Hugh Fordin papers
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Scope and Contents
This small collection contains papers of American music producer and biographer Hugh Fordin (1935-2019). Materials consist of some research subject files, movie stills, cassette tapes of an interview of American author and MGM vocal arranger Kay Thompson (1909-1998) conducted by Fordin in 1972, and a typescript manuscript and proof of Fordin's book The World of Entertainment! Hollywood's Greatest Musicals: The Freed Unit at MGM (1975) about Arthur Freed (1894-1973) and his MGM musicals department.
Dates
- Creation: 1952 - 1975
Creator
- Fordin, Hugh, 1935-2019 (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
Hugh Fordin (1935-2019) was a theater and music producer and author of multiple books including works on of Oscar Hammerstein and Arthur Freed and his MGM musicals department.
Extent
1.56 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This small collection contains papers of American music producer and biographer Hugh Fordin (1935-2019), primarily relating to his book, "The World of Entertainment! Hollywood's Greatest Musicals: The Freed Unit at MGM" (1975) about Arthur Freed (1894-1973) and his MGM musicals department.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Hugh Fordin, September 23, 1975.
Subject
- Fordin, Hugh, 1935-2019 -- Archives (Person)
- Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973 (Person)
- Thompson, Kay, 1909-1998 -- Interviews (Person)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Hugh Fordin papers
- Status
- Publish Basic
- Author
- Diann Benti
- 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
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu