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Film mss., 1933-1986
Miscellaneous Items, 1933-1991, related to
film at the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
Electronic finding aid encoded by Amanda
Harlan.
Summary Information
Repository:
Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
Indiana University
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, IN 47405-5500
Phone: 812-855-2452
Fax: 812-855-3143
Email: liblilly@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly
Title:Film mss.,1933-1986
Collection No.
LMC 1363
Extent:
41 items
Materials are in English.
Abstract:
Consists of individual items acquired
separately either as a gift, purchase, transfer, or removal from a variety of
sources, relating to film. Additions continue to be made.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Received from various sources at various times. Accession information is given
with the item entry. The most recent addition was made in 1994.
Usage RestrictionsPrior arrangements are not necessary before coming to the Library, however,
patrons from out of town are encouraged to communicate with the Library in
advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Film mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Scope and Content Note
The Film mss., chiefly 20th century, consist of scripts, letters, photographs, and
other materials relating to film and movie productions which have been acquired
individually and at various times from various sources.
Arrangement/Organization
Arranged chronologically. Undated items are arranged alphabetically at the end of the
series.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries'
online catalog. Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by
searching the catalog using these terms.
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Topics
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Motion picture producers and
directors.
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Motion picture
plays.
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Motion picture actors and
actresses.
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Motion pictures --Plots,
themes, etc.
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Film posters.
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Motion pictures --Production
and direction.
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Stills (Motion
pictures).
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Motion picture film
Film mss.
Arranged chronologically at the item level, undated items are further
arranged alphabetically.
1933[?] - Sketches with shooting
instructions for the motion picture
Tugboat
Annie
.
Ds. [3] p. 11-32 cm.
- 3 sketches.
- In pencil and crayon.
Removed from shooting script of
Tugboat
Annie,
Culver City, Calif., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933 (Lilly PN6120.S42 T915). 1985
1935, Dec. 21 - Mr. Zanuck’s
notes on "The country doctor."
T. (carbon) D. 13 p. 28 cm.
- Concerns revisions to be made in the filmscript
The country doctor; refers to
suggestions made by Darryl Francis Zanuck, Nunnally Johnson, and
Henry King.
Removed from
The country doctor: screenplay
[Twentieth Century-Fox] 1935, (Lilly
PN6120.S42 C8558), dated Dec. 19, 1935,
on cover, but with revisions dating to Jan.
17, 1936.
1936[?] - [
The Case of the black cat: notes concerning Spanish
subtitling].
A.D. 2 leaves. 21.5 cm.
Removed from
The Case of the black cat: screen
play
. Warner Brothers, 1936
(Lilly PN6120.S42 C3374). 1986
1938, Apr. 29 -
Zimbalist, Sam, 1901-1958, producer. To Richard
Thorpe.
T. (carbon) L. 1 p. 14 cm.
- Concerns name changes required by legal department of
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for the film
Knockout [i.e.
The crowd
roars
].
- MGM inter-office communication.
- Copies sent to Adolph Zimmer and Al Jennings.
Removed from film script
The crowd roars,
Culver City, Calif., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938 (Lilly PN6120.S42 C953). 1985
1938 - [Photographs relating to the
motion picture
Stagecoach].
20.5 x 25.5 cm.
- Publicity poses and movie stills of the characters.
- Seventeen photographs, with two copies of no. 8.
Purchase. 1983
1941, July 3 -
Lubitsch, Ernst, 1892-1947, film director, and
Menyhért Melchior Lengyel, 1880-1974, playwright.
To be or not to be [film treatment].
T.D. 118 p. 28 cm.
- Blue paper wrapper: Property of Walter Wanger Productions,
Inc.
- Produced and directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
- Released March 1942 by United Artists.
Transfer. Book Department, Lilly Library. 1986
1941 - [Photographs relating to the
motion picture
The Wolf Man].
20.5 x 25.5 cm.
- 102 black and white photographs.
- Includes publicity poses numbered P.1-P.12, with notes on
versos; stills numbered 1-18, 20-22, 24, 26-80, 82-95, some with
notes on versos, some of scenes cut from the final version; 1
numbered 18-2; 1 photograph of a page from the pressbook; and 1
other photograph that appears to be from a sequel to
The Wolf Man.
