Finding Aid for the Abraham Polonsky papers, 1946-1999 (bulk 1970s-1990s) LSC.2233

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Abraham Polonsky papers
Creator: Polonsky, Abraham
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.2233
Physical Description: 10.9 Linear Feet (18 boxes, 2 record cartons, and 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1946-1999, (bulk 1970s-1990s)
Date (bulk): 1970-1990
Abstract: Abraham Polonsky was a director, screenwriter and novelist. In 1951, he refused to confirm or deny membership to the Communist party before the House Un-American Activities Committee and as a result, he was blacklisted by the entertainment industry. The collection consists of script material, manuscripts, books, and a small amount of clippings, photographs, correspondence, and other ephemera reflecting Polonsky's activities from the 1970s-1990s.
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Language of Material: English .

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[Identification of item], Abraham Polonsky Papers (Collection 2233). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Susan Polansky Epstein and Henry Polansky, 2000.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9968403613606533 

Biography

Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was born December 5, 1910. He graduated from the City College of New York and Columbia University Law School, and for a while, he taught English at City College. Before trying starting his career in film, Polonsky wrote novels and several short stories. During the 1940s he also wrote for radio and worked with the Columbia Workshop and Orson Welles. During World War II, Polonsky was assigned to the Office of Strategic Studies, a forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency.
He moved to the West Coast in the mid-1940s. Polonsky's first two produced screenplays, Golden Earrings and Body and Soul, were released in 1947 and he was nominated for an Academy Award for Body and Soul. Not long after, Polonsky directed his first movie, Force of Evil (1948). During the late 1940s, he also became an editor of the journal, Hollywood Quarterly.
In the early 1950's, Polonsky refused to testify about his Communist Party affiliations or name party members before the House Un-American Activities Committee and was subsequently fired by Twentieth Century Fox and blacklisted. With only a few film titles to his credit, the Polonsky name did not appear in any film credit again for almost two decades. It was not until 1969 that he directed his second film, Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here.
Polonsky moved back to New York, and using pseudonyms wrote for television shows such as You Are There and the series Danger. During the 1950s he wrote the novel, A Season of Fear and co-wrote the 1959 film Odds Against Tomorrow, which was attributed to John O. Killens. Years later, as a leader in the fight to have credits restored to blacklisted filmmakers, Polonsky earned his own credit for that screenplay in 1996 from the Writers Guild of America.
In the 1990s, Polonsky helped write the McCarthy-era docudrama Guilty by Suspicion and appeared around the country in programs observing the anniversary of the blacklist. He also taught cinema classes at the University of Southern California and California State Northridge. To commemorate his film work, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association selected Polonsky a co-winner of the group's 1998 career achievement award. Polonsky died October 29, 1999 in Beverly Hills, California.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of materials related to the career of Abraham Polonsky. Includes script material, manuscripts, books, and a small amount of clippings, publications, photographs, correspondence, audio and videotapes and other ephemera reflecting Polonsky's activities from circa 1970s-1990s. Script material includes writings for Body of Fear, Childhood's End, Cold War and Force of Evil, among others. The clippings and publications feature writings about Polonksy, his work, or the Blacklist. The books are a mix of publications given to and/or collected by Polonsky.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically according to file and publication titles.

Related Material

Abraham Polonsky Papers. Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Archives.
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archives.
Polonsky, Abraham -- Archives

box 10, folder 10

50 Years Ago SAG Remembers the Blacklist issue of Screen Actor 1998 Jan

box 7, folder 3

Abraham Lincoln Brigade - pamphlet 1995 Feb 26

box 11, folder 13

Abraham Lincoln Polonsky bibliography no date

box 10, folder 8

Abraham Polonsky and the Politics of Film - manuscript by Dave Wagner and Paul Buhle no date

box 13, folder 15

Abraham Polonsky photographs (3 items) no date

Scope and Contents note

Photographs include Polonsky: in front of poster of Body and Soul; at unknown symposium; and receiving honorary degree at California State University Northridge.
box 13, folder 10

