Finding Aid for the Tony Curtis Papers, 1948-1975
Finding Aid for the Tony Curtis Papers, 1948-1975
Collection number: 381
UCLA Library, Department of Special CollectionsManuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- Manuscripts Division staff
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, September 2004
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Leatherbound, autographed film scripts (1948-1969).
- Business files.
- Photographs.
- Album containing 29 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white) from the movie, the Prince Who Was a Thief (missing June 1990).
Leather Bound Scripts - Personally Signed By Mr. Curtis
1948
Criss-Cross. Screenplay by Daniel Fuchs.
The Amboy Dukes.
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1949
Shoplifter. Original story by Irwin Gielgud, screenplay by Irwin Gielgud William Bowers.
Winchester '73. Screenplay by Robert L. Richards.
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Johnny Stool Pigeon. Screenplay by Robert L. Richards.
Francis. Screenplay by David Stern from a novel by David Stern.
Sierra.
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1950
The Kansas Raiders. Screenplay Robert L. Richards.
The Prince Who Was a Thief. Screenplay by Gerald Drayson Adams, dialogue by Aeneas MacKenzie.
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1951
Son of Ali Baba. Screenplay by Gerald Drayson Adams.
Flesh and Fury. Screenplay by Bernard Gordon.
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1952
No Room for the Groom. Screenplay by Joseph Hoffman.
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Houdini. By Philip Yordan.
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1953
All American. Screenplay by D.D. Beauchamp.
Forbidden. Screenplay by Gil Doud.
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Beachhead. Screenplay by Richard Alan Simmons. Aubrey Schenck Productions.
Johnny Dark. Screenplay by Franklin Coen.
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Men of Iron. Screenplay by Oscar Brodney.
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1954
Six Bridges to Cross. Screenplay by Sidney Boehm.
The Purple Mask. Screenplay by Oscar Brodney.
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So This Is Paris. Screenplay by Charles Hoffman.
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1955
The Rawhida Years. Screenplay by Earl Felton. UI.
The Square Jungle. Screenplay by Richard Alan Simmons.
Trapaze. Hecht-Lancaster.
1956
Sweet Small of Success. Screenplay by Clifford Odets.
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1957
The Midnight Story. Screenplay by John Robinson.
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Kings Go Forth. Screenplay by Merle Miller, book by Joe David Brown. Frank Ross-Eaton Productions.
Man on a Rack. Written by Dick Berg. Revue Productions.
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1958
The Stone. Revue Productions.
Cory. Screenplay by Blake Edwards, story by Leo Rostan.
Some Like It Hot. Screenplay by Billy Wilder I.A.L. Diamond. Ashton Productions.
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1958
The Defiant Ones. Screenplay by Nathan E. Douglas Harold Jacob Smith. Lomitas Productions.
1959
The Rat Race.
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Operation Petticoat. Screenplay by Stanley Shapiro Maurice Richlin.
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Spartacus.
Who Was That Lady...? Screenplay by Norman Krasna. Ansark Productions.
1960
Pepe. Screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley. George Sidney International Pictures-Posa Films Internacional, S.A.
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The Sixth Man The Outsider. Screenplay by Stewart Stern.
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The Juggler. Written by Joseph Stefano. Revue Studios.
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The Great Imposter.
1961
Taras Bulba. Story by Nikolai Gogol. Harold Hecht Productions.
1962
40 Pounds of Trouble. Screenplay by Marion Hargrove. Curtleigh Productions.
1963
Captain Newman, M.D. Screenplay by Richard L. Brean.
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Wild and Wonderful. Screenplay by Waldo Salt.
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Sex and the Single Girl. Screenplay by Joseph Heller, story by Helen Gurlay Brown.
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1964
The Great Race. Screenplay by Blake Edwards.
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Goodbye Charlie. Screenplay by Harry Kurnitz.
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1965
Boeing-Boeing. Screenplay by Edward Anhalt. Wallis-Paramount-Hazen.
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My Last Duchess Arriverderci Baby. Screenplay by Ken Hughes, based on a story by Ken Hughes & Ronald Harwood. Seven Arts.
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1966
Not With my Wife, You Don't! Screenplay by Norman Panama, Larry Gelbart and Peter Barnes, original story by Norman Panama & Melvin Frank.
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Don't Make Waves.
1967
The Chastity Belt On My Way to the Crusades I Met a Girl Who....
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1966
Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies. Screenplay by Jack Davies & Ken Annakin.
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The Boston Strangler.
1969
Suppose They Gave A War and Nobody Came. Screenplay by Don McGuire.
