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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Clyde E. Elliott papers
Creator:
Elliott, Clyde E., 1891-1959
Identifier/Call Number: 6191
Physical Description:
10.125 Linear Feet
9 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1908-1961
Abstract: 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).
Language of Material:
English.
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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.
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). Materials include production materials
for
Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932),
Devil Tiger (1934), and
Booloo (1938), correspondence, travel photos, press clippings, and the Manuscript for Elliott's unpublished book
Rambling Thoughts of a World Rover.
Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Department of Special
Collections at specol@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Clyde Hayes, June 15, 2019.
See also: Alfred Hayes papers, Collection no. 6211, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Clyde E. Elliott's daughter, Marietta Elliott, married Alfred Hayes.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Clyde E. Elliott papers, Collection no. 6191, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed. Box title information comes from handwritten content notes on rehoused boxes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Animal films -- Archival resources
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence
Manuscripts
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Motion picture authorship -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Screenplays
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archival resources
Treatments (documents)
Elliott, Clyde E., 1891-1959 -- Archives