05:36 Early Career – THE CHEAT (1915), Sessue Hayakawa and technique with actors 00:08:00 Early Career – JOAN THE WOMAN (1916) and comparisons to D.W. Griffith 00:13:07 Early Career – THE LITTLE AMERICAN (1917), working with Mary Pickford and Jack Holt 00:17:50 Early Career – THE WHISPERING CHORUS (191...

00:01:46 Career – Religious themes in the 1920s and 1930s with THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (1923), THE KING OF KINGS (1927), and THE SIGN OF THE CROSS (1932) 00:09:20 Career – Pivot to sound and DYNAMITE (1929) 00:14:30 Career – Three remakes of THE SQUAW MAN (1914, lost), THE SQUAW MAN (1918), THE SQUAW MAN (1931, sound) 00:16:30 Career – THIS DAY AND AGE (1933) 00:18:50 Reflections – Staying power of t...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Universal Studios Company, Inc./Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommen...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Universal Studios Company, Inc./Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommen...