Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Slosser, Ralph John
- Abstract:
- Ralph Slosser was a production manager and assistant director. The collection consists of screenplays, television scripts, photographs, and production material related to Slosser's career.
- Extent:
- 5.0 Linear Feet (11 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ralph John Slosser Papers (Collection Number 164). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of screenplays, television scripts, photographs, and production material related to the career of director, Ralph Slosser. Includes material for a number of television and film productions. The film projects represented inlcude Gone with the Wind (1939), The Oregon Trail (1959), Phantom of the Opera (1925), Ride, Ryder, Ride!(1949), Scarface (1932), Young Jesse James (1960), The Well(1951) and others. Television projects represented include Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Arts Linkletter's House Party, Cisco Kid, Duffy of San Quentin, and others.
- Biographical / historical:
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There is little biographical information about John Ralph Slosser. Slosser, who is generally credited as Ralph Slosser, was a production manager and director, often in the position of assistant director. He worked with directors such as Thor Brooks, Charles Lamont, Frank McDonald, King Vidor, and Jean Yarbrough, among others. Among his film credits are Gone with the Wind, Our Miss Brooks, and Slave Girl. His television credits include The Cisco Kid, Meet Corliss Archer, Mr. & and Mrs. North, and others.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mr. John Slosser, 1980.
- Processing information:
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- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series:
- Motion Picutre Projects
- Television Projects
- Photographs
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Physical description:
- 11 boxes (5 linear ft.)
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Ralph John Slosser Papers (Collection Number 164). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988