Patrick McGilligan papers, 1945-2003.

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Patrick McGilligan papers, 1945-2003.

Papers of film critic Patrick McGilligan, consisting chiefly of tapes, transcripts, and draft and printed copies of interviews with motion picture celebrities. Also included are biographical materials, fragmentary correspondence, a play, and a motion picture synopsis. Articles and a book prospectus and one chapter draft about Karleton Armstrong relate to McGilligan's anti-war involvement while a student at the University of Wisconsin. The processed portion of this collection is summarized above, dates 1970-1979, and is described in the register. Additional accessions date 1945-2003, and principally include research files relating to McGilligan's books on George Cukor, Jack Nicholson, Robert Riskin, Fritz Lang, Clint Eastwood, Alfred Hitchcock, and others.

1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes) and37 tape recordings; plusadditions of 27.9 c.f.,419 tape recordings,6 disc recordings,2 videorecordings,2 films,127 photographs, and1.0 c.f. of photographs and transparencies.

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Nicholson, Jack

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University of Wisconsin--Madison

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Hitchcock, Alfred, 1899-1980

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Alfred Hitchcock (b. 13 August 1899, Leytonstone, England–d. 29 April 1980, Bel Air, CA) was an English film director and producer, widely regarded as one of the most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. Known as "the Master of Suspense", he directed over 50 feature films. He began his career in the film industry in 1919 as a title card designer after training as a technical clerk and copy writer for a telegraph-cable company. ...

Armstrong, Karleton Lewis

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McGilligan, Patrick

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Riskin, Robert D.

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Cukor, George, 1899-1983.

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Film director. From the description of Reminiscences of George Dewey Cukor : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122569616 Cukor was born and raised in New York City and became a director of stage and screen, working primarily at MGM. He died in 1983. From the description of George Cukor Christmas card : print, 1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872715 ...

Lang, Fritz, 1890-1976

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Film director. From the description of Reminiscences of Fritz Lang : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419547 Fritz Lang (1890-1976), born in Vienna, was a motion picture director who began his career as a scriptwriter. He began his filmmaking career in Berlin after World War I. Many of the scripts he wrote in the 1920s were co-written by his wife, Thea Von Harbou. His German films include "Metropolis," "M," and "Dr. Ma...

Eastwood, Clint, 1930-

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Clint Eastwood (b. May 31, 1930, San Francisco, CA) is an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and political figure. After achieving success in the Western TV series Rawhide, he rose to international fame with his role as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti Westerns during the 1960s, and as antihero cop Harry Callahan in the five Dirty Harry films throughout the 1970s and 1980s....