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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: King Vidor papers
Creator:
Vidor, King, 1894-1982
Identifier/Call Number: 2239
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/5/resources/1122
Physical Description:
176.375 Linear Feet
139 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1909-1959
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of American director King Vidor (1894-1982).
Language of Material:
English.
King Vidor (1894-1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter. His most successful film in the silent
era was "The Big Parade" (1925). Vidor's movies include "Northwest Passage" (1940), "Comrade X" (1940), "An American Romance"
(1944), "Duel in the Sun" (1946), and many more. In 1979 Vidor was awarded an Honorary Academy Award.
This collection contains the papers of American director King Vidor (1894-1982). Materials include 13 screenplays; general
production correspondence including items from David O. Selznick, Samuel Goldwyn, and Pare Lorentz; miscellaneous newspaper
and magazine clippings and reviews; production materials such as drafts, notes, story outlines, research materials, and publicity;
and Vidor's memoirs for an autobiography. Among the films for which there is material are: Our Daily Bread (1934), So Red
the Rose (1935), The Texas Rangers (1936), Stella Dallas (1937), The Citadel (1938), Northwest Passage (1940), H.M. Pulham,
Esq. (1941), An American Romance (1944), and Duel in the Sun (1946).
This collection is currently unavailable for access because of its size and current level of processing. Contact the Cinematic
Arts Library ctlibarc@usc.edu for details.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], King Vidor papers, Collection no. 2239, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of
Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors -- Archival resources
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archival resources
Screenplays
Correspondence
Clippings (information artifacts)
Reviews (documents)
Motion pictures -- Reviews -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources
Drafts (documents)
Research (documents)
Publicity photographs
Autobiography -- Archival resources
Photographs
Realia
Vidor, King, 1894-1982 -- Archives