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The Dubious Patriots. Screenplay by Leo V. Gordon. The Corman Company.
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Files
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came.
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- Shooting schedules.
- First screenplay (83pp.).
- Newspaper clippings.
- Letter from producer, Fred Engel.
- Telegram from producer.
Not With My Wife You Don't.
Scope and Content Note
- Wardrobe plot.
- Breakdown.
- Press clippings.
- Thank you note from Colonel Harvey, USAF.
- Estimating script.
- Final draft screenplay.
Taras Bulba.
Scope and Content Note
- Press clippings.
- Correspondence with Major General Krulak, USMC.
- Telegram review of film from UI.
- Background material on Ukrainian Cossacks.
- Letter from Robert Blumofe, United Artists Vice-President.
- Russian magazine.
- Screenplay copy.
Arrivederci, Baby.
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- Press clippings.
- Costume description, shooting schedules.
- Call sheets.
- Work permits.
- Congratulatory cables.
- Correspondence regarding, film titles, costume chart.
- Script changes.
- Letter from T. Curtis to William Goetz re his thoughts on the film and the character he plays.
Sex and the Single Girl.
Scope and Content Note
- Shooting schedule.
- Script changes.
- Original script by Joe Heller (18pp.).
- Trailer copy.
- Press clippings.
On My Way to the Crusade, I Met a Girl Who...
Scope and Content Note
- Press clippings.
- Script changes.
- Letter from writer Larry Gelbart regarding script changes.
- Letter from William Morris Organization re shooting schedule.
- Correspondence regarding directors.
- Publicity releases from Rome Public relations man.
- Biographical information on T. Curtis.
Boeing-Boeing.
Scope and Content Note
- Press clippings.
- Script changes.
- Correspondence regarding billing.
- Congratulatory telegrams and letters.
- Thank you notes.
Captain Newman, M.D.
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- Radio campaign.
- TV campaign.
- Press clippings.
- Paperback cover illustrations.
- Congratulatory telegrams and letters.
- Screening information.
Forty Pounds of Trouble.
Scope and Content Note
- Press clippings.
- Story outline.
- Congratulatory letter and telegram.
- Thank you notes.
- Letter to the President from T. Curtis.
Goodbye Charlie.
Scope and Content Note
- Press clippings.
- Recording of title song.
- Congratulatory letters and thank you notes from Richard Zanuck, Debbie Reynolds, etc.
The Great Race.
Scope and Content Note
- Press clippings.
- Call sheets.
- Travel schedule.
- Shooting schedule.
- Cost summary.
- Sketches of crest.
- BOX OFFICE Blue Ribbon Award.
- Trailer information.
- Location information.
- Correspondence regarding casting.
- Name changes.
- Thank you note to Hedda Hopper.
- Premiere invitation from Jack Warner.
Don't Make Waves.
Scope and Content Note
- Press clippings.
- Location information.
- Script changes.
- Camera movements.
- Director's script notes.
- Shooting schedules and production reports.
- Work orders.
- Call sheets.
- Art layout of house used in film.
- Synopsis.
- Agreement between MGM and T. Curtis re loan of some works of art.
- Thank you notes.
- Publicity releases (photocopies).
Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies.
Scope and Content Note
- Press clippings.
- Correspondence pertaining to press interviews, costumes, script, etc.
- Letter from Donnenfeld, Vice-President of Paramount.
Performance at “Caesar's Palace” Las Vegas.
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- Press clippings and reviews.
- Congratulatory wires.
- Scripts.
The Boston Strangler Press clippings and reviews - foreign and domestic.
The Boston Strangler.
Scope and Content Note
- Correspondence.
- Call sheets.
- Cast list.
- Cast requirements.
- Publicity releases.
- Memos.
Flesh and Fury.
Scope and Content Note
- Preview cards summary and comments.
- 3 glossy production photographs (8×10 Black & white).
- Press clippings and reviews.
No Room for the Groom.
Scope and Content Note
- Cast and Credits.
- Synopsis.
- 3 glossy production photographs (8×10 Black & white).
City Across the River.
Scope and Content Note
- Biography.
- Cast and credit sheet.
- Preview invitation.
- Press clippings.
Criss Cross.
Scope and Content Note
- Cast and credits sheet.
- Synopsis.
Johnny Stool Pigeon.
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- Cast and credit sheet.
- Synopsis.
- Production notes.
Francis.
Scope and Content Note
- Cast and credits sheet.
- Synopsis.
I Was a Shoplifter.
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- Cast and credits sheet.
- Synopsis.
Sierra.
Scope and Content Note
- Cast and credits sheet.
- Synopsis.
