Harold S. Bucquet papers
Catalogued by Almendarez, Val
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
333 S La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Published January 2023
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: The collection consists primarily of clippings, scripts, and scrapbooks. Twenty-nine Bucquet-directed MGM films—18 features
and 11 shorts—are represented by publicity clippings and reviews, and half of these also have script material. Nineteen scrapbooks
contain photographs and clippings covering most of the films directed by Bucquet between 1937 and 1944. A small amount of
correspondence and several issues of the "MGM Studio News" (1939-1940) are also included.
Collector:
Bucquet, Harold S.
Dates: 1927-1946
Collection number: 104
Collection Size:
4 linear ft. of papers
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
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
Harold S. Bucquet papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Howard S. Bucquet, Mrs. Alice B. McCully, and Mrs. James Stoessel, 1975
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Harold S. Bucquet papers span the years 1927-1946 and encompass 4 linear feet. The collection consists primarily of clippings,
scripts, and scrapbooks. Twenty-nine Bucquet-directed MGM films—18 features and 11 shorts—are represented by publicity clippings
and reviews, and half of these also have script material. The features include THE ADVENTURES OF TARTU (1943), THE GREEN YEARS
(1946), and YOUNG DR. KILDARE (1938). The shorts range from OLD SHEP (1934) to WHAT PRICE SAFETY! (1938). Nineteen scrapbooks
contain photographs and clippings covering most of the films directed by Bucquet between 1937 and 1944. Of special interest
in the scrapbooks are credit sheets for the shorts and photographs in which every person is identified. A small amount of
correspondence, several issues of the "MGM Studio News" (1939-1940), and a large number of clippings covering Bucquet's career
are also included.
Biography
Harold S. Bucquet (1891-1946) was born in London. He emigrated to the United States as a teenager and later became an American
citizen. After serving in the U.S. Army during World War I, he began working as a film extra. Bucquet was a set designer before
becoming assistant to independent producer Allen J. Holubar. After Holubar's death in 1923, Bucquet worked as an assistant
director at MGM and then, in the 1930s, as a test director at the same studio. He was given a chance to direct the short subject
OLD SHEP in 1934, and in 1938 directed his first feature, YOUNG DR. KILDARE. He continued to direct the "Dr. Kildare" series
as well as such films as ON BORROWED TIME (1939) and DRAGON SEED (1944). Illness forced his withdrawal as director of THE
GREEN YEARS (1946), his last film.
Arrangement of the Collection
1. Production files; 2. Subject files; 3. Scrapbooks
Indexing terms
Bucquet, Harold S.
Directors
folder 1
THE ADVENTURES OF TARTU--clippings
1942--1943
Record ID: 71301279
folder 2
THE ADVENTURES OF TARTU--miscellaneous
Circa 1943--1943
Record ID: 71330980
folder 3
THE ADVENTURES OF TARTU--reviews
1943--1943
Record ID: 71330981
folder 4
BEHIND THE CRIMINAL--script
1937--1937
Record ID: 71330982
folder 5
BEHIND THE CRIMINAL--clippings
1937--1937
Record ID: 71330983
folder 6
CALLING DR. GILLESPIE--reviews
1942--1942
Record ID: 71330984
folder 7
CALLING DR. KILDARE--clippings
1939--1939
Record ID: 71330985
folder 8
CALLING DR. KILDARE--correspondence
1939--1939
Record ID: 71330986
folder 9
CALLING DR. KILDARE--miscellaneous
1939--1939
Record ID: 71330987
folder 10
CALLING DR. KILDARE--reviews
1939--1940
Record ID: 71330988
folder 11
COME ACROSS--script
1938--1938
Record ID: 71330991
folder 12
COME ACROSS--reviews
1938--1938
Record ID: 71330992
folder 13
DR. KILDARE GOES HOME--script
1940--1940
Record ID: 71330993
folder 14
DR. KILDARE GOES HOME--clippings
1940--1940
Record ID: 71330994
folder 15
DR. KILDARE'S CRISIS--script
1940--1940
Record ID: 71330995
folder 16
DR. KILDARE'S CRISIS--miscellaneous
1940--1940
Record ID: 71330996
folder 17
DR. KILDARE'S STRANGE CASE--script
1940--1940
Record ID: 71330997
folder 18
DR. KILDARE'S STRANGE CASE--miscellaneous
1940--1940
Record ID: 71330998
folder 19
DR. KILDARE'S WEDDING DAY--reviews
