Delmer Daves papers, 1930-1965.

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

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Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana on June 9, 1891. As a boy he took lessons in piano and violin, and began writing songs while in prep school. He attended Yale College (Class of 1913), where he composed fight songs that are still used today. After graduating, he went on to Harvard Law School, but he had little interest in law and soon began studying music instead. Porter would later complete his musical education at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. Porter's first Broadway show, See America F...

Lancaster, Burt, 1913-1994

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Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-year career in film and, later, television. He was a four-time nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actor (winning once), and he also won two BAFTA Awards and one Golden Globe Award for Best Lead Actor. The American Film Institute ranks Lancaster as #19 of th...

Hughes, Charles Evans, 1862-1948

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Charles Evans Hughes Sr. (April 11, 1862 – August 27, 1948) was an American statesman, Republican Party politician, and the 11th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the 36th Governor of New York, the Republican nominee in the 1916 presidential election, and the 44th United States Secretary of State. Born to a Welsh immigrant preacher and his wife in Glens Falls, New York, Hughes pursued a legal career in New York City. After working in private practice for several ye...

Stewart, James, 1908-1997

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James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart had a film career that spanned over 55 years and 80 films. With the strong morality he portrayed both on and off the screen, Stewart epitomized the "American ideal" in twentieth-century United States. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors. Born and raised i...

Blaustein, Julian

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Blaustein (1913- ) has been a motion picture producer since 1949. From the description of Papers, 1948-1983. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31453257 ...

Kohl, Manfred.

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Newman, Alfred, 1901-1970

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Newman was born on Mar. 17, 1901 in New Haven, CT; became pianist, composer, and conductor; studied with Sigismond Stojowski, Reuben Goldmark, George Wedge, and Arnold Schoenberg; at age 13 he played piano at the Strand Theatre in NY, and was a pianist, accompanist, and conductor in vaudeville, and later in Broadway musicals; moved to Hollywood in 1930; appeared as a guest conductor with the Cincinnati Symphony, National Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony; became...

Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Rod Steiger : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 86158387 ...

Sherwood, Robert E. (Robert Emmet), 1896-1955

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American playwright. From the description of Letter, Surrey, England, to Malcolm Wells, New York City [manuscript], 1948 August 30. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647817235 Sherwood was a noted American dramatist. He was born in New Rochelle, N.Y., graduated from Harvard in 1918, and served in World War I. He wrote for Vanity Fair and Life magazines, serving as editor of the latter from 1924 to 1928. His first play, written in 1927, was an immediate success. H...

Wilson, Sloan, 1920-2003

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Wilde, Cornel

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McEwen, Walter 1860-1943

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Jensen, Oliver, 1914-2005

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Editor, writer. From the description of Reminiscences of Oliver Ormerod Jensen : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739742 ...

Chandler, Jeff

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Mandaville, Molly.

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Fadiman, William

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Donahue, Troy, 1936-2001

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Arnold, Elliott, 1912-1980

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Biographical note: Author, and Tucson resident in the early 1950s, Elliott Arnold wrote more than 25 books including "Blood Brother." Arnold was also one of the founders of the Tucson Festival Society. From the description of Blood Brother typescript, ca. 1947-1947. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 320898305 Elliott Arnold was born September 13, 1912, in New York City. He attended college at CCNY and NYU and began his writing caree...

Maltz, Albert, 1908-1985

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Author; interviewee d. 1985. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert Maltz : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122597732 Albert Maltz (1908-1985) was a movie screenwriter, playwright, and novelist during the twentieth century. Born in Brooklyn, New York and educated at Columbia University and Yale University, Maltz started his show business career as a playwright and wrote several plays during the 1930s, including ...

Boggs, George Marion

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Webb, Clifton, Sir, 1899-1962

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Alberghetti, Anna Maria

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Wald, Jerry, 1919-1973

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Klune, Ray A., 1904-

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Breen, Joseph Ignatius, 1890-1965

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Mills, John, -1784?

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Ritchie, Ward, 1905-1996

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Biography Ward Ritchie was born in 1905 in Los Angeles, and grew up in a series of residences in the Los Angeles and Pasadena areas. His father was in the pharmaceutical trade. He attended Marengo Avenue School and Occidental College, transferring to Stanford, University of the South, and back to Occidental again. After a brief try at law school at USC he decided to make a career the book arts, influenced by a reading of T.J. Cobden-Sanderson...

Wright, Dora

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Daves, Delmer, 1904-1977

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Film producer and director. From the description of Reminiscences of Delmar Lawrence Daves : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122440931 Writer, director, and producer Warner Brothers (1943-1967). Director, writer, and producer Twentieth Century Fox (1949, 1954). Graduate of Stanford University (1927). From the description of Delmer Daves papers, 1930-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122332772 ...

