Frances Langford collection, 1940-1945, Date acquired: 05/28/1999
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Langford, Frances, 1913-2005
- Extent:
- 1.00 folders
- 4 items
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Frances Langford collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_99_0274.
Background
- Scope and content:
This collection relates to actress and singer Frances Langford who served with the United Service Organization (USO) during World War II with Bob Hope. The collection contains an oral history interview transcript, four photographs, one from her USO days and three from 1998 when the interview was conducted, as well as audio taped interviews of Langford.
- Biographical / historical:
Frances Langford was born on April 4, 1913, in Lakeland, Florida. She loved to sing at an early age, and was discovered by Rudy Vallee who later got her a movie deal called "Every Night At Eight." She acted in more than 30 motion pictures, and also starred in a radio series in the 1940s as an aggressive wife in the show "The Bickersons."
She then moved on to perform around the world with Bob Hope during World War II with the USO. They performed for General Eisenhower. Langford and Bob Hope performed together for 5 years. They never changed their act unless the environment and/or the audience objected or made the situations difficult to do the act. She kept her long blonde hair and enjoyed meeting new people from all over the world. After the war, she continued to work. She passed away on July 11, 2005, in Jensen Beach, Florida.
- Acquisition information:
Frances Langford
Oral Interview by William Oldson, former Director of Institute on World War II and the Human Experience.
- Custodial history:
Transferred from the Institute on World War II and the Human Experience to FSU Libraries Special Collections & Archives in July 2022.
- Physical facet:
- Audio cassette tapes
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers.
- Terms of access:
Copyright in the Frances Langford oral history interview is held by Florida State University. For use regarding commercial and non-commercial publication, or copying outside of Fair Use, contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu.
Copyright restrictions may also apply to other works in this collection. Re-use or copying beyond Fair Use may require permission from rights-holders.
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Frances Langford collection, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University Libraries, Tallahassee, Florida. http://purl.fcla.edu/fsu/WWII_99_0274.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
