Paramount Pictures Corporation
Organization
Biography
Paramount Pictures Corporation is a motion picture production and distribution company. It was established in 1949 after an court-ordered split of Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Found in 602 Collections and/or Records:
Applications
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 12 Sub-Series 7
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates:
1942-1944
Appointment books, 1942-1958
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 16
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates:
1942-1958
Autobiography files--research, 1913-1958
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates:
1913-1958
Autobiography files--writing and publishing, 1947-1960
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates:
1947-1960
Beatrice DeMille, financial and legal, 1915-1918
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates:
1915-1918
Beatrice Samuel DeMille, 1904-1923
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 1 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Contains genealogical charts, correspondence, and research relating to DeMille's ancestry as compiled by Louis DeBoer, a genealogist retained by DeMille for many years. Also included in this series is correspondence relating specifically to Frederic A. Adams (father-in-law), Constance Adams DeMille (wife), Henry C. DeMille (father), Beatrice Samuel DeMille (mother), William C. deMille (brother), and Cecilia deMille Harper (daughter).
Dates:
1904-1923
Budget, 1952-1958
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 16 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates:
1952-1958
Business books, 1920-1948
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates:
1920-1948
C. B. DeMille, notes, 1932-1958
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates:
1932-1958
Calendars, 1944-1948
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 2 Sub-Series 6 Sub-Series 18
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Identified by DeMille as "Personal," this group of 196 boxes begins with 22 boxes dealing with the research and writing of the posthumously published The Autobiography of Cecil B. DeMille (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1959), edited by Donald Hayne. The files are arranged chronologically by year, and items within each year are arranged alphabetically by subject or name. Over time, the organization of some of the files deteriorated into groups of unrelated records. Therefore, files...
Dates:
1944-1948
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