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Yvonne Donjay interviewed by Herbert Feinstein

Herbert Feinstein interviews Yvonne Donjay, one of the foremost topless dancers in San Francisco. Donjay discusses her Persian background, aspirations for becoming a serious actress, and the hangups of her trade.

Feinstein and Sarah Vaughan

The distinguished jazz and ballad singer with the three-octave range, Sarah Vaughan, when appearing in February at the San Francisco Fairmont Hotel, discussed her career with Professor Herbert Feinstein—from amateur night at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, through early days with Earl Fatha Hines, Billy Eckstine and John Kirby, to her most recent international successes.

Carol Doda interviewed by Herbert Feinstein

Herbert Feinstein talks with Carol Doda, former topless queen of North Beach, who is starring as Miss Sadie Thompson in a play based on W. Somerset Maugham's short story "Rain." Doda discusses her past (including silicone injections) and her future plans for non-topless nightclub work.

Billie Dixon interviewed by Herbert Feinstein

Mr. Feinstein interviews actress Billie Dixon, who performed Jean Harlow in Michael McClure's play The Beard. Recorded September 1, 1967 in the green room at the Encore Theater, San Francisco, California. They discuss her and her cohorts' arrests for "lewd conduct in a public place" during her performance in The Beard.

Julie Newmar interviewed by Herbert Feinstein

Julie Newmar is interviewed by Herbert Feinstein on the set of Mackenna's Gold, Columbia pictures 8/21/67. Miss Newmar won the Antoinette Perry Award for her role as a fertile Swedish girl, on Broadway, in The Marriage-Go-Round. She plays Hesh-ke, a silent Indian maiden (no lines) in Carl Foreman's new epic of the West. Gregory Peck, good guy; Omar Sharif, bad guy.

Lotte Eisner interviewed by Herbert Feinstein

Prof. Herbert Feinstein talks with Lotte Eisner (1896-1983), curator of the Cinematheque of Paris, about the arts, methods and politics of collecting and preserving film classics at the Cinematheque, whose state subsidy was recently abolished by Andre Malraux.

Rita Morrison interviewed by Herbert Feinstein

Dr. Herbert Feinstein talks with Rita Morrison, the Los Angeles producer of Chaim Soutine, a short film based on the life and works of the Lithuanian-French Jewish painter. The film won the Lion d'Or for best documentary at the 29th Venice Film Festival.

Kashiko Kawakita / interviewed by Herbert Feinstein.

Herbert Feinstein interviews Japanese film importer, producer and curator Kashiko Kawakita (1908-1993) in Venice, Italy during the time of the 1968 Venice Film Festival. Kawakita heads Towa Trading, which produces low-budget art films, and runs a number of art film houses in Japan as well.
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