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Republic Pictures cutting continuity scripts, 1936-1959
PFA.MSS.010  
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  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: BAMPFA Film Library
    Title: Republic Pictures cutting continuity scripts
    creator: Republic Pictures Corporation
    Identifier/Call Number: PFA.MSS.010
    Physical Description: 2 cartons 2.5 linear feet
    Date (inclusive): 1936-1959
    Language of Material: Collection materials are in English
    Physical Location: UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Film Library and Study Center
    Container: 1
    Container: 2

    Conditions Governing Access

    The collection is open for research use.

    Accruals

    No additions are expected.

    Arrangement

    Scripts arranged alphabetically.

    Biographical / Historical

    Republic Pictures was a small production company based in Los Angeles, California, that specialized in "B" genre films (especially Western and crime films), film serials, comedies, and other low-budget films. It was one of the "Poverty Row" studios in Hollywood churning out mass-market films from the 1920s through the 1950s, but was noted for the quality of much of its output given the limited resources available and the occasional participation of higher profile directors (Frank Borzage and John Ford among others) and actors (including Joan Crawford and John Wayne). Herbert Yates, who owned the prominent film processing laboratory, Consolidated Film Industries, founded Republic Pictures after purchasing a handful of smaller production companies. Republic was also responsible for technical innovations including a color film process in the 1930s that was cheaper to produce than Technicolor and an in-house widescreen format in the 1950s. By the 1950s when Republic ceased production, the company still owned distribution and television broadcast rights to its library of hundreds of films, and Republic titles were frequently rebroadcast on television even as the studio itself ceased operations.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Republic Pictures cutting continuity scripts, 1936-1959. [PFA--MSS--010]. UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, University of California, Berkeley.

    Scope and Contents

    61 cutting continuity scripts for Republic Pictures films (primarily Westerns) produced between 1936 and 1959. These scripts would have been prepared after each film was finished and describe each shot in a film, generally noting the footage mark and frame number at each shot change.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Republic Pictures Corporation