Finding Aid for the Donald Spoto Papers LSC.1563
Finding aid prepared by Caroline Cubé,1999.
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Online finding aid last updated on 2023 January 17.
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Title: Donald Spoto papers
Creator:
Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1563
Physical Description:
17 linear feet
(34 boxes and 6 oversize boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1940-1988
Abstract: Donald Spoto (1941- ) wrote biographical studies of film and theater personalities. The collection contains files relating
to Spoto's biographies and includes books, magazines, interviews, bibliographies, holograph notes, cassette recordings, film
scripts, letters, and galley proofs covering the lives of Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock, Lotte Lenya, Preston Sturges,
and Laurence Olivier. Spoto's doctoral dissertation and two of his original screenplays are included as well.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Donald Spoto papers (Collection 1563). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Donald Spoto, 1988-92.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
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Biography
Spoto was born June 28, 1941 in New Rochelle, New York; BA, Iona College, 1963; MA (1966) and Ph.D. (1970), Fordham University;
taught at New School for Social Research, New York City, 1975-86; began teaching at University of Southern California in 1987;
visiting lecturer, British Film Institute, National Film Theatre, London, 1980-86; published biographical studies of filmmakers
Stanley Kramer, Alfred Hitchcock, Preston Sturges, playwright Tennessee Williams, and actors Marlene Dietrich, Marilyn Monroe,
Lotte Lenya, Laurence Olivier, Elizabeth Taylor, Ingrid Bergman, and James Dean.
Scope and Content
Collection contains files relating to Spoto's biographies of film and theater personalities. Research material is organized
first by personality, then by work. Includes books, magazines, interviews, bibliographies, holograph notes, cassette recordings,
film scripts, letters, and galley proofs covering lives of Tennessee Williams, Alfred Hitchcock, Lotte Lenya, Preston Sturges,
and Laurence Olivier. Also includes Spoto's doctoral dissertation and two of Spoto's original screenplays.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Series 1. Biographical
- Series 2. Tennessee Williams
- Series 3. Alfred Hitchcock
- Series 4. Lotte Lenya
- Series 5. Preston Sturges
- Series 6. Laurence Olivier
- Series 7. Screenplays
Items Removed from Collection
Books Removed for Cataloging:
- Leavitt, Richard F.
The world of Tennessee Williams. With an introduction by Tennessee Williams. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, c. 1978. First edition, signed by Richard Freeman
Leavitt and Tennessee Williams. Copy number: 226/250.
- Leavitt, Richard Freeman, comp. and ed.
Ave atque vale! memorial pages preserving the final notices. . .of Tennessee Williams. 1983?. Limited edition. . .copy number 7. . .is presented to Dakin Williams.
- Van Antwerp, Margaret A., and Sally Johns, eds.
Tennessee Williams. Afterword by Louis Auchincloss. Detroit: Gale Research Company. . . c. 1984. A Bruccoli Clark book. Dictionary of literary
biography, documentary series, an illustrated chronicle, vol.4.
- Williams, Tennessee.
It happened the day the sun rose. Los Angeles, Sylvester & Orphanos, 1981. Copy 95 of 350.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors -- Research.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Research.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Olivier, Laurence
Spoto, Donald, 1941- --Archives.
Sturges, Preston.
Williams, Tennessee 1911-1983.
Hitchcock, Alfred
Lenya, Lotte
box 10, folder 3
Christ's preaching to the dead: an exegesis of I Peter 3,19 and 4,6.
1970.
Scope and Content
Spoto's dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Theology at Fordham University.
Tennessee Williams Series 2
box 12
Wood, Audrey, with Max Wilk. Represented by Audrey Wood. Garden City: Doubleday.
1981.
box 12
Williams, Tennessee. Where I live: selected essays. Edited by Christine R. Day. . . [New York]: New Directions.
circa 1978.
box 12
Williams, Tennessee. The night of the iguana. 5th printing. [New York]: New American Library.
circa 1961.
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 12
Williams, Tennessee. Eight mortal ladies possessed: a book of stories. 2nd printing. New York: New Directions
1973.
box 12
Williams, Tennessee. In the winter of cities. New York: New Directions.
1964.