- Actors prominently featured include Evelyn Ankers, Ralph
Bellamy, Lon Chaney, Jr., Patrick Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Maria
Ouspenskaya, Claude Rains, and Warren William.
Purchase. 1983
1941 - [
Western Union: note concerning footages].
A.D. 1 p. 20 cm.
- Pencilled note beginning: "
Western
Union
for B & W New footages for main
credits (minus Technicolor credits)."
Removed from Carson, Robert.
Western
Union
: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941
(Lilly PN6120.S42 W527 1941). 1985
1947 - [Photographs relating to the
motion picture
Macbeth].
28 x 35 cm.
- 8 black and white movie stills and publicity poses.
Gift. 1988
ca. 1947 -
“War Party.” Draft screenplay for John Ford’s film
Fort Apache. Corrections and insertions
throughout.
in dark brown clamshell box with Fort Apache in gold stamp on
spine. T.D., 160 p. 28cm.
Purchase. 2005
1949, Nov.-1950,
June -
An American in Paris (motion picture).
Scripts and story line, etc.
Mimeo. and carbon Ds.
- Contents:
- 1) 1949, Nov. 14 –
scene synopses;
- 2) script 1949, Dec. 9
– script "incomplete";
- 3) 1949, Dec. 9 – T.
carbon re: musical numbers for each section;
- 4) same as 3 but mimeo copy;
- 5) 1950, May 8
–script “Temporary Complete”;
- 6) 1950, May 17 –memo
from Alan A. Antik: “Names submitted for
clearance”;
- 7) 1950, June 12
–complete story outline; reader Helen
Spencer.
- Mimeo, 8 p.
- Film released in 1951.
- Story and screen play by Alan Jay Lerner.
Transfer. Book Dept., Lilly Library, Bloomington, IN. 1994
1950, July
19-Aug. 17 -
Sister Carrie [filmscript].
Mimeo. 137 p. 28 cm.
- Script assigned to men’s wardrobe.
- Frequent holograph notations concerning wardrobe.
- Filmscript by Augustus and Ruth (Goodman).
- Goetz, based on Theodore Dreiser’s novel
Sister Carrie.
- Motion picture released as
Carrie, produced and directed by William Wyler for
Paramount Pictures, inc.
- Accompanied by two publicity photographs and cast of
characters.
- Contents include wardrobe plot preceding each sequence:
- Sequence A, 14 p.
- Sequence B, 4 p. and snapshot
- Sequence C, 10 p.
- Sequence D, 2 p.
- Sequence E, 4 p.
- Sequence F, 6 p.
- Sequence G, 4 p.
- Sequence H, 16 p.
- 2 snapshots.
Purchase. 1983
1950 - [
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion: note concerning
matte shots.]
A. (carbon) D. 1 p. 19 cm.
- With pencilled notation of camera speed.
Removed from
Abbott and Costello in the Foreign
Legion.
[Universal Pictures, 1950] (Lilly PN6120.S42 A126). 1985
ca. 1950 -
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation. [Publicity
photographs of actors and actresses.]
20.5 x 25.5 cm.
- 21 black and white photographs.
- Corners damaged on all photographs and two photographs have
numbers written in ink.
- Photographs are of:
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- Dana Andrews,
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- Anne Baxter,
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- Dan Dailey,
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- Joann [sic] Dru,
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- Susan Hayward,
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- Jeffrey Hunter,
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- Victor Mature,
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- Maureen O'Hara,
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- Debra Paget,
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- Jean Peters,
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- Tyrone Power,
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- Thema Ritter,
-
- George Sanders,
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- James Stewart,
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- Gene Tierney,
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- Robert Wagner,
-
- Clifton Webb,
-
- Richard Widmark.
Gift. 1989
1953 -
The Sun Shines Bright. Argosy Pictures.
Directed by John Ford
Lobby cards. 11 in x 14 in.
Gift. 2007
1953, May 22 -
Brown, Ned, literary agent.
MCA Artists Ltd., agency,
Beverly Hills, California.
