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| Hollywood magazine September 1934 |
Happy Birthday to Miss Ginger Rogers. In a toast to the lady who gave so much to the world in the form of entertainment, here is an interview that I found floating around on the internet.
NOTE: This item IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!
The Montana Memory Project has an interview with Miss Ginger Rogers by Rosetta Kamlowsky that was recorded for KBLL Radio on June 7, 1974. It was contributed to the collection by the Montana Historical Society Research Center.
Ginger gives a brief history of herself, talks about her career, gives some commentary on the state of Hollywood "today" and more. The sound of the recording is quite good, despite some sirens going by at one point. It is only 7 minutes and 26 seconds, but at least it can be heard. Listen for it here:
http://cdm16013.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p103401coll30/id/32/rec/5
NOTE, again: This item IS NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN!
Another interview that is NOT in the public domain is here:
http://bobbiewygant.blogspot.com/2010/11/bobbie-wygant-interviews-ginger-rogers.html
This is a video of Ginger being interviewed by Bobbie Wygant. (I've seen this interview on You Tube as well.) Ginger was in Texas at the time but there isn't a date when the interview took place. Ginger and Bobbie talk about film preservation and Ginger alludes to her autobiography, which had not yet been published at the time. So maybe the date is the late 80's? Thanks to Bobbie Wygant for preserving this interview.
And again, this video is
NOT IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
What else can be said but, here's looking at you, Ginger. Happy Birthday! And have some cake.
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| New Movie Magazine November 1934 |
The photo at the top of the page is from the Media History Digital Library:
http://archive.org/stream/hollywood23holl#page/n555/mode/2up
and so is the picture of Ginger's birthday party
http://archive.org/stream/newmoviemagazine10weir#page/n503/mode/2up
Oooh, I like that you posted stuff not in the public domain, you naughty creature! These items should be counted as fair use, since no one is losing market share from their being posted, and they are for personal enrichment and education purposes.
ReplyDeleteLuv,
Maynard
I do feel naughty but my rationalization is that I didn't use any links, so I'm still 'intact'. I agree about the fair use mention, if the interviews aren't being sold. Both items would add great personal enrichment and educate those in the Ginger Rogers frame of mind.
DeleteXOXOXO to you Maynard,
erosenplatt