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Big sleep (Motion picture)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Collection on The Big Sleep (1946), 1946, 1954

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2544 Series B23
Scope and Contents

Contains publicity materials for the 1946 film The Big Sleep. Includes an insert poster reproduction and a pressbook. Also includes a 1954 rerelease one-sheet poster.

Dates: 1946; 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection on motion picture publicity and promotion

Charles K. Feldman collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 8067
Scope and Contents

Contains papers relating to the production of the motion pictures The Big Sleep, The Bishop's Wife, Red River, and To Have and Have Not. Includes five Howard Hawks contracts, and a 1944 contract for Betty (Lauren) Bacall, as well as studio correspondence, including memo and telegrams from Jack L. Warner. Dated 1942-1945.

Dates: 1942-1945
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Max Steiner film music sketches for The Big Sleep, 1946

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1547 Series 5 Sub-Series 19
Scope and Contents

Pencil sketches of Max Steiner's compositions of the Warner Bros. film "The Big Sleep." Materials dated 1946.

Dates: 1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Max Steiner papers / Max Steiner film music sketches, scores, and recordings

The big sleep, 1946

 File — Box 10: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197239141606], Folder: 29
Identifier: MSS P 768 Series 1 File 513
Dates: 1946
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection of motion picture and television film stills and photographs / Collection of motion picture and television productions stills

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