- To Paul Kohner, 9161 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles 46, California.
Sending the screenplay of Moby Dick by Leopold Atlas, owned by
Anthony Mann. Will discuss it later. T.L.S. 1p. 28 cm.
- Accompanied by a critique by “I.”, dated 6-11-53, of the
screenplay of
Moby Dick. (T.D. 1
p. 14 cm.)
- On yellow paper.
Removed from
Moby Dick: Screenplay by
Leopold Atlas. Beverly Hills, MCA, 1953?
(Lilly PN6120.S42 M687). 1981
1954 -
Fellini, Federico, 1920-1993.
La Strada. [Screenplay] in Italian.
with pencil and ink annotations and sketches throughout. In brown
wrappers. T.D., 378 p., 26.8cm.
Purchase. 2005
1955, Dec. 1 -
Selznick, David Oliver, 1902-1965, motion picture producer.
Culver City, California. To Darryl Francis Zanuck,
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, Beverly Hills, California.
Concerning Jennifer Jones' role in the motion picture
The man in the gray flannel suit.
T.L.S. 5 p. 28cm.
- Production number 2650 pencilled in upper right corner of
first page.
- Carbon copy sent to Nunnally Johnson.
- Removed from the filmscript
The man in
the gray flannel suit,
Dec. 12, 1955 (Lilly PN6120.S42
M2641).
Transferred from Book Department, Lilly Library, 1985
1955 -
The Long gray line (motion picture) [Film
poster].
Map Case
56 x 71 cm.
- Printed.
- In color.
- Copyright 1955. Columbia Pictures Corp.
Gift. 1989
1955 -
The Long gray line. Columbia Pictures.
Directed by John Ford.
Press kits. 16 in. x 12 in. 20p; 12 ½ in. x 18 in. [32] p.
Gift. 2007
1956, May 21 -
Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977, comedian.
Los Angeles, Calif. To Arnold Brein.
A.Pc.S. 1 p. 14 cm.
- Photographic postcard depicting Groucho Marx.
- Date from postmark.
Source unknown. 1981
1957, Feb. 14 -
Short cut to hell [filmscript].
Mimeo. 108 p. 28 cm.
- Script #123, probably assigned to men’s wardrobe.
- Some holograph notations.
- Filmscript by Edward Oscar Berkman and Raphael David Blau;
motion picture directed by James Cagney, produced by A.C. Lyles
for Paramount Pictures, inc.
- Accompanied by 10 p. of male characters’ wardrobe plot, 19
photographs dated Mar. 5, 1957, and mimeographed shooting
schedule.
Purchase. 1983
1957, May 9 -
Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977, comedian, et al.
Los Angles, Calif. To Arnold Brein.
T.Pc.S. 1 p. 14 cm.
- Also signed by Harpo and Chico Marx.
- Photographic postcard depicting the three Marx
Brothers.
- Date from postmark.
Source unknown. 1981
1957, May 9 -
Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977, comedian.
Los Angeles, Calif. To Arnold Brein.
Pc.S. 1 p. 14 cm.
- Photographic postcard depicting Groucho Marx.
- Date from postmark.
Source unknown. 1981
1957, July 25 -
Adler, Buddy Maurice, 1908-1960, motion picture producer.
To Jerry Wald. Concerning the first draft continuity for the
motion picture
The Long Hot Summer.
D. 23 p. 30 cm.
- Mimeographed on Twentieth Century-Fox letterhead.
- Annotated in unknown hand in red pencil and ink.
- Accompanied by unannotated copy in blue cover.
Transferred from Book Department, Lilly Library. 1982
1957 -
The Rising of the moon (motion picture)
[Film poster].
Map Case
104 x 69 cm.
- Printed.
- In color.
- Copyright 1957. Warner Bros. Pictures.
Gift. 1989
1958, Feb. 5 -
Mandaville, Molly. To Buddy Maurice Adler.
Concerning names of children in the screenplay for the motion picture
The Inn of the sixth happiness.
T. (carbon) L. 1 p. 30 cm.
- On Twentieth Century-Fox inter-office stationary.
Removed from Lennart, Isobel.
