Jack Cummings papers
Catalogued by Denk, Clare
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
333 S La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Published January 2023
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: The collection consists of production files, subject files, including correspondence, and oversize material.
Collector:
Cummings, Jack
Dates: 1910-1989
Dates: 1930-1969
Collection number: 473
Collection Size:
13 linear ft. of papers
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Available by appointment only.
Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
Jack Cummings papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Carla Cummings, 2001
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Jack Cummings papers span the years 1910-1989 (bulk 1930s-1960s) and encompass 13 linear feet. The collection consists
of production files, subject files, including correspondence, and oversize material. The production files include material
on several of his MGM musicals including BORN TO DANCE (1936), BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 (1940), BATHING BEAUTY (1944), NEPTUNE’S
DAUGHTER (1949), KISS ME KATE (1953), SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954) and VIVA LAS VEGAS (1964). Of note is a letter
from Fred Astaire discussing how self-conscious he felt during the production of THE BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 (1940). There
is also production material covering his non-musical productions such as THE WINNING TICKET (1935), THE ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE
(1947), THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS (1954), and THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (1956). There is also a substantial amount of
material on unrealized productions including THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ and PAINT YOUR WAGON. The subject files include a letter
from Hermes Pan. The oversize material includes music scores for THE ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE (1947) and VIVA LAS VEGAS (1964).
Biography
Jack Cummings (1905-1989) was born J. Komiensky in New Brunswick, Canada to Ida Mayer Cummings, the sister of Louis B. Mayer,
and Louis S. Cummings. He attended Boston Latin School and Allan Military School in Massachusetts. In 1922, Cummings moved
to Los Angeles to work as an office boy at Louis B. Mayer Productions, which in 1924 became part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and
began Cummings’s long association with the studio. He worked on BEN-HUR (1925) and served as assistant director on films including
THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1929 (1929). In 1929, he began producing and directing film shorts including THE SHOOTING GALLERY
(1929). In 1935, he became a full-time producer with his first feature-length film THE WINNING TICKET (1935). In 1936, he
produced BORN TO DANCE (1936) and went on to produce a string of MGM musicals including BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940 (1940), BATHING
BEAUTY (1944), NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER (1949), KISS ME KATE (1953), and SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (1954) which was nominated
for Best Picture. He also produced the drama THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS (1954) and the comedy THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON
(1956). Although he left MGM during the late 1950s to form Suffolk-Cummings Productions and produce CAN-CAN (1960), he returned
once more to produce VIVA LAS VEGAS (1964). He married Betty Kern, daughter of Jerome Kern, in 1947.
Arrangement of the Collection
1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Subject files; 3. Oversize; 4. Photographs
Indexing terms
Cummings, Jack
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Assistant directors
Directors
Producers
Production files/Produced
folder 1
BACHELOR FLAT--script
1961--1961
Record ID: 71440158
Scope and Content Note
final screenplay by Frank Tashlin, April 12, 1961, 128 pages, with photographs interleaved
folder 2
BATHING BEAUTY--script
1943--1943
Record ID: 71440159
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, September 13, 1943, with changes through December 17, 1943, approximately 118 pages [lightly annotated with name
"Finston" (Nat W. Finston?) throughout]
folder 3
BATHING BEAUTY--sheet music
1944--1944
Record ID: 71440074
Scope and Content Note
"I’ll Take the High Note" by Johnny Green, [1944]
folder 4
BORN TO DANCE--miscellaneous
1936--1936
Record ID: 71440079
Scope and Content Note
bound volume of songs from the film, 1936; review from "Canadian Moving Picture Digest," undated [2 pages]; business card
of Miguel Aleman Jr.
folder 5
BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938--script
1937--1937
Record ID: 71440160
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, undated, with changes through May 20, 1937, approximately 93 pages [lightly annotated with name "Fred Hope" throughout]
folder 6
BROADWAY MELODY OF 1938--clippings
1937--1937
Record ID: 71440080
folder 7
BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940--script
1939--1939
Record ID: 71440161
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, undated, with changes with September 26, 1939, approximately 91 pages
folder 8
BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940--clippings
1940--1940
Record ID: 71440081
folder 9
BROADWAY MELODY OF 1940--correspondence
1939--1939
Record ID: 71530859
Scope and Content Note
handwritten letter from Fred Astaire discussing how uncomfortable he is in Harlequin costume, how he is self-conscious about
his hairpiece, and how he is an inch shorter than Eleanor Powell, [1939]
folder 10
BROADWAY RHYTHM--script
1943--1943
Record ID: 71440162
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, May 5, 1943, with changes through August 14, 1943, approximately 80 pages [lightly annotated with name "Le Maire"
(Charles LeMaire?) throughout]
folder 11
CAN-CAN--script
1959--1959
Record ID: 71440087
Scope and Content Note
final shooting script by Dorothy Kingsley and Charles Lederer, July 29, 1959, with changes through October 22, 1959, approximately
137 pages [annotated]
folder 12
CAN-CAN--clippings
1960--1960
Record ID: 71530808
folder 13
CAN-CAN--correspondence
1959--1960
Record ID: 71440086
Scope and Content Note
letter from Geoffrey Shurlock to Frank McCarthy asking that line regarding lesbians be changed, June 12, 1959; interoffice
memoranda between Saul Chaplin and Ted Cain regarding musical score, July 1959; letter from McCarthy suggesting how to deal
with censorship suggestions for the songs "Come Along With Me" and "Let's Do It," August 31, 1959; signed letter from Cole
Porter to Chaplin noting how amusing he finds lyrics for "Let's Do It," September 19, 1959; invitations to premiere at Carthay
Circle Theatre, March 10, 1960; congratulatory letter from Henry King, March 11, 1960; congratulatory letter from Walter Wanger,
March 14, 1960 [on letterhead for Walter Wanger Pictures]; thank-you letter from Spyros Skouras, March 17, 1960
folder 14
CAN-CAN--financial statements
1961--1962
Record ID: 71531145
folder 15
EASY TO WED--script
1944--1944
Record ID: 71440163
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, August 29, 1944, with changes through November 6, 1945, approximately 114 pages
folder 16
EXCUSE MY DUST--script
1950--1950
Record ID: 71440164
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, September 6, 1950, with changes through November 14, 1950, approximately 96 pages
folder 17
FIESTA--script
1946--1946
Record ID: 71440165
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, January 2, 1946, with changes through February 6, 1946, approximately 124 pages, with photographs interleaved
folder 18
FIESTA--miscellaneous
1946--1946
Record ID: 71440088
Scope and Content Note
sheet music for “Mexican Fantasy” adapted by Johnny Green, April 9, 1946; Mexican consulate documents, 1946 [in Spanish]
folder 19
GIVE A GIRL A BREAK--script
1952--1952
Record ID: 71440166
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, September 4, 1952, with changes through December 18, 1952, approximately 94 pages, with photographs interleaved
