Finding Aid for the William Wyler Papers, 1925-1975
Finding Aid for the William Wyler Papers, 1925-1975
Collection number: 53
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- Produced films
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PRODUCED FILM
ANYBODY HERE SEEN KELLY? (1928)
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, German newspapers.
Individual and group shots w/ Bessie Love, Tom Moore and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 55 photos.
4 group shots w/ Bessie Love and Tom Moore (b/w, 5x7); 4 group shots w/ Tom Moore (b/w, various sizes); 2 individual and group shots w/ Bessie Love (b/w, 7x9) 10 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes: 8 group shots w/ W.Wyler, Bessie Love and screenwriter Leigh Jacobson (b/w, 8x10); 1 group shot w/ W.Wyler, Bessie Love and Charles Stumar (b/w, 7x9) 9 photos.
Bound script. 10/26/27. By Leigh Jacobson. Adaptation by Samuel Pike. Continuity by John B. Clymer.
BEN-HUR (1959)
Script. By Karl Turnberg. 2/21/58. Incomplete: rewrite from scene 464 to end of script, pages 189-209. Annotated.
Script. By Karl Turnberg. 4/1/58. Incomplete: pages 189-219. Note: Turnberg ending number four.
Script. 5/15/58. Incomplete: chariot race sequence only, pages 157-180.
Script. 5/58 and 6/58. Incomplete: from Rome to end, pages 89-210. Note: "Christopher Fry" handwritten on cover. Note inside: "To p. 180 from Gore Vidal." Annotated.
Script. 6/12/58, 2nd rev. Incomplete: from race to end, pages 180-209. Annotated.
Script. 6/30/58, temporary. 207p. Note: "4".
Script. 4/1/59. 7p. Incomplete: versions #1 and #2 of the opening sequence. Another copy dated 4/9/59.
Miscellaneous script pages. 8/28/58 - 9/19/58.
Dialogue cutting continuity. 10/29/59. 167p. Annotated.
Narration prologue. n.d. 5p. 3 different versions. Annotated.
German dialogue translation. n.d. 176p.
Notes on script from William A. Horning to W.Wyler. 1/8/58. 10p.
Sequence breakdowns. Includes: Breakdown of script dated 6/21/55, n.d., 52p. Note on cover: "Old Breakdown"; breakdown of script dated 1/8/58, n.d., 48p. Note on cover: "New Breakdown." 2 items.
Shooting schedule. 5/12/58. 25p.
Research material. Includes: "The Roman Way," National Geographic, 11/46, v.XC, n.5, p. 545-633; copy of Der Spiegel, 12/24/58, v.12, n.52.
Letter from R. Monta of Loew's Inc. to the Writers Guild concerning arbitration on the screenwriting credit. 6/1/59.
Envelopes and stationery.
Press brochures, programs, premiere invitations and colored drawings made from stills. 25 items.
Congratulatory letters and publicity releases, 1959-1960; list of guests to screening, 11/59 (3p). 32 items.
Article "Why Ben-Hur?" by W.Wyler, 2p., annotated;transcript of W.Wyler's address before the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., 3/15/60, 19p.
11 photographs. Includes photos of W.Wyler receiving awards from India - Bengal Film Journalist Association- and Italy - Ordine al Merito della Republica Italiana-; publicity stills.
Congratulatory letters, 1958-1961;program, Les Ballets Africains, 1957. 10 items.
Notes. Includes: "Ben-Hur" integrated synopsis; "Crucifixion" sequence. 9 items.
Script dialogue, alternative dialogue and alternative set-up. 1/59. 2 copies. Copy one complete, 133p. Copy two missing final page.
Unit lists, 8/28/58 (2 copies); cast list,5/6/59; staff list,n.d.; staff and crew sent from Culver City to Rome, 5/5/59; employees sent to Italy, 1958; invitations to luncheon party, 5/18/?. 7 items.
Pre-production lists and breakdowns. Bound.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, film publications.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional newspapers, trade papers, film publications.
Letters and memos concerning awards won by film. Includes telegram from W. Wyler to Frank Capra, 3/9/60. 29 items.
Group shots w/ Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Cathy O'Donnell, et al(b/w, 8x10). 2 photos.
Bound script. 6/28/58. Includes production stills.
Individual and group shots w/ Charlton Heston, Haya Harareet, Sam Jaffe and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 66 photos.
Group shots w/ Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd and various cast members (b/w, 7x9) 11 photos.
Group shots of "Birth of Jesus" sequence (8, b/w, 7x7; 3, b/w, 4x7) 11 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes individual and group shots w/ W.Wyler, Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Sam Zimbalist, screenwriter Christopher Fry, other cast and crew (b/w, various sizes) 75 photos.
Portrait shots of various cast members, identified (b/w, 8x10) 10 photos.
Individual shots of W.Wyler (b/w, various sizes) 20 photos.
Individual shots of Haya Harareet (b/w, 8x10) 6 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler and Haya Harareet (b/w) 3 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler's birthday party, incl. W.Wyler, Charlton Heston, Stephen Boyd, Sam Zimbalist, et al., 7/1/58 (b/w) 13 photos.
Photographs of Academy awards w/ W.Wyler, Charlton Heston, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 10 photos.
Photographs of Golden Globe awards w/ W.Wyler, his wife, Haya Harareet, Cathy O'Donnell Wyler (b/w, 8x10) 4 photos and 2 negatives.
Photographs of world premiere. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Sol Siegel, Ramon Novarro, Charlton Heston, et al. (b/w) 7 photos.
Photographs at Greater Los Angeles Press Club w/ W.Wyler, Haya Harareet, et al., 10/27/59 (b/w, 8x10) 13 photos.
Production still of MGM 1925 version of BEN-HUR, w/ Ramon Novarro. Wyler was an assistant on the chariot race scenes. (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler and various persons, some identified (b/w, various sizes) 14 photos.
Group shots w/ various cast members, identified (5, b/w, 9x13; 5, b/w, 8x13; 1, b/w, 5x13; 3, b/w, 7x13) 14 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes individual and group shots w/ W.Wyler, Charlton Heston, Haya Harareet, producer Sam Zimbalist, Bette Davis, and varios cast members (b/w, 9x13) 23 photos.
Group shots w/ Charlton Heston, Haya Harareet and various cast members (b/w, 10x13) 23 photos.
Portrait shots of Charlton Heston, Haya Harareet, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Jack Hawkins, Stephen Boyd, Sam Jaffe, et al. (b/w, 10x13) 15 photos.
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946)
Novel. By Mac Kinlay Kantor. GLORY FOR ME. n.d. 434p.
Novel. By Mac Kinlay Kantor. GLORY FOR ME. n.d. 434p.
Prose version of the verse novel by Czenzi Ormonde. 7/1/45. 129p.
Script. 4/9/46 with revised pages dated 5/6/46. 197p.
Script. 12/16/46, cutting continuity. 119p.
6 photographs. Includes: 4 photos of W.Wyler and Mrs. Wyler; 2 set stills, one of the drugstore set and one of a bomb bay opening of a plane.
Correspondence. 5 items.
"Steve Canyon" newspaper cartoon strips; article from the Congressional Record, 2/4/54 (2 copies);"For Your Information",3/47, v.3,#3, a publication of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications.
Clippings -- British newspapers, major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, film publications.
Clippings -- British and Canadian newspapers, major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, film publications.
Clippings -- Canadian newspapers, major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications.
Clippings. Academy Award clippings. 85 items.
Trade paper advertisements. 132 items.
Reviews of GLORY FOR ME. 27 items.
Clippings -- Foreign. 118 items.
Individual shot of Cathy O'Donnell (b/w, 8x10). 1 photo.
Bound script. 4/9/46. Annotated.
Clippings -- U.S. Newspapers and trade papers, regarding role played by Cathy O'Donnell. 42 items.
Individual and group shots w/ Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 57 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 62 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Dana Andrews, and various cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10) 29 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright and Dana Andrews (b/w, various sizes) 2 photos.
Individual shots of Teresa Wright (b/w, 8x10) 49 photos.
Research material, incl. photographs of various sizes. 16 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Teresa Wright, Dana Andrews, et al. (b/w, 10x13) 21 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Howard Russell, Cathy O'Donnell, Virginia Mayo, et al. (b/w, mounted on 16x20 cardboard) 38 photos.
Scrapbook of clippings. 49p.
Press brochure "The Best Years of Our Lives: How a Film is Made". 2 copies.
THE BIG COUNTRY (1958)
Script. By Robert Wyler. Adaptation by Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler. 8/14/57, final draft. 172p. plus 10p of scene resumes.
Script. By Robert Wyler. Adaptation by Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler. 7/19/57, final draft 141p. with 6p. of storyline continuity.
Script. By Robert Wyler. Adaptation by Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler. 7/19/57, final draft.
Notebook of reviews. Includes major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, and Canadian newspapers.
Correspondence concerning distribution of film; publicity releases regarding Jessamyn West and success of film in England, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1967. 6 items.
Cast list,n.d., and a memo from Gregory Peck to W.Wyler on the signing of Chuck Connors and Charles Bickford, 7/1/57.
Clippings. Includes British newspapers, U.S. trade papers and major U.S. newspapers. Promotional materials. Dell Comic Book no. 946, "The Big Country."
Script. By Robert Wyler. 7/19/57, final draft. Annotated.
Shooting schedule, 9/27/57; list of cast and crew.
French dialogue.
Letters from George Stevens (10/27/58), Carroll Baker (5/30/58), Charlton Heston (3/28/79); congratulatory letters w/clippings (1958-1959); letter on European distribution, 2/5/1959. 14 items.