The Inn of the sixth
happiness
: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958 (Lilly PN6120.S42 I57). 1985
1958, Feb. 5 -
Mandaville, Molly. To Buddy Maurice Adler.
Concerning questions of Isobel Lennart about the foot-binding references
in the motion picture
The Inn of the sixth
happiness.
T. (carbon) L. 1 p. 30 cm.
- On Twentieth Century-Fox inter-office stationary.
Removed from Lennart, Isobel.
The Inn of the sixth
happiness
: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958 (Lilly PN6120.S42 I57). 1985
1958, Feb. 5 -
Mandaville, Molly. To Buddy Maurice Adler.
Concerning "the way the 'foot-binding' was handled in the first script"
of the motion picture
The Inn of the sixth
happiness.
T. (carbon) L. 5 p. 30 cm.
- On Twentieth Century-Fox inter-office stationary.
Removed from Lennart, Isobel.
The Inn of the sixth
happiness
: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958 (Lilly PN6120.S42 I57). 1985
1958 - [
The
Defiant Ones
: production notes.
A.D. 1 p. 36 cm.
- In pencil and pen on yellow lined paper.
- Pencilled squares on verso.
Removed from
The Defiant Ones by Nathan E.
Douglas and Harold Jacob Smith. Hollywood, Lomitas Productions, 1958 (Lilly PN6120.S42 D313). 1981
1958 -
Robson, Mark, 1913-1978, motion picture director.
To Buddy Maurice Adler. Commenting on and returning copy of
scenes from the script for the motion picture
The
Inn of the sixth happiness.
T.D. 1 p. 30 cm.
- Copy-headed: "Mark Robson's letter to Mr. A."
- Enclosed are carbons of p. 75 and 75A of script, p. 75 with a
pencilled annotation in shorthand.
Removed from Isobel Lennart.
The Inn of the sixth
happiness
: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958 (Lilly PN6120.S42 I57). 1985
1960 -
Sergeant Rutledge (motion picture) [Film
poster].
Map Case
104 x 69 cm.
- Printed.
- In color.
- Copyright 1960. Warner Bros. Pictures.
Gift. 1989
1961, Oct. 3 -
Foote, Horton, 1916-, writer.
To kill a mockingbird; first draft
screenplay.
T. & T. (carbon) D. [160 p.] 28 cm.
- In green covers.
- Front cover has printed note: "Property of
Universal-International Pictures, Universal City, California"
and holograph note: "Master Copy."
- Holograph annotations and revisions throughout.
- Pages dated 9/12/61, 9/25/61, 9/26/61.
- Another copy, with revisions until 12/19/61.
Purchase. 1987
1961 -
Two rode together (motion picture) [Film
poster].
Map Case
104 x 69 cm.
- Printed.
- In color.
- Copyright 1961 by Columbia Pictures Corporation.
Gift. 1989
1964, Feb. 12 -
Williams, Elmo, 1913-, motion picture producer.
Suggested continuity for "Our mother’s house."
T. (carbon) D. 27 p. 26 cm.
- For the motion picture
Our mother’s
house.
Removed from Eleanor Perry.
Our mother's
house.
Twentieth Century Fox, 1964
(Lilly PN6120.S42 O937). 1985
1964, Feb. ? -
Williams, Elmo, 1913, motion picture producer.
Our mother's house; suggested changes in
Eleanor Perry’s first draft screenplay.
T. (carbon) D. 12 p. 26 cm.
Removed from Eleanor Perry.
Our mother's
house.
Twentieth Century Fox, 1964 (Lilly PN6120.S42 O937). 1985
1964 -
Cheyenne autumn (motion picture) [Film
poster].
Map Case
104 x 69 cm.
- Printed.
- In color.
- Copyright 1964 Warner Bros. Pictures.
Gift. 1989
1966 -
7 women (motion picture) [Film poster].
Map Case
104 x 69 cm.
- Printed.
- In color.
- Copyright 1965 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Gift. 1989
1968, July 1 -
Corwin, Norman Lewis, 1910-.