folder 20
GO WEST--script
1940--1940
Record ID: 71440167
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, August 29, 1940, with changes through September 24, 1940, approximately 92 pages
folder 21
HONOLULU--script
1938--1938
Record ID: 71440168
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, undated, with changes through December 9, 1938, approximately 97 pages
folder 22
HONOLULU--clippings
1939--1939
Record ID: 71440091
folder 23
HONOLULU--correspondence
1939--1939
Record ID: 71530807
Scope and Content Note
congratulatory correspondence including letter from Abe Lastfogel
folder 24
INTERRUPTED MELODY--script
1954--1954
Record ID: 71440169
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, July 23, 1954, with changes through August 16, 1954, approximately 100 pages
folder 25
INTERRUPTED MELODY--clippings
1955--1955
Record ID: 71440092
folder 26
INTERRUPTED MELODY--correspondence
1954--1956
Record ID: 71530809
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, including congratulatory letters from William Ludwig, Jerry Wald, Abe Lastfogel, Cecil Kellaway, Sam Zimbalist,
Harry Ruby, Nicholas M. Schenck, and Hal Elias [with illustration of Tom and Jerry on letter]; MGM interoffice communications,
including summary of publicity agreement with Marjorie Lawrence
folder 27
INTERRUPTED MELODY--miscellaneous
1955--1955
Record ID: 71530810
Scope and Content Note
opening weekend financial report, July 5, 1955; credit sheet; 14x16 flier; program; review
folder 28
IT HAPPENED IN BROOKLYN--script
1946--1946
Record ID: 71440170
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, May 21, 1946, with changes through September 27, 1946, approximately 126 pages, with photographs interleaved
folder 29
KISS ME KATE--script
1953--1953
Record ID: 71440171
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, February 28, 1953, with changes through April 24, 1953, approximately 78 pages
folder 30
KISS ME KATE--clippings
1954--1954
Record ID: 71440093
folder 31
KISS ME KATE--correspondence
1953--1953
Record ID: 71530825
Scope and Content Note
letter from Bob Fosse, November 7, [1953]; letter from Buddy Adler, December 14, 1953
folder 32
THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS--script
1954--1954
Record ID: 71440172
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, February 22, 1954, with changes through March 31, 1954, approximately 127 pages, with clippings at beginning of
script
folder 33
THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS--budget estimates
1954--1954
Record ID: 71440094
folder 34
THE LAST TIME I SAW PARIS--miscellaneous
1954--1954
Record ID: 71530828
Scope and Content Note
handwritten thank-you note from Jeff Chandler, November 1, 1954; photocopies of photographs of Japanese theater showing film,
undated, with attached envelope from Norman Thomson
folder 35
LISTEN, DARLING--script
1938--1938
Record ID: 71440173
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Elaine Ryan and Grover Jones, undated, with changes through September 28, 1938, approximately 114 pages [lightly
annotated]
folder 36
LISTEN, DARLING--clippings
1938--1938
Record ID: 71440097
folder 37
LISTEN, DARLING--correspondence
Circa 1938--1938
Record ID: 71530829
Scope and Content Note
handwritten letter from Arthur Freed, circa 1938
folder 38
LOVELY TO LOOK AT--script
1951--1951
Record ID: 71440174
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, September 10, 1951, with changes through November 15, 1951, approximately 106 pages
folder 39
LOVELY TO LOOK AT--clippings
1949--1952
Record ID: 71440098
folder 40
LOVELY TO LOOK AT--correspondence
1952--1952
Record ID: 71530830
Scope and Content Note
letter from Mervyn LeRoy expressing concern that Jack Cummings did not consult him first about making changes to film, January
30, 1952
folder 41
LOVELY TO LOOK AT--miscellaneous
1947--1952
Record ID: 71530831
Scope and Content Note
summary by T. J. Robinson regarding rights to the property ROBERTA (1935), December 16, 1947, 5 pages
folder 42
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS--script
1954--1954
Record ID: 71440175
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, May 20, 1954, with changes through July 1, 1954, approximately 116 pages
folder 43
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS--clippings
1955--1955
Record ID: 71440099
folder 44
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS--miscellaneous
1954--1956
Record ID: 71530832
Scope and Content Note
letter from community of Cloverdale, California requesting that premiere occur in their town since film was shot there, June
18, 1954; song lyrics to “The Berry Tree" by Saul Chaplin, March 10, 1955; photostat of letter from Lee Kamern to Dave Blum
sharing story of dubbing film in "Neapolitan" for Italian audience for comedic effect, January 4, 1956
folder 45
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER--script
1947--1947
Record ID: 71530836
Scope and Content Note
outline from Jack Cummings to Joe Schrank, May 5, 1947, 2 pages
folder 46
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER--script
1948--1948
Record ID: 71530833
Scope and Content Note
Frank Loesser's copy of continuity, February 20, 1948, 13 pages [annotated]
folder 47
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER--script
1948--1948
Record ID: 71440176
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, October 11, 1948, with changes through November 27, 1948, approximately 104 pages, with photographs interleaved
folder 48
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER--clippings
1949--1949
Record ID: 71440101
folder 49
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER--miscellaneous
1947--1949
Record ID: 71530834
Scope and Content Note
letter from Jack Cummings to Rudy [sic] Monta discussing who originally created story, January 13, 1948; telegram from Gene
Bearden, April 22, 1949; song lyrics to “I Want My Money Back” by Frank Loesser, undated
folder 50
NEPTUNE’S DAUGHTER--promotion
1949--1949
Record ID: 71530835
Scope and Content Note
promotional campaign booklet, [1949]
folder 51
THE ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE--script
1946--1946
Record ID: 71440177
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, February 26, 1946, with changes through November 27, 1946, approximately 135 pages, with photographs interleaved
[lightly annotated]
folder 52
THE ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE--miscellaneous
1947--1947
Record ID: 71440105
Scope and Content Note
letter from Richard Sheridan Ames, November 13, 1947; clippings
folder 53
SAMURAI (PART III)--screenings
1955--1955
Record ID: 71440106
folder 54
THE SECOND TIME AROUND--script
1961--1961
Record ID: 71440178
Scope and Content Note
final screenplay by Clair Huffaker, Sally Benson, and Oscar Saul (from a novel by Richard Emery Roberts), April 11, 1961,
with changes through June 9, 1961, approximately 147 pages, with photographs interleaved
folder 55
THE SECOND TIME AROUND--agreements
1961--1961
Record ID: 71440140
Scope and Content Note
signed agreement between Jack Cummings Productions and Twentieth Century-Fox, March 28, 1961 [two copies], with attached note,
June 23, 1961
folder 56
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS--script
1951--1951
Record ID: 71530845
Scope and Content Note
summary of “The Sobbin’ Women” by Stephen Vincent Benet, 21 pages, with attached memo from Marjorie Thorson with mention of
Joshua Logan once being interested in story, November 14, 1951
folder 57
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS--script
1953--1953
Record ID: 71530846
Scope and Content Note
synopsis, 4 pages, with attached memo from Edward Lawrence to Jack Cummings, October 29, 1953
folder 58
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS--script
1953--1953
Record ID: 71440179
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, September 16, 1953, with changes through November 11, 1953, approximately 101 pages
folder 59
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS--clippings
1954--1955
Record ID: 71440107
folder 60
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS--correspondence
1954--1955
Record ID: 71530843
