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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Don DeFore papers
Creator:
Defore, Don, 1913-1993
Identifier/Call Number: 2075
Identifier/Call Number: 428
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/5/resources/1008
Physical Description:
7.1 Linear Feet
5 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1947-1967
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of American television and film actor Don DeFore (1913-1993). Materials include 31 screenplays,
9 reels of TV film, 16 radio transcriptions of late 1940s programs. Also included are movie magazines, publicity materials,
playbills, pressbooks, clippings, photos, business papers and personal items. Collection covers the years 1947-1967.
Language of Material:
English
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Container: 2
Container: 3
Container: 4
Container: 5
Container: 6
Don DeFore (1913-1993) was an American television, film, and radio actor best known for the sitcoms
Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1957), and
Hazel (1961-1965). Devore was also president of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1954-1955 and was instrumental in
arranging for the Emmy Awards to be broadcast on national TV for the first time on March 7, 1955.
This collection contains the papers of American television and film actor Don DeFore (1913-1993). Materials include 31 screenplays,
9 reels of TV film, 16 radio transcriptions of late 1940s programs. Additional materials include movie magazines, publicity
materials, playbills, pressbooks, clippings, photos, business papers and personal items. Collection covers the years 1947-1967.
Among the screenplays are
The Human Comedy (1943),
Going My Way (1944),
The Affairs of Susan (1945),
Dragnet (1947), and
My Friend Irma (1949).
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library 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 Marion Holmes DeFore, wife of Don DeFore, April 1, 1971.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Don DeFore papers, Collection no. 2075, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of
Southern California.
The collection is unprocessed. In 2024, the Cinematic Arts Library transferred the film reels previously held in Box no. 1
to the HMH Moving Image Archive for digitization. Following digitization, the HMH Moving Image Archive deaccessioned the analog
originals. AFter the removal of Box no. 1, the Don DeFore papers' extent changed to five boxes, numbered 2-6.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Clippings (information artifacts)
Motion pictures -- Archival resources
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Photographs
Radio -- Archival resources
Television -- Archival resources
Television actors and actresses -- Archival resources
Defore, Don, 1913-1993 -- Archives