Abraham Polonsky, the Filmmaker as Novelist (Introduction) 1998 May

Scope and Contents note

With note from Paul Buhle. Appears to be introduction to The World Above
box 19

Advice and Planning by Martin H. Krieger - book c. 1981

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 10, folder 12

Afterwords by Polonsky (2 copies) no date

box 19

Alvah Bessie's Short Fictions- book c. 1982

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 16

American Movie Classics Blacklist: Hollywood on Trail - videotape [probably Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial] 1996

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 19

Among the Survivors: A novel by Tamara Hovey - book c. 1971

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 10, folder 13

An Evening with Abraham Polonsky write up in Point of View newsletter 1992

box 10, folder 2

Analysis of Math - chapter manuscript by Martin Krieger 1998 Nov 12

box 9, folder 7

Annotated manuscript pages (no title) no date

box 9, folder 6

Annotated manuscript pages (no title) 1990

box 14, folder 6

Articles about Polonsky in French (photocopies) 1967

Scope and Contents note

From Postif and Cahiers du Cinema
box 14, folder 2

Articles and tear outs regarding works by Polonsky 1970s - 1990s

Scope and Contents note

Body and Soul, Force of Evil, Guilty by Omission, Tell Them Willie Boy is Here, Romance of a Horse Thief and Zenia's Way.
box 8, folder 18

Articles written John Howard Lawson (photocopies)

box 3, folder 9

Assassination on Embassy Row - outline no date

box 14, folder 4

Assorted clippings 1985, 1996, 1998

box 14, folder 3

Assorted clippings related to Polonksy 1970s, 1990s

box 14, folder 11

Assorted Correspondence to Polonsky 1990s

box 8, folder 17

Best Years of Our Lives (review) by Polonsky reprinted from the Hollywood Quarterly 1947 April

Scope and Contents note

Two copies.
box 20, folder 3

Birthday greetings to Polonsky (hand-made, oversized) no date

box 9, folder 3

Black Corridor: Abraham Polonsky's Long Journey (The) - edited by John Schultheiss and Sally Schultheiss 1991

box 16

Body and Soul (flip side Fine Dinner) - audio cassette recording no date

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of audio material requires production of listening copies.
box 8, folder 8

Body and Soul - novelization by Sam Merwin Jr. for Century Books 1947

box 1, folder 3

Body and Soul - photocopy of shooting script final 1947 Jan 13

box 1, folder 4

Body and Soul - photocopy of shooting script final (2 copies) 1947 Jan 13

box 1, folder 2

Body and Soul - script written by Polonsky no date

box 12, folder 9

Booklets about various screenwriters no date

Scope and Contents note

Abraham Polonsky, Ring Lardner, Jr., Ernest Lehman, Julius J. Epstein, Stewart Stern and Philip Dunne.
box 19

Bread and a Stone by Alvah Bessie - book c. 1948

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 19

Bright Lights, Big City: A Novel by Jay McInerney - book c. 1984

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by Ron.
box 14, folder 13

California State University Northridge Radio-Television-Film Department appreciation plaque 1992 Oct 1

box 8, folder 17

Case of David Smith (The) by Polonsky reprinted from the Hollywood Quarterly 1946 Jan

Scope and Contents note

Two copies.
box 5, folder 3

Childhood 's End - screenplay by Polonsky 1974 Apr 16

box 7, folder 11

Childhood's End - annotated script no date

box 7, folder 10

Childhood's End - screenplay by Polonsky 1974 Apr 16

box 3, folder 7

Cold War - annotated script and story pages no date

Scope and Contents note

See also Season of Fear.
box 6, folder 2

Cold War (Folder 1 of 2) 1987 May 26

Scope and Contents note

Loose script pages, some annotated. Possible second draft with pages from In This Time and Age.
box 7, folder 7