Scope and Content Note
congratulatory letters from Harry Ruby, Norma Shearer, Jerry Wald, Howard Dietz, Sol Siegel, Joseph Schenck, Don Hartman,
Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, Adolph Deutsch, Charles Brackett, Irving Friedman, Arthur Field, and Cole Porter; cartoon
by Silas F. Seadler, circa April 1954; letter from Howard Dietz discussing how to market film, June 10, 1954; letter from
Jack Cummings to Brackett asking him to reinstate Academy Award for best choreography due to talent of Michael Kidd, February
9, 1955
folder 61
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS--miscellaneous
Circa 1953--1954
Record ID: 71530844
Scope and Content Note
handwritten casting suggestions, circa 1953; report of grosses compiled by Howard Dietz, 1954
folder 62
SHIP AHOY--script
1941--1942
Record ID: 71440180
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, November 28, 1941, with changes through February 2, 1942, approximately 97 pages [annotated with the name "Finston"
(Nat W. Finston?) throughout]
folder 63
SHIP AHOY--clippings
1942--1942
Record ID: 71440108
Scope and Content Note
note from Harry Link, June 10, 1942, with attached clipping
folder 64
SOMBRERO--miscellaneous
1953--1953
Record ID: 71440109
Scope and Content Note
typed review from Howard Dietz to Howard Strickling, April 23, 1953, 2 pages; clippings
folder 65
THE STRATTON STORY--clippings
1948--1949
Record ID: 71440110
folder 66
THE STRATTON STORY--correspondence
1948--1950
Record ID: 71530848
Scope and Content Note
correspondence, including letters from Monty Stratton, Bill Dickey, Jimmie Dykes, Ted Lyons, Toots Shor, Buster Mills, Abe
Lastfogel, and Sidney A. Franklin; congratulatory note from "Sol" with illustration, February 10, 1950; MGM interoffice communications
folder 67
THE STRATTON STORY--miscellaneous
1948--1950
Record ID: 71530849
Scope and Content Note
advertising billing sheet
folder 68
THE STRATTON STORY--programs
1949--1949
Record ID: 71530850
Scope and Content Note
program from the silver anniversary premier at the Egyptian Theatre, June 1, 1949 [8 copies]
folder 69
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON--script
1951--1952
Record ID: 71530943
Scope and Content Note
synopsis by E. A. Ayers, May 11, 1951, 22 pages, with attached memo from Kenneth MacKenna, October 9, 1952
folder 70
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON--clippings
1953--1957
Record ID: 71440111
folder 71
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON--correspondence
1952--1957
Record ID: 71530940
Scope and Content Note
letter from Kenneth MacKenna to Dore Schary discussing potential for film adaptation, October 9, 1952; letter from John Patrick,
January 31, 1953; letter from Ted Galanter to Jack Cummings regarding potential actresses for film, November 1, 1954, with
attached photographs; letter of introduction from Masaichi Nagata for Jun Negami, June 22, 1956; thank-you letter from Machiko
Kyo for experience of working on film, August 22, 1956; telegram from Howard Strickling regarding positive reception at preview,
August 31, 1956; letter from Michael Lombardi to "The Japan Quarterly" discussing the important role that Cummings played
in producing TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (1956) and his plans to produce WILL ADAMS STORY in Japan, July 23, 1957, 4 pages,
with attached rough draft, July 22, 1957, 4 pages [heavily annotated]
folder 72
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON--miscellaneous
1955--1956
Record ID: 71530945
Scope and Content Note
biographical information for Machiko Kyo, [1956]; illustration by Jacques Kapralik, [1956] [two copies]
folder 73
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON--production
1956--1956
Record ID: 71530941
Scope and Content Note
interoffice memo from Bill Shanks with list of printed takes of musical numbers, May 28, 1956
folder 74
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON--programs
1957--1957
Record ID: 71530942
Scope and Content Note
program for Cuban premiere, April 22, 1957; program for stage production at Kabukiza Theatre in Japan, including Norman Thomson
in cast, August 6, [undated]
folder 75
TEXAS CARNIVAL--script
1951--1951
Record ID: 71440181
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, January 4, 1951, with changes through March 8, 1951, approximately 84 pages
folder 76
TEXAS CARNIVAL--billing
1951--1951
Record ID: 71440112
Scope and Content Note
main title and advertising billing
folder 77
TEXAS CARNIVAL--clippings
1951--1951
Record ID: 71530851
folder 78
TEXAS CARNIVAL--transcripts
Circa 1951--1951
Record ID: 71530852
Scope and Content Note
transcript of conversation between Jack Cummings and Ben Gage regarding promotional use of Fred Cole swimsuits, circa 1951,
2 pages [three copies]
folder 79
THREE LITTLE WORDS--script
1950--1950
Record ID: 71440182
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, November 30, 1949, with changes through January 25, 1950, approximately 98 pages, with photographs interleaved
folder 80
THREE LITTLE WORDS--budget estimates
1949--1949
Record ID: 71440113
folder 81
THREE LITTLE WORDS--clippings
1950--1950
Record ID: 71530853
folder 82
THREE LITTLE WORDS--correspondence
1947--1954
Record ID: 71530854
Scope and Content Note
letter from Harry Ruby discussing the steps in making a film, August 31,1947; thank-you letter from Jack Cummings to Bennett
Cerf, October 30, 1947; handwritten thank-you note from Arlene Dahl, [1950]; illustration by Silas Seadler, [1950]
folder 83
THREE LITTLE WORDS--programs
1950--1950
Record ID: 71530855
Scope and Content Note
preview program for press, July 7, 1950
folder 84
THREE LITTLE WORDS--sheet music
Circa 1950--1950
Record ID: 71530856
Scope and Content Note
bound anthology of sheet music from Harry Ruby
folder 85
TWO GIRLS ON BROADWAY--script
1940--1940
Record ID: 71440183
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, undated, with changes through February 9, 1940, approximately 103 pages
folder 86
TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE--script
1950--1950
Record ID: 71440184
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, February 21, 1950, with changes through April 17, 1950, approximately 99 pages, with photographs interleaved
folder 87
TWO WEEKS WITH LOVE--photograph
1950--1950
Record ID: 71440114
Scope and Content Note
mounted cast photograph
folder 88
VIVA LAS VEGAS--script
Circa 1963--1963
Record ID: 71530869
Scope and Content Note
script pages from Frank Tashlin featuring scene before opening credits of film begin, circa 1963, 5 pages
folder 89
VIVA LAS VEGAS--agreements
1963--1963
Record ID: 71530870
folder 90
VIVA LAS VEGAS--clippings
1963--1963
Record ID: 71530868
folder 91
VIVA LAS VEGAS--miscellaneous
1963--1972
Record ID: 71440115
Scope and Content Note
memo from Alvin Asher listing provisions from Elvis Presley's contract, May 20, 1963, 3 pages; memo from George Sidney suggesting
song in which Ann-Margret is compared to car using sexual innuendo, May 28, 1963, 6 pages; letter from Robert Armbruster,
May 31, 1963, with attached music sketches for Texas songs; letter from Jack Cummings to Freddy Beinstock discussing his reactions
to demo record and his plans to bring Presley into Las Vegas during "witching hour" when lights come on, June 6, 1963; lyrics
for "Viva Las Vegas" by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, July 8, 1963; casting suggestions for master of ceremonies, July 29, 1963;
thank-you letter from publicity director of The Fabulous Flamingo, July 29, 1963 [with flamingo letterhead]; letter from MGM
contact in Hong Kong praising film, December 28, 1963; invitation to preview, June 3, 1964; distribution statement, August
31,1971; weekly production cost report; daily progress report
folder 92
THE WINNING TICKET--script
Circa 1934--1934
Record ID: 71440185
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, circa 1934, 116 pages
folder 93
THE WIZARD OF BAGHDAD--script
1960--1960
Record ID: 71440116
Scope and Content Note
first draft continuity screenplay by Jesse Lasky Jr. and Pat Silver, July 12, 1960, 112 pages
folder 94
YELLOW JACK--script
1938--1938
Record ID: 71440186