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 12
Yacowar, Maurice. Tennessee Williams on film. New York: Frederick Ungar.
circa 1977.
box 12
Williams, Tennessee. The knightly quest: a novella and four short stories. [New York]: New Directions.
circa 1966.
box 12
Williams, Tennessee. Cat on a hot tin roof. 5th printing. New York: New Directions.
circa 1975.
box 12
Williams, Edwina Dakin. Remember me to Tom. St. Louis: Sunrise.
circa 1963.
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 12
The Tennessee Williams newsletter. [vol.1 no.1], vol.1 no.2, vol.2 no.1-2, vol.3 no.2.
1979 Spring
Scope and Contents note
Minor annotations.
box 12
Hirsh, Foster. A portrait of the artist: the plays of Tennessee Williams. Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press, 1979.
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 12
Bowles, Jane. Feminine wiles. Introduction by Tennessee Williams. Santa Barbara: Black Sparrow Press.
1976.
box 12
Williams, Tennessee. A streetcar named desire. With an introduction by the author. [New York]: New American Library. 21st
printing.
circa 1947.
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 12
Tharpe, Jac, ed. Tennessee Williams: 13 essays. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
1980.
Scope and Contents note
Holograph note by DS in back of book.
box 13
Maxwell, Gilbert. Tennessee Williams and friends: an informal biography. Cleveland and New York: the World Publishing Company
1965
Scope and Contents note
Minor annotations. Inscribed: For Irwin T. Holtzman, sincerely, Gilbert Maxwell, New York, May 4, 1966.
box 13
Williams, Tennessee. One arm. 5th printing. [New York]: a New Directions book.
undated
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 13
Weales, Gerald. Tennessee Williams. Minneapolis, University of Minnestoa Press. University of Minnesota pamphlets on American
writers.
circa 1965.
General note
(Catalog[?] / Gifts)
box 13
Williams, Tennessee. Camino real. [New York]: a New Directions book.
1970
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 13
Williams, Tennessee. Clothes for a summer hotel: a ghost play. [New York]: a New Directions book
1983.
box 13
Williams, Tennessee. Moise and the world of reason. New York: Simon and Schuster
1975.
General Physical Description note: Lacks dust jacket.
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 13
Williams, Tennessee. Androgyne, mon amour. Second printing. [New York]: New Directions
1977.
Scope and Contents note
Minor annotations.
box 13
Williams, Tennessee. Vieux Carre. Third printing. [New York]: New Directions.
circa 1979.
box 13
The Franklin Library. Notes from the editors: Tennessee Williams, selected plays. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin
Library.
circa 1981.
box 13
Williams, Tennessee. American blues: five short plays. Acting edition. [New York]: Dramatist's Play Service, Incorporated.
undated
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 13
Windham, Donald, ed. Tennessee Williams' letters to Donald Windham 1940-1965.
Scope and Contents note
Edited and with comments by Donald Windham. New York: Holt, Rinehar.
General note
Gifts.
box 13
Steen, Mike. A look at Tennessee Williams. New York: Hawthorn Books, Incorporated, publishers.
circa 1969.
box 13
Vidal, Gore. Matters of fact and of fiction (essays 1973-1976). New York: Vintage Books
1978.
box 13
Londre, Felicia Hardison. Tennessee Williams. Third printing. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company
1983.
box 14
Gotham Book Mart & Gallery, Incorporated. Tennessee Williams, a catalogue.
circa 1980s
box 14
Williams, Tennessee. Hard candy: a book of stories. Sixth printing. [New York]: a New Directions book.
undated
box 14
Williams, Tennessee. Stopped rocking, and other screenplays. With an introduction by Richard Gilman. [New York]: a New Directions
book.
circa 1984.
box 14
Falk, Signi. Tennessee Williams. Second edition. Boston: Twayne Publishers [1978].
Scope and Contents note
Two pages annotated.
box 14
Gunn, Drewey Wayne. Tennessee Williams: a bibliography. Metchuen, New Jersey and London: the Scarecrow Press, Incorporated.
Scarecrow author bibliographies.
1980.
box 14
Williams, Dakin. The bar bizarre. Edited by Lucy Freeman. n.p.
circa 1980.
