Papers, 1920-1956.

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Papers, 1920-1956.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38060718

Collection consists mainly of typescripts of McCoy novels and screenplays. Includes the final shooting script and ephemera for They shoot horses, don't they?(1935). Also includes correspondence, copies of McCoy's work in translation, and ephemera.

6 boxes (3 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7399742

University of California, Los Angeles

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McCoy, Horace, 1897-1955

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Horace McCoy was born April 14, 1897 in Pegram, TN; worked for Dallas Journal and Dallas Dispatch in 1920s; his hard-boiled detective fiction appeared in Black Mask magazine; arrived in Hollywood to pursue acting career in 1931; sold screenplay, The luxury girl, in 1933; his first and most notable novel was They shoot horses, don't they?(1935); during the next twenty years, he wrote scripts for several Hollywood studios and produced five additional novels; died Dec. 15, 1955. From th...