Script and notes. By Bob Swink. 5/31/57. Annotated.
Individual shot of Burl Ives (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Charlton Heston, Jean Simmons, Caroll Baker, Gregory Peck and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 38 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler and crew (b/w, 7x9) 2 photos.
Individual shots of W.Wyler (b/w, 8x10) 7 photos.
Off-camera shots w/ W.Wyler (b/w, 11x14) 3 photos.
CARRIE (1952)
Script. SISTER CARRIE. By Ruth and Augustus Goetz. 7/20/50, final white. 137p.
Script. SISTER CARRIE. By Ruth and Augustus Goetz. 7/20/50, final white. Not identical to #6. 137p.
Clippings. Includes trade papers, film publications, and regional U.S. newspapers. Undated letter from Helen Dreiser and reviews of T. Dreiser's novel. 14 items.
Notebook of cast photographs. Includes 92 photos of individual cast members and 17 group photos. All photographs are identified.
Hair and costume stills of Jennifer Jones. 32 photos.
Memos and letters betweem David O. Selznick and W.Wyler. 34 items.
Correspondence w/ David O. Selznick regarding publicity campaign and release of film, 1950-1952. 6 items.
Miscellaneous notes on a conference held on 11/9/49 with W.Wyler, Selznick, Koenig, Ruth and August Goetz. 3 items.
Credits. Main title billing. 1/10/51. 2p.
Bound script. 7/20/50, final. Includes: lists of staff, crew and personnel assigned to production; chronology and shooting schedule. Annotated.
Group shots w/ Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, and other cast members (b/w, 4x5) 16 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, and various cast members (b/w, 4x5) 5 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 3 photos.
THE CHILDREN'S HOUR (1961)
Outline for screenplay by Lillian Hellman. 11/60. 3 copies, 57p. each. First copy annotated.
Discussion of script between Lillian Hellman and William Wyler. 12/2/60. 65p. 2 copies.
Suggested additional scenes and comments by Lillian Hellman. 4/61. 2 copies. 23p. each. Annotated.
Notes on script INFAMOUS. By Lillian Hellman. 5/5/61 to 5/8/61. 31p. 3 copies. First copy annotated.
Script. By Robert Wyler. 10/17/60, 1st draft. 136p. Annotated.
Script. By Robert Wyler. 10/17/60, 1st draft. Annotated. 2 copies. 127p. each.
Script. By Loring Mandel. n.d., 1st draft. 60p. Incomplete.
Script. By Loring Mandel. 1/27/61, 1st draft. 80p. Incomplete. Annotated.
Script. By Loring Mandel and John Michael Hayes. Pages 1-61 by Mandel, dated 1/27/61; pages 62-147 by Hayes, dated 4/4/61.
Script. By John Michael Hayes. n.d., 2nd rev. Incomplete, pages 62-111 only. Annotated.
Script. INFAMOUS. By John Michael Hayes. 4/18/61, 1st draft. 145p.
Script. INFAMOUS. By John Michael Hayes. 4/18/61, 1st draft. 242p. Annotated, with inserted pages.
Script. INFAMOUS. By John Michael Hayes. 4/18/61, 1st draft. Incomplete, pages 2-35A only. Annotated. 5/19/61, 1st rev. Incomplete, pages 2-35A only. Annotated.
Script. INFAMOUS. By John Michael Hayes. 5/23/61, 1st rev. 150p.
Script. 10/3/61, corrected final, 147p.
Script. 3/61. Incomplete. 111p. Annotated.
Annotated pages of script and notes. Letters from W. Wyler, L. Hellman.
Memos, notes and miscellaneous pages of script by Lillian Hellman. 35 items.
INFAMOUS. Partial shooting schedule covering four weeks. 6/1/61. 9p.
Letter from Audrey Hepburn, 8/5/60; Adlai Stevenson, 1/25/62. Telegram from Shirley MacLaine, 10/23/60. 3 items.
13 photographs. Includes 8 production stills; 3 photos of artist sketches; 1 publicity still of Audrey Hepburn; 1 group shot w/Shirley MacLaine and W.Wyler.
Press releases and press kits from United Artists and Mirisch Corp. 4 items.
Program. 2 copies.
Publicity schedules, memos, letters and telegrams. 20 items.
Guest lists to premieres and preview. 24 items.
Congratulatory letters. 19 items.
Derogatory letters; draft of a response by William Wyler to derogatory letters. 7 items.
Staff and crew lists. 3 items.
Cast and casting materials for screen tests. 17 items.
Invoices. Includes bills covering a post-production party, lunches by W.Wyler, Mrs. Wyler and Lillian Hellman, and W.Wyler's personal expenses. 23 items.
Correspondence with Loring Mandel, Peter Shaffer, John Michael Hayes and Abby Mann. Notes, memos. 25 items.
Travel information regarding W.Wyler's trip to New York and London. 10/60. 26 items.
Correspondence, clippings, and notes re: proposed titles for the film. 17 items.
Letters and telegrams concerning changes and additions in the script to and from Lillian Hellman. 25 items.
Clippings -- Foreign. Includes reviews and articles from Greece, Germany, England, France, Belgium, Pakistan, Austria. 54 items.
Clippings -- Includes major U.S. newspapers and regional U.S. newspapers. 86 items.
Clippings -- U.S. Trade papers. 26 items.
Clippings -- U.S. Magazines. 12 items.
Lillian Hellman. THE CHILDREN'S HOUR. 1953. 2 copies. Annotated.
Script. Loring Mandel and John Michael Hayes. 1st draft. Pages 1-61 by Loring Mandel, 1/27/61; pages 62-147 by John Michael Hayes, 4/4/61.
Script. INFAMOUS. By John Michael Hayes. 1st draft, 4/18/61. 145p.
Script. INFAMOUS. By John Michael Hayes. 5/23/61, 1st rev. script. 150p. 2 copies, incl. one annotated with revised inserts.
Script. 10/3/61, corrected final script. 147p. 3 copies. First copy annotated.
INFAMOUS. Staff and crew lists. 2 items.
Bound script. 10/3/61, corrected final script as shot. Includes: facts about THE CHILDREN'S HOUR; list of cast and staff.
Individual and group shots w/ Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine and James Garner (b/w, 9x12) 23 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner, Miriam Hopkins, Fay Bainter, et al. (b/w, 9x10) 34 photos.
Group shots w/ Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, Miriam Hopkins, (b/w, 8x10) 3 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes individual and group shots w/ Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, and other cast and crew members (b/w, 9x12) 52 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes: 1 two-shot of Audrey Hepburn and James Garner (b/w, 9x9); 5 group shots w/ W.Wyler, James Garner, Audrey Hepburn, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin (b/w, 8x10) 6 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes: 4 group shots w/ W.Wyler, Shirley MacLaine, James Garner and various cast members (b/w, 9x13); 1 off-camera shot w/ W.Wyler and Shirley MacLaine (b/w, 10x13) 5 photos.
THE COLLECTOR (1965)
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. n.d. 120p. Note: "II" handwritten on cover. Annotated.
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. n.d. 144p. Note: "III, Two Cellar Ending" handwritten on cover. Annotated.
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. 1/31/64. 123p. Incomplete. Note: "IV" handwritten on cover. Annotated.
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. 2/21/64, 1st estimating draft. 134p.
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. 3/16/64, final. 145p.
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. 4/30/64, rev. final. 144p. Incomplete. Annotated.
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. 4/30/64, rev. final. 144p.
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. 3/16/64, final draft. Revised and annotated by W.Wyler. Note on cover: "VII." 248p. plus 11p. scene breakdown. Annotated.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers.
Clippings -- British and French magazines, major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications.
Clippings -- French and British newspapers, major U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, film publications. 60 items.
Clippings -- Full page U.S. trade paper ads. 26 items.
Press brochure "A Production Preview of William Wyler's THE COLLECTOR". Promotional materials, screening invitations, trade paper clippings. 9 items.
Press brochures. 10 items.
Campaign status reports. Includes: Report #2, 5/19/65, 10p.; Report #3, 6/25/65 (2 copies, not identical), 10p. and 11p.
Press release, n.d.; teasers on Samantha Eggar, 4/16/65 (3p.) and 4/20/65 (rev., 3p.); letter from the Columbia publicity office to W.Wyler, 6/16/65; proof-sheet of a special gimmick ad. 5 items.
Dialogue. French translation. n.d. 45p.
Audience reaction test, conducted for Columbia Pictures by Audience Studies Inc., 12/20/64.
12 photographs. Includes: 10 group shots of THE COLLECTOR party; 1 photo of a window display advertising the film.
Copy of The Green Sheet publication, 11/65; award certificate from Terror Magazine; lists of names. 7 items.
Treatment by Terry Southern. 3/63. 64p.
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. 2/21/64, 1st estimating draft. 134p.
Script. By Stanley Mann and John Kohn. 4/30/64, rev. final draft. 144p. Annotated.
Screen credits, revised versions. 11/11/64 - 1/12/65.
Bound script. 4/30/64, rev. final draft. Screenplay by Stanley Mann and John Kohn.
Script breakdown, 2/5/64, 5p. (2 copies); continuity breakdown, annotated, 13p. (3 copies); test scenes, correspondence, clippings.
Shooting schedules; music cues; miscellaneous correspondence; crew sheets, unit lists.
Correspondence w/ Gore Vidal, 1964 (3 items), John Fowles (2 items), Natalie Wood, Kirk Douglas, and others.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, French newspapers.
Cannes Film Festival. 1965. Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, film publications, British newspapers, French newspapers.