1941--1941
Record ID: 71330999
folder 20
DRAGON SEED--clippings
1944--1944
Record ID: 71331000
folder 21
DRAGON SEED--reviews and memo
1944--1944
Record ID: 71331001
folder 22
THE GREEN YEARS--script
1945--1945
Record ID: 71331003
folder 23
THE GREEN YEARS--miscellaneous
1945--1945
Record ID: 71331004
folder 24
IT MAY HAPPEN TO YOU--miscellaneous
1937--1937
Record ID: 71331005
folder 25
KATHLEEN--clippings
1941--1941
Record ID: 71331006
folder 26
KATHLEEN--reviews
1941--1941
Record ID: 71331007
folder 27
LITTLE BOY BLUE--publicity
1936--1936
Record ID: 71331008
folder 28
LITTLE PEOPLE--Review
1935--1935
Record ID: 71331009
folder 29
OLD SHEP--clippings
1935--1935
Record ID: 71331010
folder 30
ON BORROWED TIME--script
1939--1939
Record ID: 71331011
folder 31
ON BORROWED TIME--clippings
1939--1939
Record ID: 71331012
folder 32
ON BORROWED TIME--correspondence
1939--1939
Record ID: 71331013
folder 33
ON BORROWED TIME--production
Circa 1939--1939
Record ID: 71331014
folder 34
ON BORROWED TIME--programs
1939--1939
Record ID: 71331015
folder 35
ON BORROWED TIME--reviews
1939--1939
Record ID: 71331016
folder 36
THE PENALTY--clippings
1941--1941
Record ID: 71331017
folder 37
THE PEOPLE VS. DR. KILDARE--script
1941--1941
Record ID: 71331018
folder 38
THE PEOPLE VS. DR. KILDARE--clippings
1941--1941
Record ID: 71331019
folder 39
THE SECRET OF DR. KILDARE--script
1939--1939
Record ID: 71331020
folder 40
THE SECRET OF DR. KILDARE--clippings
1939--1940
Record ID: 71331021
folder 41
THE SECRET OF DR. KILDARE--reviews
1939--1939
Record ID: 71331022
folder 42
SOAK THE POOR--script
1937--1937
Record ID: 71331023
folder 43
THEY'RE ALWAYS CAUGHT--script
1938--1938
Record ID: 71331024
folder 44
THEY'RE ALWAYS CAUGHT--clippings
1938--1938
Record ID: 71331025
folder 45
TORTURE MONEY--script
1936--1936
Record ID: 71331026
folder 46
TORTURE MONEY--script
1936--1936
Record ID: 71331027
folder 47
TORTURE MONEY--script
1936--1936
Record ID: 71331028
folder 48
TORTURE MONEY--miscellaneous
1937--1938
Record ID: 71331029
folder 49
THE WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY--script
1942--1942
Record ID: 71331030
folder 50
THE WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY--clippings
1942--1942
Record ID: 71331031
folder 51
THE WAR AGAINST MRS. HADLEY--reviews
1942--1942
Record ID: 71331032
folder 52
WE WHO ARE YOUNG--script
1939--1940
Record ID: 71331033
folder 53
WE WHO ARE YOUNG--miscellaneous
1940--1940
Record ID: 71331034
folder 54
WE WHO ARE YOUNG--reviews
1940--1940
Record ID: 71331035
folder 55
WHAT PRICE SAFETY!--clippings
1938--1938
Record ID: 71331036
folder 56
WINDY--miscellaneous
1935--1935
Record ID: 71331037
folder 57
WITHOUT LOVE--script
1944--1944
Record ID: 71331038
folder 58
WITHOUT LOVE--clippings
1945--1945
Record ID: 71331039
folder 59
YOUNG DR. KILDARE--clippings
1938--1939
Record ID: 71331040
folder 60
YOUNG DR. KILDARE--correspondence
1938--1938
Record ID: 71331041
folder 61
YOUNG DR. KILDARE--miscellaneous
1938--1938
Record ID: 71331042
folder 62
YOUNG DR. KILDARE--reviews
1938--1938
Record ID: 71331043
folder 63
Clippings
1936--1942
Record ID: 71331044
folder 64
Correspondence
1930--1939
Record ID: 71331046
folder 65
MGM Studio News
1939--1940
Record ID: 71331047
folder 66
Miscellaneous
1927--1942
Record ID: 71331048
folder 67
Test director
1934--1936
Record ID: 71331049
folder 68
Writings
1930--1936
Record ID: 71331050
Scrapbook no. 1
1937--1938
Record ID: 71331051
Scrapbook no. 2
1937--1938
Record ID: 71331053
Scrapbook no. 3
Record ID: 71331054
Scrapbook no. 4
1938--1938
Record ID: 71331055
Scrapbook no. 5
1938--1938
Record ID: 71331056
Scrapbook no. 6
1938--1938
Record ID: 71331057
Scrapbook no. 7
Circa 1939--1939
Record ID: 71331058
Scrapbook no. 8
1939--1940
Record ID: 71331059
Scrapbook no. 9
1939--1939
Record ID: 71331060
Scrapbook no. 10
1939--1940
Record ID: 71331061
Scrapbook no. 11
1940--1940
Record ID: 71331062
Scrapbook no. 12
1940--1941
Record ID: 71331063
Scrapbook no. 13
1940--1940
Record ID: 71331064
Scrapbook no. 14
1940--1940
Record ID: 71331065
Scrapbook no. 15
Circa 1941--1941
Record ID: 71331066
Scrapbook no. 16
1941--1941
Record ID: 71331067
Scrapbook no. 17
1941--1941
Record ID: 71331068
Scrapbook no. 18
1942--1942
Record ID: 71331069
Scrapbook no. 19
Circa 1944--1944
Record ID: 71331070