574–13

Conversation No. 574-13

Date: September 17, 1971
Time: 12:34 pm - 12:49 pm
Location: Oval Office

The President met with Ginger Rogers and Alexander P. Butterfield.

Rogers's schedule
-Future plans
-Long Island theater appearance
-Coco
-California
-Dean Martin

Broadway musical Coco
-Plot
-Success
-Katherine Hepburn
-Plot
-Music

Modern music

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
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-Architecture
-Modern style
-Exterior
-Interior
-Acoustics
-Los Angeles Music Center
-Acoustics
-Symphony
-Music
-Igor Stravinsky
-Jazz
-Symphony
-Ludwig Van Beethoven
-Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky
-Franz Liszt
-Modern style of music
-Leonard Bernstein
-Wolf Trap performing arts park
-Orchestra

An unknown person [Manolo Sanchez] entered at an unknown time after 12:34 pm.

Refreshments
-Coffee

The unknown person [Sanchez] left at an unknown time before 12:49 pm.

Wolf Trap performing arts park
-Acoustics
-Curtain

Kennedy Center
-Tour
-Rogers
-Arrangements
-Car
-David Bradley
-Leonard Garment, Carol Harford, [Nancy Hanks]

Henry A. Kissinger
-Francis A. (“Frank”) Sinatra
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-Bennet A. Cerf
-Death
Rogers's family
-Mrs. Phyllis F. Cerf
-Relation to Rogers

Rogers
-Career
-Effect on people

Acting profession
-Difficulty
-Effect on people
-Reward

Movies and theater
-Values
-No, No, Nannette
-Audience reaction
-Type of material

Present day values
-Morals
-Articles
-Rogers
-Decency
-Movies
-Writers
-The National Press Club

Photograph

Rogers
-New York City
-Fred Astaire
-Theater performance
-Hello Dolly
-Fiorello
-South Pacific
-My Fair Lady
-Oklahoma
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-Brigadoon
-Comparison to present day shows

Movies
-Thelma C. (“Pat”) Nixon
-The President's trips to Camp David
-California
-Age of movies selected for viewing
-John Wayne
-Rogers's movies
-Present day movies
-Sex
-Women
-Clothing
-Removal of element of mystery
-Nudity
-Reactions by audience
-Youth
-Demoralization
-Morale

The White House photographer and members of the press entered at an unknown time after
12:34 pm.

Professional bowlers
-Champions
-National Bowlers Champion
-Meeting at bowling alley
-President’s bowling

The White House photographer and members of the press were no longer present at an unknown
time before 12:49 pm.

Presidential gifts
-Compact
-Mrs. Nixon
-Presidential seal
-Cufflinks

Rogers's support for the President
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Celebrities
-Work
-Las Vegas
-Broadway
-Business
-Lack of support for conservatives
-Stance of entertainment industry celebrities
-James (“Jimmy”) Stewart
-John Wayne
-Richard (“Red”) Skelton
-Leslie T. (“Bob”) Hope

Rogers

Rogers and Butterfield left at 12:49 pm.