Conditions Governing Access
Accruals
Arrangement
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Scope and Contents
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