This collection consists of story treatments, production materials, clippings, correspondence, scrapbooks, and photographs from American motion picture director, producer, and writer Clyde E. Elliott (1885-1959).

Clyde E. Elliott (1885-1959) was an American film director, producer, and writer best known for directing Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932), starring Frank Buck. Elliott's films were primarily action-adventure movies shot on location where the hero would face off with a wild animal. From 1945 to 1950 Elliott served as the editor of the Santa Ana Independent, a weekly newspaper published from 1935 to 1966.

10.125 Linear Feet 9 boxes

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