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Crossan, Drew - Interview

Item number (ISN):

208362

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1978-02-09/1978-02-15

Item number (ISN):

208362

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: ORAL HISTORY

Accession:

1981-0076

Media:

Sound

Part:

4 of 4

Production date:

1978-02-09/1978-02-15

Production company:

Sharon Marcus (Interviewer)

Production credit:

interviewer, Sharon Marcus

Description:

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Interview of Drew Crossan, television producer, by Sharon Marcus.~Crossan discusses his birth and life in Montreal; his interest in music; joining the Black Watch Regiment in 1937 and his promotion to sergeant when war broke out; his training in announcing at the Summer School of Radio at Queen's University in 1946; his subsequent teaching and education at Lorne Greene's Academy of Radio Arts; Fred Davis and Alfie Scopp; his gradually increasing involvement with the CBC and Harry Boyle in the production of programs; the adaptation of Ibsen's A DOLL'S HOUSE for the STAGE series of 1949; the series COURT OF OPINIONS; his enjoyment of series such as THE TORONTO SYMPHONY, LET'S PLAY BRIDGE, JUKE BOX JURY and AT HOME WITH THE LENNICKS; an anecdote about a specific production of THE GISELE SHOW; his transfer to television production in 1952; and Rudy Bretz.~Crossan narrates the days before the beginnings of television in 1952; gives a description of KALEIDOSCOPE and the LESLIE BELL SINGERS; Glenn Gould; Dr. Leslie Bell; the conflict between Bell and Howard Cable; the difficulty of finding women who could sing and were pretty; his origination and production of most television programs in the first years of television; SHOWTIME WITH HOWARD CABLE; JAZZ WITH JACKSON; THE BILLY O'CONNOR SHOW; PICK THE STARS; his hiring Juliette for the television show; FLOOR SHOW with all the big bands including Bobby Grimby, Chico Valle, Mart Kenney, and Art Hallman; his production of the first WAYNE AND SHUSTER television program; his creation of CROSS-CANADA HIT PARADE and its problems; THE GREEN DOOR; his association with Jack Arthur and the CNE BANDSTAND SHshow; and his production of FRONT PAGE CHALLENGE, JULIETTE, and TALENT CARAVAN in the early 1960s.~Crossan discusses his trip to Ghana in 1965-1966; the establishment there of television and the problems it encountered; his meeting with Kwame Nkrumah and his impressions of him; the conflict between the two women running television operations in Ghana - Madame Duboyse, widow of the founder of the NAACP in the U.S., and Genevieva Marcus, mistress of Nkrumah; his observations of the coup which deposed Nkrumah; his involvement with the first colour television shows for the Centennial; 100 YEARS YOUNG and CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL SPECIALS; and his being producer for Elwood Glover's LUNCHEON DATE in the early 1970s and his travelling with the show to London and Edmonton. <75mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This interview took place on two separate days, on 9 February 1978 and on 15 February 1978.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

210939

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1981-0076/12
1981-0076/13
1981-0076/14

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

218617

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1981-0076/11

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

339943

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1981-0076/15

Vault code:

GAT

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

939263

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

208362-1981-0076-11.wav
208362-1981-0076-12.wav
208362-1981-0076-13.wav
208362-1981-0076-14.wav
208362-1981-0076-15.wav

Number of items:

5

Kind of sound:

BWF

Made from:

1981-0076/11
1981-0076/12
1981-0076/13
1981-0076/14
1981-0076/15

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

167350

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C08891

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1981-0084/5
1981-0076/11
1981-0076/12
1981-0076/13
1981-0076/14
1981-0076/15

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

167351

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C08892
C08893

Number of items:

2

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1981-0076/11
1981-0076/12
1981-0076/13
1981-0076/14
1981-0076/15

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

167353

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

C08894

Number of items:

4

Kind of sound:

SOF

Made from:

1981-0076/11
1981-0076/12
1981-0076/13
1981-0076/14
1981-0076/15
1986-0601/0223
1986-0601/0224
1989-0178/0589
1989-0178/0590
1989-0178/0593
1989-0178/0594
1989-0178/0591
1989-0178/0592

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Restricted by creator/donor

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

Consultation with the permission of the CBC.

Donor restrictions:

The permission of the donor, the CBC, is required to reproduce this material.

Copyright status:

Under copyright.

Copyright owner:

Copyright owner: CBC.

Reproduction access:

with written permission of copyright owner : with permission of CBC~Copyright rests with the CBC.

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