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