SERIES I: INTERVIEWS

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{"value"=>"<p>Eighteen recordings in which Bricktop recounts stories from her life. The recordings are arranged chronologically.</p> <p>In fourteen recordings, Bricktop is interviewed by entertainment reporter David Hanna in 1962 for an unrealized book project. In four recordings, Bricktop, at age 70, recounts stories from her life for another unrealized book project in 1964. She speaks to an unknown person that she frequently refers to as Joe. One audio recording is of Bricktop's television interview and performance on <span class=\"title\">The Les Crane Show</span> in 1965.</p> <p>Some of the artists, writers, performers, socialites, and royalty that Bricktop mentioned in her interviews included Tallulah Bankhead, Humphrey Bogart, Ralph Bunche, Richard Burton, Thelma Carpenter, Maurice Chevalier, the Oma Crosby Trio, Duke Ellington, King Farouk I, Bennie Fields, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Errol Flynn, Joe Frisco, Ava Gardner, Ernest Hemingway, Barbara Hutton, Jack Johnson, Florence Jones, Elsa Maxwell, Lady Mendl, Mabel Mercer, Florence Mills, Mistinguett, Billy Reardon, Paul Robeson, The Rocky Twins, Blossom Seeley, Jimmy Savini, Bishop Fulton Sheen, Gertrude Stein, John Steinbeck, Elizabeth Taylor, Sophie Tucker, Barron Wilkins, and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.</p>"}

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1. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #1
2. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #2, part 1
3. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #2, part 2
4. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #3
5. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #4
6. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #5
7. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #6, part 1
8. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #6, part 2
9. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #7, part 1
10. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #7, part 2
11. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #7, part 3
12. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #8, part 1
13. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #8, part 2
14. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #9, part 1
15. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #9, part 2
16. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #10, part 1
17. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #10, part 2
18. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #11, part 1
19. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #11, part 2
20. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #11, part 3
21. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #12, part 1
22. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #12, part 2
23. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #13, part 1
24. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #13, part 2
25. Bricktop interviewed by David Hanna #14
26. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #1
27. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #2, part 1
28. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #2, part 2
29. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #3, part 1
30. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #3, part 2
31. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #3, part 3
32. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #4, part 1
33. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #4, part 2
34. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #4, part 3
35. Bricktop interviewed at age 70 #4, part 4
36. Bricktop's interview and performance on The Les Crane Show