10401 Wellworth Avenue, Los Angeles, California. To
William Rea Cagle, Indiana University, [Bloomington, Indiana]. He is
sending some photographs and an excerpt from a manuscript in preparation
concerning an interview with Sergeĭ Mikkaĭlovich Eisenstein, conducted
by Lee Bland, while on a trip around the world as a recipient of the One
World Award established in memory of Wendell Willkie.
T.L.S. 1 p. 27 cm.
- Accompanied by a photocopy of an excerpt (pages 109-113) from
the manuscript of the interview between Eisenstein and Lee
Bland; two photographs of Sergeĭ Eisenstein, Lee Bland and
Nicholas Borodin; one photograph of Eisenstein and Bland; a
letter from William R. Cagle to Eisenstein, July 11, 1968
(carbon); with negatives of the photographs.
Presented to Lilly Library by Norman Corwin. 1968
1969, July 25 -
Westley, Trudy, film studio official.
London. To Duncan G. Cassell. Has just sent the
screenplay for
The Dubious Patriots for
approval; work on the picture has already begun.
Photostat. 1 p. 28 cm.
- Initialed in ink.
- Addressed: Dear Duncan.
Removed from Nichols, Peter.
Joe Egg: a film
script
. London: Domino Productions, 1969 (Lilly PN6120.S42 D2735), 1982
1969, Oct. 29 -
Westley, Trudy, film studio official.
London. To George Edward Marshall, Jnr. Has sent
the screen play for
Joe Egg by Peter
Nichols for approval.
Photostat. 1 p. 26 cm.
Removed from Nichols, Peter.
Joe Egg: a film
script
. London: Domino Productions, 1969 (Lilly PN6120.S42 D2735), 1982
1986 - [Photographs relating to the
motion picture
The Masters of disaster.]
12.7 x 17.8 cm.
- Ten photographs: publicity, production and movie
stills.
- Accompanied by a printed advertisement and press
releases.
Gift. 1987
ca. 1986 - Color still from the
movie
The Untouchables.
20.3cm. x 25.3cm
Gift. 2002
1991, Aug. 21 - Pizzo, Angelo.
Hickory.
First draft [screenplay] T.D., 67p. 28cm.
Gift. 2001
n.d.
Autry, Gene, 1907-1998.
Autograph. in black ink. 6.25cm x 21.6cm. Attached to
sheet 32.4 x 24.2cm.
Gift. 2003
n.d. -
Haycox, Ernest, 1899-1950, author.
Stage to Lordsburg.
Mimeo. 23 p. 30 cm.
- In blue cover, with notation: Property of Walter Wanger
Productions, Inc.
- Story on which motion picture
Stagecoach was based.
- Story first appeared
Colliers,
vol. 99 (Apr. 10, 1937): 18-19 (AP2.C7); later collected in
Ernest Haycox,
By rope and lead,
Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1951
(Lilly PS3515. A933 B9).
Purchase. 1983
n.d.
MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965.
Autograph. in red pencil across ½ western union telegram sheet,
12.5cm. x 17cm. Attached to sheet 24.7cm x 22cm.
Gift. 2003
n.d. -
Photograph of "Hoosier Hop" dance number in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film,
It's a Great Life, temporarily titled
Cotton and Silk, a Duncan sisters'
talkie, directed by Sam Wood.
28 x 35.5 cm.
- Photograph number: 448-x-17.
- Identification from label pasted on verso.
Gift. 1981
n.d. -
Strick, Joseph, 1923-, motion picture director, and
Fred Haines, screen writer. James Joyce's
Ulysses.
Carbon and T.D. [121 p.] 28 cm.
- First draft screenplay.
- With occasional corrections in pencil.
- Pages 24 and 25 were not written in this draft.
- Pages 51ABCD are typed and inserted between 49 and 50.
- Insert 63 is typed and located between 60 and 61.
- Play appears to be incomplete or unfinished, ending on
numbered page 120.
- Accompanied by a typed statement criticizing the screen play
On title page: Property of City Film Corporation, … New York,
N.Y.
- In brown binder.
- Varies somewhat from the screenplay by Strick and Haines as
produced by the Ulysses Film Production Ltd., London, England,
in 1967 (Lilly PN6120. S42
U47).
Purchase. 1975