A recording of an interview with Muller in which he discusses his career as a child actor in Hollywood and as a contestant in radio quiz shows, including The Hollywood Smarty Party and also his appearances on other radio shows such as I Was There and the Mercury Theater of the Air.
Tape contains live performance of the Primarvera String Quartet in in Coolidge Auditorium at Library of Congress. The concert was broadcast on WETA with announcer Steve Ember. Paul Seiko Chihara composed the second piece for the quartet in 1978. The encore of the concert is the first movement of Five songs for string quartet, arranged by Stanley Silverman from George Gershwin's song "He loves, [and] she loves" from Funny face.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The Museum maintains a large audio collection of radio programs that can be listened to on site. Program holdings cannot be searched online but the research staff will respond to individual queries. The New York City location maintains the main archive. If a program is not available in the Beverly Hills site, a researcher can request that it be dubbed in New York and sent to California. See the Addendum for an additional collection dealing with broadcasts of boxing matches.
Includes scripts and audio for the program broadcast on WMCA and the Inter City Network. Most, but not all, of the audio is on 16" transcription discs.
Contains broadcast recordings done during World War II for Jewish troops. Includes Cantor Putterman officiating at High Holiday services and Rabbi Phillip S. Bernstein and Governor Herbert Lehman addressing troops. Also includes recordings, some scripts and music scores for The Eternal Light, 1945-1948.
David Randolph plays excerpts from three different interpretations of J. S. Bach's B minor mass, keeping the idenities of the performers and conductors a secret until the end of track 1.
Content types:
Sounds
Extent:
1 recording
Repository/Collector:
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center