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This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter Edward Anhalt (1914-2000), dating from 1949 to 1969. Materials include scripts and related items for thirty films and television programs (several unproduced).

Abstract This collection contains the papers of American entertainers Jim Backus (1913-1989) and Henny Backus (1911-2004). Materials include scripts of nineteen movies, scripts of fourteen segments of The Jim Backus Show ("Hot Off the Line") radio program; script of the 1967 television version of Damn Yankees; approximately 15 phonograph records of the early 1940s War Department "Jubilee" radio programs; three phonograph records of the Allan young radio show (1947); and phonograph records of...

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Collection consists of stills and photographs, from 15 films and 20 stage plays; scripts of 15 stage plays and 6 television shows in which the actress Fay Bainter (1892-1968) appeared. Also includes personal documents, clippings and correspondence.

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This collection contains photographs, clippings, audio discs, and production materials from movie, television, and theater projects of German director John Brahm (1893-1982), dating from the 1920s to the 1960s and chiefly for American projects.

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Collection consists of Name files, subject files, and production files of news clippings on subjects in motion pictures and television. Includes reviews and production information. Begun in-house during 1940s and enhanced through a number of donations.

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This collection includes production stills, costuming notes, and costume illustrations from various film projects worked on by American costume designer Renié.

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This collection contains the papers of American director George Cukor (1899-1983), covering the years 1932-1963. Materials include telegrams, correspondence, photographs, stills and a television script for "This is Your Life" honoring Bessie Love (1965). The majority of the correspondence is from Laurette Taylor (1933-1935) and between Cukor and Moss Hart (1945-1959).

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This collection consists of scripts and production material for the 1969 television production of Arsenic and Old Lace by writer Luther Davis (1921-2008). It includes drafts of the television script, a model of the set for the television production, reviews of the television program, and a printed copy of the script for the stage play version.

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This collection consists of clippings, scrapbooks, vaudeville photo album, musical arrangements, posters, awards, stills from stage, motion pictures, and television covering the period 1925-1974 from actor Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974). There are also miscellaneous scripts from his stage appearances including "How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying", as well as the screenplay for Dixie (1943) and television scripts for The Doris Day Show and Love American Style.

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This collection contains the papers of American television and film actor Don DeFore (1913-1993). Materials include 31 screenplays, 9 reels of TV film, 16 radio transcriptions of late 1940s programs. Also included are movie magazines, publicity materials, playbills, pressbooks, clippings, photos, business papers and personal items. Collection covers the years 1947-1967.