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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Nick Grinde papers
    Date (inclusive): 1926-1953
    Collection number: 63
    Creator: Grinde, Nick
    Extent: 2 linear feet of papers.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Nick Grinde papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Nick Grinde, 1976-1977, and Mrs. Hazel Grinde, 1981

    Biography

    Nick Grinde was an American director and screenwriter. He entered the film industry in the early 1920s as an assistant director. Grinde became a full-fledged director in 1928 and was active through the 1950s, working on industrial shorts in later years. His best-known feature films are THE BISHOP MURDER CASE (1930), GOOD NEWS (1930), and HITLER-DEAD OR ALIVE (1943). The screenplay for BABES IN TOYLAND (1934), which Grinde cowrote, is among his occasional writing credits. Grinde directed the Academy Award-winning short subject HOW TO SLEEP (1935).

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Nick Grinde papers span the years 1926-1953 and encompass 2 linear feet. The collection consists of scripts, including those for independent, industrial, and government films; synopses; manuscript material; clippings; and photographs.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Television files; 3. Radio files; 4. Subject files.

    Indexing Terms

    Grinde, Nick , 1894-1979--Archives.
    directors
    screenwriters