Argosy Pictures Corporation
Biography
Argosy Picture Corporation was a motion picture production company. Established around 1940 by John Ford and Merian C. Cooper, the company produced films until about 1953.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Argosy Pictures Corporation business records
The records provide insight into legal and tax aspects of film production, as well as documenting the search for suitable story material and researching aspects of a film before production. Includes correspondence; legal, financial, and personnel records; story ideas; a scrapbook; photographs; and other documentation.
Merian C. Cooper papers from Argosy Pictures, 1945-1965
Contains correspondence regarding Cooper's position as an executive and stockholder in Argosy Pictures. Letters date from between 1945 and 1965.
Merian C. Cooper papers regarding Argosy Pictures, 1948-1949
Subseries contains correspondence, script treatments, sketches, and other materials related to the development of Cooper's unproduced film project Food of the Gods with Argosy Pictures. Materials date from between 1948 and 1949.
Mark Cotta Vaz papers
Collection contains research, notes, and drafts of Mark Cotta Vaz's biography of Merian C. Cooper, "Living Dangerously". There are also proof copies of the book, two paperback editions of "King Kong," and an audiobook of "Living Dangerously". Items were collected and/or created from approximately 2003-2010.
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- Audiobooks 1
- Contracts 1
- Correspondence 1
- Culver City (Calif.) 1
- Drafts (Documents) 1
- King Kong (Motion picture : 1933) 1
- Literature 1
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- Media and Communication 1
- Monument Valley (Ariz. and Utah) 1
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- Motion picture plays 1
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- Scrapbooks 1
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- Tax returns 1
- United States -- Social life and customs 1
- Vaz, Mark Cotta. Living dangerously 1
- Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. Food of the Gods 1 + ∧ less