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed: with best wishes, Dakin Williams.
box 14
Williams, Tennessee. Memoirs. Garden City, New York: Doubleday and Company.
circa 1975.
General Physical Description note: Lacks dust jacket.
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 14
Stanton, Stephen S. Tennessee Williams: a collection of critical essays edited by Stephen S. Stanton. Second printing. Englewood
Cliffs, New Jersey.
undated
Scope and Contents note
Annotations.
box 14
Williams, Dakin, and Shepherd Mead. Tennessee Williams, an intimate biography by his brother. New York: Arbor House.
circa 1983.
box 15
The theatre of Tennessee Williams. vol.1-7. [New York]: a New Directions book
1978-1981.
Scope and Contents note
Various printings for the individual volumes. Annotations. vol.1-4 this box. Remaining volumes in Box 16.
box 16
Williams, Tennessee. Baby doll, the script for the film, Something unspoken, Suddenly last summer. Penguin Books . . . .
1976.
box 16
Rader, Dotson. Tennessee: cry of the heart. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Incorporated.
1985.
box 16
McCann, John S. The critical reputation of Tennessee Williams, a reference guide. Boston: G.K. Hall & Company.
circa 1983.
box 16
The theatre of Tennessee Williams. vol.5-7.
Spoto's research material
box 1, folder 1
Interviews and obiter dicta.
box 1, folder 3
Family background and history to : TW Chapter 1.
1911
box 1, folder 10
TW:
1960-1965.
General note
1965-1970 material found here and following next file.
box 2, folder 4
San Domenico Palace Hotel, Taormina, Sicily. Brochures, etc.
box 2, folder 5
Tennessee Williams 70 [birthday celebration greetings, photocopies in printed folder].
box 2, folder 6
Holograph notes from unidentified source.
General Physical Description note: In spiral notebook.
box 24, box 25
Cassette recordings: interviews, programs, etc.
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box 26
Cassette recordings, microfilm of bibliography.
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box 3, folder 1
Something cloudy, something clear
1981
Scope and Contents note
With cover letter from Eve Adamson to TW, 1981 September 3 (photocopy).
box 3, folder 2
Something cloudy, something clear.
box 3, folder 4
All Gaul is divided, a teleplay based on A lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur.
1979 June.
Scope and Contents note
First draft.
box 3, folder 5
The remarkable rooming-house of Mme. Le Monde.
box 3, folder 6
This is (an entertainment).
box 3, folder 7
The Red Devil battery sign, a work for The Presentational Theatre.
1976 September.
Scope and Contents note
With program from the Phoenix Theatre.
box 3, folder 8
Will Mr. Merriwether return from Memphis?
1969.
box 3, folder 9
A house not meant to stand, a Gothic comedy.
1982 April 27.
box 3, folder 10
Clothes for a summer hotel.
Scope and Contents note
Revised March 14.
box 3, folder 11
Clothes for a summer hotel, a ghost-play in 4 scenes.
1979 April-September.
box 3, folder 12
Now the cats with jeweled claws.
1983
Alfred Hitchcock Series 3
box 22
Tutti i film Hitchcock a cura di Riccardo Rosetti. [Milano]: Savelli editori
1980.
box 22
Leff, Leonard J. Hitchcock and Selznick, the rich and strange collaboration . . . New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1987.
Scope and Contents note
Uncorrected proof, in wrappers.
box 22
Haley, Michael. The Alfred Hitchcock album. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Incorporated
1981.
box 22
Cameron, Ian, ed. Movie reader. New York and Washington: Praeger Publishers
1972.
box 22
Harris, Robert A. and Michael S. Lasky. The films of Alfred Hitchcock. Secaucus, New Jersey: the Citadel Press
1976.
Scope and Contents note
Inscribed: Jan 31, 1977, for Donald Spoto - a fellow Hitchophile - with warmest regards Bob.
box 22
Rothman, William. Hitchcock - the murderous gaze. Cambridge and London: Harvard University Press.
1982.
box 23
Taylor, John Russell. Hitch, the life and times of Alfred Hitchcock. New York: Pantheon Books
1978.
box 23
Camera / stylo. Alfred Hitchcock.
