Jenny Howard Interviewed by Liz Wilson [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 962703
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Howard, Jenny, 1902-1996, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1982 Oct. 12-Oct. 19
- 5 sound reels (ca. 356 min.) : 3 3/4 ips, mono ; 7 in., 1/4 in. tape.
- Summary:
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Jenny Howard, singer and vaudeville entertainer, talks about her early life in London; World War I; her early involvement and training in the theatre; Percy King; George Formby; her trip to Australia; pantomimes; theatre during the Depression; South Africa and apartheid; World War II and concert parties; Noel Coward; New Guinea; Korea; Japan; New Zealand; Tivoli circuit; Gladys Moncrieff; Gracie Fields; George Wallace; Mo MacKackie; post-War England; USSR and Europe in the 1950s and charity work with the Uncle Bobs.
- Partial contents:
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- REEL 3: Sings: Brown slouch hat
- Out of the cold
- Cold snow
- Don't be angry with me, Sergeant
- REEL 4: Sings: Take me back to dear old Blighty.
- Notes:
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- Recorded at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, between 12 October 1982 and 19 October 1982.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-195367172
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 148 leaves) available.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Wilson, Liz, interviewer
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2052 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1982
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