Cold War - original screenplay by Polonsky 1987 Jan 5

Scope and Contents note

Title page annotated with In This Time and Age second draft.
box 4, folder 1

Cold War - rough notes no date

Scope and Contents note

See also Season of Fear.
box 1, folder 1

Cold War - screenplay 1987 Jan 5

Scope and Contents note

See also Season of Fear.
box 3, folder 6

Cold War - second draft screenplay by Polonsky 1987 May 26

Scope and Contents note

See also Season of Fear.
box 6, folder 3

Cold War (Folder 2 of 2) no date

Scope and Contents note

Loose script pages, some annotated. Possible second draft with pages from In This Time and Age.
box 3, folder 2

Cold War script material by Polonsky no date

Scope and Contents note

Envelope annotated first typed draft plus written typed changes for second. See also Season of Fear.
box 19

Collected Plays by Sean O'Casey - book c. 1951

box 8, folder 16

Communist Infiltration of Hollywood Motion Picture - Part 1 1951 Mar 21

Scope and Contents note

Appears to be part of larger publication. Photocopy. United States House of Representatives Committee on Un-American Actitivies. Public Hearing.
box 11, folder 7

Communist Influence in Hollywood by John Weber no date

box 11, folder 14

Consciousness and Content In Film, Literature, and Science no date

Scope and Contents note

Articles compiled for class taught by Polonsky.
box 10, folder 4

Content and Consciousness course taught by Polonsky at USC outline and memo of confirmation 1989 Fall

box 18

Day in Regensburg (A) by Joseph Opatoshu - book c. 1968

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by David Opatoshu.
box 18

Directing the Film: Film Directors on their Art by Erick Sherman - book c. 1976

Scope and Contents note

Polonsky mentioned in book.
box 2, folder 3

Discoverers (The) - novel manuscript no date

box 18

Dreams and Dead Ends: The American Gangster/Crime Film by Jack Shadoian - book c. 1977

Scope and Contents note

Polonsky mentioned in book.
box 8, folder 10

Eden Regained - typed manuscript pages with annotations no date

box 18

Eight Famous Elizabethan Plays - book c. 1932

box 12, folder 2

Film as Literature Series at California State University press release no date

box 17

Film in the Forties: Programme 5 - audio cassette recording 1995 Mar 23

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of audio material requires production of listening copies. See box 17 for letter to Polonsky from Mark Burman.
box 11, folder 8

Film Society of Lincoln Center programs (3 items) 1996 - 1998

Scope and Contents note

With letter regarding Polonsky question and
box 14, folder 10

Flyers for Polonsky film showings 1997

box 2, folder 6

Force of Evil - photocopy of shooting script by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert 1948 May 25

box 2, folder 5

Force of Evil - annotated photocopy of shooting script by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert 1948 May 25

Scope and Contents note

Titled Tucker's People.
box 2, folder 4

Force of Evil - incomplete annotated photocopy of shooting script by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert 1948 May 25

Scope and Contents note

The title Tucker's People crossed out on title
box 1, folder 6

Force of Evil - John Schultheiss commentary no date

box 1, folder 5

Force of Evil - shooting script by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert 1948 May 25

box 11, folder 1

Force of Evil - shooting script by Polonsky and Ira Wolfert (2 copies) 1948 May 25

box 12, folder 4

Force of Evil shooting and continuity screenplay synthesis (possible Film as Literature Series) no date

box 4, folder 2

Force of Evil: The Critical Edition (The) - by Polonsky (2 hardcover books) c. 1996

box 13, folder 6

Founders and Reformers by Kim Fellner in Screen Actor 1979

box 7, folder 1

Gladiators - annotated script no date

box 13, folder 5

Great Shows by Larry Ceplair in Emmy magazine (article about You Are There) 1982

Scope and Contents note

Article inscribed to Polonsky from Charles.
box 4, folder 6

Green Corn Rebellion - research 1978 Dec 12

box 13, folder 13

Gush Etzion and the Hebron Hills no date

box 14, folder 5

Handwritten notes and newsletter found among Polonsky's books 1986, 1995, 1998

box 19

Hanging on in Paradise by Fred Lawrence Guiles - book c. 1975

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 11, folder 12

Hemingway and Chaplin by Abraham Polonsky no date

box 20, folder 4

Hollywood at its Worst in The Sunday Times Magazine 1991 May 19

box 16

Hollywood Directors and Their Craft - videotape recording no date

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 18

Hollywood Education: Tales of Movie Dreams and Easy Money (A) by David Freeman - book c. 1986