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, undated, with changes through April 11, [1938], 145 pages
folder 95
YOBA--script
1976--1976
Record ID: 71440117
Scope and Content Note
letter from Masaichi Nagata, December 12, 1976, with attached alterations for script, 15 pages [two copies]
folder 96
YOBA--script
Circa 1976--1976
Record ID: 71530879
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, undated, 40 pages [one original, two copies, annotated]
folder 97
YOBA--script
Circa 1976--1976
Record ID: 71530880
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, undated, 103 pages [annotated]; miscellaneous script pages, undated, 5 pages
folder 98
YOBA--script
Circa 1976--1976
Record ID: 71530881
Scope and Content Note
script pages, undated, 4 pages [two copies]
folder 99
YOBA--miscellaneous
1976--1976
Record ID: 71530883
Scope and Content Note
press release; program
Production files/Unproduced
folder 100
ALIEN SEED--script
1962--1962
Record ID: 71440118
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by John T. Kelley, May 18, 1962, 135 pages
folder 101
ALIEN SEED--breakdowns
Record ID: 71530884
folder 102
ALIEN SEED--memoranda
1962--1962
Record ID: 71530885
folder 103
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--script
1951--1951
Record ID: 71440137
Scope and Content Note
novel by Thames Williamson, July 6, 1951, approximately 251 pages [lightly annotated]
folder 104
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--script
Record ID: 71530893
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Inigo de Martino, undated, 152 pages
folder 105
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--script
Circa 1957--1957
Record ID: 71440143
Scope and Content Note
first draft screenplay, circa 1957, approximately 125 pages [annotated]
folder 106
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71440144
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, April 24, 1957 through May 7, 1957, 109 pages [annotated]
folder 107
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71530896
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, April 24, 1957 through May 7, 1957, 109 pages [annotated]
folder 108
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71530897
Scope and Content Note
photocopy of screenplay, April 24, 1957 through May 7, 1957, 109 pages [annotated]
folder 109
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71440119
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by John Spencer, August 1, 1957, 103 pages
folder 110
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71440145
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by John Spencer, August 1, 1957, 103 pages
folder 111
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71530891
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Iniego de Martin [Inigo de Martino] and Jack Cummings, August 1, 1957, 103 pages
folder 112
BEAUTY AND THE BURRO--miscellaneous
1952--1957
Record ID: 71530908
Scope and Content Note
memoranda from Dore Schary noting that he did not like story, January 15, 1952; carbon copy of letter from Jack Cummings to
Lillian Burns, Columbia Pictures, regarding casting of Harry Belafonte as "Juan" and including some songs, August 12, 1957;
legal documents, 1957
folder 113
THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ--script
1955--1955
Record ID: 71440077
Scope and Content Note
summary by Josephine Stickney of "Birdman of Alcatraz" by Thomas E. Gaddis, July 6, 1955, 7 pages
folder 114
THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ--script
1955--1955
Record ID: 71530780
Scope and Content Note
summary of book, September 1955, 21 pages
folder 115
THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ--script
Record ID: 71530782
Scope and Content Note
chapter outline, undated, 5 pages
folder 116
THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ--correspondence
1956--1959
Record ID: 71530781
Scope and Content Note
letter from James V. Bennett, director of United States Department of Justice, to Geoffrey Shurlock, director of Production
Code Administration, expressing concern that Joshua Logan is making film adaptation of book which does not fairly portray
Federal Prison System, July 12, 1956; letters from Robert Stroud, 1958; letter from Walter Wanger to Jack Cummings congratulating
him on obtaining rights to book and suggesting James Stewart for lead role, July 31, 1958; letter from Ida Turner, widow of
prison guard, to Shurlock, August 26, 1958; letter from Cummings to Spyros Skouras reassuring him that film would not cast
a negative light on the nation, September 26, 1958, 3 pages; note from Cummings to Buddy Adler suggesting Gregory Peck for
lead role, May 20, 1959
folder 117
THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ--research
Circa 1958--1958
Record ID: 71530785
folder 118
BLUE MOVIE--script
Record ID: 71440120
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Scott Kosar, undated, 118 pages
folder 119
THE BRIDE OF THE SUN--script
Record ID: 71440121
Scope and Content Note
summary by Inigo de Martino, undated, 23 pages
folder 120
CATCH THE FEMALE FIRST--script
Record ID: 71440122
Scope and Content Note
synopsis by [Jack Cummings?], undated, 4 pages [annotated]
folder 121
CATCH THE FEMALE FIRST--script
Record ID: 71530899
Scope and Content Note
synopsis by [Jack Cummings?], undated, 6 pages
folder 122
THE DIAMOND BIKINI--correspondence
1957--1957
Record ID: 71440123
folder 123
THE DRAGON TREE--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71530904
Scope and Content Note
synopsis by Steven Vas, June 28, 1957, 15 pages [two copies]
folder 124
THE DRAGON TREE--script
1960--1960
Record ID: 71530906
Scope and Content Note
first draft screenplay by Nigel Balchin, July 11, 1960, approximately 122 pages [annotated]
folder 125
THE DRAGON TREE--script
1960--1960
Record ID: 71440124
Scope and Content Note
first draft screenplay by Nigel Balchin, July 11, 1960, 140 pages
folder 126
THE DRAGON TREE--script
1960--1960
Record ID: 71530910
Scope and Content Note
first draft screenplay by Nigel Balchin, July 11, 1960, 140 pages [annotated by Henry King?]
folder 127
THE DRAGON TREE--script
Record ID: 71440125
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by William Ludwig, undated, approximately 152 pages
folder 128
THE DRAGON TREE--script
Record ID: 71440126
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by William Ludwig, undated, approximately 126 pages [annotated]
folder 129
THE DRAGON TREE--script
Record ID: 71440127
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by William Ludwig, undated, 119 pages
folder 130
THE DRAGON TREE--legal
1957--1958
Record ID: 71440128
Scope and Content Note
signed agreement between Victor Canning and Louis B. Mayer, September 24, 1957, 12 pages; assignment of rights contract executed
by Mayer, October 8, 1957
folder 131
THE DRAGON TREE--miscellaneous
1958--1960
Record ID: 71530909
Scope and Content Note
letter from John Lee Mahin, February 25, 1960; censorship notes from Geoffrey Shurlock, July 15, 1960, 2 pages; script covers
folder 132
FIVE FOREIGNERS IN JAPAN--correspondence
1957--1957
Record ID: 71440129
folder 133
HOCKEY--script
Record ID: 71440130
Scope and Content Note
original story by Jack Cummings, undated, 7 pages [annotated]
folder 134
KATAKI--script
1962--1962
Record ID: 71440131
Scope and Content Note
story by Shimon Wincelberg, February 23, 1962, 90 pages
folder 135
KATAKI--correspondence
1962--1962
Record ID: 71531093
Scope and Content Note
note from St. Regis regarding meeting with Jerry Lewis, July 8, 1962; letter from Lewis, September 12, 1962
folder 136
THE LAST COMMAND--script
Circa 1960--1960
Record ID: 71440132
Scope and Content Note
story by Inigo de Martino, 16 pages, circa 1960, with attached letter from de Martino discussing how this story he wrote for
episode of television western could be expanded into film, September 25, 1960
folder 137
THE MASCULINE PRINCIPLE--script
1962--1962
Record ID: 71440133
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Liam O’Brien, May 14, 1962, 159 pages
folder 138
THE MASCULINE PRINCIPLE--script
1962--1962
Record ID: 71530915
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Liam O’Brien, May 14, 1962, 159 pages [annotated by Joe Cohn?]
