Screenplays written for Jean Harlow, 1931-1936.

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Screenplays written for Jean Harlow, 1931-1936.

Box 1: Three versions of THE RED-HEADED WOMAN by Katharine Brush, screen play by Bess Meredyth & C. Gardner Sullivan: 1. First unused script, edited by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nov. 13, 1931, 66 p., 2. Miscellaneous sections of script, typescript carbon with corrections, 1/8/32 - 8/16/32, 565 p., and 3. Shooting script, March 17 1932, 135 p. Box 2: Two versions of SARATOGA by Anita Loos: 1. Typescript screenplay, 8/20/36, 176 p., and 2. Dialogue continuity by Anita Loos and Robert Hopkins, 12/29/36. Jean Harlow and Clark Gable starred. Harlow had collapsed on the set before completion and died on June 7, 1937, however the film was completed and proved very successful. 3. Typescript of screenplay GIRL FROM MISSOURI (original title, EADIE WAS A LADY) by Anita Loos and John Emerson, March 20 1934, 121 p. 4. Typescript of screenplay RECKLESS by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and P.J. Wolfson, October 25 1934, 136 p.

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Gable, Clark, 1901-1960

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William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960), more commonly known as Clark Gable, was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. Gable died of a heart attack; his final on-screen appearance was of an aging cowboy in The Misfits, released posthumously in 1961. Born and raised in Ohio, Gable traveled to Hollyw...

Meredyth, Bess

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Harlow, Jean Anne

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Mankiewicz, Joseph L.

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz, screenwriter; John Klempner, novelist, and Vera Caspary, screenwriter and adapter, uncredited here. From the description of A letter to three wives : screenplay, 1948 May 19. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615419 Writer, director. From the description of Reminiscences of Joseph L. Mankiewicz : oral history, 1958. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419436 From the description of R...

Brush, Katharine, 1902-1952

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American author. From the description of Typewritten letter signed : [n.p.], to Arthur William Brown, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270539299 Katharine Brush (1902–1952), the author of short stories, novels, articles, and screenplays, was born Katharine Ingham, in Middletown, Connecticut, to Charles Samuel and Clara Louis Ingham, and raised in South Byfield, Massachusetts. Brush began writing fiction in 1923 and won recognition with the novels Young Man...

Wolfson, P. J. (Pincus Jacob), 1903-1979

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Sullivan, C. Gardner, 1884-1965

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Loos, Anita, 1893-1981

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Anita Loos, screenwriter and novelist, was born on April 26, 1893, in Sisson, CA, the daughter of R. Beers and Minnie Ellen Loos. Miss Loos wrote the subtitles for D. W. Griffith's film, Intolerance, in 1916. Her best known work is Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She died on August 18, 1981, at the age of 93. From the guide to the Anita Loos papers, 1917-1981, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) American author and screenwriter. From the descrip...

Hopkins, Robert, 1931-

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Sept. 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He began writing while a student at Princeton University. He met his wife, Zelda, while serving in the US Army stationed in Alabama. His novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and he became an instant success. He published he Great Gatsby in 1925. Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 of a heart attack at age 44 while living in Los Angeles and working for the film industry....