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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Ernest Lehman scripts
Creator:
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005
Identifier/Call Number: 2192
Physical Description:
55.10 Linear Feet
46 boxes
Date (bulk): 1950s-1980s
Abstract: This collection consists of scripts, papers, and publicity materials for film projects by American screenwriter Ernest Lehman
(1915-2005). Lehman wrote screenplay adaptations of the musical
West Side Story (1961) and the film version of
The Sound of Music (1965).
Language of Material:
English.
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This collection consists of scripts, papers, and publicity materials for film projects by American screenwriter Ernest Lehman
(1915-2005). Materials include approximately 130 screenplays and approximately 120 synopses of potential projects, production
materials, script drafts, outlines, publicity memos, correspondence, budgets, and contracts. Includes materials for the films
The Prize (1963), The Sound of Music (1965), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), and Hell Dolly! (1969). Among the miscellaneous
screenplays are a number for 20th Century-Fox musical comedies.
Ernest Lehman (1915-2005) was an American screenwriter, producer, and director. Among his most notable works are
The King and I (1956), the screenplay adaptations of the musical
West Side Story (1961) and the film version of
The Sound of Music (1965).
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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 Ernest Lehman, December 27, 1968.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Ernest Lehman papers, Collection no. 2192, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture authorship -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Screenwriters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Scripts
Screenplays
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005 -- Archives