box 10, folder 15

Hollywood Exile: Or How I Learned to Love the Blacklist - presskit no date

box 11, folder 3

Hollywood Remembers the Blacklist event program and thank you letter 1997 Oct 27

box 11, folder 15

Hollywood Screenwriters and their Craft transcript no date

box 18

Hollywood Social Problem Film: Madness, Despair, and Politics from the Depression to the Fifties (The) by Peter Roffman and Jim Purdy - book c. 1981

Scope and Contents note

Polonsky mentioned in book.
box 10, folder 7

Hollywood, Psychotherapy and the McCarthy Era: The Secret of Sigmund Freud Versus the Pink Shrink Fink by Benjamin Harris 1996 Nov 18

Scope and Contents note

Invited address at the American Psycyological Association. Sent to Polonsky by Harris.
box 15, folder 4

Holograph pages of notes

box 10, folder 14

Horses, Cossack, Jews On Film by David Platt in Jewish Currents 1971 Oct

Scope and Contents note

Review of Romance of a Horsethief.
box 12, folder 1

Idiolects Writing on Film magazine (No. 12) 1982

box 9, folder 4

In the Worst of Times, It was the Best of Times - first draft of manuscript by Charles Russell (2 photocopies) no date

box 18

Indio Trash Compactor Murders (The) by Michael Shepler - book c. 1979

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 12, folder 7

Interview with Abraham Polonsky no date

Scope and Contents note

Transcript with notes possibly from interview with Eric Sherman. Letter from Film Quarterly and notes from Bill Pechter regarding time spent with Polonsky.
box 10, folder 6

Interview with Polonksy no date

Scope and Contents note

Appears to be for BBC.
box 7, folder 4

Interview with Polonsky at Los Feliz theater 1977

box 7, folder 5

Interview with Polonsky regarding Marty Ritt 1977

box 8, folder 5

Introduction written by Lumet about Polonsky 1997

box 11, folder 2

It was the Worst of Times, It was the Best of Times - first draft of manuscript by Charles Russell no date

box 19

Jamaica Talk: Three Hundred Years of the English Language in Jamaica by Frederic G. Cassidy - book c. 1961

box 19

Joseph Losey: Vainottu Muukalainen by Matti Salo - book c. 1989

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author. Polonsky mentioned in book.
box 19

Journal of Leo Tolstoi (The) - book (First Volume, 1895-1899) c. 1917

box 10, folder 9

Karen Holden poetry no date

box 13, folder 14

Keepers of the Flame: Unofficial Artists of Leningrad curated and edited by Selma Holo exhibit catalogue 1990 - 1991

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by curator and editor.
box 18

Kiss of the Spider Woman by Manuel Puig - book c. 1978

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed with unreadable signature.
box 18

Kuleshov on Film: Writings of Lev Kuleshov - book c. 1974

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by Ronald Levaco.
box 8, folder 15

Last Season - script notes no date

box 17, folder 2

Letter to Polonsky from Dave Wagner 1996 Jan 2

Scope and Contents note

Originally found with videotape of Red Hollywood in box 16.
box 17, folder 1

Letter to Polonsky from Mark Burman 1995 Apr 18

Scope and Contents note

Originally found cassette Film in the Forties: Programme 5 addressed to Polonsky in Box 17.
box 18

Life of Samuel Johnson (The) by James Boswell (Vol. 1 and 2) - books no date

box 18

Lives of the Hunted by Ernest Thompson Seton - book c. 1967

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed with unreadable signature. Moved letter from Craig to Box 14, Folder 5.
box 19

