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JP Miller
Writer
About This Interview
In his over four-hour Archive interview, acclaimed writer JP Miller (1919-2001) talks extensively about writing teleplays for live television dramas and his relationships with Fred Coe, Tad Mosel, Horton Foote, Delbert Mann, John Frankenheimer and Paddy Chayefsky. Miller discusses writing many acclaimed television dramas including: Days of Wine and Roses, The Rabbit Trap and Helter Skelter. He also recalls writing for Philco-Goodyear Playhouse. Jeff Kisseloff conducted the interview in Stockton, NJ on April 17, 1997.
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Interview
- Part 1
- On his early years, education, and interest in writing
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- On his college education; on writing plays; on writing his first teleplay tailored to Philco Playhouse
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- On writing for live television; on writing for Philco-Goodyear Playhouse; on working with Fred Coe
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- On working as a writer in live television with Fred Coe, Paddy Chayefsky, and Horton Foote
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- On some other writers he worked with including Tad Mosel and Sumner Locke Elliot; on writing the teleplays "The Rabbit Trap" and "The Days of Wine and Roses"
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- On writing the Playhouse 90 teleplay "The Days of Wine and Roses" (Airdate: October 2, 1958), which became a feature film
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- On the title "Days of Wine and Roses"; on writing for television and the advent of videotape; on working on Playhouse 90
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- On the "Golden Age" of television; on his other projects; on people he worked with
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- On some of the people he worked with over his career; on summing up his thoughts on television
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