folder 139
THE MASCULINE PRINCIPLE--memoranda
1961--1961
Record ID: 71530916
Scope and Content Note
interoffice memo regarding compensation for Liam O'Brien, November 8, 1961
folder 140
MONTES, THE MATADOR--script
1950--1950
Record ID: 71440134
Scope and Content Note
screenplay from Melvin Levy, May 29, 1950 through August 15, 1950, 140 pages [lightly annotated on page 125]
folder 141
MY REMINISCES OF EAST AFRICA--script
Record ID: 71440135
Scope and Content Note
excerpt from book
folder 142
PAINT YOUR WAGON--script
1952--1952
Record ID: 71440156
Scope and Content Note
playscript, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, 1952, 95 pages
folder 143
PAINT YOUR WAGON--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71440102
Scope and Content Note
revised out pages, May-June 1957 [annotated]
folder 144
PAINT YOUR WAGON--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71530837
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by William Ludwig and John Lee Mahin, July 19, 1957, approximately 113 pages [annotated]
folder 145
PAINT YOUR WAGON--script
Record ID: 71530838
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by William Ludwig and John Lee Mahin, undated, 126 pages
folder 146
PAINT YOUR WAGON--script
Record ID: 71530839
Scope and Content Note
index card notes, undated [annotated]
folder 147
PAINT YOUR WAGON--agreements
1957--1958
Record ID: 71530840
Scope and Content Note
proposed lending agreement between Jack Cummings and Louis B. Mayer, 1957, [3 copies]
folder 148
PAINT YOUR WAGON--correspondence
1957--1958
Record ID: 71440104
Scope and Content Note
dictated letter from Henry Woodbridge to Charles Williamson regarding prospective financing, July 1, 1957 [3 copies, 2 annotated];
letter from George P. Skouras to Abe Lastfogel discussing script and possibility of Jack Cummings getting license from Todd-AO,
September 10, 1957; letter from Sally Benson noting that she is going to continue on film with or without Cummings, circa
1957; letter from Alan Jay Lerner, April 4, 1957; note from Frederick Loewe, April 25, 1958; letter from Lillie Messinger
discussing [Alan Jay Lerner] going over script, May 19, 1958; correspondence from James Cagney regarding his consideration
of film; index card with notes regarding Cagney
folder 149
PAINT YOUR WAGON--sheet music
1951--1951
Record ID: 71440157
Scope and Content Note
sheet music for stage musical, “Another Autumn,” “Carino Mio,” “I Still See Elisa,” “I Talk to Trees,” “I’m On My Way,” “Sh!,”
“They Call the Wind Maria” [two copies of each]
folder 150
THE PRIMROSE TOUCH--script
1960--1960
Record ID: 71440136
Scope and Content Note
outline by John McGowan, August 9, 1960, 86 pages
folder 151
SONHAMOS COM O PARAIZO--script
1948--1948
Record ID: 71440139
Scope and Content Note
summary by Daniel Martins Rodrigues, circa 1948, 12 pages [in Spanish], with attached letter from Rodrigues, July 14, 1948
folder 152
TORERO--script
Record ID: 71440141
Scope and Content Note
story by Oscar Boetticher Jr. [Budd Boetticher], undated, 65 pages
folder 153
TORERO--correspondence
1943--1944
Record ID: 71531153
folder 154
UNIDENTIFIED--script
Record ID: 71440150
Scope and Content Note
miscellaneous script pages
folder 155
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
1935--1935
Record ID: 71440148
Scope and Content Note
story by James A. B. Scherer, 1935, 128 pages
folder 156
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
1955--1955
Record ID: 71530925
Scope and Content Note
synopsis by Miriam Meredith, April 22, 1955, 13 pages [two copies]
folder 157
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
Record ID: 71530922
Scope and Content Note
synopsis by H. S. Williams, circa 1957, 26 pages, with attached letter from Williams, March 18, 1957
folder 158
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
1957--1957
Record ID: 71530926
Scope and Content Note
rough draft of story outline, circa August 1957, 2 pages [annotated]; story outline, August 28, 1957, 3 pages [original and
two copies]
folder 159
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
Record ID: 71530927
Scope and Content Note
story outline, undated, 12 pages
folder 160
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
Record ID: 71530921
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, undated, 54 pages
folder 161
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
Record ID: 71530923
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, undated, 54 pages; synopsis for the rest of story, 32 pages
folder 162
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
Record ID: 71440142
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Gerald Copley [pen name for Edward Harper and Lester Cole], undated, 131 pages
folder 163
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
Record ID: 71530920
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Gerald Copley [pen name for Edward Harper and Lester Cole], undated, 131 pages [the title "Will Adams Story"
handwritten on cover]
folder 164
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
Record ID: 71440146
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Gerald Copley [pen name for Edward Harper and Lester Cole], undated, 149 pages
folder 165
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
Circa 1964--1964
Record ID: 71440138
Scope and Content Note
screenplay, circa 1964, 149 pages
folder 166
WILL ADAMS STORY--script
1972--1972
Record ID: 71440147
Scope and Content Note
screenplay by Edward Harper and Lester Cole, undated, 149 pages; letter from Harper sharing news that Toho Pix is interested
in screenplay, January 18, 1972
folder 167
WILL ADAMS STORY--clippings
1956--1970
Record ID: 71530930
folder 168
WILL ADAMS STORY--correspondence
1957--1967
Record ID: 71440149
Scope and Content Note
letter from Oscar Hammerstein II turning down story for musical stage production, but recognizing its value in film adaptation,
January 3, 1957; letter from Michael Lombardi to "The Japan Quarterly" discussing the important role that Jack Cummings played
in producing TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (1956) and his plans to produce WILL ADAMS STORY in Japan, July 23, 1957, 4 pages;
letter from Masaichi Nagata expressing his interest in co-production, November 7, 1957; letter from Mitchell, Silberberg &
Knupp to Paramount Pictures objecting to studio making film called "Will Adams" based on screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, April
15, 1964; letter from Bob Roberts discussing plans to cast Richard Harris as lead, despite studios preferring Peter O'Toole,
and decision to change title of script to SAMURAI, December 4, 1964, 2 pages; letter from Jack Cummings to Roberts offering
his services after having worked on TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (1956), December 8, 1964; telegram from Roberts suggesting
Yul Brynner and Natalie Wood for roles in film, December 21, 1964
folder 169
WILL ADAMS STORY--miscellaneous
1957--1957
Record ID: 71530929
