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"Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me" collection
Collection
Identifier: M213
Abstract
The Johnny Mercer Foundation worked with the Turner Classic Movies network, Rhapsody Productions, executive producer Clint Eastwood and director Bruce Ricker to create Johnny Mercer: The Dream's On Me, a 100-minute documentary on the life and music of songwriter Johnny Mercer, released in 2009. The collection includes production and research materials created or assembled for the film, 1912-2013, including newly-created interviews and performances as well as...
Dates:
1912-2013
Found in:
Special Collections
The Uprising of '34 collection
Collection
Identifier: L1995-13
Abstract
The collection consists of oral history interviews and transcripts, production footage and publicity materials related to the creation of the "Uprising of '34" documentary. Veterans or their descendants were interviewed about mill life, work conditions, southern culture, as well as the strike itself. These interviews were incorporated into the production itself.
Dates:
1987-1995
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Composers 1
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- Strikes and lockouts -- Textile industry 1
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- Textile workers -- Labor unions 1
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- Hard Times Productions, Inc. 1
- Helfand, Judith 1
- Jacobs, Joseph, 1908- 1
- Johnny Mercer Foundation 1
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