Will on Meeting Rex Harrison

Will on Meeting Rex Harrison

Harrison, Rex

One night, Will purchased tickets to a play, Anne of a Thousand Days, starring Rex Harrison and Lili Palmer, and took his boss from the Department of Commerce in Washington to see it. After the play, Will took his card—a formal calling card Margaret had had made for him—and wrote on the back of it, "Mother wrote Anna. May her son see its star?" He bribed the doorman with a dollar, who then called him in, and there was Rex Harrison in a pair of jockey shorts with his wife and attorney and one of the people in the play. They all talked about the book and the movie.

Landon, Will

January 1, 1947

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Over a course of 13 years Kip Landon (Kenneth Landon Jr.) began recording stories from his parents, Margaret and Kenneth Landon, resulting in 95 hours of recordings. Beginning on July 20, 1976, recording finished in June, 1978. The project resumed again in 1982 for a few months. After a long break, the third recording period began in 1988 and concluded in March 1989.

Will Landon

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Box 83: Oral History: "The Landon Chronicles," CDs 76-94

Hour 78, clip 3

Sub-Series 8: Audio and Video

Series 1: Biographical