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Screenwriters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg

 Collection
Identifier: 6136
Abstract The Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg consists of material relating to Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)--the American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist--collected by Nicholas Beck (1932-2017). The collection includes material on Budd Schulberg's life, family, and works; the Watts Writers Workshop -- a creative writing group initiated by Budd Schulberg following the 1965 Watts Riots; correspondence between Beck and Schulberg's extended family; archival documents by and about...
Dates: 1913 - 2017

Philip Dunne papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2041
Abstract

Collection consists of notes for each film that writer, director, producer Philip Dunne (1908-1992) worked on; 5 reels of taped self-interviews; working copies of 15 novels adapted for the screen.

Dates: 1935 - 2000

Tay Garnett papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2502
Abstract

This collection contains the papers and scrapbooks of American film writer and director Tay Garnett (1898-1977), including screenplays, scripts, and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1928 - 1963

Rupert Hughes papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0173
Abstract

Collection consists of subject files, typescripts, correspondence, published articles and personal memorabilia of American novelist, biographer, screenwriter, and musicologist Rupert Hughes (1872-1956).

Dates: 1895 - 1954

Ernst Jaeger papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0340
Abstract The collection comprises correspondence between Ernst Jaeger and filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl, starting in the 1950s to the 1970s as well as screenplays, manuscripts and other correspondence from Ernst Jaeger.Blending audio recordings, photographs and correspondence, the cinematic memorabilia offers insight into the tumultuous relationship of the one-time colleagues, revealing how Riefenstahl coped emotionally and financially with her unenvious status as a social pariah...
Dates: 1950 - 1970

Lichtig & Englander letters

 Collection
Identifier: 6051
Abstract

Letters to the Hollywood agency Lichtig & Englander, many addressed directly to Harry Lichtig, from novelists, screenwriters, editors, actors and actresses. Some of the letters have notes inscribed by the firm regarding action taken. The letters describe the routine business activities of Hollywood agents during the period 1920s-1950s, particularly in regard to the buying and selling of scripts.

Dates: 1923 - 1951

Stephen Longstreet papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0175
Abstract

Typescripts, manuscripts, galleys, artwork, letters, financial records, and personal material created and collected by writer and artist Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002) over the course of his long career.

Dates: 1922 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990

Edana Romney papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0256
Abstract

The Edana Romney papers consists almost exclusively of Ms. Romney's research materials for her unproduced screenplay on the life of Sir Richard Burton. Included are journals, notebooks, photocopies of the script at various stages of completion, audiotapes, and correspondence, as well as realia and ephemera, and some personal materials. Edana Romney was born Edna Rubinstein in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Dates: 1925 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1978 - 1985

Sidney Sheldon papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2303
Abstract

This collection consists of American writer and producer Sidney Sheldon's (1917-2007) scripts, production notes, and manuscripts. Sheldon wrote for film, television, novels, and for Broadway.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s

Irving Shulman papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0021
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of the novelist, screenwriter, and biographer Irving Shulman, who is best known for writing the screenplay for "Rebel Without a Cause". His papers include manuscripts and typescripts of screenplays, short stories, novels, and biographies.

Dates: 1931 - 1970