Papers, ca. 1915-ca. 1946, bulk 1930-1946.

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Papers, ca. 1915-ca. 1946, bulk 1930-1946.

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Collection consists of material related to the career of writer William Drake. It includes screenplays, playscripts, preliminary and suggested outlines for stage and screen projects, stories, reader reports, and synopses and essays written, adapted, translated by or possibly submitted to Drake. It also includes projects such as One More Spring, Sherlock Holmes, and Brown Derby. Also contains materials for a project titled Ready to Wear, adapted from the story by Claudia Cranston.

7 boxes (3.25 linear ft.)

University of California, Los Angeles

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SNAC Resource ID: 7973502

University of California, Los Angeles

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Drake, William A., 1899-

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William Drake was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1899. Early in his career, he was assistant editor for Vanity Fair magazine in New York. Later he moved to the West Coast where he worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood, Calif. He wrote scripts for such films as Grand Hotel (1932), One more spring (1935), Stanley and Livingstone (1939), The adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), and The three musketeers (1939). Drake also wrote, adapted, or translated articles, stories, and plays. William Drake died of a...