Zoë Akins Papers, 1915-1958

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Zoë Akins Papers, 1915-1958

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Zoë Akins (1886-1958) was born in Missouri and relocated to California in 1928. A playwright, Akins plays enjoyed great popularity in the 1920s and 1930s on Broadway and in screen adaptations. The collection consists of Zoë Akins's literary manuscripts of plays, screenplays, and stories. Also includes bibliographical material and a report of the Zoë Akins Collection at the Huntington Library.

4 boxes (2 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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Akins, Zoë (1886-1958).

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Zoë Akins (1886-1958) was a dramatist, novelist, poet and screenwriter. Born in Missouri, Akins wrote plays for the better part of two decades before she moved to California in 1928 and worked as a screenwriter under contract to Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She won the Pulitzer prize for her play, The old maid (1936), which she adapted from the story by Edith Wharton. From the description of Papers of Zoë Akins, 1907-1951. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical ...