Finding Aid for the Jerry Bresler Motion Picture Scripts PASC.0229
Finding aid prepared by Kelly Besser, 2021.
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2021 February 5.
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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Jerry Bresler motion picture scripts
Creator:
Bresler, Jerry
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0229
Physical Description:
2 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1944-1963
Abstract: Jerry Bresler was a songwriter and a producer. The collection consists of motion picture scripts and a small amount of sheet
music that appears to be related to his career.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language of Material:
English
.
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[Identification of item], Jerry Bresler motion picture scripts (Collection Number PASC 229). UCLA Library Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1977.
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Julie Graham, 2008.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4658947
Jerome Bresler was born April 13, 1908 in Denver, Colorado. He started his career as a production supervisor, working for
small companies, but would eventually start his own independent company. He joined MGM as a unit manager in the late 1930s
working on the
Dr. Kildare series and other films. After winning Academy Awards for the short subject films
Heavenly Music and
Stairway to Light, he went on to produce feature films. Among his film credits are
After Dark,
Bewitched,
Casino Royale,
Major Dundee, and
The Vikings. He died August 23, 1977 in Los Angeles, California.
The collection consists of motion picture scripts related to the career of producer Jerry Bresler. Among the 20-plus scripts
are
An Act of Murder,
Another Part of the Forest,
Casino Royale,
Diamond Head ,
Gidget Goes Hawaiian, and
The Vikings. Also included in the collection are a small collection of snapshots and a small amount of sheet music. Notably missing from
the collection are scripts from his academy winning short subject films,
Heavenly Music and
Stairway to Light.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by project title.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors -- Archives.
Film scripts.
Bresler, Jerry, 1908-1977--Archives.
box 1, folder 3
box 1, folder 5
box 1, folder 7
box 1, folder 6
box 2, folder 5
box 2, folder 7
box 3, folder 2
box 3, folder 3
box 3, folder 4
box 4, folder 10
box 3, folder 6
box 4, folder 1
box 4, folder 5