Individual and group shots w/ Samantha Eggar, Terence Stamp, et al. Some stills are annotated (b/w, 8x10) 90 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Samantha Eggar, Terence Stamp, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 80 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes individual and group shots w/ W.Wyler and various cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10) 20 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Samantha Eggar, Terence Stamp, cast and crew members (b/w, 7x9) 66 photos.
Individual shots of Samantha Eggar (b/w, 8x10) 42 photos.
Individual shots of Samantha Eggar (b/w, various sizes) 4 photos.
Proof-sheets and transparencies of make-up and wardrobe tests for Samantha Eggar 11 proof-sheets and 70 transparencies.
Individual shots of W.Wyler (1, b/w, 8x10; 1, 7x9) 2 photos.
Photographs of British premiere, 10/65. Annotations on back of photos (b/w, 8x10) 5 photos.
Off-camera shot of W.Wyler (b/w, 12x15) 1 photo.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Samantha Eggar and Terence Stamp (b/w, 11x14) 4 photos
Proof-sheets for advertisements. 14 items.
COME AND GET IT (1936)
Group shots w/ Frances Farmer and Edward Arnold (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Bound script. 8/19/36, revisions for retakes. Annotated.
COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW (1933)
Individual and group shots w/ John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 16 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Doris Kenyon, various cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10) 9 photos.
Photographs w/ W.Wyler and Elmer Rice (2, b/w, 3x4; 1, b/w, 8x10) 3 photos.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, Mexican newspapers, British newspapers.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers.
Bound script. n.d. Annotated.
DAZE OF THE WEST (1927)
Universal - Westerns (1925-1928). Off-camera shots and production stills w/ W.Wyler, Fred Gilman, cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10) 12 photos.
DEAD END (1937)
Bound script. 8/24/37.
Individual and group shots w/ Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 87 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 118 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor, et al. (b/w, 7x9) 18 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, other cast and crew members (b/w, 4x6) 14 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Joel McCrea, Sylvia Sidney, cinematographer Gregg Toland, and various cast and crew members (b/w, various sizes) 5 photos.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers.
Production stills. Includes: 1 two-shot w/ Joel McCrea and Sylvia Sidney; 2 off-camera shots w/ W.Wyler, Humphrey Bogart, Joel McCrea, Allen Jenkins, et al. (b/w, 10x13) 3 photos.
DESERT DUST (1927)
Bound script. 4/18/27. Story and continuity by William Lester.
THE DESPERATE HOURS (1955)
45 photographs. Includes: 29 photos of storyboard sketches; 12 portraits of cast in costume; 3 group photos of crowd outside Criterion Theater; 1 group photo w/ W.Wyler, Martha Scott et al.
THE DESPERATE HOURS. Novel condensation, 6p. 2 copies.
Play. THE DESPERATE HOURS. By Joseph Hayes. 1954. 150p.
Script. By Joseph Hayes. 9/20/54. Incomplete, misc. revised pages. Annotated. Includes synopsis of the play, 4p.
Script. By Joseph Hayes. 9/9/54. 172p. Annotated.
Script. By Joseph Hayes. 9/20/54, rev. final. 173p.
Notes on suspense; notes on characterizations; notes on the "white manuscript" (205p.).
Crew lists; timing breakdowns; shooting schedules. 7 items.
Blueprints and layouts of locations. Includes: Hilliard home and Hilliard street, the escape from Soledad prison, and central Indiana. 9 items.
Letters and telegrams concerning casting possibilities, July-Nov 1954. 4 items.
10 letters from critics offering reactions to the proposed filming of the novel; 10 replies from W.Wyler, 1954-1955. 20 items.
Letters and memos concerning revisions and changes in the script and film, Sept-Nov 1954. Includes correspondence between W. Wyler and Joseph Hayes, telegram from Frederick March. 49 items.
Letters and memos concerning approval by the Breen Office and FBI, Sept-Oct 1954. 7 items.
Letters and memos concerning music for the film, Sept 1954-Aug 1955. 13 items.
Letters and memos concerning publicity and promotion of the film, Aug 1954-May 1956. 25 items.
Letters and memos concerning credits for the film, Nov 1954-March 1955; billing sheets. 8 items.
Plans for previews of film; comments on reviews and preview audience reactions; speculation on awards, Aug 1954-May 1956. 15 items.
Letters and telegrams between Joseph Hayes and William Wyler, May 1954-Oct 1955. 24 items.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers.
Clippings -- Swiss, French, and German newspapers.
Clippings. U.S. trade papers.
Clippings -- Germany, Australia, Lebanon.
Clippings and photographs -- Germany. Includes 18 photos, mostly of bookstore windows and theater displays promoting the film.
Program for the opening of the film on 10/12/55 at the Stanley Warner Beverly Hills Theater. Paramount marketing program. 2 items.
Bound script. 9/20/54, rev. final. Screenplay by Joseph Hayes. Annotated.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shot w/ W.Wyler, Martha Scott, Mary Murphy and Beverly Garland (b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
Photograph of W. Wyler, Mrs. Wyler, Humphrey Bogart, Penelope and Carol Reed, and Fredric March (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Costume sketches for Humphrey Bogart and Robert Middleton.
DETECTIVE STORY (1951)
Script. By Philip Yordan. Revised by Robert Wyler. 2nd draft, 11/11/50. Note on title page: "Complete 12/9/50." 137p.
Script. By Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler. 2/3/51. 132p. Annotated.
Script. By Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler. 2/3/51 with revisions through 3/17/51. 132p. 2 copies.
Partnership agreement forming The Detective Story Company, 2/17/49; assignment notice of W.Wyler's shares in the company; 8 letters and telegrams concerning the company. 10 items.
Crew list, 2/17/51; cast list, 2/19/51; billing sheet, 6/7/51; memo from Don Robb to W.Wyler about production matters, 3/3/51. 4 items.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers.
Bound script. 2/3/51. Screenplay by Philip Yordan and Robert Wyler. Annotated.
DODSWORTH (1936)
Individual and group shots w/ Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor, David Niven, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 60 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 58 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, David Niven and other cast members. Photographed by Kenneth Alexander (b/w, 8x10) 22 photos. (b/w, 8x10) 60 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Walter Huston, Ruth Chatterton, Mary Astor and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 26 photos.
Individual shots of Ruth Chatterton (b/w, 8x10) 12 photos.
Individual shots of Walter Huston (b/w, 8x10) 10 photos.
Individual shots of Mary Astor (b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
Photographs of sets (b/w, 8x10) 3 photos.
Photographs of sketches of sets (b/w, 8x10) 3 photos.
Research photographs (b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler, Mary Astor, Walter Huston, David Niven, Merle Oberon and Ruth Chatterton (1, b/w, 8x10; 1, b/w, 4x5) 2 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler playing the violin (1, b/w, 3x4; 1, b/w, 5x7) 2 photos.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, German newspapers, British newspapers.
Bound script. n.d. Annotated.
Production stills. Includes: 1 two-shot w/ Walter Huston and Ruth Chatterton; 5 off-camera shots w/ W.Wyler, Walter Huston, cast and crew members (b/w, 11x14) 6 photos.
Scrapbook of clippings -- Switzerland 3p.
THE FRIENDLY PERSUASION (1956)
Play. THE FRIENDLY PERSUASION. By Jessamyn West. 1953. 103p.
Play. THE FRIENDLY PERSUASION. By Halsey Melone and Jessamyn West. 1955. 120p.
Script. By Jessamyn West. n.d. 193p.
Script. By Michael Wilson. 9/20/46, 1st draft continuity. 2 copies. 161p. each.
Script. By Michael Wilson. 2/13/47, 2nd draft. 159p.
Script. MR. BIRDWELL GOES TO BATTLE. By Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler. 7/1/55, temporary. 144p. Annotated.
Script. By Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler. 8/18/55, final draft. 163p.
Miscellaneous pages of script. 7/13/55-10/17/55. 32p. Annotated.
Telegrams and letters concerning casting and staff positions. Includes ms. letter by composer Aaron Copland, correspondence with Vivien Leigh and Ingrid Bergman. 8 items.
Letters and memos on legal matters and contracts. 11 items.
Letter to Dimitri Tiomkin concerning music for the film, 9/29/55; synopsis of screenplay by Michael Wilson, 2/13/47.
Press releases and publicity brochures. 21 items.
Memos, letters and telegrams concerning publicity and advertising matters. 17 items.
Congratulatory telegrams. Includes telegrams from Laurence Olivier, Frederick March, Greer Garson. 9 items.
Letters and notes regarding Jessamyn West's involvement in the project (1954-1955); correspondence w/ W.Wyler on pre-production matters and release of film (1956-1957). 21 items.
Correspondence concerning controversy about Michael Wilson's screen credits. 7 items.
Memo on casting for Eliza, 3/7/55; memo on extras for "fair" sequence; billet list for Chico, Ca, 9/6/55; draft billing sheets (4 copies), 2/10/56, and rev. final, 5/22/56. 9 items.
Legal documents and contracts. 10 items.
Letters and memos concerning the writing credits and legal procedures initiated by Michael Wilson over the writing credits. Sworn affidavits and clippings from trade papers, U.S. newspapers. 37 items.
Background materials on Quakers. 5 items.
Cannes Film Festival, 1957. Includes W.Wyler with Palme d'Or award. 21 photos.
Cannes Film Festival, 1957. Clippings, telegrams, correspondence and programs.
Clippings. Includes U.S. magazines, major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers. 63 items.
Clippings. Trade papers, U.S. magazines, and film publications. 54 items.
Transcripts of interviews with W.Wyler. Includes 1 page of an interview, 10/19/56, and an 11 page interview, n.d.
