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Harold S. Bucquet papers
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Abstract: The collection consists primarily of clippings, scripts, and scrapbooks. Twenty-nine Bucquet-directed MGM films—18 features
and 11 shorts—are represented by publicity clippings and reviews, and half of these also have script material. Nineteen scrapbooks
contain photographs and clippings covering most of the films directed by Bucquet between 1937 and 1944. A small amount of
correspondence and several issues of the "MGM Studio News" (1939-1940) are also included.
Collector:
Bucquet, Harold S.
Dates: 1927-1946
Collection number: 104
Collection Size:
4 linear ft. of papers
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
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Harold S. Bucquet papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Howard S. Bucquet, Mrs. Alice B. McCully, and Mrs. James Stoessel, 1975
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Harold S. Bucquet papers span the years 1927-1946 and encompass 4 linear feet. The collection consists primarily of clippings,
scripts, and scrapbooks. Twenty-nine Bucquet-directed MGM films—18 features and 11 shorts—are represented by publicity clippings
and reviews, and half of these also have script material. The features include THE ADVENTURES OF TARTU (1943), THE GREEN YEARS
(1946), and YOUNG DR. KILDARE (1938). The shorts range from OLD SHEP (1934) to WHAT PRICE SAFETY! (1938). Nineteen scrapbooks
contain photographs and clippings covering most of the films directed by Bucquet between 1937 and 1944. Of special interest
in the scrapbooks are credit sheets for the shorts and photographs in which every person is identified. A small amount of
correspondence, several issues of the "MGM Studio News" (1939-1940), and a large number of clippings covering Bucquet's career
are also included.
Harold S. Bucquet (1891-1946) was born in London. He emigrated to the United States as a teenager and later became an American
citizen. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War I, he began working as a film extra. Bucquet was a set designer before
becoming assistant to independent producer Allen J. Holubar. After Holubar's death in 1923, Bucquet worked as an assistant
director at MGM and then, in the 1930s, as a test director at the same studio. He was given a chance to direct the short subject
OLD SHEP in 1934, and in 1938 directed his first feature, YOUNG DR. KILDARE. He continued to direct the "Dr. Kildare" series
as well as such films as ON BORROWED TIME (1939) and DRAGON SEED (1944). Illness forced his withdrawal as director of THE
GREEN YEARS (1946), his last film.
1. Production files; 2. Subject files; 3. Scrapbooks
Bucquet, Harold S.
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