MOTION PICTURES
ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1956)
Location stills and snapshots (40 items, misc. sizes) R. Rossen, Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Danielle Derrieux and others.
ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949)
Synopsis of novel "A Lion is in the Streets" by Adria Locke Langley,attached Readers Report from Columbia Pictures, 7/26/44.
Synopsis of play "All The King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren,includes Columbia Pictures Inter-Office memos. 1946-1947. 5 items.
Synopsis of "All The King's Men" (no author, no date) by Shirley Miller. 32 pages.
Handwritten notes (unsorted, unidentified by scene), 250 pieces. n.d.
Handwritten and typed notes for treatment and screenplay by Robert Rossen, n.d. approx. 175 pgs.
Breakdown of script, 2 copies, 4 pgs. each. Script concordance, 5 pgs. Index and recommendations, 3 pgs. n.d.
3rd revised final draft of script, 3/1/49. Copy 1, bound, 140 pgs.
3rd revised final draft of script, 3/1/49. Copy 2, bound. 140 pgs.
Results of preview cards, Pasadena, CA., 6/16/49.
Bound copy of script: "Screenwriter's Guild Award to R.Rossen for..the best written drama of 1949". 3rd copy of 3rd revised final shooting script, 3/1/49.
Clipping from "Box Office", n.d. re: Rossen awarded tribute from Screen Directors Guild.
Scene stills (6 items 8"x10", 9 items 4"x5" ): R.R. rehearsing cast (6 items), Unidentified award (1 items), Oscar Awards (1 item 4"x5") R.R., Broderick Crawford, Mercedes McCambridge.
Poster/ads with variations in text and picture illustration, in color, 30 items. Press book. Plastic print mockup for billing.
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, 1947-1950.
Academy Awards Program 3/23/50 (2 items).
BLUES IN THE NIGHT (1941)
Script titled "Hot Nocturne" dated 6/6/41.
BODY AND SOUL (1947)
Final shooting script revised, dated 1/13/47. Copy 1.
Final shooting script revised, datd 1/13/47. Copy 2.
Reviews: Washington D.C. Evening Star 11/13/47, Variety 8/13/47, N.Y. Times 11/10/47, Sunday News 11/9/47, L.A. Herald Examiner 11/22/47, Washington Post 11/13/47, Box Office 8/23/47.
Reviews (clippings), incl. interviews with cast members, Jan.- May, 1947.
THE BRAVE BULLS (1951)
Revised final draft of shooting script with tabs indexing scenes, dated 2/16/50.
Shooting script #6 with tabs indexing scenes, dated 10/26/49.
R. Rossen and cast on location, incl. Mel Ferrer, Anthony Quinn (121 items, 8"x10").
Pressbook.
R. Rossen on location, 4 photographs (oversize).
DUST BE MY DESTINY (1939)
Final script, dated 4/1/39.
EDGE OF DARKNESS (1943)
Bound shooting script, dated 7/24/42.
Temporary script, dated 6/2/42.
THE HUSTLER (1961)
Handwritten notes and script. (n.d.) 138 pieces.
Handwritten script notes,including telephone dictation (4/25/61) and correspondence from Sidney Carroll (n.d.)
Fragments of typed script (n.d.) 44 pieces.
Bound screenplay, dated 8/20/60.
Script dated Oct 1960.
Bound first draft fragments, dated 5/25/60.
Bound fragmented first draft (n.d.)
Bound copy of second draft, dated 7/6/60.
Shooting script, pages 51-100, dated 3/2/61.)
Shooting script, pages 1-50, dated 3/2/61.
Shooting script, pages 101-135, dated 3/2/61.
Book of set design sketches autographed by Harry Horner, dated 5/11/61.
Stills of R.Rossen, Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, P. Laurie, G. C.Scott and others (41 items 8"x10").
Scrapbook of clippings.
JOHNNY O'CLOCK (1947)
Bound script. (n.d.)
Reviews (clippings) various newspapers, Feb.- May 1947.
LILITH (1964)
Synopsis of "Lilith" (n.d.)
Character descriptions (n.d.)
Breakdown of book (n.d.), breakdown of picnic scene (n.d.)
Notes on "Lilith" by Dr. Charles Fischer, dated 1/17/63. 3 copies.
Screenplay, dated 6/6/62. 2 copies.
Notes dated 4/27/62-11/5/62, includes pages from the novel.
Fragments of scenes, dated 11/23/62-1/2/63.