Bound script. 8/18/55, final. Screenplay by Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler. Includes: lists of cast and staff; music plot; shooting schedule; breakdown of shooting time; synopsis. Annotated.
Bound script. 8/18/55, final. Screenplay by Jessamyn West and Robert Wyler.
Individual and group shots w/ Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, et al. (b/w, 4x5) 200 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, et al. (b/w, 4x5) 200 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, et al. (b/w, 4x5) 26 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Phyllis Love, Richard Eyer, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 5 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, various cast and crew members (b/w, 4x5) 112 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes individual and group shots w/ W.Wyler, composer Dmitri Tiomkin, screenwriter Jessamyn West, Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 26 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Richard Eyer and crew members (1, b/w, 8x12; 2, b/w, 7x9); 1 transparency of Dorothy McGuire in costume (4x5) 4 photos.
Individual shot of W.Wyler (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photo of Los Angeles premiere. Includes individual and group shots w/ W.Wyler, Samuel Goldwyn, Dorothy McGuire, Mrs. Wyler and daughters Cathy and Judy (b/w, 8x10) 9 photos.
Photographs of premiere in France (1, b/w, 6x9; 1 b/w, 9x9) 2 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler, Mrs. Wyler, Michele Morgan, Ann Miller, Eve-Marie Saint (b/w, 8x10) 11 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins and various cast members (b/w, 10x13) 60 photos.
FUNNY GIRL (1968)
Description of sets. n.d. 51p.
Music spotting notes. n.d. 10p.
Cast list for "Bride" production number (2 copies) and shooting schedule breakdown (6 copies).
Play. First play script. n.d. Incomplete. 93p. Annotated.
Script. FANNY. 1960. 179p.
Script. MY MAN. By Isobel Lennart. 10/20/60, 1st rev. 137p. Annotated.
Script. By Sidney Buchman. 9/25/66. 126p.
Script. By Sidney Buchman. 11/7/66, rev. 130p. Annotated.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 3/21/67. 137p. Annotated.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 3/21/67. Incomplete. 117p.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 4/11/67, estimating draft. 131p. Annotated.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 4/11/67, estimating draft. 131p. Annotated.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 4/11/67, estimating draft. 123p. Incomplete. Annotated.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 6/27/67, 2nd rev. 143p. Annotated.
Script. 7/24/67. 143p. Annotated.
Script. 8/3/67, final shooting script. 143p.
Script. 7/24/68, combined continuity. 206 p.
Campaign status report. 3/68. 25p.
Isobel Lennart. FUNNY GIRL. 1964.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 3/21/67. 137p.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 4/11/67, estimating draft. 131p.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 6/27/67, 2nd rev. 143p.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. 8/3/67, final shooting script. 143p. 2 copies.
Script. By Isobel Lennart. Final shooting script with revised inserts, staff and crew lists. Annotated.
Music. Includes: list of musical numbers; recording schedule; cast and crew tribute to Barbra Streisand; songs, in German; published vocal score by Jule Styne and Bob Merrill.
Staff, cast and crew lists; casting and rehearsal material; stationery, 2 sheets.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. radio and television transcriptions, U.S. magazines, British newspapers, French newspapers, Canadian newspapers.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, British newspapers; press releases.
Programs, invitations, publicity materials. 16 items.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers.
Group shots w/ Barbra Streisand, Omar Shariff, Walter Pidgeon, Lee Allen, et al. ( b/w, 8x10) 80 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes individual and group shots w/ W.Wyler, Herbert Ross, Barbra Streisand, Elliott Gould, Omar Shariff and cast members (b/w, 8x10) 25 photos.
Individual shots of Barbra Streisand (b/w, 8x10) 51 photos.
Individual shots of Omar Shariff (b/w, 8x10) 16 photos.
Individual shots of various cast members, identified (b/w, 8x10) 13 photos.
Individual shots of Barbra Streisand (b/w, 9x12) 5 photos.
THE GAY DECEPTION (1935)
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Frances Dee and Francis Lederer (b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
Bound script. 5/29/35, final draft continuity. By Stephen Avery and Don Hartman. Additional dialogue by Arthur Richman. Annotated.
GLAMOUR (1934)
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers.
Bound script. 1/27/34, final script. Based on a story by Edna Farber. Screenplay by Doris Anderson. Continuity by Gladys Unger. Annotated.
THE GOOD FAIRY (1935)
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Margaret Sullavan, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Carl Laemmle Sr, various cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10) 7 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler, Margaret Sullavan, Reginald Owen and crew members (b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
Individual shots of Margaret Sullavan (b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler and Margaret Sullavan (b/w, 8x10) 11 photos.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers.
Off-camera shots w/ W.Wyler, Margaret Sullavan, Carl Laemmle Sr, Herbert Marshall, cast and crew members (1, b/w, 11x14; 1, b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
GUN JUSTICE (1927)
Bound script. n.d. By William Lester. Volume also includes script HOLLYWOOD OR BUST, by William Engle; continuity by William Lester, 10/14/26.
THE HEIRESS (1949)
Play. THE HEIRESS. By Ruth and Augustus Goetz. 2/9/48. 145p.
Play. THE HEIRESS. By Ruth and Augustus Goetz. 2/9/48. Same as #9.
Script. By Ruth and Augustus Goetz. 6/7/48. 174p.
48 photographs. Includes photos of art work, architecture and city life. Each photo is individually identified on the back.
Research materials. Includes: 10 photos of costume sketches; 6 magazine clippings; article "'48 American scene 100 years ago was similar to that today"; 3 reports on fashion. 20 items.
Awards. Congratulatory telegrams; magazine ads; clippings; correspondence on Seventeen magazine award; memos on the exploitation of Academy Award nominations. 23 items.
Cast sheet, 11/11/48 (3 copies); billing sheet (9/24/48). 4 items.
Memo from Paul Nathan to W.Wyler offering congratulations on the film, 8/9/49; congratulatory letter from Robert Lewen to W.Wyler; program in French. 3 items.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications. 33 items
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers. 103 items.
Clippings -- England. 2 scrapbooks. 12p. and 21p.
Clippings -- France, Beligium, Switzerland. 54 items.
Article "Henry James into Film", by DeWitt Bodeen, Films in Review, 3/77. Includes references to THE HEIRESS.
Photo reproductions of sketches.
Photo reproductions of sketches.
Photo reproductions of sketches.
Original score by Aaron Copland, with music cues for film.
Bound script. 6/7/48. Screenplay by Ruth and Augustus Goetz. Annotated.
Individual and group shots w/ Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, et al. (b/w, 7x9) 51 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, et al. (b/w, 7x9) 46 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins, et al. (b/w, 7x9) 44 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes individual and group shots w/ W.Wyler, Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Miriam Hopkins and various cast and crew members (b/w, 7x9) 132 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes: 19 group shots w/ W.Wyler, Olivia de Havilland, cast and crew members (b/w, 7x9); 1 photo of W.Wyler and his wife (b/w, 8x10); 1 photo of W.Wyler (b/w, 8x10). 21 photos.
Individual shots of Olivia de Havilland (18, b/w, 7x9; 1, b/w, 8x10) 19 photos.
Photographs of party for cast and crew, w/ W.Wyler, Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Miriam Hopkins, et al., 9/11/48 (b/w, 3x4) 20 photos.
Production stills. Includes: 19 individual and group shots w/ Olivia de Havilland, Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, et al.; 2 off-camera shots w/ W.Wyler, cast and crew (b/w, 10x13) 21 photos.
Production stills w/ story captions (b/w, 10x13) 16 photos.
Exhibitors' press book (32p); press book with Academy award nominations. 2 items.
HELL'S HEROES (1929)
Clippings -- trade papers, German newspapers.
Individual and group shots w/ Charles Bickford, Fred Kohler, Fritzi Ridgeway, Maria Alba and Raymond Hatton (b/w, 8x10) 81 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes: 19 group shots and landscapes (b/w, 8x10); 1 group shot (b/w 4x6) 20 photos.
Research photographs. Includes photos of Bodie, California, with annotations. 25 photos.
Bound script. 8/6/29. Orig. THREE GODFATHERS. Story by Peter B. Kyne. Dramatization by Tom Reed. Also includes continuity, 7/13/29.
HER FIRST MATE (1933)
Individual and group shots w/ Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts and Una Merkel (b/w, 8x10) 6 photos and 1 negative.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Slim Summerville, Zasu Pitts (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Clippings. Trade papers, film publications.
Bound script. 5/8/33. Orig. SALT WATER. Screenplay by Earle Snell, H.M. Walker and Clarence J. Marks. Annotated.
Two-shot w/ Zasu Pitts and Slim Summerville (b/w, 11x14) 1 photo.
A HOUSE DIVIDED (1931)
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, Mexican newspapers.
Individual and group shots w/ Walter Huston, Kent Douglass, Helen Chandler and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 27 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes: 8 group shots w/W.Wyler, Kent Douglass, William Huston, Vivien Oakland and various cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10); 1 group shot w/W.Wyler and crew (b/w 7x9). 10 photos.
Negatives of off-camera shots w/ W.Wyler and Kent Douglass. Two correspond to off-camera shots in Box 70, Folder 2 (8x10) 5 negatives.
Bound script. n.d. Orig. HEART AND HAND. Story by Olive Edens.
HOW TO STEAL A MILLION (1966)
Script. VENUS RISING. By Harry Kurnitz. 1/7/65, 1st rev. 140p.
Script. VENUS RISING. By Harry Kurnitz. 5/14/65, 2nd rev. 153p.
Script. VENUS RISING. 148p. Annotated. Dated changes on several pages.