Scope and Content Note
character list, circa 1957, 2 pages [annotated]; handwritten notes, circa 1957; photographs
folder 170
ZAPATA--script
Record ID: 71440152
Scope and Content Note
chapter breakdown by Edgcomb Pinchon of novel "Zapata The Unconquerable," undated, 8 pages
folder 171
ZAPATA--script
Record ID: 71530938
Scope and Content Note
partial breakdown of later part of novel, undated, 10 pages [annotated]
folder 172
ZAPATA--script
1948--1948
Record ID: 71530934
Scope and Content Note
outline, November 4, 1948, 33 pages
folder 173
ZAPATA--script
1948--1948
Record ID: 71530935
Scope and Content Note
miscellaneous script pages, November 30, 1948, 6 pages
folder 174
ZAPATA--script
1948--1948
Record ID: 71530936
Scope and Content Note
partial script, December 2, 1948 through December 3, 1948, pages 51-70
folder 175
ZAPATA--script
Record ID: 71530937
Scope and Content Note
note to Jack Cummings regarding end of story, with outline attached, undated, 3 pages [annotated]
folder 176
ZAPATA--correspondence
1947--1948
Record ID: 71440151
Scope and Content Note
letter from J. Robert Bren discussing how he and his father knew Emiliano Zapata during revolution and discussing his casting
for JAGUAR HILL (unproduced) , November 28, 1947, 2 pages
folder 177
ZAPATA--drawings
1947--1947
Record ID: 71530939
Scope and Content Note
caricatures of Jack and Betty Cummings [Betty Kern], 1947
folder 178
ZAPATA--research
1934--1934
Record ID: 71530931
Scope and Content Note
manuscript, “Emiliano Zapata Biography” by Baltasar Dromundo, 1934, 304 pages
folder 179
ZAPATA--research
1943--1943
Record ID: 71440153
Scope and Content Note
manuscript, “The Roots and Reason of Zapata, The Man from Anenecuilco, A Historical Study” by Professor Jesus Sotelo Inclan,
1943, 266 pages
folder 180
ZAPATA--research
1947--1947
Record ID: 71530933
Scope and Content Note
packet of patriotic Mexican sheet music
folder 181
ZAPATA--research
Record ID: 71530932
Scope and Content Note
twelve 8x10 photographs of Emiliano Zapata and Francisco Villa [Pancho Villa] and six corresponding negatives
folder 182
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
1982--1984
Record ID: 71440189
Scope and Content Note
material regarding Jack Cummings being considered for Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award including letters from Fred Astaire,
Jane Powell, Johnny Green, and Joseph Cohn [annotated]; letters from Mitzi Cummings asking others to consider her brother
for award
folder 183
ALL THE WORLD'S A STAGE, BABY [stage]--script
Record ID: 71440154
Scope and Content Note
play by Allan Scott, undated, 143 pages
folder 184
Appointment book
1956--1956
Record ID: 71440208
folder 185
Award certificates
1951--1963
Record ID: 71440190
folder 186
The Cat and the Fiddle: A Musical Love Story--sheet music
1932--1932
Record ID: 71440155
Scope and Content Note
vocal score and music by Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach, 1932, 179 pages
folder 187
Clippings
1931--1963
Record ID: 71440191
folder 188
Clippings
1965--1989
Record ID: 71440192
folder 189
Cole, Lester
1979--1985
Record ID: 71440193
Scope and Content Note
memorial program, September 15, 1985
folder 190
Correspondence--A-C
Circa 1950--1986
Record ID: 71440194
Scope and Content Note
letter from Carleton Carpenter noting how Jack Cummings is "a tiny island of sensible professionalism in the middle of a big
sea of talentless phonies" and how Carpenter is willing to take any job on one of his films, circa 1950; letter from prisoner
in Mexico suggesting story of his life which includes attempted escape from prison and plastic surgery, February 21, 1952;
letter from Harry Belafonte, September 10, 1952; letter from Mary Elliott, wife of Robert Cummings, thanking Jack Cummings
for watching her husband on "Bomber's Moon" on PLAYHOUSE 90 [TV] and wishing that episode could be preserved on film, June
13, 1958; letter from Bosley Crowther asking about early life of Louis B. Mayer for biography, September 21, 1958; letter
from Harold Abeles discussing legal matters concerning Cummings's divorce and defending his legal reputation, July 31, 1963,
3 pages; letter from Dev Anand discussing subtitles and screening of THE GUIDE (1965), January 26, 1966; letter from Kevin
Brownlow, July 7, 1986
folder 191
Correspondence--D-F
1950--1966
Record ID: 71440195
Scope and Content Note
letter from Gabriel Figueroa, August 20, 1965
folder 192
Correspondence--G-I
1947--1969
Record ID: 71440196
Scope and Content Note
letter from Oscar Hammerstein II to Betty Kern, January 6, 1947; letter from B. R. Guss asking Registrar General of Vital
Statistics in New Brunswick for birth certificate for J. Komiensky, the birth name of Jack Cummings, June 10, 1969
folder 193
Correspondence--J-L
1954--1968
Record ID: 71440197
Scope and Content Note
letter from Tom Keogh asking Jack Cummings to help out his friend Alina Roux, June 1, 1962
folder 194
Correspondence--M-O
1949--1966
Record ID: 71440198
Scope and Content Note
letter from Morningstar Productions asking Jack Cummings to do interview for the television documentary PASSION AND MEMORY
[TV], April 5, 1984
folder 195
Correspondence--P-R
1947--1976
Record ID: 71440199
Scope and Content Note
letter from Benny Rubin sharing funny story of what will happen when Jack Cummings visits heaven and hell, July 14, 1952,
6 pages; letter from Charles Reisner remembering old days, October 10, 1956; letter from Alina Roux, June 5, 1962; letter
from Colonel Parker's office, [August 1963] [illustrated letterhead]; letter from Helen Rose, February 12, 1976; letter from
Hermes Pan discussing his visit to Iran in which the Shah is arranging for Persian singers and dancers to perform for him,
undated
folder 196
Correspondence--S-U
1935--1936
Record ID: 71440200
Scope and Content Note
two letters from father of Marjorie Strauss, Jack Cummings's first wife, 1935-1936; interoffice memo from Cummings to Dore
Schary, with subject line "thievery," in which Cummings objects to Sol Fielding not receiving proper credit for BRIGHT ROAD
(1953), April 17, 1953; thank-you note from Frank Sinatra, April 6, 1954; letter from Andy Siff expressing concern regarding
behavior of his wife Julie Cummings, daughter of Jack Cummings, December 16, 1960, 4 pages; letter from Shearer & Fields stating
they have heard of Jack Cummings's marital problems with Betty Kern and wish to meet with him, December 31, 1962
folder 197
Correspondence--V-Z
1949--1959
Record ID: 71440201
Scope and Content Note
letter from Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr. discussing his work on the documentary ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME, August 24, 1949, 4 pages
[annotated]; interoffice memo from Jack Cummings to Robert Vogel describing how he has bolstered image of Mexico in his films,
January 22, 1954
folder 198
Correspondence--unidentified
1962--1962
Record ID: 71531053
folder 199
Cummings, Cathy
Circa 1943--1959
Record ID: 71440203
Scope and Content Note
