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Title: Jerry Bresler motion picture scripts,
Date (inclusive): 1944-1963
Collection number: 229
Creator: Bresler, Jerry
Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Abstract: Jerry Bresler was a songwriter and a producer. The collection consists of motion picture scripts and a small amount of sheet
music that appears to be related to his career.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Performing Arts 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1977.
[Identification of item], Jerry Bresler motion picture scripts> (Collection 229). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Jerome Bresler was born April 13, 1908 in Denver, Colorado. He started his career as a production supervisor, working for
small companies, but would eventually start his own independent company. He joined MGM as a unit manager in the late 1930s
working on the
Dr. Kildare series and other films. After winning Academy Awards for the short subject films
Heavenly Music and
Stairway to Light, he went on to produce feature films. Among his film credits are
After Dark,
Bewitched,
Casino Royale,
Major Dundee, and
The Vikings. He died August 23, 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
The collection consists of motion picture scripts related to the career of producer Jerry Bresler. Among the 20-plus scripts
are
An Act of Murder,
Another Part of the Forest,
Casino Royale,
Diamond Head ,
Gidget Goes Hawaiian, and
The Vikings. Also included in the collection are a small collection of snapshots and a small amount of sheet music. Notably missing
from the collection are scripts from his academy winning short subject films,
Heavenly Music and
Stairway to Light.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by project title.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Bresler, Jerry -- Archives
Motion picture producers and directors -- Archival resources.
Film scripts