Budd Schulberg papers

Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994

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First Lady Jacqueline Lee “Jackie” (Bouvier) Kennedy Onassis was a symbol of strength for a traumatized nation after the assassination of one the country’s most energetic political figures, President John F. Kennedy, who served from 1961 to 1963. The inauguration of John F. Kennedy in 1961 brought to the White House and to the heart of the nation a beautiful young wife and the first young children of a President in half a century. She was born Jacqueline Lee Bouvier, daughter of John Verno...

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....

Schulberg, B. P., 1892-1957

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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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Pearl S. Buck was the daughter of American missionary parents, and spent the first seventeen years of her life in China. Her third novel, The Good Earth, won the Pulitzer Prize, and a Nobel Prize for literature followed, citing The Good Earth as well as her biographies of her parents. Critical reception for her works has been mixed since these early successes. A prolific and optimistic author, most of her fiction is set in China, and she displays great affection for the place and her characters....

Mailer, Norman

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American writer. From the description of Letters to Theodore S. Amussen [manuscript], [ca. 1948?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823381 Norman Mailer was an American author and celebrity, admired for his novels and social commentary, and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes. Born in New Jersey and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Mailer became interested in writing while studying aeronautical engineering at Harvard. He served in World War II, which led to the acclai...

Dartmouth College. Winter Carnival

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Dahl, Roald, 1916-1990

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Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, and wartime fighter ace. Dahl was born in Wales to affluent Norwegian immigrant parents, and spent most of his life in England. He served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He became a fighter pilot and, subsequently, an intelligence officer, rising to the rank of acting wing commander. He rose to prominence as a writer in the 1940s with works ...

Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961

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George Simon Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was a playwright, director, producer, humorist, and drama critic noted for his many collaborations with other writers and his contributions to 20th century American comedy. His most successful solo script was The Butter and Egg Man, 1925. As a collaborator, Kaufman was prolific: with Marc Connelly he wrote Merton of the Movies, Dulcy, and Beggar on Horseback; with Ring Lardner he wrote June Moon; with Edna Ferber he wrote The Royal Family, ...

Crawford, Joan, 1908-1977

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Joan Crawford, actress. From the description of Joan Crawford scrapbooks, 1925-1960, microform. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122517687 From the guide to the Joan Crawford scrapbooks, [microform.], 1925-1960, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Joan Crawford was a film star whose career spanned five decades, from silent films onward, and who worked in many genres including drama, musicals, comedy, Westerns, and horror films, ...

Serling, Rod, 1924-1975

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Rodman Edward Serling was born Dec. 25, 1924 in Syracuse, NY; served as paratrooper in 11th Airborne Division during WWII; discharged as a result of a shrapnel wound, 1946; attended Antioch College and began writing, directing, and acting in local radio plays; sold first television script in 1949; married wife Carol in 1948 and had two daughters; moved to Hollywood to write teleplays in mid-1950s; won 6 Emmy awards with scripts for Patterns, Requiem for a heavyweight, and The comedian, among oth...

Brandt, C. J. (Carl Joakim), 1817-1889

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Fosse, Bob, 1927-1987

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Bob Fosse, choreographer of original works. Richard Maltby, Jr., Chet Walker, and Ann Reinking, co-conceivers. From the description of Fosse: typescript, 1999. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144651950 Bob Fosse was an American musical theater and film dancer, choreographer and director. He was born on June 23, 1927 and died Sept. 23, 1987. Gwen Verdon was an American musical theater and film dancer and actress. She was born on Jan. 13,1925 and died on Oct. 18...

Schulberg, Budd

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Schulberg was a New York-born novelist, reared in Hollywood, who also wrote for the film and stage. He died in 2009 at the age of 95. From the description of Budd Schulberg papers, 1936-1967. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 609703260 American writer. From the description of The disenchanted (galley proof), 1950 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823236 ...

Rapf, Maurice, 1914-2003

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Beatty, Warren, 1937-....

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Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014

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Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of Eli Wallach : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122362003 ...

Jackson, Charles, 1903-1968

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Charles Jackson was born in Summit, N.J. and became a staff writer for the Columbia Broadcasting System, 1936-1939, then a freelance writer for radio, 1939-1944. Jackson was also the author of short stories and novels, including The lost weekend (1944), which brought him instant fame and was made into a film. Jackson's novels were studies in deviant psychologies. From the description of Charles Jackson letters to Ted Robinson, 1944-1945. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). Wor...

Dartmouth College. Class of 1964

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Kazan, Elia

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American film director. From the description of Carbon copy of a typed letter : place not specified, to Darryl [Zanuck], undated [1952 Jan. or Feb.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 778505876 American film producer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, to [John Steinbeck], undated [1948]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 777247890 From the description of Preservation photocopy of a typed letter : place not specified, to John Stein...