Warner, Jack, 1916-

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Darby, Ken

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Kenneth Lorin Darby (1909-1992) was a vocal performer, coach, supervisor, arranger, conductor and musical scorer for many motion pictures. In 1929, he became a member of the vocal group The King's Men. He worked with Disney and at 20th Century Fox as a studio associate to Alfred Newman. He was the author of Hollywood Holyland and worked on many of the most popular films of the 1940s and 1950s. These included: The Robe, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Camelot, The King and I and South Pacific. ...

Wagner, Robert, 1943-....

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C. W. (Curt W.) Wagner, the father of Robert Wagner, was born in Germany ca. 1889 and immigrated to the United States in 1906. A baker by trade, he was at various times in his career a baker for the Karluk, Alaska, fish hatchery, a cook for the Alaska Railroad, and the proprietor or coproprietor of a restaurant and lunch counter in San Francisco and a bakery in Los Banos, California. In Fairbanks, Alaska, he was proprietor of the North Pole Bakery in the 1930s. From the description o...

Robinson, Casey

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Shurlock, Geoff, 1896-

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Balanchine, George

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Ballet dancer and ballet and theater choreographer; the major ballet figure in the twentieth century. From the description of Correspondence and contracts, 1949-1966. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122533853 George Balanchine (1904-1983) was a Russian-American dancer and choreographer. In 1921 he graduated from the Theatre School in Petrograd. He left Russia in 1924, and the same year he was engaged by Serge Diaghilev as a choreographer for his company Ballet...

Wallis, Hal B., 1899-1986

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Moving-picture producer. From the description of Reminiscences of Hal Brent Wallis : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481255 Epithet: of Universal Studies British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001027.0x000312 ...

Howard, Trevor, 1916-1988

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Hunter, Evan, 1926-2005

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Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000

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English actor. From the description of Autograph letter signed and autograph postal card signed : Petersfield, to Denys Blakelock, 1958 Dec. 10 and [1959] Sept. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870929 Access to the archive was provided to Piers Paul Read who wrote the authorised biography of Alec Guinness. Therefore the archive, to some extent, has been arranged and information has been collected and added by Read. The impact of his use of the archive is most noticeable...

Beatty, Warren, 1937-....

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Fonda, Henry, 1905-1982

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Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982), known more commonly as Henry Fonda, was an American film and stage actor who had a career that spanned five decades in Hollywood. Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in several films now considered to be classics, earning one Academy Award for Best Actor on two nominations. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor and made his Hollywood film debut in 1935. His film career began to gain momentum with roles such as Bette Da...

Abramson, Harold A. (Harold Alexander), 1899-1980

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Stevens, Connie, 1938-

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Joy, Jason S.

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American director of public relations at Twentieth Century-Fox Corporation. From the description of Typed letter signed : Beverly Hills, Calif., to John Steinbeck, 1948 July 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 776909759 From the description of Typed letter signed : Beverly Hills, Calif., to John Steinbeck, 1948 June 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 775364291 ...

Bancroft, Anne, 1931-2005

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Buck, Jules, 1917-2001

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American film producer . From the description of Typed letter signed : Beverly Hills, Calif., to John [Steinbeck], 1950 June 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777987116 ...

Seligman, Mort.

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Jourdan, Louis

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Titus, Harold H. (Harold Hopper), 1896-1984

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Finch, Hildegarde.

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Widmark, Richard

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Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006

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Hill, William.

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Clarke, James C.

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Epithet: Attorney-General of the Isle of Man British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001476.0x00017b ...

Tierney, Gene

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O'Hara, Maureen, 1920-....

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Schary, Dore

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Dore Schary (1905-1980) was an American motion picture producer and playwright. From the description of Dore Schary collection of letters by Confederate soldiers, 1861-1864. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122456033 Motion picture writer and producer. From the description of Reminiscences of Dore Schary : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512760 Motion picture producer an...

Burton, Patricia.

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Wright, I. C. (Ian Craig), 1958-

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Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979

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American location manager for Twentieth Century-Fox. From the description of Preservation photocopy of a telegram : Los Angeles, Calif., to John Steinbeck, 1949 Apr. 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777685508 Epithet: of Twentieth-Century-Fox Film Corporation British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000564.0x0001ac Screenplay writer, author, and motion picture director. From the guide ...

Wynn, Ed, 1932-

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Edelman, Louis F.

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Einfeld, Charles.

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Lawrence, Mary, 1918-

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Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974

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Film actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Walter Brennan : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481048 Born on July 24, 1894 in Swampscott, Massachusetts, Walter Andrew Brennan graduated from Rindge Technical School and enlisted in the U.S. army at the age of 23. As a private in the 101st Regiment Field Artillery, Brennan spent two years fighting in France during World War I. After discharge in 1919, he spent so...

Webb, Gordon R.

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Kelly, W. D.

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Colbert, Claudette

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Cohn, Harry, 1940-....

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