photostat of birth certificate, 1941; adoption document, March 31, 1943; letter from Seymour P. Steinberg to Sam Boverman
discussing custody of Cathy Cummings, September 8, 1959; family snapshots, circa 1959, 1984
folder 200
Cummings, Ida Mayer
Circa 1936--1968
Record ID: 71440204
Scope and Content Note
court document regarding petition by Ida Mayer Cummings to change name of her son from Leonard Mayer to Leonard Mayer Cummings,
October 29, 1936; six family photographs, circa 1936-1967; material regarding her death and funeral
folder 201
Cummings, Jack
1937--1979
Record ID: 71440205
Scope and Content Note
clippings; personal publicity; biographies; notes; list of MGM features and shorts which Jack Cummings worked on early in
his career
folder 202
Cummings, Linda Kern
Circa 1953--1954
Record ID: 71440206
Scope and Content Note
photograph, circa 1953; clipping, June 25, 1964; correspondence regarding, and copy of, birth certificate, 1969
folder 203
Cummings, Mitzi
1980--1980
Record ID: 71531086
Scope and Content Note
photographs
folder 204
Cummings, Nathan--correspondence
1956--1981
Record ID: 71440207
Scope and Content Note
letter from Nathan Cummings to Jack Cummings telling him that he should be less of an artist and more of a business man, January
10, 1956
folder 205
de Martino, Inigo--correspondence
1952--1955
Record ID: 71531014
folder 206
Financial statements
1961--1961
Record ID: 71531141
folder 207
Flynn, "Lefty"--correspondence
1963--1964
Record ID: 71531013
folder 208
The Freedom Charter of the People of South Africa
Record ID: 71440210
folder 209
Fyodorova, Victoria
1975--1977
Record ID: 71440211
Scope and Content Note
material regarding making film about romance between Jackson Tate and Zoya Fyodorova during World War II
folder 210
Green, Johnny
1946--1946
Record ID: 71440213
Scope and Content Note
letter from Johnny Green saying farewell as he leaves MGM and noting how much his friendship with Jack Cummings meant to him,
December 23, 1946
folder 211
Guille, Peter
1957--1960
Record ID: 71440214
Scope and Content Note
correspondence; miscellaneous Chinese business cards; unidentified slide
folder 212
Guys and Dolls
1949--1954
Record ID: 71440089
Scope and Content Note
correspondence and balance sheets regarding Jack Cummings's financial investment in Broadway show; memo from Cummings to Dore
Schary suggesting that stage production should be made into film, August 25, 1952
folder 213
Hillcrest Country Club
1958--1963
Record ID: 71440215
Scope and Content Note
certificate of membership, May 29, 1958; documents related to distribution of oil royalty interests and agreements; membership
card, 1963
folder 214
Hogarth, Burne
1986--1986
Record ID: 71440216
Scope and Content Note
correspondence regarding Jack Cummings producing and Burne Hogarth animating a Tarzan series for video distribution
folder 215
International Helium
1967--1968
Record ID: 71440217
folder 216
Jack Cummings Productions
1957--1965
Record ID: 71440222
Scope and Content Note
deal memorandum with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, July 9, 1961, 3 pages [five copies]; title registration report, August 21, 1964
folder 217
Kern, Betty--clippings
1947--1947
Record ID: 71440202
folder 218
Kern, Betty--correspondence
1942--1947
Record ID: 71531074
Scope and Content Note
congratulatory correspondence and telegrams on the occasion of Betty Kern's marriages to Artie Shaw and Jack Cummings, 1942-1947;
Christmas card, circa 1947; handwritten letter from Kern asking Cummings not to blame "Ralph" [for affair?] and to not "blackball"
his career, circa 1962, 2 pages
folder 219
Kern, Betty--legal
1963--1963
Record ID: 71531075
Scope and Content Note
divorce document, June 5, 1963
folder 220
Kern, Eva
1956--1956
Record ID: 71531083
Scope and Content Note
two letters from Eva Kern, mother of Betty Kern, asking Jack Cummings to take his time in considering divorce from Betty since
it will hurt the children, 1956
folder 221
Kern, Jerome
1935--1935
Record ID: 71440223
Scope and Content Note
letter from Jerome Kern to E. Schmidt & Co., November 18, 1935; sheet music for “April Fooled Me,” “Introduce Me,” and “Nice
to be Near,” 1956; list of compositions, undated
folder 222
Lasky, Jesse L.
1980--1980
Record ID: 71440218
Scope and Content Note
program for tribute by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, September 15, 1980
folder 223
Life insurance
1946--1960
Record ID: 71440219
folder 224
Life insurance
1961--1967
Record ID: 71440220
folder 225
Ludwig, William
1957--1958
Record ID: 71440221
Scope and Content Note
employment contracts with Jack Cummings Enterprises, 1957-1958
folder 226
Mayer, Louis B.
1951--1958
Record ID: 71440224
Scope and Content Note
letter from Louis B. Mayer discussing his attempt to purchase rights to "Porgy and Bess" and his refusal to visit Jack Cummings
in Japan during filming of THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (1956) since he wants "no part of the Orient," March 28, 1956;
legal document regarding part of estate being released to Cummings, April 30, 1958
folder 227
McDermott, Ed--correspondence
1960--1960
Record ID: 71440225
Scope and Content Note
letter from Jack Cummings to Ed McDermott discussing Louis B. Mayer being friends with Cardinal Joseph Spellman and how Cummings's
meeting with Pope Pius XII served as antidote to anti-Semitism he had experienced in the past, November 1, 1960, 2 pages;
letter from Cummings to McDermott reacting positively to election of John F. Kennedy, December 13, 1960; snapshots
folder 228
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
1937--1948
Record ID: 71440227
Scope and Content Note
clipping of Jack Cummings with his wife [Marjorie Strauss] at MGM picnic, August 30, 1937; list of international distributors,
September 1, 1948
folder 229
Miscellaneous
1948--1961
Record ID: 71440228
Scope and Content Note
subpoena for Jack Cummings to testify on behalf of Lester Cole, November 1948; story cost report which includes listing for
THE BIRDMAN OF ALCATRAZ (1962), July 1, 1961; story synopsis sent to Robert O'Brien concerning story of Chick Parsons and
Father Edward J. Haggerty in the Philippines during World War II, undated, 5 pages; manuscript, "Music In Films" by Julio
Abadia discussing MGM music department and praising Jack Cummings for bringing Latin American music to the screen, undated,
4 pages
folder 230
Morton, Milton C.--correspondence
1955--1963
Record ID: 71440229
Scope and Content Note
correspondence from Jack Cummings in securing Milton C. Morton's services as doctor for cast and crew of TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST
MOON (1956); correspondence regarding daughter Julie Cummings and WILL ADAMS (unproduced); note from Morton, circa 1956, with
attached letter from Julie Cummings, undated, 3 pages; letter from Morton to Cummings noting that Louis Calhern died of acute
alcoholism, June 14, 1956; letter from Cummings to Morton discussing preview of film in New York, October 2, 1956
folder 231
Obregon, Oscar, Jr.
