George Eells papers

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2464

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection includes the papers of American author, editor, and biographer George Eells (1922-1995). Materials include research documents, interview transcripts, and newspaper clippings for his books. He wrote biographies on Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper, Cole Porter, and Mae West.

Dates

Creation: Majority of material found within 1960s-1970s

Creator

Eells, George (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

George Eells (1922-1995) was an American writer, editor, and biographer. He wrote biographies on Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper, Cole Porter, and Mae West. Eells' book on Parsons and Hopper became a television movie, "Malice in Wonderland" (1985). Eells also wrote scripts for the television series “This Is Your Life.”