1981 November.
box 23
Durgnat, Raymond. The strange case of Alfred Hitchcock, or, the plain man's Hitchcock. Cambridge: the MIT Press [1974].
box 23
LaValley, Albert J., ed. Focus on Hitchcock. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, Incorporated [1972].
box 23
Phillips, Gene D. Alfred Hitchcock. Boston: Twayne Publishers.
1984.
box 23
Simsolo, Noel. Hitchcock. Cinema d'aujourd'hui 54. [Paris]: Editions Seghers
1969.
General Physical Description note: Leaves are coming unglued from binding.
box 23
The Alfred Hitchcock movie quiz book. [New York]: Perigree Books
1986.
box 23
Brown, Bryan. The Alfred Hitchcock movie quiz book. [New York]: Perigree Books
1986.
Scope and Contents note
Uncorrected proof, in wrappers.
box 23
Rohmer, Eric and Claude Chabrol. Hitchcock, the first forty-four films. Translated by Stanley Hochman. New York: Frederick
Ungar Publishing Company
1979.
box 23
Freeman, David. The last days of Alfred Hitchcock, a memoir . . .Woodstock, New York: the Overlook Press
1984.
box 23
Perry, George. The films of Alfred Hitchcock. Highgate Hill and New York: Studio Vista / Dutton
1970.
General note
Reprinted from c. 1965.
Spoto's research material
box 7, folder 1
Letters, obiter dicta, interviews, speeches, articles by.
box 7, folder 2
Funeral details, obituaries, tributes, etc.
box 7, folder 3
Bogdanovich () and Freeman () on AH.
1963 1982
box 7, folder 4
Miscellaneous theory and criticism, notes.
box 7, folder 5
Criticism: articles on AH
to 1970.
box 7, folder 6
Bibliographies, microfiche.
box 8, folder 1
Family: Alma, Pat, early English period.
box 8, folder 2
Criticism: articles
to 1950.
box 8, folder 3
Criticism: articles
to 1980.
box 8, folder 4
Articles on AH's work (file B).
box 10, folder 1
Journals with articles about AH.
box 10, folder 2
Notes on individual films. Copyright by Donald Spoto.
1979
General Physical Description note: ca. 100 leaves.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript[?].
box 11
Storyboards for Family plot.
1975.
Scope and Contents note
Prepared by illustrator Tom Wright, given to DS by AH 1975 November [oversize box].
box 11
Press books, etc. for: Rebecca, Frenzy, The Birds, Rear Window, etc.
box 26
Cassette recordings
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Spoto's research material by movie
box 4, folder 17
The man who knew too much.
box 5, folder 2
Bon voyage and Aventure malgache.
box 5, folder 15
The man who knew too much.
box 6, folder 3
No bail for the judge.
General note
Written but unproduced.
box 10, folder 6
The short night.
1979 March 2.
Scope and Contents note
Working draft by David Freeman.
box 10, folder 7
The short night.
1978 June 27.
Scope and Contents note
Screenplay by Ernest Lehman.
box 17, folder 3
The man who knew too much.
box 21, folder 5
Mary Rose.
1963.
Scope and Contents note
First draft of unproduced screenplay.
box 22
Book by James K. Lyon: Bertolt Brecht in America
1982
Preferred Citation
Lyon, James K. Bertolt Brecht in America. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1982.
box 11
Manuscript: Lenya: a life
circa 1989
Creator: Little, Brown and Company
Scope and Contents note
Photocopy of galley proofs[?]
box 27, folder 2
Manuscript: Lenya: a life
1988 June
Scope and Contents note
Fourth and final draft.
box 27, folder 3
Manuscript: Lenya: a life
1989 April
Scope and Contents note
Uncorrected advance proof.
Spoto's research material
box 28, folder 1
Miscellaneous articles from journals and newspapers.
General Physical Description note: Photocopies.
box 28, folder 2
Mary Desti. The untold story.
General Physical Description note: Photocopy.
box 31
Cassette recordings of interviews
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box 30, folder 7
Manuscript: Madcap: the life of Preston Sturges
1989 March 13
Scope and Contents note
First draft.
box 27, folder 1
Manuscript: Madcap: the life of Preston Sturges
1989 June
Scope and Contents note
Second draft.
box 31, folder 1
Manuscript: Madcap: the life of Preston Sturges
1989 June
Scope and Contents note
Second draft.