Winchester '73.
Scope and Content Note
- Cast and credits sheet.
- Synopsis.
Kansas Raiders.
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- Cast and credits sheet.
- Synopsis.
- Press clippings.
Comanche Territory.
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- Press clippings.
Universal Contract Players Program.
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Inside U-I.
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- Act 1 - “The Girl on the Via Flaminia” (Tony Curtis).
- Act 2 - “All you Need Is One Good Break” (Tony Curtis).
The Prince Who Was a Thief.
Scope and Content Note
- Cast and credits sheet.
- Synopsis.
- Press clippings.
Photographs
The All American.
Scope and Content Note
- 12 glossy publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
Arrivederci, Baby.
Scope and Content Note
- 1 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 2 matte publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 2 glossy publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 4 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 2 matte publicity stills (11×14 Black & white).
Beachhead.
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Black Shield of Falworth.
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- 7 glossy publicity stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 1 glossy publicity still (9½×11 Black & white).
Boeing-Boeing.
Scope and Content Note
- 4 matte publicity stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 2 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
Boston Strangler.
Scope and Content Note
- 1 matte production still (11×14 Black & white).
Captain Newman, M.D.
Scope and Content Note
- 20 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 3 glossy publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 3 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
The Defiant Ones.
Scope and Content Note
- 7 matte publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 4 matte production stills (7½×8 Black & white).
- 7 glossy publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 18 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 2 matte publicity stills (11×14 Black & white).
Don't Make Waves.
Scope and Content Note
- 59 matte publicity stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 4 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 4 glossy publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
The Dubious Patriots.
Scope and Content Note
- 4 glossy publicity postcards (2½×5½ Black & white).
- 28 matte publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 19 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
Forty Pounds of Trouble.
Scope and Content Note
- 12 matte productions stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 27 matte publicity stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 2 matte production stills (8×14 Black & white).
- 1 matte production still (5½×14 Black & white).
Goodbye Charlie.
Scope and Content Note
- 8 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 6 matte publicity stills (9½×13½)
- 21 matte productions stills (11×14)
The Great Imposter.
Scope and Content Note
- 4 glossy publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
The Great Race.
Scope and Content Note
- 10 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 16 matte publicity stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 6 matte publicity stills (10×13½ Black & white).
- 2 matte publicity stills (7×10 Black & white).
- 1 matte publicity still (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 glossy contact proof (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 glossy wardrobe sketch (8×10 Black & white).
- 2 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 matte publicity still (7×9 Black & white).
- 3 glossy production stills (7×9½ Black & white).
- 3 glossy publicity stills (5×7 Black & white).
- 1 glossy publicity still (4×5 Black & white).
Houdini.
Scope and Content Note
- 60 glossy snapshots (4×5 Black & white).
- 5 glossy contact proof sheets (8×10 Black & white).
- 4 glossy photographs autographed by Joe Dunninger (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 glossy photo of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Houdini (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 book: Adventurous Life Of Houdini - autographed by Harry Houdini
- 49 matte wardrobe and makeup test stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 31 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 3 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 matte gag photo with Jerry Lewis (8×10 Black & white).
- New Yorker 1941 (tearsheets) Profile on Dunninger.
- Orpheum Theatre Bill - February 13, 1922.
- Orpheum Theatre Bill - March 20, 1922.
- Baltimore News - Second Section Local News, November 9, 1925.
- Orpheum Circuit Program, Majestic Theatre, Chicago February 22, 1922.
Kings Go Forth.
Scope and Content Note
- 7 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 9 matte publicity stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 11 matte production stills (9×14 Black & white).
- 6 matte publicity stills (9×14 Black & white).
- 3 matte publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 glossy publicity still (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 glossy production still (6½×9½ Black & white).
- 10 matte production stills (7×9½ Black & white).
- 1 matte publicity still (7×9½ Black & white).
- Sheet of Music: “Britt's Blues.”
Not With My Wife You Don't.
Scope and Content Note
- 6 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 6 matte publicity stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 glossy publicity still (7½×9½ Black & white).
- 2 matte publicity stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 1 matte production still (11×14 Black & white).
- 1 glossy publicity still (11×14 Color)
On My Way to the Crusades I Met a Girl Who...
Scope and Content Note
- 58 matte production stills - Very Unusual photographs (9½×14 Sepia)
- 8 matte production stills (9½×11½ Black & white).
- 38 matte production stills (8×10½ Black & white).
- 1 matte production still (5×8 Black & white).
Operation Petticoat.
Scope and Content Note
- 2 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 2 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 2 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
The Outsider.