Script. n.d. 132p. Annotated.
Continuity and dialogue taken from moviola. 6/14/66.
French dialogue. n.d. Annotated.
Suggestions for changes in the script from Darryl F. Zanuck, Joseph Chapman, Dennis Cannan and others. 8 items.
Sequence breakdown. 5/21/65. 93p.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications. 32 items.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications. 18 items.
Clippings -- Major U.S. newspapers, foreign newspapers and magazines. Includes reviews, ads and articles. 14 items.
Programs and premiere invitations. 9 items.
Proof-sheets of advertisements. 8 items.
Press information. Includes: press releases, photograph captions, etc. 7 items.
Text of Life magazine article. n.d.
Correspondence concerning general and miscellaneous promotion and publicity matters, June 1965-Jan 1967. Includes correspondence between W. Wyler and Darryl F. Zanuck. 18 items.
Correspondence concerning a television documentary about the film. 16 items.
Billing list, 4/25/66; correspondence on matters relating to credits. 8 items.
Cast list, 8/31/65; notes concerning cast members, including George C. Scott (who was replaced by Eli Wallach) and Hugh Griffith. 8 items.
Tentative unit list, 7/20/65; unit list, 8/25/65; correspondence concerning crew and staff, including letter to W. Wyler from John Huston, 4/26/65. 24 items.
Music notes, 4/4/66, 9p.; correspondence concerning music for the film. 4 items.
Letters, notes and memos concerning various aspects of production. 26 items.
12 photographs. Includes: 5 portraits of W.Wyler; 6 group shots w/ W.Wyler, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Ursula Andress, et al.; l photo of an office, showing a window and desk.
Congratulatory letters and telegrams. Includes memos and telegrams to W. Wyler from Darryl F. Zanuck and Richard Zanuck. 18 items.
Correspondence concerning housing and car rentals in France. Includes letters from Lotte Eisner, curator of the Cinematheque Francaise, as well as Audrey Hepburn, and Darryl F. Zanuck. 40 items.
Invitation list for party, 7/31/66; notice of film selected one of the year's ten best by The Film Daily; treatment for trailer, 3/26/66; documents on audience reactions at previews. 12 items.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Hugh Griffith, Charles Boyer, Audrey Hepburn, Eli Wallach, et al. (b/w, 7x9) 38 photos.
Proof-sheet of W.Wyler (b/w) 1 proof-sheet.
Photograph of W.Wyler, Harry Kurnitz and Freddy Kohlmar, Paris, 1965 (b/w, 7x9) 1 photo.
Off-camera shot of W.Wyler (b/w, 11x12) 1 photo.
JEZEBEL (1938)
Bound script. 10/13/37, final.
Individual and group shots w/ Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Fay Bainter, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 103 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Fay Bainter, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 103 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Bette Davis, Henry Fonda and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 24 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes: 1 group shot w/ W.Wyler, Bette Davis and George Brent (b/w, 7x9); 1 group shot w/ W.Wyler, Henry Fonda and Leland Hayward (b/w, 4x5) 2 photos.
Individual shots of Bette Davis (b/w, 8x10) 34 photos.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers.
Negative of a photograph w/ W.Wyler and Bette Davis. 1 negative.
LAZY LIGHTNING (1926)
Universal westerns (1925-1928). Off-camera shots and production stills w/ Art Acord and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 42 photos.
THE LETTER (TV 1956)
Letters and telegrams. Includes telegrams from Bob Sarnoff, Lew Wasserman, Saul Jaffe, Mort Abrahams. 32 items.
Clippings -- U.S. Includes magazines, trade papers, U.S. newspapers, and regional U.S. newspapers. 17 items.
Blueprint of sets. 1 item.
Scripts for commercials. 9 items.
Production staff lists (2 copies, n.d.) and cast lists (3 copies, 10/15/56).
Studio rehearsal schedules. 10/15/56. 3 items.
Text of announcer's speech between acts; memo announcing estimating meeting (9/25/56). 3 items.
Script. By Joseph Schrank. n.d., 1st draft. 140p. Annotated.
Script. 9/24/56, 1st rev. 100 p.
Script. 10/4/56, rev. final. 78p.
Script. 10/4/56, rev. final. Annotated. 78p.
Script. By Howard Koch. 4/5/40, temporary. 112p.
Script. By Howard Koch. 4/10/40, rev. temporary. 128p. Annotated.
Miscellaneous script pages, some marked as "retakes". 5/24/40, 10/12/40, 10/16/40, n.d., total of 26p.
Dialogue transcript. 11/5/40. Total 46p. Annotated.
Suggested methods of treatment by Robert Stevenson. 8/26/39. 37p.
Play. THE LETTER. n.d. 104 p.
Bound script. n.d. Screenplay by Howard Koch. Annotated.
Individual and group shots w/ Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Sen Yung, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 57 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Sen Yung, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 52 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ Bette Davis and Herbert Marshall (b/w, 8x10) 4 photos.
Individual shots of Bette Davis (b/w, 8x10) 16 photos.
THE LIBERATION OF L.B.JONES (1970)
Correspondence offering reactions to the novel. 11 items.
Clippings and reviews of the novel. 6 items.
Article about Jesse Hill Ford, The Commercial Appeal Mid-South Magazine, Memphis, Tn, 4/24/66; short story WINTERKILL by Jesse Hill Ford, Esquire, n.d.
Budget. 5/9/69, based on script 4/24/69; one page dated 5/1/69. 25p.
Estimated timing sheet. 4/4/69, based on script 3/15/69. 10p.
Sketchbook. Scenes 30 (Sonny Boy jumps off the train); 67 (Sonny Boy and Mama meet); 93B (L.B.Jones at Mama Lavorn's); 135 (Negro cemetery); 302 (Steve and Nella leave); 307 (Tag). 2 copies.
Correspondence concerning the script. Includes letter from Jesse Hill Ford. 2 items.
Play. Act II and III. 6/13/66. 2 copies. 130p. each. One copy annotated.
Script. By Stirling Silliphant. 3/68. 136p.
Script. By Stirling Silliphant. 5/68. 117p.
Script. n.d. Includes letters from Ron Lubin, 9/18/68, and Stirling Silliphant, 9/18/68. 113p.
Script. By Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford. 10/31/68. 179p. Annotated.
Script. By Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford. 12/4/68, 4th draft, 154p. Annotated, with "notes on changes from other script versions."
Script. By Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford. 12/4/68, 4th draft, 154p.
Script. By Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford. 1/6/69. 175p. Annotated.
Script. By Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford. 5/11/69, revised final draft. 144p.
Miscellaneous pages of script and notes. 21 items.
German dialogue translation. n.d. 92p. Includes a letter from Erich Muller, 6/12/70.
Script. By Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford. 3/15/69. Includes "Estimated Timing," and "Shooting Schedule." 164p. Annotated.
Script. By Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford. 4/24/69, final draft. 130p.
Script. By Stirling Silliphant and Jesse Hill Ford. 5/11/69, rev. final draft. 144p. Annotated by W.Wyler. Duplicate of script in Box 11, Folder 3.
One-line continuity, 9p; new scene, 7/10/69, 3p.; alternative scene, 7/8/69, 3p.
Columbia Studio reading and summary of script, 3p; outline of book, 3/10/65, 2p.
Staff and crew lists. 2 items.
Off-camera shot w/ W.Wyler and various crew members (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Portrait shots of Roscoe Lee Browne (b/w, 8x10) 3 photos.
Photographs of New York premiere. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Mrs. Wyler, Lola Falana, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 22 photos.
THE LITTLE FOXES (1941)
Clippings. British newspapers, major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, film publications. 54 items.
Bound script. 4/15/41. Annotated.
Individual and group shots w/ Bette Davis, Teresa Wright, Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlson, Patricia Collinge, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 78 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Bette Davis, Teresa Wright, Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlson, Patricia Collinge, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 73 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Bette Davis, Teresa Wright, Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlson, Patricia Collinge, et al. (b/w, 7x9) 83 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes individual and group shots w/ W.Wyler, Bette Davis, Teresa Wright, Herbert Marshall, Patricia Collinge, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 39 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Samuel Goldwyn, Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, other cast and crew members (7, b/w, 7x9; 24, b/w, 4x5) 31 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Dr. Bertram Woolfan, various cast and crew members (b/w, 7x9) 7 photos.
Individual shots of Bette Davis (b/w, 8x10) 22 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler, various cast and crew members in set, celebrating Wyler's birthday, 7/1/41 (5, b/w, 8x10; 4, b/w, 4x5) 9 photos.
Photographs of stage production of THE LITTLE FOXES, starring Tallulah Bankead, [1939?] (b/w, 8x10) 21 photos.
Scrapbook of clippings -- U.S. 3p.
THE LOVE TRAP (1929)
Clippings -- trades, German newspapers. Publicity materials.
Group shots w/ Laura La Plante, Neil Hamilton, Norman Trevor, Jocelyn Lee, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 77 photos.
Individual shots of Laura La Plante (b/w, 8x10) 9 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Laura La Plante, Neil Hamilton and various crew members (b/w, 8x10) 9 photos.
Photographs of sets (b/w, 8x10) 7 photos.
Bound script. n.d. Orig. EVIDENCE. Story by Edward J. Montagne. Adaptation by John B. Clymer. Continuity by John B. Clymer and Clarence J.Marks. Also includes dialogue version by C. Thompson, 5/25/29.
Individual and group shots w/ Laura La Plante, Neil Hamilton and various cast members (b/w, 11x14) 7 photos.
MEMPHIS BELLE (1944)
6 posters. Moved to Map Case at Arts Special Collections.
