Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Brackett, Charles
- Abstract:
- The collection includes scripts and production material, correspondence, subject files, diaries, and photographs.
- Extent:
- 36 linear ft. of papers
- Language:
- Languages represented in the collection: English
- Preferred citation:
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Charles Brackett papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Charles Brackett was an American producer and screenwriter active in film from 1932 to 1962. Prior to his career in Hollywood, he served in World War I, practiced law, wrote novels, and was a drama critic for “The New Yorker.” Brackett started as a staff writer in 1932 at Paramount where he met Billy Wilder. The two went on to collaborate on a number of films and screenplays, including THE LOST WEEKEND (1945) and SUNSET BLVD. (1950). Brackett received three Academy Awards in the writing category and a 1957 Honorary Award. He served as president of the Academy from 1949 to 1955.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Jim Moore, 2006-2007
- Arrangement:
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1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Stage files; 3. Correspondence; 4. Subject files, subseries A-C as follows: A. General; B. Diaries; C. Writings; 5. Financial papers; 6. Books; 7. Periodicals; 8. Oversize
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Producers
Screenwriters - Names:
- Brackett, Charles
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
- Preferred citation:
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Charles Brackett papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226