Analysis of screenplay, dated 2/27/63, 2 copies.
Tenative Step-Outline, dated 11/1/63.
Bound final script, dated 1/10/63.
Bound final script, Rosson's copy, dated 1/10/63. copy 2.
Bound final version, dated 1/10/63. copy 3.
Cutting room notes dated 10/12 - 12/3/63.
"The Legend of Lilith" (n.d.),a biography of Robert Rossen (n.d.) and publicity campaign notes.
Location stills R. Rossen, Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda and others(80 items 8"x10").
THE SEA WOLF (1941)
Rossen's bound final script, dated 10/22/40.
Bound copy with changes, dated 11/29/40.
THEY CAME TO CORDURA (1959)
Poster (stored in Arts Special Collections - map cabinet).
Novel "They Came To Cordura" by Glendon Swarthout Random House, 1958 with indexing tabs.
Revised final draft, dated 9/23/58.
Revised final draft, dated 9/23/58. Copy 2.
Revised final draft, dated 9/23/58. Copy 3.
Reviews (newspaper clippings) Oct. 1959.
THEY WON'T FORGET (1937)
Script entitled "In the Deep South", dated 2/15/37.
UNDERCOVER MAN (1949)
Bound script, dated 5/1/48.
Reviews (clippings), April 1949.
PROJECTS
COCOA BEACH (project)
Magazine articles:"Esquire" n.d., "The New Yorker" 2/15/58 and "The Insider", approx. 1962.
Synopsis for "Cocoa Beach", 4 copies dated 12/11/61, 2 undated.
Assorted script notes, January-November, 1962.
First draft treatment, dated 3/2/62. 4 copies.
Step Outline 7/24/62. Framework, dated 12/11/62, 3 copies.
Outline "#10 - A Film by R. Rossen", dated 12/1/64.
Random ideas, n.d.
Character descriptions, n.d.
Handwritten notes, 453 pieces. Folder 1 of 2. n.d.
Handwritten notes, 453 pieces. Folder 2 of 2. n.d.
Handwritten pages, 359 pieces. Folder 1 of 2. n.d.
Handwritten pages, 359 pieces. Folder 2 of 2. n.d.
Handwritten sequence 19 pages and notebook in shorthand, n.d.
Notes on Cape Canaveral scene. 3 copies. n.d.
Script notes. 1/7-1/29/65, 68 pieces.
Cocoa Beach Treatment, n.d.
Script notes, 2/1-18/65.
Script notes, 3/1-8/27/65.
Screenplay, dated 3/2/65. 2 copies.
Sequence #3-Slattery, dated 3/12/65. Sequences After Slattery. 1 piece. n.d.
Sequence #2, dated 3/15/65. Notes on Opening Sequence. 1 piece. n.d.
Sequence #1. 4 copies. n.d.
Script notes. 5 copies. n.d.
Basic scene outline. 2 copies. n.d.
Misc. notes and scenes. 96 pieces. n.d.
Misc. partial copies of notes and scripts. 17 copies. n.d.
Working script, misc. pages. 33 pieces. n.d.
Working script partial copies and misc. scenes. 177 pieces. (n.d.)
Partial script. 3 copies. (n.d.)
Working script #10, dated 10/26/65. 9 copies.
Working script, partial copies. (n.d.)
Final draft of treatment and screenplay, indexed. 2 copies. (n.d.)
Newspaper clippings from New York Post: 1/11/62, 11/6/62, 11/8/62, 11/15/62, 11/14/62.
STAGE PLAYS
THE COOL WORLD (play)
Bound copy of play by Warren Miller and Robert Rossen. Dated 1/4/60.
Bound copy of play by Warren Miller and Robert Rossen. Dated 12/10/59.
CORNER POCKET (play)
6 copies of partial stage script. 27 pages. Copyright dated 1936.
2 copies of Act 1. Bound. (n.d.)
MISCELLANEOUS
MISCELLANEOUS
"The Director", [essay by R.R.], 4 copies. (n.d.). [found w/COCOA BEACH material.
Letter from CENTAUR ENTERPRISES to R.R., dated 7/21/65 re office key and an appointment.
Articles about R.R. and his films: Film Quarterly, vol. 20 #2 (Winter 1966-67). Cahiers du Cinema, Jan. 1967, #7. Cinema, nos.6-7, Aug. 1970.
Newspaper notices on R.R.'s production plans, 1947-1964.
One photograph of R. Rossen.
Correspondence 1950-63, re various projects. (5 items).