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


 

Manuscripts

 

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

folder 81

THREE LITTLE WORDS--clippings 1950--1950

Record ID: 71530853

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

folder 90

VIVA LAS VEGAS--clippings 1963--1963

Record ID: 71530868

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

folder 102

ALIEN SEED--memoranda 1962--1962

Record ID: 71530885

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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
 

Subject files

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

Scope and Content Note

folder 185

Award certificates 1951--1963

Record ID: 71440190

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

folder 188

Clippings 1965--1989

Record ID: 71440192

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

folder 206

Financial statements 1961--1961

Record ID: 71531141

Scope and Content Note

folder 207

Flynn, "Lefty"--correspondence 1963--1964

Record ID: 71531013

Scope and Content Note

folder 208

The Freedom Charter of the People of South Africa

Record ID: 71440210

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

folder 224

Life insurance 1961--1967

Record ID: 71440220

Scope and Content Note

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

Scope and Content Note

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]
 

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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

Scope and Content Note

 

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