Dan Duryea collection
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Dan Duryea's papers and scrapbooks with photographs and newspaper clippings, scripts, and contracts. Duryea (1907-1968) was an American actor both on stage and in films and television series. This collection includes his work on television series "China Smith" and "Peyton Place."
Materials include approximately 70 screenplays (1941-1966); television scripts for approximately 50 episodes of The Affairs of China Smith (1952-1956); approximately 75 miscellaneous television scripts for programs in which Duryea acted; television scripts and call sheets for approximately 60 episodes of Peyton Place (1967-1968); and scripts of 6 stage plays (1952-1956). Also included are 8 scrapbooks (1924-1967), correspondence, publicity booklets, articles, story treatments, and programs. Among the screenplays are Ball of Fire (1941), The Little Foxes (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), and Winchester '73 (1950).
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940s-1968
Creator
- Duryea, Dan, 1907-1968 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
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
Dan Duryea (1907-1968) was an American actor both on stage and in films and television series. Duryea often played villain roles, acted in film noir and western series, and was a Broadway actor.
Extent
25.25 Linear Feet (17 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of Dan Duryea's papers and scrapbooks with photographs and newspaper clippings, scripts, and contracts. Duryea (1907-1968) was an American actor both on stage and in films and television series. This collection includes his work on television series "China Smith" and "Peyton Place."
Processing Information
This collection is not fully processed.
Subject
- Duryea, Dan, 1907-1968 -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Dan Duryea collection
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 February
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2023 July: Finding aid updated by Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated.
- Box: 1 (Scrapbooks)
- Box: 2a (Scrapbooks)
- Box: 2b (Scrapbooks)
- Box: 3a (Scrapbooks)
- Box: 3b (Scrapbooks)
- Box: 4 (Scrapbooks)
- Box: 5 (Scrapbooks)
- Box: 6 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 7 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 8 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 9 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 10 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 11 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 12 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 13 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 14 (Textual Materials)
- Box: 15 (Textual Materials)
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