Lawrence Olivier Series 6
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box 40, folder 24
The Old Vic - The Story of a Theatre
1983
Scope and Content
Commercially produced tape.
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Interviews by Spoto
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box 39, folder 1
Lawrence Olivier at the Oscars
1979
Scope and Content
Includes Robert Fry interview (1990).
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box 39, folder 2
Gerry Pinciss on Olivier and Shakespeare
1990
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box 39, folder 3
John Schlesinger and Ben Benjamin interviews for Olivier
1990
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box 39, folder 4
Memorial service for Olivier
1989
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box 39, folder 5
BBC-TV special on Olivier
1984.
Scope and Contents note
This is comprised of 2 cassettes with a four-part interview. Tape no.2 includes
60 Minutes (1982) Olivier interview.
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box 39, case 6
Sunny Lash yrlsc_1563_039_06a
1990 March 8
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Lash, Sunny
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:41)
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Transcribed from container: "Interview at her home, LA"
box 39, case 6
Sunny Lash yrlsc_1563_039_06b
1990 March 8
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Lash, Sunny
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:24:27)
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Transcribed from container: "Interview at her home, LA"
box 39, folder 7
Charlton Heston and Daniel Petrie
1990
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box 39, folder 8
Jean Simmons and Richard Fleischer
1990
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box 39, folder 9
Anthony Crickmay and Rachel Kempson Redgrave
1989
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box 39, folder 10
Michael Redington and Harold Kasket
1989
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box 39, folder 11
Morgan-Jumel (conclusion only) and Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
1989
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box 39, folder 12
Joyce Howard and Basil Langton
1990
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box 39, folder 13
Elaine Dundy and Gerry Pinciss
1990
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box 39, folder 14
Alexander H. Cohen and Hildy Parles
1990
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box 39, folder 15
Sir Peter Hall
1990
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box 39, folder 16
Robert Wagner
1990
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box 39, folder 17
George Roy Hill
1990
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box 39, folder 18
Ronal Pickup and Peter Plouviez
1989
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box 39, folder 19
Felix Barker and Virginia Fairweather
1989
Scope and Content
2 cassettes (3 parts).
box 39, case 19
Felix Barker Interview yrlsc_1563_039_19_1a
1989 November 18-25
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Barker, Felix, 1917-1997
Creator: Fairweather, Virginia
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:41)
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Transcribed from container: "Side A- Felix Barker, interviews at his London home, 18 Nov 89. Side B- Part one of interview
with Virginia Fairweather at her Chichester home 25 Nov 89."
box 39, case 19
Virginia Fairweather Interview Part 1 yrlsc_1563_039_19_1b
1989 November 25
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Fairweather, Virginia
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:48:01)
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Transcribed from container: "Side A- Felix Barker, interviews at his London home, 18 Nov 89. Side B- Part one of interview
with Virginia Fairweather at her Chichester home 25 Nov 89."
box 39, case 19
Virginia Fairweather Interview Parts 2 and 3 yrlsc_1563_039_19_2a
1989 November 25
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Fairweather, Virginia
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:30)
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Transcribed from container: "Parts 2 and 3 of 3-part interview with Virginia Fairweather at her home at 8 Russell Street Chichester
on 25 November 1989.
box 39, case 19
Virginia Fairweather Interview Parts 2 and 3 yrlsc_1563_039_19_2b
1989 November 25
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Fairweather, Virginia
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:24)
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Transcribed from container: "Parts 2 and 3 of 3-part interview with Virginia Fairweather at her home at 8 Russell Street Chichester
on 25 November 1989.