Lives of the Poets: Six Stories and a Novella by E.L. Doctorow - book c. 1984

box 7, folder 9

Lobsterback Boston Massacre - annotated outline no date

box 9, folder 9

Loose annotated script pages (no title) no date

box 9, folder 8

Loose manuscript pages (no title) no date

box 8, folder 3

Los Angeles Film Critics Association career achievement award correspondence 1998 - 1999

Scope and Contents note

With copies of testimonials from Robert Redford and Martin Scorsese and congratulatory letter Allen Garfield.
box 8, folder 2

Los Angeles Film Critics Association honors Epstein and Polonsky article in Hollywood Reporter and Daily Variety 1998 Oct 19

box 10, folder 11

Made In the Fade by Patricia Mellencamp in Cine Tracts: A Journal of Film and Cultural Studies 1981

Scope and Contents note

Article inscribed to Polonsky by Mellencamp.
box 8, folder 7

Manifesto for Cyborgs (A) - essay by Donna Haraway no date

box 3, folder 8

Mario the Magician - script covers only no date

box 11, folder 4

Martin Krieger article on Math no date

box 16

Martin Scorsese: Scene by Scene - videotape recording no date

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 18

Marxism and Literature by Raymond Williams - book c. 1977

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed with unreadable signature.
box 13, folder 2

Matti Salo correspondence 1990 - 1991

box 9, folder 2

Matti Salo letter drafts 1988 Jul 16

box 13, folder 3

Matti Salo Questions and Answers no date

box 15, folder 3

Michael Shepler poetry 1986

box 14, folder 7

Much Ado About Nothing the Making of the Movie by Kenneth Branagh - book c. 1993

box 19

Musta Kaytava: Abraham Polonsky Pitka Vaellus by Matti Salo -book c. 1991

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 16

Mysteries and Scandals: The Hollywood Blacklist - videotape 1999 May 19

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 19

National Society of Film Critics on Movie Comedy (The) - book c. 1977

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 18

Nature of the Universe (The) by Fred Hoyle - book c. 1950

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by Lester Cole.
box 18

New Life Options: The Working Woman's Resource Book by Rosalind K. Loring and Herbert A. Otto c. 1976

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by Toni.
box 6, folder 4

No Other Way by Polonsky - annotated photocopy of manuscript no date

box 18

No Stone Unturned: An Almanac of North American prehistory by Louis A. Brennan - book c. 1959

Scope and Contents note

Removed letter from Gertrude to Box 14, Folder 5. Donor unsure if the book is a first edition.
box 18

Notes from the Gallows by Julius Fuchik - book c. 1948

Scope and Contents note

Removed letter (postcard) from Ec[k]ardt to Box 14, Folder 5.
box 7, folder 2

Odds Against Tomorrow - screenplay by John O. Killens no date

box 16

Odds Against Tomorrow motion picture soundtrack - audio cassette tape c. 1991

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of audio material requires production of listening copies.
box 12, folder 5

Odds Against Tomorrow: Film Noir Without Linguistic Irony by John Schultheiss no date

box 12, folder 3

Odds Against Tomorrow: The Critical Edition by Polonksy edited by John Schultheiss (Film as Literature Series) no date

box 8, folder 9

One Fine Day - notes no date

box 8, folder 14

Outline (no title) - 3 pages no date

box 7, folder 8

Part III - typed manuscript no date

Scope and Contents note

Starts on page 342. Possible novel, no title page or credit.
box 11, folder 11

Paul Goodman and the New York Jews by Taylor Stoehr from Salmagundi 1985 Winter-Spring

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed to Polonsky by Taylor.
box 11, folder 9

