Interview conducted by George Pratt.
Photo courtesy Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum
00:00:00 Introduction
00:03:08 Early career — Experimentation with film form and technique
00:07:23 Career — THE BLUE ANGEL (1930), AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY (1931), THE DEVIL IS A WOMAN (1935)
00:10:25 Career — Attempted adaptation of Êmile Zola’s Germinal, illness in London, and the Nazi annexation of Austria
00:13:40 Late Career — Making THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN (1953) and difficulties working in Japan
00:23:16 Conclusions — Reflects on continued dedication to the medium of the moving image and film studies
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