Papers, 1939-1972.

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Papers, 1939-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31213504

Collection contains professional correspondence (1939-1972); the script, along with call sheets, newspaper clippings, budget estimates and a diary kept while filming "The Day of the Triffids"; miscellaneous contracts (1938-1967); scripts for the film "The Fabulous Suzanne," and others; photographs of Sekely and film stills from "The Day of the Triffids"; 1 scrapbook; and minutes from a February 1946 meeting of the Star Pictures board of directors.

3.08 cubic ft. (7 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7309196

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Star Pictures.

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Sekely, Steve, 1899-1979

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Sekely (1899-1979) was born Istvan Szekely in Hungary and entered the German film industry in the 1920s. From 1933-1937 he worked as a film director in Hungary before immigrating to the U.S. in 1938. He directed many B-feature movies in the 1940s and the 1963 science fiction classic "The Day of the Triffids." In 1946 he formed the motion picture production company, Star Pictures. From the description of Papers, 1939-1972. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat re...