Paul Rissient on Paul Jarrico 1997 Dec

Scope and Contents note

Possible speech.
box 18

Paul Verlaine: Selected Poems -book c. 1948

box 5, folder 6

Piece de Resistance - annotated play by Polonsky no date

box 5, folder 5

Piece de Resistance - annotated playscript by Polonsky no date

box 5, folder 1

Piece de Resistance - play by Polonsky 1957

box 4, folder 5

Piece de Resistance - play by Polonsky no date

box 1, folder 7

Piece de Resistance - playscript by Polonsky c. 1957

box 2, folder 1

Piece de Resistance - playscript by Polonsky c. 1957

box 20, folder 2

Piece de Resistance - poster no date

box 5, folder 4

Piece de Resistance - press release, playbill and placards no date

box 6, folder 1

Piece de Resistance - production bills and expenses 1981

box 2, folder 2

Piece de Resistance - production contact sheet no date

box 5, folder 7

Piece de Resistance - unbound annotated pages no date

box 20, folder 4

Pinko stinko: 50 years later in Variety Weekly 1996 Sept 9-15

box 8, folder 13

Plan for Story - outline and budget no date

box 18

Poems and Prophecies of William Blake (The) - book no date

box 15, folder 2

Poetry by various authors 1987, 1997

box 7, folder 13

Politics of Force of Evil - article by Christine Brinkman with letter 1980 Feb 15

box 13, folder 7

Polonsky and Kazan by Terence Butler in Sight and Sound International Film Quarterly 1988 Autumn

box 16

Polonsky Pick-ups (23) - videotape recording no date

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 14, folder 1

Polonsky transcriptions 1970, 1993, 1997

box 13, folder 12

Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress (The) 1978 Jul

Scope and Contents note

With promotion record LPs on inside cover.
box 17

Red Hollywood - videotape recording no date

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 16

Red Hollywood by Thom Andersen and Noel Burch - videotape recording no date

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 17

Red Hollywood by Thom Anderson and Noel Burch for Abraham Polonsky - videotape recording no date

Scope and Contents note

See box 17 for letter to Polonsky from Dave
box 18

Report on Blacklisting: I Movies by John Cogley - book c. 1956

box 19

Reporting World War II: Part One American Journalism 1938-1944 - book c. 1995

box 19

Reporting World War II: Part Two American Journalism 1944-1946 - book c. 1995

box 4, folder 4

Revival - screenplay by Sheldon Star no date

box 21

Romance of a Horsethief original motion picture soundtrack - LP (2 copies)

box 17, folder 3

Round Eyes in the Middle Kingdom - presskit 1996 Feb 20

box 17

Round Eyes in the Middle Kingdom - videotape recording no date

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 18

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by Edward Fitzgerald - book c. 1995

Scope and Contents note

Removed note from Morteza Negahi to Box 14, Folder 5.
box 13, folder 11

Salt of the Earth and Breaking Ground by Paul Jarrico and Herbert J. Biberman in The California Quarterly 1953 Summer

box 11, folder 6

San Francisco International Film Festival - contact sheets with shots of Polonsky no date

box 10, folder 3

San Francisco International Film Festival (39th) - program 1996

box 11, folder 5

San Francisco International Film Festival (41st) - program 1998

box 19

Screenplay: A Blend of Film Form and Content by Margaret Mehring (The) - book c. 1990

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 19

Screenwriting for Narrative Film and Television by William Miller - book c. 1980

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 19

Screenwriting: The Art, Craft and Business of Film and Television Writing by Richard Walter - book c. 1988

