CLAYTONMERLE

Interview with Merle Clayton, 1979

 

1979-09-12

 

Interviewer: Brockman, Charles

In this interview, Clayton describes his experiences in the theatre, including his acting experiences with the Old Globe Theatre. Clayton was born in Kansas City, Missouri. While there, he went with his father, a newspaperman, to the scene of a crime involving the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Pretty Boy Floyd, and later he wrote a book about the incident. His theater career began in 1935. He came to stay San Diego in 1938, having worked for Midwest newspapers. Before arriving at the Old Globe he had been with the road company of "Three Men and a Horse," so he was hired to act in that production. He did script writing for radio and ABC Broadcasting, in addition to writing about downtown theatres, and also worked at Marston's Department Store during World War II, since he had been rejected for induction into the Armed Forces.

Charles Brockman; Merle Clayton; The Old Globe (San Diego); Pretty Boy Floyd; Vern Miller; Purple Gang; Al Capone; Frank Jelly Nash; Federal Bureau of Investigation; FBI; Union Station Massacre (book); Three Men and a Horse; Abie's Irish Rose; Al Woods; Faye Emerson; Merry Wives of Windsor; B. Iden Payne; Marston's Department Store

 

California

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English

 

Audiocassette

00:31:21

No

 

 

 

Audio

MP3

38.79 MB