Joyce Fierro reader reports

Special Collections
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Descriptive Summary

Title: Joyce Fierro reader reports
Date (inclusive): 1973-1980
Collection number: 327
Creator: Fierro, Joyce
Extent: 2 linear feet of papers.
Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages: English

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Access

Available by appointment only.

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Preferred Citation

Joyce Fierro reader reports, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Joyce Fierro, 1993

Biography

Joyce Fierro is an American writer and story analyst. She wrote for episodic television in the early 1960s and worked in the story department as a reader for 20th Century-Fox during the 1970s.

Collection Scope and Content Summary

The Joyce Fierro reader reports span the years 1973-1980 and encompass 2 linear feet. The collection contains story synopses and reader reports prepared by Fierro based on material submitted to 20th Century- Fox. The reader reports provide story synopses and analysis of the production viability for a wide range of potential source materials. They are an important preliminary step in the process studios use to select new properties from the large number of dramatic and literary submissions they receive. The reports are based on screenplays, novels, treatments, and magazine articles. Most contain at minimum a brief synopsis accompanied by a page of comments and suggestions. The material is arranged chronologically, with some two dozen files each holding around 50 to 60 reports.

Arrangement

Arranged in the following series: Not arranged in series.

Indexing Terms

Fierro, Joyce--Archives.