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Finding Aid for the Republic Pictures Corporation Records, 1935-1960
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Title: Republic Pictures Corporation Records,
Date (inclusive): 1935-1960
Collection number: 979
Creator:
Republic Pictures Corporation
Extent:
139 boxes (69.5 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Republic Pictures Corporation was created in 1935 by merging four minor studios. The studio produced mostly westerns in assembly-line
fashion, and occasionally produced a major motion picture under direction of Raoul Walsh, John Ford, or Orson Welles. The
collection consists of shooting and continuity scripts for approximately 2000 titles.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of David Bloom, 1967.
[Identification of item], Republic Pictures Corporation Records (Collection 979). Department of Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Republic Pictures Corporation was created in 1935; formed by Herbert J. Yates, owner of a film laboratory, by merging four
minor studios; created B movies, producing mostly westerns, in assembly-line fashion; occasionally produced a major motion
picture under direction of Raoul Walsh, John Ford, or Orson Welles; as B movies were eliminated in the 1950s, Republic abandoned
film production in favor of television programming; Yates retired in 1959.
Collection consists of shooting and continuity scripts for approximately 2000 titles. Includes Gene Autry, John Wayne, and
Roy Rogers movies as well as Orson Welles'
Macbeth.
Portions of this collection are available in duplicated or original form at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
the British Film Institute, the Museum of Modern Art (New York, New York), and at the University of Southern California.
Arranged in the following series:
- Continuity scripts (Boxes 1-61).
- Shooting scripts (Boxes 62-139).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Republic Pictures Corporation--Archives.
Motion picture industry--Archival resources.
Film scripts.