Finding aid for the Robert Sisk papers 2294
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 January
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Robert Sisk papers
Creator:
Sisk, Robert, 1903-1964
Identifier/Call Number: 2294
Physical Description:
26.25 Linear Feet
14 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1920-1963
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of American film and television producer Robert Sisk (1903-1964). Materials include screenplays,
screen treatments, scripts, miscellaneous production materials relating to "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" television
series (1957-1959), personal scrapbooks, catalogues of unproduced properties, publicity photographs from motion pictures,
television, and stage productions; photographs with various show business personalities, correspondence and film production
materials, assorted papers relating to the Screen Producers Guild, plaques, books, and magazines.
Language of Material:
English.
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This collection contains the papers of American film and television producer Robert Sisk (1903-1964). Materials include 60
screenplays, 17 screen treatments, scripts or synopses of 5 stage plays, miscellaneous production materials relating to and
scripts of approximately 225 episodes of "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" television series (1957-1959), personal scrapbooks,
catalogues of unproduced properties, approximately 250 publicity photographs from motion pictures, television, and stage productions;
55 group of photographs of Sisk with various show business personalities, miscellaneous correspondence and film production
materials, assorted papers relating to the Screen Producers Guild, plaques, books, and magazines.
Robert Sisk (1903-1964) was an American film producer. He produced films like "Five Came Back" (1939) and "The Marines Fly
High" (1940). Sisk was also a production associate on films "Little Women" (1933) and "Annie Oakley" (1935). In the late 1950s
he produced two television series for MGM, "The Californians" and "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp."
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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 cin@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 Robert Sisk, January 26, 1970.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Robert Sisk papers, Collection no. 2294, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources
Motion picture producers and directors -- Archival resources
Television scripts
Scripts
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Books
Sisk, Robert, 1903-1964 -- Archives