Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Webb, James R.
- Abstract:
- James R. Webb (1909-1974) wrote fiction for such magazines as Saturday evening post, Collier's, and Cosmopolitan. He later became a Hollywood screenwriter and won a 1963 Academy Award for the original screenplay of How the West was won (1962). The collection consists of 7 variant scripts for the film How the West was won, and related materials by Webb.
- Extent:
- 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
- Language:
- English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of 7 variant scripts for the film How the West was won, and related materials by James R. Webb.
- Biographical / historical:
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Webb was born on October 4, 1909 in Denver, Colorado; graduated from Stanford University, 1930; from 1936 wrote fiction for such magazines as Saturday evening post, Collier's, and Cosmopolitan; became a Hollywood screenwriter in the late 1930s writing for Roy Rogers westerns; served as secretary of the Screen Writers' Guild in 1950; won 1963 Academy Award for the original screenplay of How the West was won (1962); other script credits include: South of Santa Fe (1942), Apache (1954), The big country (1958), Cape Fear (1963), Cheyenne autumn (1964), They call me Mr. Tibbs (1970), and The organization (1971); he died in 1974.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of James R. Webb, 1965.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988