Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Bernard Vorhaus Collection
- Dates:
- 1938-1939
- Creators:
- Vorhaus, Bernard
- Abstract:
- Extent:
- 0.5 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Bernard Vorhaus Collection. Writers Guild Foundation Archive
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains scripts and treatments of feature films from 1930s, most of which Vorhaus worked on. Titles include Federal Man-Hunt, Way Down South, Man of Conquest, Escape to Paradise, 10th Ave Kid, Meet Dr. Christian, and Professor, Beware! Treatments are from writers Hebert Clyde Lewis, Michael Hogan, Reginald Long, Ian McLellan Hunter, Judge Ben B. Lindsey (Kids Judge), Madeleine Ruthven and Edgar Charles Anderson. Lastly, the collection includes a galley copy of the novel A Child of Our Time by Odon von Horvath and a syllabus for a Dramatics class at USC.
- Biographical / historical:
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The New York native and Harvard graduate Bernard Vorhaus (1904-2000) was a director of thirty-two films. He began his career in the 1920s as a writer and moved into directing during the 1930s and 1940s. He first lived in Hollywood and then England and then moved back to Hollywood for work. In 1951, he was named as a Communist during HUAC hearings. He then settled permanently in England with his family and left the film industry.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by John Vorhaus, on 6/18/2018
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- 1938-1939
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using Record Express for OAC5 on July 14, 2025, 2:55 p.m.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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The responsibility to secure copyright and publication permission rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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Bernard Vorhaus Collection. Writers Guild Foundation Archive
- Location of this collection:
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7000 West Third StreetLos Angeles, CA 90048, US
- Contact:
- (323) 782-4680