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Title: Gore Vidal interview, 1990 February
Creator: Vidal, Gore, 1925-
Contributor: Martinson, Connie
Date Created and/or Issued: 1990-02
Publication Information: The Drucker Institute
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Connie Martinson Talks Books
Rights Information: All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute, https://www.drucker.institute/about/drucker-archives/
Description: Gore Vidal discusses his book, “Hollywood.” He begins by explaining that the book opens in 1917 with the birth of the film industry in California. The cast of characters includes such legends as Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, Franklin D. Roosevelt, William Randolph Hearst and even Vidal’s grandfather, Senator Gore. The book also encompasses events such as, the Fatty Arbuckle scandal and the Desmond Taylor murder. Also in this interview, Vidal discusses the historic events of the Teapot Dome scandal and the infidelity of both President Harding and F.D.R.
Type: moving image
Format: video/f4v
00:28:53
Identifier: cmt00158
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cmt/id/169
Language: English
Subject: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) - Fiction
Motion picture industry - Fiction
Time Period: Twentieth century
Place: Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Source: U-matic tape
Relation: Connie Martinson Talks Books - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cmt

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