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Screenplays

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Sidney Buchman screenplay, The gentlemen misbehave

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 138] 1: [Barcode: i19790478]
Identifier: SFM 138
Abstract

Final draft of the screenplay for the Columbia Pictures film The Talk of the Town, originally titled The Gentlemen Misbehave, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur. Includes a revised synopsis and cast roster for the movie.

Dates: 1941 Jan 14

Dana Burnet papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 141
Abstract

The papers consist of Dana Burnet's correspondence, 1926-1959, primarily with his literary agents Carl and Carol Brandt; manuscripts of short stories, plays and screenplays, most notably The Great Commandment; tearsheets; and contracts.

Dates: 1915-1963

Calvin Clements papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 493
Abstract

Calvin J. Clements (1915-1997) was a writer of television scripts, screenplays, and adventure stories. The collection includes television scripts and one screenplay.

Dates: 1958-1966

Richard Collins papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 691
Abstract

Collection comprises papers of American screenwriter and producer Richard Collins and includes motion picture scripts, scenarios, screen plays, outlines and treatments by Collins and others; television scripts, including scripts for the Breaking point and Chrysler theatre series; and professional correspondence. Major correspondents are Marjorie Cantor, Frank Dorsey, Arnaud d'Usseau and Ned Russell.

Dates: 1932-1967

Gerry Day papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 436
Abstract

Gerry Day was an author and screenwriter for film and television. The collection contains manuscripts of screenplays, screen stories, and television scripts for T.V. series including Wagon Train, The Virginian, The New Perry Mason, Marcus Welby, M.D, The High Chaparral, Little House on the Prairie, The Ford Television Theatre, and Whiplash.

Dates: 1949-1975

Ralph Dyar papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 255
Abstract

Ralph E. Dyar (1885-1955) was an author and playwright who also worked for and wrote about newspapers and newspaper promotion and research. The collection contains literary manuscripts, correspondence, and the working files for the book, News for an Empire: The Story of the Spokesman-Review of Spokane, Washington, and of the Field it Serves.

Dates: 1907-1955

Michael Fessier papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 428
Abstract

Collection comprises papers of American author Michael Fessier and includes manuscripts of 185 short stories, seven plays, seven teleplays, nine screenplays, three novels, a few scenarios and radio scripts, and a collection of published pieces.

Dates: 1927-1967

Frederick D. Glidden papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 148
Abstract

Frederick D. Glidden was one of America's foremost western authors. Under the pen name Luke Short he published several novels, novelettes and articles. He also wrote a number of screenplays and teleplays. This collection documents his writing career and publishing record through manuscripts, correspondence, reviews, magazines, tearsheets and personal documents.

Dates: 1933-1976

Nathan C. Goldstone papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 390
Abstract

Collection comprises literary properties of Nathan C. Goldstone and the Goldstone-Tobias Agency, Inc. Properties include screenplays, screen treatments, and other works by Houston Branch, Howard Fast, Paul Gaer, David Martin, Alden Nash and Mary Loos Sale.

Dates: circa 1935-1965

Paul Green screenplays and scripts

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 429
Abstract

Paul Eliot Green (1894-1981) was a teacher and a writer of plays, screenplays, novels, short stories, essays, song lyrics and libretti, and screenplays. The collection contains screenplays and other writings relating to film.

Dates: 1925-1942

Alice Tisdale Hobart papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 197
Abstract

Alice Tisdale Hobart was a writer who wrote about her life in China; her most successful book is Oil for the lamps of China. The Alice Tisdale Hobart papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, galley proofs, source materials, reviews, publicity materials, and copies of all books written by Alice Tisdale Hobart.

Dates: 1916-1967

Vance Hoyt papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 312
Abstract

Vance J. Hoyt (1889-1967) was a physician, naturalist, and a writer. The collection (1913-1965) contains manuscripts of radio, and motion picture scripts, and articles, correspondence, copies of published works, scrapbooks, and photographs.