box 39, folder 20
Mark Amory, Denys Lasdun and Constance Cummings (part 1)
1989
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box 39, folder 21
Constance Cummings (conclusion) and Terrance Morgan (part 1)
1989
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box 40, folder 1
Alexander Clark and Marcella Markham
1990
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box 40, folder 2
Anthony Quinn
1990
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box 40, folder 3
John Goodwin
1989
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box 40, folder 4
William Gaskill and Peggy Ashcroft
1990
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box 40, folder 5
Jonathan Miller
1989
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box 40, folder 6
Michael Caine
1990
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box 40, folder 7
Mary Evans
1990
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box 40, folder 8
Laurence Evans
1990
Scope and Content
Interview 2
box 40, case 8
Laurence Evans Interview no. 2 yrlsc_1563_040_008a
1990 January 11
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Evans, Laurence
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:48:45)
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Interview begins at 0:01:14
box 40, case 8
Laurence Evans Interview no. 2 yrlc_1563_040_008b
1990 January 11
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Evans, Laurence
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:33:50)
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box 40, folder 9
Diana Boddington
1990
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box 40, folder 10
Terence Young and Laurence Evans (conclusion of last several interviews)
1990
box 40, case 10
Terence Young Interview yrlc_1563_040_010a
1990 January 16
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Young, Terence
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:48:00)
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Transcribed from container: : "Terence Young interviewed at his London home, 16 Jauary 90. Last 3/4 of side 2 is the last
of several interviews with Laurence Evans, conducted 18 January 1990"
box 40, case 10
TY Concl; L. Evans yrlc_1563_040_010b
1990 January 16-18
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Young, Terence
Creator: Evans, Laurence
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:39)
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Transcribed from container: : "Terence Young interviewed at his London home, 16 Jauary 90. Last 3/4 of side 2 is the last
of several interviews with Laurence Evans, conducted 18 January 1990" Interview with Laurence Evans begins at 0:11:30
box 40, folder 11
Laurence Evans
1990
Scope and Content
Interview 1[?]
box 40, case 11
Laurence Evans Interview yrlc_1563_040_011a
1990 January 3
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Evans, Laurence
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:44)
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Transcribed from container: "Laurence Evans intvw London: 3 January 1990"
box 40, case 11
Laurence Evans Interview yrlc_1563_040_011b
1990 January 3
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Evans, Laurence
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:44:50)
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Transcribed from container: "concl. of Evans, no.1"
box 40, folder 12
Douglas Rae and Edward Fox
1990
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box 40, folder 13
Jean Howard Feldman
1990
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box 40, folder 14
Renee Gilmore
1990
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box 40, folder 15
Helen Mirren and Robert Knights
1990
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box 40, folder 16
Denholm Elliott and Euan Lloyd
1990
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box 40, folder 17
Bette Davis (BBC-TV documentary)
1983
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box 40, case 18
Michael Korda Interview yrlc_1563_040_018a
1990 April 3
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Korda, Michael, 1933-
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:31:47)
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Transcribed from container: "Michael Korda, interveiwed at Simon and Schuster 3 April 1990"
box 40, case 18
Michael Korda Interview yrlc_1563_040_018b
1990 April 3
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Korda, Michael, 1933-
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:31:50)
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Transcribed from container: "Michael Korda, interveiwed at Simon and Schuster 3 April 1990"
box 40, folder 19
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
1990
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box 40, folder 20
Stuart Burge and Alvin Rakoff
1989
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box 40, folder 21
Alvin Rakoff (conclusion) and Leslie Evershed-Martin
1989
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box 40, folder 22
Alec McCowen and Maxine Audley
1989
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box 40, folder 23
Pieter Rogers and Rosemary Harris
1990
box 40, case 23
Pieter Rogers Interview yrlc_1563_040_023a
1990 June 20
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Rogers, Pieter
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:40)
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Transcribed from container: "Side A- Pieter Rogers-London-20June 1990. Side B- Rosemanry Harris-London-20 June 1990"
box 40, case 23
Rosemary Harris Interview yrlc_1563_040_023b
1990 June 20
Creator: Spoto, Donald, 1941-
Creator: Harris, Rosemary
Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:47:39)
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Transcribed from container: "Side A- Pieter Rogers-London-20June 1990. Side B- Rosemanry Harris-London-20 June 1990"
Spoto's research material
box 32, folder 2
Olivier: critical articles.
box 32, folder 14
Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
box 10, folder 4
Spoto, Donald, and John Darretta. Based on an idea by Richard T. Waggoner. Holy terror.
1988 January.
Scope and Contents note
First draft. Bellwether Productions, Incorporated.
box 10, folder 5
Spoto, Donald and John Darretta. Channel crossing: a new age comedy.
1988 July.
Scope and Contents note
First draft. Original screenplay.