Finding aid for the Edward Anhalt papers 2027
Diann Benti
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2021 December
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Edward Anhalt papers
Creator:
Anhalt, Edward, 1914-2000
Creator:
Anhalt, Edna
Identifier/Call Number: 2027
Physical Description:
8.3 Linear Feet
12 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1949-1969
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter Edward Anhalt (1914-2000), dating from 1949 to 1969. Materials
include scripts and related items for thirty films and television programs (several unproduced).
Language of Material:
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Biographical / Historical
Edward Anhalt (1914-2000) was an American screenwriter. He began as a writer with his first wife, Edna Anhalt, using the pen
name "Andrew Holt" in the 1940s, and their first screenwriting credit was for "Strange Voyage" (1946). He received Academy
Awards for writing for "Panic in the Streets" (1950) and "Becket" (1964).
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Edward Anhalt papers, Collection no. 2027, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
Previously cataloged as Collection no. 27.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter Edward Anhalt (1914-2000), dating from 1949 to 1969. Materials
include scripts and related items for thirty films and television programs (several unproduced). Many of the scripts have
personal introductory comments handwritten by Anhalt. There are also miscellaneous materials pertaining to the 1960 Writer's
Guild of America strike; various publicity clippings (1952-1965), and a short biographical memoir written in 1965 (Box 12,
Folders 13-14). Some of the early screenplays were co-written by Anhalt's first wife Edna Anhalt.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Edward Anhalt, December 19, 1969.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion pictures -- Archival resources
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archival resources
Television -- Archival resources
Screenplays
Anhalt, Edward, 1914-2000 -- Archives
Box 1, Folder 1-3
The Affair in Arcady
1960
Box 1, Folder 4-6
The Ark of Dr. Hollister
1965
Box 1, Folder 7-9
Becket
1965
Scope and Contents
Includes scripts, clippings, and approximately 100 congratulatory letters and telegrams received after Anhalt won an Academy
Award for his script.
Box 1, Folder 10-11, Box 2, Folder 1-2
Box 2, Folder 10, Box 3, Folder 1-6, Box 4, Folder 1-4
The Boston Strangler
1967-1968
Scope and Contents
Includes script draft, notes, step outlines, structure outline, clippings, story board, research items, cast breakdown, correspondence,
etc.
Box 4, Folder 5-6, Box 5, Folder 1-7
Bugsy Siegel
1968-1969
Scope and Contents
Script drafts, script rejects, outline cards, notes, and research reports.
Box 6, Folder 3-8
The Devil's Advocate
1966
Box 7, Folder 9-11
Hour of the Gun / The Law and Tombstone
1966
Scope and Contents
Includes script, script roughs, notes, treatment, and point outline.
Box 7, Folder 12, Box 8, Folder 1-4
In Enemy Country
1964-1966
Box 8, Folder 7-10, Box 9, Folder 1-6
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1966-1968
Scope and Contents
Includes script drafts, step outlines, notes, research clippings, copy of the play, correspondence, etc.
Box 9, Folder 7
Member of the Wedding
1952
Box 9, Folder 9
Number Eight Wall Street (story only)
1950
Box 9, Folder 10
Not as a Stranger (publicity and reviews only)
1955
Box 9, Folder 11
Panic in the Streets (story only)
Box 9, Folder 12-13, Box 10, Folder 1
The Passion of Mary Magdalene
1959
Scope and Contents
Includes script drafts, outlines, treatment, notes, synopses, story idea, correspondence, clippings, etc., for unproduced
film.
Box 10, Folder 2-6
Peter the Great
1958
Scope and Contents
Includes script drafts, continuity, notes, synopsis, correspondence, etc.
Box 10, Folder 7
The Pride and the Passion
1956
Box 10, Folder 9-11, Box 11, Folder 1-9
The Salzburg Connection
1969
Scope and Contents
Includes script drafts, synopsis, notes, outline, script rejects, outline cards, research photographs, etc.
Box 11, Folder 11-12
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1959
Scope and Contents
Includes script, synopsis, sequence breakdown, notes, correspondence, clippings, photo, etc.
Box 11, Folder 13-14
The Sniper
1951
Scope and Contents
Includes script, research clippings, publicity clippings, correspondence.
Box 11, Folder 15-19
Teach Me How to Cry (The Bandstand)
1955-1957
Box 12, Folder 1
Three Lives (publicity reviews only)
1953
Box 12, Folder 8-12
The Young Savages
1960
Scope and Contents
Includes script drafts, novel, script roughs, continuity outline, notes, etc.
Box 12, Folder 13
Writers Strike papers
1960
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous materials pertaining to the 1960 Writer's Guild of America strike.
Box 12, Folder 14
Publicity and biography
1952-1965
Scope and Contents
Various publicity clippings (1952-1965) and a typescript biography written in 1965.
