Finding Aid for the Edward H. Griffith Papers, ca. 1910-1958
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Edward H. Griffith Papers
Date (inclusive): ca. 1910-1958
Collection number: 446
Creator: Griffith, Edward H., 1888-1975.
Extent: 4 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Abstract: Director, writer, and producer Lt. Edward Hilaire Griffith was born Aug. 23, 1875, in Lynchburg, Va. Educated in England and
Europe, Griffith started out as a newspaper reporter and a magazine writer. He became an actor/writer for the Edison Company
in 1915. After Edison folded in 1917, Griffith remained busy at most of the major studios throughout the silent era. He soon
began directing two-reelers, graduating to features in 1917. Griffith was a director of motion pictures for the War Department
in World War I. He was also responsible for the first film version of Philip Barry's
Holiday (1930), was both producer and director of several Paramount productions of the early 1940s, and directed
The Sky's the Limit (1943) featuring Fred Astaire. Griffith died March 3, 1975, in South Laguna, Calif. Collection consists of letters including
correspondence with a French company interested in showcasing his films in France, carb!
on copies of letters, scripts and play scenarios written by or handled by Griffith mostly from 1915-1922; a scrapbook with
3 photographs and about 150 printed movie and play programs, some with manuscripts notes by Griffith; and 2 notebooks with
manuscripts notes for film ideas.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library 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 Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library 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
Purchase, 1992.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Edward H. Griffith Papers (Collection 446). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Director, writer, and producer Lt. Edward Hilaire Griffith was born Aug. 23, 1875, in Lynchburg, Va. Educated in England and
Europe, Griffith started out as a newspaper reporter and a magazine writer. He became an actor/writer for the Edison Company
in 1915. After Edison folded in 1917, Griffith remained busy at most of the major studios throughout the silent era. He soon
began directing two-reelers, graduating to features in 1917. Griffith was a director of motion pictures for the War Department
in World War I. He was also responsible for the first film version of Philip Barry's
Holiday (1930), was both producer and director of several Paramount productions of the early 1940s, and directed
The Sky's the Limit (1943) featuring Fred Astaire. Griffith died March 3, 1975, in South Laguna, Calif.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of letters including correspondence with a French company interested in showcasing his films in France,
carbon copies of letters, scripts and play scenarios written by or handled by Griffith mostly from 1915-1922; a scrapbook
with 3 photographs and about 150 printed movie and play programs, some with manuscripts notes by Griffith; and 2 notebooks
with manuscripts notes for film ideas.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Scripts
- Scripts by others
- Writings
- Personal
- Clippings
- Correspondence.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Griffith, Edward H.--1888-1975--Archives.
Motion picture producers and directors--Archival resources.
Box 1, Folder 1
The Finish
no date
Physical Description: Multiple incomplete copies
Box 1, Folder 2
Emotional insanity?
no date
Box 1, Folder 3
The Second Heat ?
no date
Box 1, Folder 6
Fading-out on the General
no date
Box 1, Folder 8
Clean As A Hound's Tooth
no date
Box 1, Folder 9
The Man Who Did Nothing
no date
Box 1, Folder 12
Guyed to Cleveland
no date
Box 1, Folder 14
The End of the Road
no date
Box 1, Folder 15
Ten Thousand In Gold
no date
Box 1, Folder 16
A Quay, The Sea, A Galleon
1919
Box 2, Folder 8
Unidentified scripts
no date
Box 2, Folder 7
Bill Smith '85 - unfinished
1914
Box 2, Folder 9
She Rode to Glory by Albert Shelby Levino and Mildred Gardner
no date
Box 2, Folder 10
Satan and Mr. Smith by Lyle Thomas
Feb. 16, 1958
Box 2, Folder 11
The Goldfin Duck by Mac Sheridan
no date
Box 2, Folder 12
Nightmare by Jean Burrows
1921
Box 2, Folder 13
A Philosopher in the Attic by Eileen Erroll
no date
Box 2, Folder 14
Moon Music by Marcella Burke and Gladys Unger
no date
Box 2, Folder 6
Ramona, California and miscellaneous notes
1913
Box 3, Folder 1
Description of Camp Windemere - Unity, Maine
no date
Physical Description: two copies
Box 3, Folder 2
Postcard of White Star Line - S.S. "Baltic"
no date
Box 3, Folder 6
Vocabulary, story ideas, addresses
1910
Box 3, Folder 7
Lines and ideas, material, notes
no date
Box 3, Folder 8
Books consulted list
no date
Box 3, Folder 9
Estimated costs for an unidentified production
no date
Box 3, Folder 11
Data and policy - auto insurance
1919
Box 3, Folder 12
Family expense record
1919
Box 3, Folder 13
Expenses - check to IRS
1922
Box 3, Folder 17
Newspaper clippings
no date
Box 3, Folder 18
The American Architect -
The Architectural Review, house and garden
clippings
1921-1922
Box 4, Folder 7
Correspondence with S.A.F.F.I.
1921
Box 4, Folder 8
Miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Box 4, Folder 9
E.H. Griffith correspondence A-C
1919-1921
Box 4, Folder 10
E.H. Griffith correspondence D-G
1918-1922
Box 4, Folder 11
E.H. Griffith correspondence H
1919-1922
Box 4, Folder 12
E.H. Griffith correspondence I
1918-1919
Box 4, Folder 13
E.H. Griffith correspondence J-K
1919
Box 4, Folder 14
E.H. Griffith correspondence L
1919
Box 4, Folder 15
E.H. Griffith correspondence M
1919-1922
Box 4, Folder 16
E.H. Griffith correspondence N-O
1917-1920
Box 4, Folder 17
E.H. Griffith correspondence P-R
1919-1922
Box 4, Folder 18
E.H. Griffith correspondence S
1918-1920
Box 4, Folder 19
E.H. Griffith correspondence T
1918-1922
Box 4, Folder 20
E.H. Griffith correspondence U-Z
1918-1921