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Motion picture plays

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:

Francisco (Chico) Day papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2154
Abstract Papers include awards given to Day during his career, records created by Day as production manager of numerous motion pictures, including The Ten Commandments (1956), The Buccaneer (1958), and Patton (1970). The papers also include personal correspondence, photographs, magazine and newpaper articles...
Dates: 1907-1995

Doomsday plus seven

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326636]
Identifier: MSS SC 2801
Scope and Contents

Typewritten screenplay with handwritten corrections of the motion picture "Doomsday plus seven." The alternate title was "Armageddon 1975."

Dates: 1966

Doty-Dayton Productions records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2432
Scope and Contents

Contains production company records on financing, production, distribution, advertising, contracts, photographs, audio tapes, soundtracks, and reports. Motion pictures documented include Rivals, Where the Red Fern Grows, Seven Alone, Pony Express Rider, and Against a Crooked Sky. Includes 35 mm and 16 mm prints of produced films, as well as files on unproduced projects such as preliminary research and scripts. Also contains the personal papers of company founder Lyman Dayton.

Dates: 1956-1983

Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper script for King Kong, 1932 June 16

 Item — Box 9: Series 3; Series 5 [Barcode: 31197238104266], Folder: 19
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 5 File 5
Scope and Contents

Mimeograph copy of script for Kong, with dialogue and adaptation by James Ashmore Creelman.

Dates: 1932 June 16

Enola Gay

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230327485]
Identifier: MSS SC 2826
Scope and Contents

Typewritten screenplay with handwritten corrections of the motion picture "Enola Gay." The item was also written by Millard Kaufman.

Dates: 1989

Ernest B. Schoedsack and Ruth Rose treatments for Food of the Gods, 1949 August-September

 File — Box 20: Series 6 [Barcode: 31197238104720], Folder: 8
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains four drafts of a script treatment for Food of the Gods by Schoedsack and Rose, dating from 1949.

Dates: 1949 August-September

F.I.S.T.

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230326693]
Identifier: MSS SC 2796
Scope and Contents

Typescript of the screenplay "F.I.S.T." with handwritten corrections. The screenplay was written by Eszterhas and Sylvester Stallone.

Dates: 1948

Paul Fix screen plays

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1976
Scope and Contents

Typewritten screen plays, movie scripts, and final shooting scripts with handwritten corrections. The materials are written by Fix and by other writers. The scripts not written by Fix are those in which he performed. These plays were presented in motion pictures and on television.

Dates: 1953-1975

Food of the Gods, 1936-1949

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 6 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence, legal documents, story treatments, and other materials for Cooper's unproduced film project Food of the Gods. Materials date from between 1936 and 1949.

Dates: 1936-1949

Ernest Gold papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2196
Scope and Contents

Materials include classical, stage, and film music sketches and scores, phonograph disk and audio tape recordings, videotapes, books, awards and memorabilia. Dated approximately 1950-1995.

Dates: approximately 1950-1995