Abby Mann film scripts collection, 1960-1978

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Summary

Creators:
Mann, Abby, 1927-2008
Abstract:
Abby Mann (1927-2008) was an American film writer and producer known for his motion picture drama screenplays. This collection includes scripts, in draft, working, and final forms, from Mann's film writing career throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Extent:
36.44 Linear Feet 33 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Abby Mann film scripts collection, Collection no. 2139, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

Abby Mann (1927-2008) was an American film writer and producer known for his motion picture drama screenplays. This collection includes scripts, in draft, working, and final forms, from Mann's film writing career throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Titles present are: After the Fall (1969), Andersonville (1966), Children of Sanchez (1978), The Detective (1968), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Ship of Fools (1965), andA Child is Waiting (1963).

Biographical / historical:

Abby Mann (1927-2008) was an American film writer and producer known for his motion picture drama screenplays.

Mann won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1962 for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). During his acceptance speech Mann noted, "A writer worth his salt at all has an obligation not only to entertain but to comment on the world in which he lives."

Acquisition information:
Gift of Abby Mann, December 22, 1969.
Processing information:

This collection is not fully processed.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is currently unavailable for access because of its size and current level of processing. Contact the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu for details.

Terms of access:

Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Abby Mann film scripts collection, Collection no. 2139, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Cinematic Arts Library
Doheny Memorial Library, Room G4
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
Contact:
(213) 740-8383
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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