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Fred Guiol Screenplay Collection
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Title: Fred Guiol Screenplay Collection
Dates: early to mid-20th century
Collection Number: SC.04
Creator/Collector:
Guiol, Fred, 1898-1964
Hal Roach Studios
RKO
Extent: 16 volumes and 13 boxes (3 linear ft)
Repository:
California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
Fullerton, California 92834-4150
Abstract: The Fred Guiol Screenplay Collection is composed of screenplays that Mr. Guiol wrote and co-wrote during a long career at
Hal Roach Studio and RKO Studio. They were donated by his daughter, Mrs. Peggy Davis, in November 1970.
Language of Material: English
The collection is open for research.
Fred Guiol Screenplay Collection. California State University, Fullerton. University Archives and Special Collections
Scope and Content of Collection
Scripts, treatments, and synopses of 103 screen titles produced during the 1920s - 1960s relating to the Hollywood career
of producer/director, writer Fred Guiol or Fred Gill. Among the scripts included are shooting scripts of 50 silent movies,
six Laurel and Hardy silent films, "Giant", and the 1959 film "Diary of Anne Frank". The collection also includes the Fred
Guiol screenplays and a small number of paperback books on which the films were based.