Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Merlin, Milton
- Extent:
- 9 linear feet of papers.
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Milton Merlin papers span the years circa 1930s-1960s and encompass 9 linear feet. The collection includes Paramount and MGM produced and unproduced scripts and story material, treatments, reader's reports, correspondence, and photographs. There are also scripts and ephemera for U.S. Army Signal Corps training films.
- Biographical / historical:
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Milton Merlin was an American writer and associate producer. He was with the Paramount Pictures story department from 1933 to 1936, then functioned as an associate producer at MGM until 1940. During World War II he served with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He worked in radio and television in the 1950s and 1960s.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mark Merlin, Sally Merlin, and Christopher Merlin, 1999
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: Not arranged in series.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- producers
screenwriters - Names:
- Merlin, Milton , 1905-1996--Archives.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226