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King, Charmion - Interview

Item number (ISN):

378459

Series title:

Live to Air

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

2002-05-09

Item number (ISN):

378459

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

MCKENNA, Jim

Accession:

2006-0176

Media:

Video

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

2002-05-09

Production company:

Jim McKenna (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Jim McKenna

Description:

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Unedited interview of actress Charmion King about her experiences working in live television for the CBC. The interview is for a two-hour documentary entitled LIVE TO AIR, broadcast on CBC television on 16 September 2002. Among the subjects discussed are: how she started working in television when she was offered a job by director Henry Kaplan; the advantage of having stage experience; an actress forgetting her lines; the story of Frances Hyland falling on a slippery floor during a live broadcast of WIND FROM THE SOUTH; the CBC’s Sumach Street rehearsal studios in Toronto; working with props; working with Ron Hartmann in THE LABYRINTH; using Vaseline over her make-up television giving audiences a chance to see plays they would not have been able to see in theatres; examples of good scripts such as SOME ARE SO LUCKY by Hugh Garner and A VERY CLOSE FAMILY by Bernard Slade; the willingness of CBC dramas to deal with controversial subjects; appearing with Gordon Pinsent in the play WILLOW CIRCLE by Joseph Schull; not being paid very much and meeting people in the street who told her that they did not watch the CBC; her early experience acting in the theatre and radio; never feeling secure in front of the camera; being scared about acting on television; making sure programs ended on time; mishaps on the set; people with whom she worked, such as Larry Mann, Jill Foster, Mavor Moore, Austin Willis, Corinne Conley, Lloyd Bochner, Don Francks and Tom Harvey; the 1950s as a period of learning rather than a golden age of television; and her opinion that the 1960s were a time when CBC television was doing more interesting work than it did in the 1950s, with a wider variety of subjects and more polish. <44mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This is a Betacam SX dub of originals shot on Betacam SP tapes.~2. The Canadian Broadcast Museum holds the Betacam SP originals.~3. Production date of the Betacam originals (date interview conducted) is 2002-05-09.~4. Betacam SX tape dubbed at CBC on 2002-05-10.~5. Some replies are rephrased at the request of the interviewer in order to create complete replies since the interviewer’s questions are edited out for the documentary.~6. Videotape and transcript available for consultation on LAC premises.~7. There are colour bars at approximately 30 minutes into the tape.~8. Charmion King died on 6 January 2007.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

435754

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V7 2007-01-0058

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Duration:

44:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

435965

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 2007-02-0019

Number of items:

1

Duration:

89:54

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

794896

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

378459.MXF

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2007-01-0058

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

794897

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

378459.MP4

Number of items:

1

Made from:

V7 2007-01-0058

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

981223

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V4 2007-02-0041

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

V7 2007-01-0057
V7 2007-01-0058

Status:

MASTER
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 2007-02-0019

Restrictions on consultation:

Open for consulation.

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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