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Contains correspondence and telegrams between Stephen Slesinger Inc., Lina Elise Grey, Romer Grey, Phil Carlin, William Lewis, and Bradley Kelly (King Features Syndicate) concerning Tex Thorne newspaper strips, continuity, contracts and income, motion picture, television, and radio rights including the beginning of The Zane Grey Show with Telepictures Productions and Mutual dating from 1936 to 1953.

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence and telegrams between Stephen Slesinger Inc., Zane Grey, Romer Grey, Lina Elise Grey, Henry Klinger (20th Century Fox), R. B. White (President of Western Union Telegraph Company), William Harlowe Briggs (Harper & Brothers), S. Earl Wright, and others. The correspondence concerns outlines, newspaper reviews, royalities, auditor reports, edits, agreements, Zane Grey's notes on historical background, and other materials concerning Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's consideration...

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Contains correspondence and telegrams between Stephen Slesinger Inc., Romer Grey, Lina Elise Grey, Hugh Sears (executor of the late Stephen Slesinger's estate), S. Earl Wright, and others concerning giving Slesinger comic strip rights for Zane Grey stories dating from 1948 to 1960.

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Contains correspondence, notes, newspaper clippings, and telegrams between Stephen Slesinger Inc., Lina Elise Grey, Romer Grey, Hawley Publications, Inc., Harper & Brothers Publishers, Stern and Reubens Counselors at Law, and others. These materials concern Zane Grey Western Magazine, magazine content, and serial rights which were sold to the Chicago Tribune on Zane Grey's Twin Sombreros and Majesty's Rancho dating from 1945 to 1953.

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Contains correspondence and telegrams between Stephen Slesinger Inc., Romer Grey, and W. T. Crispenel (Cinecolor) concerning Cinecolor's offer to set up color commitments for motion pictures of Red Ryder, King of the Royal Mounted, and Tex Thorne dating from 1947.

Scope and Contents Contains correspondence, telegrams, and notes between Stephen Slesinger Inc., Zane Grey, Lina Elise Grey, Romer Grey, Edwin G. Bowen, and others concerning the publication of Zane Grey stories in serial form and in Big Little Books by Whitman Publishing Company. It also includes advertising proposals for Zane Grey to endorse products, and Jack Abbott's role as illustrator. Correspondence also concerns King Features Syndicate, Whitman Publishing Company, Harper & Brothers, Grosset &...

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Contains letters, telegrams, contracts, and other materials related to the work of Stephen Slesinger Inc. in licensing and marketing Zane Grey's works, particularly for film and television adaptation dating from approximately 1930 to 1960.

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Contains contracts, correspondence, telegrams, Alley Oop advertisements, and copies of tentative agreements dating from approximately 1930 to 1960.

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Contains correspondence and telegrams between Stephen Slesinger Inc., Romer Grey, Gardner Advertising Co., and others concerning radio treatments of King of the Royal Mounted and radio treatment and script for The Vanishing American dating from 1939 to 1948.

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Contains a collection of newspaper clippings and advertisements for Zane Grey's Western Union compiled by Stephen Slesinger Inc. for publicity purposes. This sheet was sent to Darryl F. Zanuck dating from approximately 1941.