Dates: 1913-1965

James Ivory papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 283
Abstract James Francis Ivory (1928-) is an American director best known for the films he made as part of Merchant Ivory Productions, the production company he formed with his longtime collaborators producer Ismail Merchant and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. The James Ivory Papers comprise his personal and professional papers, and include material relating to Ivory's feature films, television programs and commercials, Merchant Ivory Productions materials (including papers of Ismail Merchant and...
Dates: circa 1960-2005

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 457
Abstract

Collection comprises the papers of novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, including original screenplay drafts, notes, personal research documents, completed screenplays, writing agreements, and correspondence relating primarily to Merchant Ivory film productions from 1965 to 2009.

Dates: 1973-2011

Love Without Lovers play script by Ingmar Bergman

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025042462099]
Identifier: Coll 435
Abstract

Ingmar Bergman, Swedish-born director, writer and producer, famous for such films as The Seventh Seal and Persona, completed the script included in this collection in 1978. The collection consists of a typed translation of the unfilmed/unperformed script for Love Without Lovers , and includes a letter detailing his motivations for writing the script, major plot points, and the directions for the "framing" of the piece.

Dates: 1978

Jacland Marmur papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ax 825
Abstract

Jacland Marmur (1901-1970) was an author best known for his Navy related stories. The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, tearsheets, index cards, books, pulps, articles, photographs, drawings, memorabilia, and reviews.

Dates: 1930-1969

Dudley Dean McGaughey papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 211
Abstract

Dudley Dean McGaughy (1906-1986), a prolific writer of pulp westerns who published over 100 books during his lifetime, was represented by the Lenniger Literary Agency. Collection includes manuscripts and correspondence.

Dates: 1953-1974

Ismail Merchant papers

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 320
Abstract

Ismail Merchant was a movie producer, director, and writer of books on film and cookbooks. Collection consists of personal journals, screenplays, film production activities, book manuscripts, personal and business correspondence, and personal papers.

Dates: circa 1970s-2005

Rutherford Montgomery papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 352
Abstract

The collection of Rutherford Montgomery includes manuscripts (book length, short story and anthology), published works, correspondence, miscellaneous items (such as speeches, screenplays and screeplay ideas for television and movies), tearsheets, illustrations, scrapbooks, articles, other writings, third party manuscripts, photographs and several other materials that represent Montgomery's career as an author and his career at Walt Disney Studios.

Dates: 1931-1973

William J. Rapp papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 604
Abstract

William Jourdan Rapp (1895-1942) was a free-lance writer, playwright, radio script writer, and producer. The collection contains correspondence, plays, advertising and article manuscripts, Harlem Renaissance research, biographical material, publications, photographs, and a WWI era scrapbook of a YMCA camp in Greece.

Dates: 1911-1942

Lifeboat : screenplay, 1943 July 29 / by Jo Swerling

 Collection — Multiple collection box [SFM 137] 1: [Barcode: i19790491]
Identifier: SFM 137
Abstract

Screenplay by Jo Swerling for Lifeboat. Includes typed revisions.

Dates: 1943 July 29

Matthew Taylor papers

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 35025042052460]
Identifier: Ax 367
Abstract

Matthew "Matt" Ambrose Taylor (1897-1966) was a reporter, writer, and script writer of short fiction, plays, and detective stories, many of which were adapted for radio, TV, or movies. The collection contains published and unpublished short stories, plays, radio and television scripts, and correspondence.

Dates: 1930-1966

Ruth Cornwall Woodman papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 690
Abstract The Ruth Cornwall Woodman Papers include radio and television scripts for "Death Valley Days," and other television scripts and miscellaneous papers, 1914-1916, 1930-1969. The collection includes scripts and associated material for 204 "Death Valley Days" radio and television programs, an index to the scripts, notebooks from summer research trips, and correspondence with Death Valley acquaintances. There is also research data and a draft for The History of the Pacific Coast Borax Company,...
Dates: 1913-1916, 1930-1969

Robert Vincent Wright papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ax 433

Robert Vincent Wright (1919-2007) was a writer for various television programs in the 1960s and 1970s. The papers include screenplays, unpublished and published writing, biographical information, writings of family members, correspondence, and family photographs.

Dates: 1894-1994; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1980