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Republic Pictures Corporation

 Organization

Biography

Republic Pictures (est. 1935) was a production and distribution company for motion pictures. The company ceased operations in 1959.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Argosy Pictures Corporation business records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1849
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1939-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Argosy Pictures Corporation business records

Collection on the Republic Pictures 75th anniversary celebration

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 7907
Scope and Contents

Collection contains materials created to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Republic Pictures motion picture studio on September 25, 2010 in Studio City, California. Includes posters, programs, and DVDs of the event and DVDs containing preparatory information.

Dates: 2010 September
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Collection on the Republic Pictures 75th anniversary celebration

Woody Langley sound recordings

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232583960]
Identifier: MSS 2334
Scope and Contents

Contains five CDs of music from Republic Picture serials, including the Mysterious Doctor Satan, Spy Smasher, Captain America, Masked Marvel, King of the Texas Rangers, and Secret Service in Darkest Africa, all shows from the early 1940s. Materials dated approximately 1985-1997.

Dates: approximately 1985-1997
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Woody Langley sound recordings

Jack Mathis papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2389
Scope and Contents

135 boxes of papers, correspondence, scripts, sheet music, audio and videotapes, 16mm motion pictures, fan magazines and other materials relating to Republic Pictures studio and its productions.

Dates: approximately 1935-2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Jack Mathis papers

Republic Pictures Corporation music archives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1507
Scope and Contents The Republic Pictures Music Archives is a valuable research tool for the study of music composed and recorded for motion pictures by a studio operating during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. It is also useful in examining the works at Republic of film composers such as Max Steiner, Elmer Bernstein, Victor Young, Nathan Scott, William Lava, and Mort Glickman. The more than one thousand boxes of piano-conductor scores and parts, together with more than seven thousand recordings comprise a nearly...
Dates: 1935-1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Republic Pictures Corporation music archives

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