Report on bombing mission, 5p.(2 copies);corrected schedule for Memphis Belle tour, 5p.(2 copies);explanation of photographic shortcomings in bombing missions sequences,2p.; MGM writers list. 7 items.
Daily reports on production and schedules of activities. Misc., 7/19/43 - 12/15/43.
Scripts: IN DAYLIGHT TODAY (11p.);THE LAST MISSION (25p.);8TH AIR FORCE (15p.);THE BATTLE OF RUSSIA (20p.). Also narration, continuity and dialogue. Some material is dated and annotated. 17 items.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, film publications. 213 items.
Music sheets. 18 items.
Autographed note from Fanny Hurst: "You have given us the finest record of this war".
Clippings. 1p.
13 cells of airplane configuration (10x12).
4 maps of North Atlantic. Includes: 3 hand-drawn; 1 hand-colored.
8 color lobby-cards (11x14).
MRS. MINIVER (1942)
Script. 10/18/41. 160p.
Script. 7/29/41, 8/6/41, temporary. 159p. Annotated.
Congratulatory telegrams. One from David O. Selznick. 4 items.
Clippings -- U.S. 1942-1943 and undated. Includes trade papers, major U.S. newspapers, and regional U.S. newspapers. 90 items.
Clippings -- U.S. and Canada. 1942. Includes trade papers, major U.S. newspapers, and regional U.S. and Canadian newspapers. 76 items.
Clippings -- U.S. 1943. Includes trade papers and regional U.S. newspapers. 25 items.
Clippings -- U.S. 1943. Includes trade papers, major U.S. newspapers, and regional U.S. newspapers. 25 items.
Clippings -- U.S. 1943. Includes trade papers and regional U.S. newspapers. 31 items.
Clippings -- United Kingdom. 117 items.
Clippings -- France, Germany. 6 items.
Copy of contract. 9/5/41. Correspondence re: contract.
Bound script. 10/22/41. Annotated.
Bound script. Copy of the script as presented to the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 8/21/42.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler and Greer Garson (1, b/w, 7x10; 1, b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
Individual shots of W.Wyler (2, b/w, 4x5; 2, b/w, 8x10) 4 photos.
Negative of an individual shot of W.Wyler contained in Box 76, Folder 2. 1 negative.
Photograph of French award to the film, 1946 (b/w, 11x14) 2 photos.
Scrapbook of clippings. 9p.
ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953)
Treatment by Robert Wyler of HELENE by Vicki Baum. n.d. 32p.
Paramount International News. 5/17/54, v.12, n.5. 2 copies.
Press brochure: "An Introduction to Audrey Hepburn" by Dorothy Kilgallen.
Clippings. Includes trade papers, U.S. magazines, major U.S. newspapers, and regional U.S. newspapers. 46 items.
2 cast and staff lists, one undated and one dated, 3/18/53 (staff), 5/30/53 (cast) with attached memo dated 12/18/53.
Congratulatory letters. 4 items.
Congratulatory letters, telegrams and memos. Correspondence with Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas. 1954. 19 items.
Transcript of proceedings at the Warner Brothers Beverly Hills Theater, 2/24/54, 18p.; transcript of radio program "This Fabulous Hollywood", hosted by George Fisher, 2/24/54, 7p.
Script. By Ben Hecht. 11/5/51, 2nd draft. 136p.
Script. By Ian McLellan Hunter. 3/1/50, rev. 174p.
Script. By Ian McLellan Hunter. 9/49. 128p. Note on cover: Original Screenplay I.
Script. By Ian McLellan Hunter. 3/1/50. 174p. Note on cover: Capra Version II.
Script. By Ian McLellan Hunter. 3/1/50. 131p. Annotated. Note on cover: III, same as II only cut down.
Advertising brochure: "Paramount Showmanship Manual".
Clippings. U.S. Magazines and trade papers. 17 items.
Props. Includes: 3 newspapers printed for use in film; 2 photographed hand-drawn, ink-colored coat of arms, with cut-out of motto. 5 items.
Biography of W.Wyler, n.d., 7p; schedule of events for week of 2/23/54. Paramount press release, n.d. 2p.
Synopsis of VACANCES A PARIS by Odette Ferry. 7/6/55. 9p. plus cover letter.
Correspondence. 1957-1960. Includes carbon copy typed letter to John Huston recommending production personnel in Rome, 1/24/57; correspondence re: unauthorized Soviet sneak preview, 1960.
Script. By Ben Hecht. 7/10/51, 1st draft. 134p. Note on cover: IV.
Script. By Ben Hecht. 11/5/51, 2nd draft. 136p.
Script. By Ben Hecht. 11/5/51, 2nd draft. 136p. Annotated. Note on cover: V, Hecht II, Happy Ending.
Script. By Ben Hecht. 11/15/51, rev. Incomplete. 36p.
Script. By Ian McLellan Hunter. 4/2/52. 128p. Note on cover: VI script by Preston Sturges missing. VII. Book to Hunter, probably same as III.
Script. 4/19/52. 141p. Annotated. Note on cover: Script as taken to Italy. VIIIA. Same as VIII except pages 35 & 36 and pages 49 to 70.
Bound script. 6/4/52. Includes list of cast and staff. Annotated.
Individual and group shots w/ Audrey Hepburn and cast members (b/w, 8x10) 9 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck (b/w, 8x10) 33 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, various cast and crew members (b/w, 7x9) 27 photos.
Negatives of off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck. 6 negatives.
Portrait shots of Audrey Hepburn (b/w, 8x10) 28 photos and negatives.
Photographs of end of production dinner, w/ W.Wyler and unidentified persons, Rome, 10/11/52 (b/w, 8x10) 4 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler at the Forum and Coliseum, Rome (b/w, 5x7) 27 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler and unidentified persons (b/w, 8x107) 1 photo.
Scrapbooks of film stills arranged in sequence: #1.
Scrapbook of film stills arranged in sequence: #2 and #3.
THE SHAKEDOWN (1928)
Clippings -- trade papers. Publicity materials.
Individual and group shots w/ James Murray, Jack Handlon, George Kotsanaros, Wheeler Oakman, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 77 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ James Murray, Jack Handlon, et al. (b/w, 5x7) 31 photos.
4 off camera shots w/ W.Wyler, various cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10); 7 off-camera shots w/ James Murray and Jack Handlon (b/w 7x5) 11 photos.
Photographs of sets (b/w, 8x10) 4 photos.
Bound script. 3/23/28. Orig. THE FRAME-UP. By Charles H. Logue. Adaptation and continuity by John B. Clymer. Story and supervision by Joseph Franklin Poland.
Photograph of W.Wyler at Universal Studios against billboard for film (b/w, 11x14) 2 photos.
THE STORM (1930)
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, French newspapers, German newspapers.
Individual and group shots w/ Lupe Velez, Paul Cavanaugh, William Boyd, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 33 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Lupe Velez, Paul Cavanaugh, William Boyd, et al. (b/w, 7x9) 47 photos.
Off-camera shots w/ W.Wyler, Lupe Velez, Paul Cavanaugh, William Boyd and various cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10) 45 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Robert Wyler and Tony Brown (b/w, various sizes) 3 photos.
Individual shots of Lupe Velez (b/w, 8x10) 7 photos.
Photographs of sets (b/w, 8x10) 10 photos.
Location shots (b/w, 8x10) 15 photos.
Bound script. 2/11/1930. Story by Langdon McCormick. Adaptation by Charles Logue. Screenplay and dialogue by Wells Root. Annotated. Typed note by Carl Laemmle Jr. about use of words "bum" and "lousy".
THESE THREE (1936)
Script. 11/23/35, final. 173p.
Script. Dialogue continuity. "A" version. n.d. 53p. Annotated.
Script. Dialogue continuity. "A" version. n.d. 53p.
Script. Dialogue continuity. "A" version. n.d. 53p.
Ideas for revisions. n.d. 3p.
Script. 11/23/35, final script. 173p.
Group shots w/ Joel McCrea, Merle Oberon, Miriam Hopkins, Bonita Granville, Marcia Mae Jones and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 87 photos.
Photographs of sets (b/w, 8x10) 71 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea, Miriam Hopkins, and various cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10) 12 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Merle Oberon, Joel McCrea and Miriam Hopkins (b/w, 4x5) 6 photos and 1 negative.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, British newspapers.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, British newspapers.
Bound script. n.d. Screenplay by Lillian Hellman. Includes dialogue continuity, "A" version. Annotated.
Individual and group shots w/ Miriam Hopkins, Merle Oberon and Joel McCrea (1, b/w, 7x9; 5, b/w, 11x14) 6 photos.
THUNDERBOLT (1945)
Correspondence w/ War Department regarding title of film, prologue by James Stewart, publicity and distribution matters, 1945-1949. Includes telegram to W. Wyler from Iris Barry at MOMA. 65 items.
Clippings. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers. 6 items.
Narration. n.d. 6p. Incomplete. Annotated.
Narration. Includes: narration and continuity, 6/4/45, rev., 41p., annotated; narration, 7/24/45, final, 44p.; narration, n.d., 42p., annotated.
Press release; a partial script breakdown; a clipping from Daily Variety, 10/19/45.
Receipt for delivery of print to W.Wyler, 12/4/45; list of people present at screening, 10/12/45; notice that print was delivered to Goldwyn Studios, 2/4/46; typed quote from Variety,7/17/46. 4 items.
TOM BROWN OF CULVER (1932)
Photographs of Culver Military Academy. Includes grounds and cadets (b/w, 8x10) 62 photos.
