ARSC Study Guide: Screen Actors Guild Foundation: “Conversations”

PROFILE COLLECTION The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Foundation Legacy Documentation Program is the product of the Foundation's ongoing efforts to preserve and illuminate the history of the Guild, Hollywood, and the labor movement by funding the production of documentary interviews with long- time Guild members. Through its ActorSpeak program, SAG provides a forum for Guild members to relate their shared experiences in the entertainment industry with a diverse public audience in an effort to inspire and inform future generations of performers. Guild member Joe Mantegna in conversation with television pioneer Conversations is the live Sid Caesar. audience, in-house version of the Foundation’s ActorSpeak Legacy Program that features high-profile SAG members recorded in discussions, often with other Guild members, in a variety of locations around the United States. Dozens of interviews have been completed to date, including discussions with Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Marsha Hunt, Patty Duke, Cliff Robertson, Buddy Ebsen, Gloria Stuart, Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Danny Glover, Ernest Borgnine, Phyllis Diller and Ed Asner.

The living documents created by the Legacy Program offer an unparalleled window into the early struggles and successes of the Guild, as seen through the eyes of the actors and other industry professionals who have contributed to the Guild’s history.

For more information regarding material available in this collection please contact the Archive Research & Study Center at 310-206-5388, [email protected] or:

Consult the Archive’s online catalog of holdings: • http://cinema.library.ucla.edu

ARSC Study Guide: Screen Actors Guild Foundation: “Conversations”

SAMPLES FROM THE COLLECTION: (this is only a partial list – consult the Archive Research and Study Center for further listings)

COLLECTION RESOURCES COLLECTION Henry Fonda and Charlton Heston (1979-12-15). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1426 T

Ed Asner interviewed by Terry Sanders (1990-03). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1438 T

Marsha Hunt interviewed by Daryl Anderson (1997-11-10). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1480 T

Jack Lemmon interviewed by Daryl Anderson (1997-12-11). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1513 T – DVD1514 T

Rod Steiger interviewed by Todd Amorde (2002-06-06). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1468 T

Martin Landau interviewed by Todd Amorde (2002-08-26). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1458 T

Joan Chen interviewed by Ed Vasgersian (2002-10-30). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1418 T

George Clooney and Sam Rockwell (2002-12-11). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1498 T

Salma Hayek and Alfred Molina with Lou Diamond Phillips (2003-02-08). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1511 T

Sydney Pollack interviewed by Todd Amorde (2003-07-14). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1516 T

Jeff Daniels interviewed by Michael Bofshever (2004-03-29). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1429 T

Melvin Van Peebles and Mario Van Peebles (2004-04-07). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1448 T

Ernest Borgnine with Lou Diamond Phillips (2004-05-06). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1430 T

Mickey Rooney interviewed by Todd Amorde (2004-05-11). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1456 T

Elliot Gould interviewed by Todd Amorde (2005-03-28). Screen Actors Guild Foundation. Study Copy: DVD1431 T