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Title: Dudley Nichols Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1940-1959
Collection number: 834
Creator:
Nichols, Dudley, 1895-
Extent:
8 boxes (4 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Dudley Nichols (1895-1960) was a journalist and screenwriter. He wrote or co-authored screenplays for some of John Ford's
best-known films, including
The informer (1935), which won an Academy Award, and
Stagecoach (1939). He also wrote scripts for Howard Hawks, Jean Renoir, Fritz Lang, and Elia Kazan. The collection consists of mimeograph
and typescript copies of movie treatments and drafts of Nichols' screenplays from the 1940s and 1950s, production notes, and
magazine articles related to the films.
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.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Dudley Nichols, 1961 and 1962.
[Identification of item], Dudley Nichols Papers (Collection 834). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2470367
Nichols was born on April 6, 1895 in Wapakoneta, Ohio; began career as reporter for the
New York Evening Post, then switched to the
New York World; worked as journalist in New York City for 10 years; with his first screenplay,
Men without women (1930), he began a long association with John Ford and subsequently wrote or co-authored screenplays for some of Ford's best-known
films, including
The informer (1935), which won an Academy Award, and
Stagecoach (1939); adapted two Eugene O'Neill plays,
Long voyage home and
Mourning beomes Electra (1947), for the screen; wrote scripts for Howard Hawks, Jean Renoir, Fritz Lang, and Elia Kazan; was president of Screen
Writers Guild (1938-39); produced and directed three films in 1940s; wrote action and Western scripts in 1950s; died January
4, 1960.
Collection consists of mimeograph and typescript copies of movie treatments and drafts of Nichols' screenplays from the 1940s
and 1950s. Also includes production notes and magazine articles related to the films.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Nichols, Dudley, 1895- --Archives.
O'Neill, Eugene, 1888-1953--Film and video adaptations.
Screenwriters--United States--Archival resources.
Motion picture producers and directors--Archival resources.
Film scripts.