Finding Aid for the Abby Mann film scripts collection 2139
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 January
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Abby Mann film scripts collection
Creator:
Mann, Abby, 1927-2008
Identifier/Call Number: 2139
Identifier/Call Number: 491
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/5/resources/1025
Physical Description:
36.44 Linear Feet
33 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1960-1978
Abstract: Abby Mann (1927-2008) was an American film writer and producer known for his motion picture drama screenplays. This collection
includes scripts, in draft, working, and final forms, from Mann's film writing career throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Language of Material:
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Abby Mann (1927-2008) was an American film writer and producer known for his motion picture drama screenplays.
Mann won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in 1962 for
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961). During his acceptance speech Mann noted, "A writer worth his salt at all has an obligation not only to entertain
but to comment on the world in which he lives."
Abby Mann (1927-2008) was an American film writer and producer known for his motion picture drama screenplays. This collection
includes scripts, in draft, working, and final forms, from Mann's film writing career throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
Titles present are:
After the Fall (1969),
Andersonville (1966),
Children of Sanchez (1978),
The Detective (1968),
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961),
Ship of Fools (1965), and
A Child is Waiting (1963).
This collection is currently unavailable for access because of its size and current level of processing. Contact the Cinematic
Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu for details.
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 ctlibarc@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 Abby Mann, December 22, 1969.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Abby Mann film scripts collection, Collection no. 2139, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
This collection is not fully processed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Screenwriters
Judgment at Nuremberg (Motion picture)
Historical drama
Mann, Abby, 1927-2008 -- Archives