Description
George Halasz was a theatrical critic for the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, under the column,
The Curtain Rises. Additionally, he wrote features for
Vanity Fair, the
New York Times, and the
Saturday review of Literature. In 1935 Halasz moved to Hollywood and became a script reader and writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other studios. The collection
consists of four scrapbooks containing published articles written by Halasz.
Background
George Halasz was born in Hungary. He came to the United States in 1921 and was theatrical critic for the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, under the column,
The Curtain Rises. Additionally, he wrote for
Vanity Fair, the
New York Times, and the
Saturday review of Literature. He became a translator of the plays of Hungarian writer, Ferenc Molnar and also wrote an unpublished biography about the
playwright. In 1935 Halasz moved to Hollywood and became a script reader and writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other studios.
In 1955 he opened the Mercury Book Store in Beverly Hills specializing in psychoanalytic literature. He died in Los Angeles
in June, 1990.
Extent
0.8 linear ft.
(2 flat boxes)
Restrictions
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Availability
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