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Richard Fleischer film production papers

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Identifier: 2286

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Scope and Contents

This collection consists of production materials related to the career of American film director Richard O. Fleischer (1916-2006). The production materials include scripts, call sheets, storyboards, concept art, photographs, and research notes. Some of the films represented in the collection include Soylent Green, Tora! Tora! Tora!, See No Evil, The New Centurions, and The Jazz Singer.

Dates

  • Creation: 1930s-1980s
  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1960 - 1979

Creator

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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

Robert O. Fleischer (1916-2006) was an American director of film, active from 1943 until 1989. During his career Fleischer received awards for his work on Design for Death, Soylent Green, and a Saturn award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror for his "Career in Film." He was most known for his work on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Fantastic Voyage, Mandingo, and Doctor Doolittle (1976).

Extent

37.3 Linear Feet (32 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

This collection consists of production materials related to the career of American film director Richard O. Fleischer (1916-2006). The production materials include scripts, call sheets, storyboards, concept art, photographs, and research notes.

Processing Information

This collection is not fully processed. Materials have been placed in folders and arranged by production.

Title
Finding aid for the Richard Fleischer film production papers
Status
Unprocessed
Author
Brandon Werts for History Associates Incorporated
Date
2022 February
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

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