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 3, folder 5

Season of Fear - annotated screenplay by Polonsky 1987

Scope and Contents note

Title page annotated fourth version. See also Cold War.
box 3, folder 1

Season of Fear - annotated screenplay pages by Polonsky no date

Scope and Contents note

With note. See also Cold War
box 2, folder 7

Season of Fear - annotated screenplay pages by Polonsky no date

Scope and Contents note

See also Cold War.
box 3, folder 3

Season of Fear - fourth version screenplay by Polonsky 1987 Nov 18

Scope and Contents note

See also Cold War.
box 2, folder 10

Season of Fear - screenplay pages by Polonsky no date

Scope and Contents note

See also Cold War.
box 2, folder 8

Season of Fear - script pages no date

Scope and Contents note

Appears to be Season of Fear. See also Cold
box 3, folder 4

Season of Fear - third version script 1987 Nov 18

Scope and Contents note

Annotated formerly Cold War.
box 2, folder 9

Season of Fear -annotated screenplay pages by Polonsky no date

Scope and Contents note

See also Cold War.
box 18

Siegfried's Journey 1916 - 1920 by Siegfried Sassoon - book c. 1947

box 16

South Bank Show "Sundance" - videotape recording 1989 Feb 23

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 19

Star Acting: Gish, Garbo, Davis by Charles Affron - book c. 1977

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by author.
box 20, folder 4

Stories in Their Minds (The) in USC Trojan Family 1989 Feb-March

box 5, folder 2

Sweet Land - original screenplay by Polonsky (2 copies) 1968 Oct 18

box 7, folder 12

Talking Pictures by Richard Corliss - photocopy of chapter about Polonsky c. 1974

box 16

Ted Kopple's Nightline (blacklisting) - videotape recording 1999 Mar 19

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 13, folder 4

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here - program 1970 Jan

Scope and Contents note

In Film bill (movie program magazine).
box 8, folder 6

Test of Character in Starlog 1989 Dec

Scope and Contents note

About Jeff Corey.
box 11, folder 10

The Rosenbergs: Collected Visions of Artists and Writers edited by Rob A. Okun - book c. 1988

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed by [Okun?].
box 19

Thomas Mann the Story of a Novel: The Genesis of Doctor Faustus - book c. 1961

Scope and Contents note

Handwriting on dust jacket.
box 4, folder 3

To Illuminate our Time: The Blacklisted Teleplays of Abraham Polonsky - soft cover book c. 1993

box 8, folder 12

Troubled Mandarins (The) by Timon in Masses and Mainstream 1956 Aug

box 19

Truth about Tubby and Slim (The) by Stan Polonsky - book c. 1993

box 8, folder 1

Typed manuscript pages about Polonsky no date

Scope and Contents note

Possible book by unknown author.
box 9, folder 10

Typed manuscript pages that appears to for a book about about Polonsky no date

box 12, folder 6

Typescript manuscript of annotated script pages (no title) no date

box 13, folder 1

Typescript pages (no title) no date

Scope and Contents note

May be preliminary pages of Paul Buhle's biography on Polonsky.
box 14, folder 12

UCLA Screenwriting Showcase Lifetime Achievement Award plaque 1999

box 14, folder 9

Visit from St. Nicholas (A) by Clement C. Moore c. 1849

Scope and Contents note

Small booklet-like publication.
box 12, folder 8

Wassaja - screenplay by Polonsky no date

box 20, folder 1

Watercolor painting (not signed) no date

box 9, folder 1

WGA letter withdrawing writer's credit from Fear No Evil 1990 Aug 22

box 14, folder 8

What Makes Hollywood Run Now? By Budd Schulberg from The New York Times magazine (photocopy) 1960 Apr 27

box 16

What's Wrong; Walls - videotape recording no date

Scope and Contents note

Restricted access: Use of moving image material requires production of viewing copies.
box 15, folder 5

Willie Boy - certificate of recognition (in foreign language, possibly Czech) 1972

box 8, folder 11

Willie Boy - final screenplay by Abraham Polonsky 1968

box 10, folder 5

Willie Boy - final screenplay by Polonsky (2 copies) no date

box 7, folder 6

Willie Boy - Variety film review 1969 Oct 22

box 13, folder 9

World Above (The) - introduction manuscript 1998 Apr

Scope and Contents note

With note for Paul Buhle
box 15, folder 1

World Above (The) (reissue) - book cover sample no date

box 10, folder 1

World of Brotherhood and Guilt: Polonsky as Author (The) no date

Scope and Contents note

Notes on unfinished novel.
box 18

Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews - book c. 1958

Scope and Contents note

Removed note from Jean Stein to Box 14, Folder
box 8, folder 4

You Are There - list of writers and titles no date

box 13, folder 8

Zenia's Way book review 1980 Mar 28