Photographs of Culver Military Academy. Includes grounds and cadets (b/w, 5x7) 77 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Tom Brown, H.B. Warner, Slim Summerville, Ben Alexander, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 26 photos.
Negatives of production stills and off-camera shots w/ W.Wyler, Academy officers and cadets. 33 negatives.
Photograph of W.Wyler, Louis Lozowick, Allen Rivkin and P.J. Wolfson (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Clippings. Culver Military Academy newspaper, major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers.
Cadets' criticism of story.
Bound script. n.d. Annotated.
Photographs of W.Wyler and officers of Culver Military Academy (b/w, 11x14) 8 photos.
UNIVERSAL - WESTERNS (1925-1928)
Unidentified production. Off-camera shots w/ W.Wyler, cast and crew (b/w, various sizes) 18 photos.
DAZE OF THE WEST (1927). Off-camera shots and production stills w/ W.Wyler, Fred Gilman, cast and crew members (b/w, 8x10) 12 photos.
Unidentified production. Stills w/ Fred Gilman and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 11 photos.
Unidentified production. Stills w/ Fred Gilman and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 20 photos.
Unidentified production. Stills w/ Fred Gilman and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 15 photos.
Unidentified production. Stills w/ Fred Gilman and Alma Rayford (b/w, 8x10) 7 photos.
Unidentified production. Stills w/ Ted Wells and various cast members (b/w, 4x6) 62 photos.
Unidentified production. Stills w/ Ted Wells and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 28 photos.
Unidentified production. Stills w/ Ted Wells and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 16 photos.
LAZY LIGHTNING (1926). Off-camera shots and production stills w/ Art Acord and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 42 photos.
Unidentified production. Off-camera shots and production stills w/ Fred Humes and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 27 photos.
Unidentified production. Off-camera shots and production stills w/ Eddie Cobb and various cast members (b/w, 8x10) 9 photos.
THE WESTERNER (1940)
Various items concerning participation in royalties from reissues of the film. 7 items.
Clipping (in French). Special edition of The Hollywood Reporter, 12/1/39. 2 items.
Bound script. 11/15/39, final shooting script. Annotated.
Individual and group shots w/ Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Forrest Tucker, Lilian Bond, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 121 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Forrest Tucker, Lilian Bond, et al. (b/w, 7x9) 129 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Forrest Tucker, Lilian Bond, et al. (b/w, 4x5) 142 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes individual and group shots w/ W.Wyler, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan and various cast and crew members (b/w, 4x5) 128 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ W.Wyler, Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, and other cast and crew members (4, b/w, 8x10; 12, b/w, 7x9; 1, b/w, 3x4) 17 photos.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
Clippings. Includes trades, major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, and film publications. 23 items.
Play. LES HAUTS DE HURLE-VENT. A French dramatization of the novel WUTHERING HEIGHTS. 117p. Annotated.
Telegrams. 2 sets of 4 telegrams from Lynn Farnol to Samuel Goldwyn reporting on the New York reviews of the film.
Bound script. 11/28/38. Annotated.
Individual and group shots w/ Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, et al. (b/w, 8x10) 98 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, et al. (b/w, 7x9) 183 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Flora Robson, Geraldine Fitzgerald, et al. (b/w, 7x10) 57 photos.
Individual and group shots w/ Geraldine Fitzgerald, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, et al. (b/w, various sizes) 21 photos.
Off-camera shots. Includes group shots w/ Laurence Olivier, Merle Oberon, Flora Robson, et al. (b/w, various sizes) 39 photos.
Individual shots of Merle Oberon (14, b/w, 7x9; 8, b/w, 7x10; 4, b/w, 8x10) 26 photos.
Negative of production still w/ Merle Oberon. 1 negative.
Photographs of W.Wyler and cast members, incl. Vivien Leigh, James Stewart and Mrs. Wyler (b/w, 7x9) 5 photos.
Production stills. Includes: 1 two-shot w/ Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier; 1 photo of location in California (b/w, 11x14) 2 photos.
PERSONAL MATERIAL
Embossed ring binder, with engraving "Ben-Hur. W.Wyler. 1958".
Telegram from Joseph Hayes to Stuart Millar (2/16/55) and from Stuart Millar to Joseph Hayes (2/16/55) concerning rights to the story of former Air Force officer Billy Mitchell. 2 items.
Dissertation. THE FILM ACTING OF JOHN BARRYMORE by Joseph W. Garton. n.d. 240p. Enclosed letter from Garton to W. Wyler, 11/17/77.
Publications of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Includes: Screen Achievements Records Bulletin, 1955-1959, 84p.; Credits Bulletin - Production Supplement, December 1960, 9p.
Edited transcripts "Dialogue on Film", Center for Advanced Film Studies, 1972. Includes references to W.Wyler by Charlton Heston, pp. 6-9.
SIDE STREET (1950). Cathy O'Donnell. Clippings relating to O'Donnell's performance. 3 items.
THE WOMAN'S ANGLE. Clippings pertaining to Cathy O'Donnell. Great Britain. 9 items.
Cathy O'Donnell. Stage production, "Life With Father." 1945. Clippings. 8 items.
Cathy O'Donnell. Stage productions. Programs. 5 items.
Cathy O'Donnell. Early photos before Hollywood. 34 photos. 2 clippings.
Photographs of Robert Wyler and his wife, Cathy O'Donnell (b/w, 4x5 and 8x10) 2 photos.
Cathy O'Donnell. Individual shots of O'Donnell. 39 photos.
Cathy O'Donnell. Individual shots of O'Donnell. 54 photos.
Cathy O'Donnell. Individual shots of O'Donnell. 18 photos.
Cathy O'Donnell. Individual shots of O'Donnell. 8 photos.
Cathy O'Donnell. O'Donnell in various social events. 4 photos plus one cut-out.
THE MINIVER STORY. Cathy O'Donnell. 1 production still, 1 program, 5 photos, 1 press release.
Cathy O'Donnell. Stills, unidentified. 24 photos.
AFI Life Achievement award. 1976. Drafts and notes.
AFI Life Achievement award. 1976. Photocopied clippings.
Personal and film career clippings concerning actress Cathy O'Donnell, wife of Robert Wyler, 1945-1955. 42 items.
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1949). Cathy O'Donnell. Clippings, Great Britain, pertaining to O'Donnell's performance. 12 items.
THEY LIVE BY NIGHT (1949). Cathy O'Donnell. Clippings relting to O'Donnell's performance -- U.S. 50 items.
Stage production: "GiGi" (1954-1955). Cathy O'Donnell. Stills, clippings, programs pertaining to O'Donnell's performance. 9 items.
Clippings. DESTRY RIDES AGAIN (Universal, 1932). W.Wyler was scheduled to direct Tom Mix's first talking picture but was replaced by Ernst L. Frank.
Clippings. LAUGHING BOY, 1932. W.Wyler worked for several months in the adaptation of Oliver La Farge's Pulitzer prize winning novel. Universal canceled the project for lack of a suitable male lead.
Correspondence w/ Darryl Zanuck on W.Wyler joining 20th Century Fox's Board of Directors, 1962; correspondence on W.Wyler's agreement to direct SOUND OF MUSIC, Feb-Oct 1963. 26 items.
Lists of cast and crews of W.Wyler's films. 1932-1970.
Biographical information prepared by studios. Publications on the Swiss in America, including entries on W. Wyler.
Filmography. Includes: National Film Theatre, London; Cinematheque Francaise, Paris, 1965; Index by British Film Institute; Index by Charles Shibuk, 1957; Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1977-1978.
Awards. 1949-1963. Includes letters and diplomas, clippings.
Awards. 1965-1975. Includes letters and diplomas, clippings.
Doctor of Humane Letters. Southern Methodist University. 1978.
Lists of awards, clippings.
Interviews. 1947-1975. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, film publications, Canadian newspapers, Yugoslavian newspapers, British newspapers.
Interviews. 1976-1981. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, film publications, French newspapers. Correspondence.
Congratulatory and personal letters; letters relating to interviews.
Clippings on W.Wyler's career. 1942-1960. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, U.S. magazines, trade papers, Italian newspapers, Spanish newspapers, Japanese newspapers.
Clippings on W.Wyler's career. 1961-1980. Major U.S. newspapers, regional U.S. newspapers, trade papers, film publications.
Critical essays and articles on W.Wyler's films. Interviews.
Individual shots of W.Wyler (b/w, various sizes) 41 photos.
Family photographs: W.Wyler with his parents, Leopold and Melanie Wyler, and his two brothers, Robert and Gaston (b/w, various sizes) 8 photos.
Photographs of family and friends before 1920 (unidentified; Europe) (b/w, various sizes) 33 photos.
Photographs 1920-1921. W.Wyler in New York and Los Angeles, working for Universal Studios (b/w, various sizes) 147 photos.
Album of photographs, inscribed: "Quelques photos d'amateur, presentees sous forme de salade russe a mes chers parents et freres, de leur devoue Willy. New York, le 29 juillet 1921".
Photographs with his brother Robert and car (b/w, 8x10) 5 photos and negatives.
Photographs of W.Wyler and his wife, Margaret Tallichet Wyler (b/w, various sizes) 14 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler's travels (b/w, various sizes) 8 photos.
Photographs of Mulhouse (Alsace), W.Wyler's hometown (b/w, various sizes) 3 photos and 1 proof-sheet.
Photographs of W.Wyler's study and projection room (b/w, various sizes) 7 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler in various social functions, incl. several unidentified events (b/w, various sizes) 72 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler receiving various awards (b/w, 8x10) 7 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler receiving the Legion of Merit from General Carl A. Spaatz, Commanding General of the Army Air Force (b/w, 8x10) 4 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler receiving the French Legion of Honor from Alexandre de Manziarly, French consul in Los Angeles, 5/48 (b/w, 8x10) 10 photos and negatives.
