Papers, 1925-1975.

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Papers, 1925-1975.

Collection consists of materials related to the career of motion picture director, William Wyler. Includes correspondence, photographs, clippings, various annotated drafts and versions of film scripts, legal documents, notes, and budget and production information. Contains material related to films such as Ben Hur (1959), Best years of our lives (1946), The children's hour (1961), The collector (1965), Friendly persuasion (1956), Funny girl (1968), The heiress (1927), The letter (1956), Little foxes (1941), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Roman holiday (1953), and Wuthering Heights (1939). Also includes transcript of script conference with Lillian Hellman, photographs from several unidentified westerns with Wyler and various people including Ted Wells and Fred Gilman, and unproduced script material with treatments by various people such as Robert Wyler.

92 boxes (45.0 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7417317

University of California, Los Angeles

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Wyler, William, 1902-1981

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Moving-picture director; interviewee d. 1981. From the description of Reminiscences of William J. Wyler : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569553 Willy Wyler was born July 1, 1902 in Mulhouse Alsace-Lorraine; he traveled to America at the invitation of cousin Carl Laemmle, 1920, and became a US citizen, 1928; worked in the publicity dept. at Universal, NY and transferred to Universal City, Hollywood, 1921, where he app...

Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984

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Dramatist. From the description of The autumn garden : playscript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131544 Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), playwright and screenwriter. From the description of These three : (Hellman story), 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193196 Lillian Hellman, America’s most significant woman playwright of the twentieth century, was born on June 20, 1905, in New Orleans to Max and Julia Newhouse Hellman. Her e...