Daniel Mainwaring Papers, ca. 1930-ca. 1970

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Mainwaring, Daniel, 1902-1977
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of materials related to the career of screenwriter and novelist Daniel Mainwaring. Includes script materials for 9 produced motion pictures, drafts and rewrites of projects, episodes for several television series, fictional writings, and personal and biographical material. Some materials may carry Mainwaring's pseudonym, Geoffrey Homes.

Biographical / historical:

Daniel Geoffrey Homes Mainwaring was born Feb. 27, 1902 in Oakland, CA; educated at Fresno College; worked as a journalist for various newspapers; joined Warner Bros. publicity department (1934) later moving to RKO; author of popular action novels since the 1930s, he began screenwriting in the early 1940s; many of his works are under the pseudonym, Geoffrey Homes; his many screen credits include Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, The Last Outpost, and Against All Odds; died Jan. 31, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA.

Physical location:
Held at SRLF. Please contact the Performing Arts Special Collections for paging information.
Physical description:
16 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988