1947--1966
Record ID: 71440230
Scope and Content Note
correspondence regarding ZAPATA and other unrealized projects
folder 232
Office of War Information
1943--1943
Record ID: 71440212
Scope and Content Note
manual for motion picture industry; bulletins; fact sheets
folder 233
Osaka, Japan
1955--1955
Record ID: 71440231
Scope and Content Note
scrapbook, April 8, 1955, 4 leaves
folder 234
Passports
1949--1960
Record ID: 71440232
folder 235
Periodicals (A)
1953--1953
Record ID: 71440246
Scope and Content Note
"Argosy," Vol. 336, no. 3, March, 1953
folder 236
Periodicals (B)
1947--1960
Record ID: 71531157
Scope and Content Note
"Box Office Digest," 1947 annual; Vol. 23, No. 6, May 15, 1960
folder 237
Periodicals (C)
1948--1953
Record ID: 71531158
Scope and Content Note
"Cinevoz," 1948 [compilation]; "Cine-Grafica," circa 1953
folder 238
Periodicals (D-F)
1948--1956
Record ID: 71531159
Scope and Content Note
"El Libro de Oro del Cine Mexicano," 1948; "The Distributor," June 26, 1954, Vol. 30, No. 11 [attached note from Eddie Lawrence];
"Focus," February 1955; "Film Daily," New York, March 28, 1955, Vol. 107, No. 60 [attached letter from Chas Alicoate]; "Far
East Film News," Vol. 3, No. 40, March 23, 1956; Vol. 3, No. 36, February 24, 1956
folder 239
Periodicals (H)
1950--1955
Record ID: 71531160
Scope and Content Note
"The Hollywood Reporter," Vol. CVII, No. 39, February 10, 1950; Vol. CXXXII, No. 48, March 25, 1955
folder 240
Periodicals (L)
1954--1960
Record ID: 71531161
Scope and Content Note
"The Lion’s Roar," London, December 24, 1954, Vol. XXIV, No. 52; London, December 31, 1954, Vol. XXIV, No. 53; November 5,
1954, Vol. XXIV, No. 45; London, December 17, 1954, Vol. XXIV, No. 51 [2 copies]; "Limelight," Vol. 2, no. 31, August 4, 1960
[includes note from Paul Devoe]
folder 241
Periodicals (M-S)
1949--1965
Record ID: 71531162
Scope and Content Note
"Showmen’s Trade Review," Vol. 51, No 26, December 24, 1949, Section Two; Vol. 50, No. 21, May 21, 1949; "Exhibitor," Vol.
44, No. 14, August 9, 1950 and Volume 46, No. 14, August 8, 1951; "Motion Picture Exhibitor," Volume 74, No. 9, September
29, 1965
folder 242
Periodicals (T-W)
1950--1958
Record ID: 71531163
Scope and Content Note
"Westways," December 1950; "Daily Variety," Vol. 87, No. 15, March 25, 1955; Vol. 73, No. 14, September 25, 1951; "Time,"
Vol. LXXII, No. 23, December 8, 1958
folder 243
Personal documents
1922--1944
Record ID: 71440233
Scope and Content Note
naturalization papers, including social security card, reference letters, birth certificate, and marriage certificate of parents;
schedule of war bonds; certificate of citizenship; photographs
folder 244
Postcards
Record ID: 71440234
Scope and Content Note
16 color Japanese postcards [blank]
folder 245
Powell, Eleanor
1984--1984
Record ID: 71440235
Scope and Content Note
letter from Douglas W. Edwards to Jack Cummings, January 31, 1984, with attached photocopies of photographs from Eleanor Powell
tribute
folder 246
Prowse, Juliet
1959--1959
Record ID: 71440236
Scope and Content Note
three photocopies of photographs with attached envelope, February 3, 1959; letter from Juliet Prowse to Hermes Pan discussing
Jack Cummings's interest in casting her in CAN-CAN (1960), February 19, 1959, 3 pages
folder 247
Real estate
1962--1968
Record ID: 71440209
Scope and Content Note
legal document regarding property in Mexico to be transferred to Jack Cummings after being used for filming of THE NIGHT OF
THE IGUANA (1964), September 12, 1963
folder 248
Retirement
1930--1930
Record ID: 71440238
Scope and Content Note
retirement statement from Loew's Retirement Plan, 1950 [illustrated with MGM insignia and other illustrations in corners]
folder 249
Rowland, Roy and Ruth
1963--1966
Record ID: 71440239
Scope and Content Note
letter from Ruth Rowland discussing declining health of Leonard Mayer Cummings, June 8, 1964; correspondence from Roy Rowland
regarding film to star Marisol
folder 250
Ruby, Harry--correspondence
1944--1972
Record ID: 71440240
Scope and Content Note
letter from Harry Ruby noting that unidentified man is the most dangerous man in the film industry and must be stopped, February
28, 1944; letter from Ruby suggesting songs for sequel to THREE LITTLE WORDS (1950), August 10, 1951; letter from Ruby suggesting
that Louis B. Mayer had to leave MGM after insulting Mervyn LeRoy, April 9, 1952; letter from Ruby discussing THINKING OF
YOU (unproduced), March 9, 1953, 2 pages; letter from Ruby discussing doing television show with Groucho Marx, May 11, 1956
folder 251
Schulberg, B.P.
1943--1943
Record ID: 71440241
Scope and Content Note
correspondence regarding anti-Semitic behavior of William Rankin directed towards B. P. Schulberg and his wife at Players
Club
folder 252
Sheet Music
1910--1974
Record ID: 71440242
Scope and Content Note
“La Danse de Puck” for piano by Claude Debussy, Durand et Cie, 1910 [annotated]; “Danse Rituelle du Feu” for piano by Manuel
de Falla, J. & W. Chester, Ltd., 1921 [2 copies]; “Cartas a Ufemia” for piano by Ruben Fuentes and Ruben Mendez, Promotora
Hispano Americana de Musica, 1952 [2 copies]; “Un Bel Di” for voice and piano by Giacomo Puccini, G. Schirmer, Inc. 1964;
“The Entertainer” piano solo by Scott Joplin, CPP/Belwin, Inc., 1974; various photocopies of miscellaneous piano sheet music
folder 253
The Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
1985--1985
Record ID: 71440243
Scope and Content Note
certificate signed by Gerald Ford, [1985]
folder 254
Tate, Jackson
1942--1943
Record ID: 71440244
Scope and Content Note
correspondence from USN Commanding Officer Jackson Tate and crew of the USS Altamaha; letter signed by entire crew of USS
Altamaha, October 27, 1942; photographs of ship and memorial service for USS Randolph
folder 255
Visa application
1962--1962
Record ID: 71440245
Scope and Content Note
visa application to enter Japan [not filled out]
Berlin, Irving
Circa 1908--1908
Record ID: 71531186
Scope and Content Note
11x19½ copy of inscribed group photograph including Jerome D. Kern and Irving Berlin, circa 1908 [2 copies]
Boxoffice Records--book
1938--1938
Record ID: 71462536
CAN-CAN
1960--1960
Record ID: 71531173
Scope and Content Note
certificate from Southern California Motion Picture Council, March 22, 1960
Cinema Arts--periodical
1937--1937
Record ID: 71531182
Scope and Content Note
"Cinema Arts," June 1937. Cinema Magazine, Inc., New York, 1937. Limited edition number 354, inscribed to Jack Cummings
Periodicals
1964--1964
Record ID: 71531177
Scope and Content Note
"Show," January 1964; "Variety" (daily), May 1-3, 1989
THE ROMANCE OF ROSY RIDGE--music scores
1947--1947
Record ID: 71302168
Scope and Content Note
music score by George Bassman, May 1947 [in boxed sleeve]
Scrapbook
1937--1937
Record ID: 71531183
Scope and Content Note
blue and brown wooden scrapbook containing clippings and photographs of race horses Dark Accent and Reluctance [partially
owned by Jack Cummings], circa 1937, 7 pages
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON
1956--1956
Record ID: 71531175
Scope and Content Note
certificate from Southern California Motion Picture Council, November 27, 1956
VIVA LAS VEGAS--music scores
1963--1963
Record ID: 71531174
Scope and Content Note
bound music score with cover that reads "Elvis Presley," 1963
Williams, Esther
1944--1951
Record ID: 71531176
Scope and Content Note
clippings from "Life" magazine