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Robert Wise papers
Collection
Identifier: 2295
Abstract
Robert Wise was an American movie director and producer, best known for "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music", as well as his early career at RKO Pictures, wherein he infamously re-edited and directed a scene in Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons". This collection comprises primarily film files of twenty-six completed as well as proposed projects including "The Sound of Music", "West Side Story", and "The Haunting". It also contains awards and ephemera, correspondence, personal...
Dates:
1904 - 2001
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Fay Wray papers
Collection
Identifier: 2194
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of actress Fay Wray (1907-2004), as well as papers of her two husbands, writer John Monk Saunders (1895-1940) and screenwriter Robert Riskin (1897-1955). Materials include scrapbooks dealing with the careers of Wray and her two husbands; stills, including publicity photographs from films in which Wray appeared; screenplays written by Riskin, 13 short 16mm films produced by Riskin during World War II; and miscellaneous items such as contracts, magazines,...
Dates:
circa 1924-1950s
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Noah Young photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2638
Abstract
This collection consists of production stills and headshots of silent film supporting actor Noah Young (1887-1958). Young performed in more than 50 films for Hal Roach Studios from the late 1910s to the mid 1930s, including with Laurel and Hardy, Snub Pollard, and Harold Lloyd.
Dates:
approximately 1920s-1930s
Found in:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library