Edward Anhalt papers
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Scope and Contents
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). Many of the scripts have personal introductory comments handwritten by Anhalt. There are also miscellaneous materials pertaining to the 1960 Writer's Guild of America strike; various publicity clippings (1952-1965), and a short biographical memoir written in 1965 (Box 12, Folders 13-14). Some of the early screenplays were co-written by Anhalt's first wife Edna Anhalt.
Dates
- Creation: 1949 - 1969
Creator
- Anhalt, Edward, 1914-2000 (Person)
- Anhalt, Edna (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Anhalt (1914-2000) was an American screenwriter. He began as a writer with his first wife, Edna Anhalt, using the pen name "Andrew Holt" in the 1940s, and their first screenwriting credit was for "Strange Voyage" (1946). He received Academy Awards for writing for "Panic in the Streets" (1950) and "Becket" (1964).
Extent
8.3 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
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).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Edward Anhalt, December 19, 1969.
Processing Information
Previously cataloged as Collection no. 27.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the Edward Anhalt papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2021 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu