Finding aid for the Ernest Lehman scripts 2192

Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated

USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

2022 January

Doheny Memorial Library G4

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Los Angeles, California 90089-0185

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URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/cinematic-arts-library

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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Scope and Contents

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.

Biographical / Historical

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).

Conditions Governing Access

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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.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Ernest Lehman papers, Collection no. 2192, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

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