Nick Grinde papers
Special Collections
Margaret Herrick Library
© 2014
Title: Nick Grinde papers
Date (inclusive): 1926-1953
Collection number: 63
Creator:
Grinde, Nick
Extent:
2 linear feet of papers.
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
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Nick Grinde papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Nick Grinde, 1976-1977, and Mrs. Hazel Grinde, 1981
Nick Grinde was an American director and screenwriter. He entered the film industry in the early 1920s
as an assistant director. Grinde became a full-fledged director in 1928 and was active through the 1950s,
working on industrial shorts in later years. His best-known feature films are THE BISHOP MURDER CASE
(1930), GOOD NEWS (1930), and HITLER-DEAD OR ALIVE (1943). The screenplay for BABES IN TOYLAND (1934),
which Grinde cowrote, is among his occasional writing credits. Grinde directed the Academy Award-winning
short subject HOW TO SLEEP (1935).
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Nick Grinde papers span the years 1926-1953 and encompass 2 linear feet. The collection consists
of scripts, including those for independent, industrial, and government films; synopses; manuscript
material; clippings; and photographs.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B.
Unproduced; 2. Television files; 3. Radio files; 4. Subject files.
Grinde, Nick , 1894-1979--Archives.
directors
screenwriters