Photographs of W.Wyler receiving the Italian Star of Solidarity, 1954 (b/w, 8x10) 13 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler receiving the AFI Life Achievement award, 3/76 (b/w, 8x10) 11 photos.
Negatives of photographs. Unsorted, unnumbered.
Portrait shots of W.Wyler made at various studios (b/w, 8x10) 58 photos and negatives.
Photographs of W.Wyler at Universal Studios, 1921 (b/w, various sizes) 30 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler during World War II, 1942-1945 (b/w, various sizes) 67 photos and negatives.
Album of photographs taken by W.Wyler during World War II.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Frank Capra (b/w, various sizes) 4 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Claudette Colbert (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Chuck Connors (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Gary Cooper (b/w, 4x5) 3 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ George Cukor (b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
Photograph of Bette Davis (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Federico Fellini, Cannes Film Festival, 1960 (b/w, 7x9) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Greer Garson and Clark Gable (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Samuel Goldwyn (b/w, various sizes) 23 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Jascha Heifetz during filming of the concert finale of THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC, 1938 (b/w, various sizes) 16 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Lillian Hellman (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ John Huston (b/w, various sizes) 7 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Katherine Hepburn (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Audrey Hepburn (b/w, 7x9) 3 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Bob Hope (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Carl Laemmle Sr. Also portrait shots of Carl Laemmle Sr and Carl Laemmle Jr (b/w, various sizes) 4 photos.
Photographs of Louis B. Mayer (b/w, 4x4) 2 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Mervyn Le Roy (b/w, 8x10) 4 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Rouben Mamoulian, Frank Capra, Vincent Minelli, George Cukor, King Vidor, Robert Wise, and other directors, 1980 (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Merle Oberon (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Carol Reed (b/w, 5x4) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Harold Russell and Gloria Swanson (b/w, 8x10) 3 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Barbra Streisand (b/w, 7x9) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Gloria Swanson (b/w, 8x10) 2 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Gregg Toland (b/w, various sizes) 7 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ King Vidor (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Billy Wilder, 1946 (b/w, various sizes) 3 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Natalie Wood, 1971 (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ Fred Zinneman, London, 1981 (b/w, 8x10) 4 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ President and Mrs. Carter and Paul Henreid (b/w, 7x9) 1 photo.
Photograph of Albert Eisenstein and Carl Laemmle Sr, [1933?] (b/w, 8x10) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Pope Pius XII during an audience, 10/15/44 (b/w, 8x8) 1 photo and 1 newspaper clipping.
Photographs of W.Wyler w/ various people, not all identified (b/w, 8x10) 9 photos.
Photograph of Hollywood celebrities at the Capitol, House of Un-American Activities (HUAC) hearings, 10/27/47 (b/w, 3x4) 1 photo.
Miscellaneous photographs w/ unidentified people (b/w, 8x10) 3 photos.
Negatives of production stills from W.Wyler's films. Unsorted and unnumbered.
Portrait shots of W.Wyler (b/w, 11x14) 12 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler (b/w, various sizes) 6 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler, his parents Leopold and Melanie, and his brothers Robert and Gaston (b/w, various sizes) 4 photos.
Photographs of W.Wyler and his wife, Margaret Tallichet Wyler (b/w, 11x14) 2 photos.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Queen Elizabeth, Bassingbourne (England), Spring 1943 (b/w, 10x11) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ John Barrymore, Carl Laemmle Jr, et al., during filming of COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW [1933?] (b/w, 11x14) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ D.W. Griffith, Frank Capra, et al. (b/w, 10x13) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Samuel Goldwyn (b/w, 9x12) 1 photo.
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Federico Fellini, at Cannes Film Festival, 1960 (b/w, 9x12) 9 photos.
Portrait shots of Carl Laemmle Sr. One inscribed: "To Will Wyler, one of the boys I'm really proud of .. Universal City, 4/7/28". (b/w, 11x14) 2 photos.
Portrait shot of Walter Huston. Inscribed: "For Willy, my friend. Walter" (b/w, 10x13) 1 photo.
Portrait shot of Walter Fabian. Inscribed: "William Wyler, in the not too distant future you will be one of the ten best directors in the world. 1929" (b/w, 11x14) 1 photo.
AFI Life Achievement award to Bette Davis, 3/77 [booklet].
Photograph of Mulhouse (Alsace), W.Wyler's hometown, before World War I (b/w, 12x15) 1 photo.
Photographs of W.Wyler during World War II (b/w, 12x15) 12 photos.
Photograph of testimonial dinner of the Santa Monica Area Squadron Air Force, 10/5/63 (b/w, 10x20) 1 photo.
Photograph of luncheon of Association of Foreign Correspondents in honor of Paulette Godard, Walter Huston, Nino Martini and Dr. Giannini, at The Lombardy, 10/15/36 (b/w, 12x20) 1 photo.
Photographs of 10th and 11th Academy Awards Presentation, Biltmore Bowl, 3/10/38 and 2/23/39 (b/w, various sizes) 2 photos.
UNPRODUCED FILM
ALTER EGO
Treatment by Robert Wyler. 69p.
AN AMERICAN IN ROME
Script by Robert Wyler. 111p.
THE ARMS OF KRUPP
Treatment by William Manchester. 5/26/69. 55p.
BANCO, MADAME
Treatment by Robert Wyler. 37p.
THE BIRTH OF LOVE
Script. LE PREMIER AMOUR. By Marcel Pagnol. 103p. Enclosed 8-page synopsis by Paul Davids, 9/22/75.
Script. By Robert Wyler based on work by Marcel Pagnol. 3 copies. 109p. each.
BLACK COMEDY
Script by Peter Shaffer. 101p.
THE CONVERSION OF BUSTER DRUMWRIGHT
Script by Jesse Hill Ford. 82p.
ETERNALLY YOURS
Treatment by Robert Wyler. 41p.
EXILE
Script by Marcel Pagnol. 2 copies. First copy 104p., second copy 130p. Both annotated.
FANNY
Translation of dialogue, in English. 2 copies. 63p. each.
Script. 118p.
THE FIVE INSEPARABLES
Treatment by Kathi and Paul de Sainte Colombe. 29p.
FORTY CARATS
Play by Jay Allen. 5/28/69. 135p.
Script by Frederick Kohner. 12/11/69. 98p.
Script by I.A.L. Diamond. 8/7/70, 1st draft. 137p.
Script by I.A.L. Diamond. 11/12/70. 114p.
HEART TO HEART
Treatment by Lionel Houser. 54p.
JACOBY
Script by Thomas Harlan. 205p.
L'ARPETE
Play in French. 151p.
L'AUBE (OU DESTIN PROVISOIRE)
Scenario for a film, in French. By Paul Lambert and Daniel Crouet. 10p.
LA FIN DU JOUR
English dialogue for LA FIN DU JOUR, by Julien Duvivier. 1943. 108p.
THE LAST FRONTIER
Script. 7/30/63, 1st estimating draft. 161p.
LAST SPRING
Treatment by Fanya Lawrence and Robert Wyler. 10/12/59. 66p.
Script. 118p.
LAUGHING BOY
Photograph of W.Wyler w/ Zita Johann during test for LAUGHING BOY, 1932 (b/w, 11x14) 1 photo.
LES FIANCES DU TAGE
Treatment in French. By Joseph Kessel.
LOIN, AU BOUT DU PAYS
Journal style story, in French. By P. Jacquin. 13p.
LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL
Script by Dan Totherott. 3/8/48. 57p.
Script by Michael Wilson. 2/28/48, 1st draft treatment. 48p.
Treatment by Michael Wilson. 3/19/48. 77p.
Treatment of Thomas Wolfe's novel by Donald Wayne. 93p.
Script. 218p.
MARIUS
Translation of dialogue, in English. 2 copies. 58p. each.
THE MUTINY OF MADAM YES
Script by David Schwartz. 12/30/65. 156p.
NINE LIVES
Script. Note on cover: Return to William Wyler, A.A.F. - Film Unit. 45p.
THE NOTEBOOKS OF CAPTAIN GEORGES
Script by Clarence Marks of Jean Renoir's THE NOTEBOOKS OF CAPTAIN GEORGES. 47p.
OFFICER FACTORY
Script by Julius Epstein. 9/13/66. 119p.
PHYLLIS WAS A FORTRESS
Script. 2nd draft, 11/10/42; rev., 11/23/42. Property of the 8th Air Force Film Unit. 46p.
PRINCESSE ROZEN
Typed story, in French. 157p. Annotated.
PROPHETS DO NOT PERISH
Script by Franz Schnyder. 1/1/75. 243p.
RENDEZ-V0US
Revised outline. 2 copies. 81p. each.
Two proposed outlines for a R.A.F. film story.
Script.
RESCUE IN DENMARK
Script. 153p.
RETOUR EN FRANCE
Original French treatment. Note on title page: "By Joseph Kessel, File." 37p.
THE RETURN TO FRANCE
English translation of French treatment RETOUR EN FRANCE. 35p.
RUNNING SCARED
Script by Hugo Butler. 1st draft. 148p.
TORCH SONG
Treatment by Fanya Lawrence and Robert Wyler. 8/18/59. 78p.
UNDERSTUDY
Adaptation by Robert Wyler from original story by John B. Clymer. 2/1/38. 38p.
YOU AND I
English adaptation by Robert Wyler from the play TOUS LES DEUX by Michel Dulud. 2 copies. First copy 83p., second copy 104p.