Scope and Content Note
- 106 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 9 glossy production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 2 matte production still (10×11 Black & white).
- 19 glossy contact proof sheets (8×10 Black & white).
- 19 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 glossy autographed by Major General USMC (8×10 Black & white).
The Rat Race.
Scope and Content Note
- 1 matte production still (10½×13½ Black & white).
- 1 glossy production still (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 matte production still (6×13½ Black & white).
Sex and the Single Girl.
Scope and Content Note
- 12 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 3 matte production stills (13½×9½ Black & white).
- 3 matte production stills (6½×9½ Black & white).
- 1 transparency (4×5 color)
Six Bridges to Cross.
Scope and Content Note
- 1 matte production still (11×14 Black & white).
Some Like it Hot.
Scope and Content Note
- 26 glossy Production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 matte Production stills (10½×13½ Black & white).
- 2 matte Production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 12 matte proofs (4×5 Black & white).
- 2 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 matte production stills (6½×9½ Black & white).
- 1 snapshot (3½×3½ color)
Spartacus.
Scope and Content Note
- 3 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 2 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came.
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Sweet Smell of Success.
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Taras Bulba.
Scope and Content Note
- 41 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 5 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 contact proof sheets (8×10 Black & white).
- 4 matte production stills (11×12 Black & white).
- 9 matte production stills (9½×14 Black & white).
- 1 matte production stills (10×13 Black & white).
- 9 matte production stills (9½×14 Black & white).
- 2 matte production stills (10×14 Black & white).
- 2 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 4 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 2 matte production stills (9½×14 Black & white).
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies.
Scope and Content Note
- 7 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
Trapeze.
Scope and Content Note
- 13 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 4 matte production stills (10½×11½ Black & white).
- 82 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 4 glossy production stills (8×9 Black & white).
- 47 glossy production stills (8×8 Black & white).
- 11 matte production stills (8×8 Black & white).
- 22 matte production stills (7×10 Black & white).
- 5 glossy production stills (7×10 Black & white).
- 21 glossy production stills (6×8 Black & white).
- 3 matte production stills (5×5 Black & white).
The Vikings.
Scope and Content Note
- 13 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 glossy publicity still (8×10 Black & white).
- 3 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 5 glossy production stills (7×10 Black & white).
- 4 glossy production stills (5×7 Black & white).
- 7 glossy production stills (3½×5 Black & white).
Who Was That Lady?
Scope and Content Note
Wild and Wonderful.
Scope and Content Note
- 8 matte production stills (11×14 Black & white).
- 12 matte production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 1 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 3 matte production stills (6½×9½ Black & white).
- 43 matte production stills (4½×7 Black & white).
Mounted Photographs
Scope and Content Note
- 1 glossy (8×10 Black & white): All American.
- 1 matte (11×14 color): Boston Strangler.
- 1 matte (11×14 Black & white): Captain Newman M.D.
- 1 glossy (8×10 Black & white): Defiant Ones.
- 1 glossy (8×10 Black & white): Great Imposter.
- 1 matte (11×14 Black & white): Great Race.
- 1 matte (11×14 Black & white): Kings Go Forth.
- 1 matte (11×14 Black & white): Outsider.
- 1 glossy (8×10 Black & white): Prince Who Was a Thief.
- 1 matte (11×14 Black & white): Sex and the Single Girl.
- 2 matte (11×14 Black & white): Some Like it Hot.
- 1 glossy (8×10 Black & white): So This is Paris.
- 1 matte (11×14 color): Spartacus.
- 2 matte (11×14 Black & white): Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came.
Supplementary List, 17 March 1970
Defiant Ones - Photographs.
Scope and Content Note
The Outsider - Photographs.
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Trapeze - Photographs.
Scope and Content Note
- 8 matte proof sheets (11×14 Black & white).
- 10 glossy proof sheets (8×10 Black & white).
Kings Go Forth - Photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Operation Petticoat - Photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Wild and Wonderful - Photographs.
Scope and Content Note
Taras Bulba - Photographs.
Scope and Content Note
- 4 glossy production stills (8×10 Black & white).
- 2 matte production stills (9½×14 Black & white).
Some Like it Hot - Photographs
Scope and Content Note
Not With My Wife You Don't - Photographs
Scope and Content Note
Houdini.
Scope and Content Note
- 1 mounted photograph (17×20 Sepia)
- 1 mounted photograph - pages of Genii Conjuror's Magazine (14×25)
Additional Photographs
The Boston Strangler.
Scope and Content Note
- 13 production stills (11×14)
- 3 Production stills (8×10)
- 1 police mugshot (3×5)