George Eastman Museum

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum. 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:00:40 Early Life — Early movie-going; seeing THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY (1903) 00:06:00 Early Career — Hired by Famous Players-Lasky, first on-set job as a camera assistant for Cecil B DeMille on FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE (1919) 00:11:00 Early Career — Shooting MALE...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Introduction by Liana Kroll, Head of Information, Research, and Access for the Moving Image Department, George Eastman Museum. Recorded October 2020. 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....

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Introduction by Sheryl Smith, Dryden Theatre Chief Projectionist, George Eastman Museum. Recorded October 2020. 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 reco...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. 00:00:00 Career – Difficulties producing project with Ernst Lubitsch, eventual collaboration on ROSITA (1923) 00:13:50 Career – DOROTHY VERDON OF HADDON HALL (1924), LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY (1925) 00:17:15 Late Career – SPARROW (1926), MY BEST GIRL (1927) 00:24:30 Late Career – COQUETTE (1929), transition to sound, dissolution of professional relationship with Char...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:00 Early Career – working with Biograph studios 00:09:30 Early Career – Discovering Mabel Normand 00:15:10 Early Career – Move to Famous Players Lasky, making TESS OF THE STORM COUNTRY (1914) 00:23:30 Career – Fire at Famous Players Lasky Studios in 1915 00:27:30 Career – ESMERALDA (1915), working with James Kirkwood 00:30:00 Early C...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:40 Early Career – Move to America and early uncredited extra roles in Hollywood 00:08:36 Early Career – Working with Victor Shertzinger and first credited role in MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK (1922) 00:14:14 Early Career – Discovery by Rex Ingram, working on THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1922), TRIFLING WOMEN (1922) 00:28:30 Early Career – Develo...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Introduction by Caroline Yeager, Associate Curator, Moving Image Department, George Eastman Museum. Recorded October 2020. 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, conclusio...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Introduction by Nancy Kauffman, Archivist for Stills, Posters and Paper Collections, George Eastman Museum. Recorded October 2020. 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, c...

Interview conducted by George Pratt on April 9, 1958, at Alice Terry's apartment in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:00:29 Looking at Stills – Discussion of photo subjects: Ralph Barton, Emmett Flynn, John Ford, Peter Lorre, Alla Nazimova, Rudolph Valentino, Irving Thalberg 00:05:30 Career – THE GREAT DIVIDE (1925): negotiating her salary with MGM and working with Reginald Ba...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. 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 do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Libra...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Introduction by Liana Kroll, Head of Information, Research, and Access for the Moving Image Department, George Eastman Museum. Recorded October 2020. Generous support for the introductions provided by Art Bridges, and made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH CARES. The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and shar...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. 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 do not necessarily represent those of the Institute of Library Sciences or t...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Introduction by Nancy Kauffman, Archivist for Stills, Posters and Paper Collections, George Eastman Museum. Recorded October 2020. Generous support for the introduction provided by Art Bridges, and made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH CARES. The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. 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 do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Libra...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. 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 do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Libra...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. Introduction by Nancy Kauffman, Archivist for Stills, Posters and Paper Collections, George Eastman Museum. Recorded October 2020. Generous support for the introduction provided by Art Bridges, and made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH CARES. The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival...

Interview conducted by George Pratt. 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 do not necessarily represent those of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Libra...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Carole Kismaric, April 17-21, 1978. Introduction by Meghan L Jordan, Curatorial Assistant, Department of Photography, George Eastman Museum. Recorded October 2022. This interview was produced as part of an oral history project funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Generous support for the introduction provided by Art Bridges, and made possibl...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Carole Kismaric, April 17-21, 1978. 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-30-19-0681-1...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Carole Kismaric, April 17-21, 1978. 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-30-19-0681-1...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Carole Kismaric, April 17-21, 1978. 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-30-19-0681-1...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Carole Kismaric, April 17-21, 1978. 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-30-19-0681-1...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Carole Kismaric, April 17-21, 1978. 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-30-19-0681-1...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Carole Kismaric, April 17-21, 1978. 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-30-19-0681-1...

Interview conducted by James McQuaid and Carole Kismaric, April 17-21, 1978. 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-30-19-0681-1...