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Title: Elick Moll Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1957-1964
Collection number: 738
Creator:
Moll, Elick
Extent:
4 boxes (2.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Elick Moll (1907- ) was a screenwriter for Samuel Goldwyn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Twentieth Century-Fox, a television writer,
and frequent contributor of short stories to various magazines. The collection consists of manuscripts and clippings relating
to Elick Moll and his books.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elick Moll, 1962, 1965.
[Identification of item], Elick Moll Papers (Collection 738). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233442
Moll was born on March 20, 1907 in New York City; attended the University of Illinois and the University of Chicago; became
a screenwriter for Samuel Goldwyn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Twentieth Century-Fox, as well as a television writer; contributed
short stories to various magazines; published works include
Night without sleep (1950),
Seidman and Son (1958),
Memoir of spring (1961),
Mr. Seidman and the geisha (1962),
Image of Tallie (1964), and
The perilous spring of Morris Seidman (1972).
Collection consists of manuscripts and two clippings relating to Elick Moll and his books. Includes
Memoir of spring,
A south sea story,
Image of Tallie, and the television plays
The fabulous Irishman,
Mr. Sizeman and the dangerous age, and
Seidman and Son.
Arranged in the following series:
- The fabulous Irishman, Memoir of spring, Mr. Sizeman and the dangerous age, A south sea story, ephemera and clippings re Moll (Box 1).
- Seidman and Son (Box 2).
- Image of Tallie (Box 3).
- Image of Tallie mimeograph in grey wrappers (Box 4).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Moll, Elick--Archives.
Television writers--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Screenwriters--California, Southern--Archival resources.
Manuscripts for publication.
Television scripts.