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Collection
Identifier: 2151
Abstract
Arthur Freed was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his MGM musical productions of such films as "An American in Paris", "Singin' in the Rain", "Meet Me in St. Louis", and "Gigi". This collection comprises primarly film files (produced and unproduced), considered projects, playscripts and screenplays, phonograph albums, and artwork and stills. It also contains personal papers, correspondence and letters, awards, certificates and ephemera, and books and scrapbooks.
Dates:
1919 - 1975
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2234
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of director John Stahl (1886-1950). Materials include approximately 20 screenplays; correspondence, telegrams, and memos; publicity clippings and reviews of many of Stahl’s films; books (mostly novels); synopses and treatments; approximately 50 photographs and stills; two sketchbooks; and a research book.
Dates:
1922 - 1955
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2179
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of American film producer David Weisbart (1915-1967). Materials consist of screenplays, correspondence, stills, budgets, and general production materials relating to approximately 13 films produced by Weisbart; miscellaneous scripts and treatments pertaining to 56 unproduced films and television shows; synopses of approximately 30 projects (1950-1960); and extensive memos of correspondence from the story department at Twentieth Century-Fox (1950-1959)....
Dates:
1950 - 1967
Collection
Identifier: 2295
Abstract
Robert Wise was an American movie director and producer, best known for "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music", as well as his early career at RKO Pictures, wherein he infamously re-edited and directed a scene in Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons". This collection comprises primarily film files of twenty-six completed as well as proposed projects including "The Sound of Music", "West Side Story", and "The Haunting". It also contains awards and ephemera, correspondence, personal...
Dates:
1904 - 2001