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


 

Manuscripts

 

Production files

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

 

Subject files

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

 

Scrapbooks

 

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