Papers, ca. 1944-1971.

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Papers, ca. 1944-1971.

Collection consists of treatments, screenplays, and clippings relating to films of screenwriter John Paxton. Includes Farewell my lovely, Crossfire, The cyclists' raid, On the beach, and Kotch.

5 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7429558

University of California, Los Angeles

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Paxton, John, 1911-1985

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Paxton was born in 1911 in Kansas; BJ, Univ. of Missouri, 1934; worked as a press agent, 1937-38; assoc. editor, Stage magazine, 1937-38; publicist for New York Theatre Guild, 1941; in 1942 he came to Hollywood to work as a scriptwriter with RKO, notably on films directed by Edward Dmytryk, 1945-47; in the 1950s, wrote scripts for various companies, including three for Warwick Films in London and two Stanley Kramer productions; screenplays include Murder my sweet (1945), Cornered (1945), Crossfi...