Title:

Grayson-Rosser Productions papers, 1931-1932, n.d

Grayson Rosser Productions papers

Creator/Contributor:

Grayson-Rosser Productions (Oakland, Calif.), creator

Creator/Contributor:

Grayson, King Hamilton.

Creator/Contributor:

Rosser, Winifred.

Consists of internal corporate and production files, and radio scripts of the "electronic transcriptions" that Grayson-Rosser Productions produced. The internal files include statements regarding the founding of the company, memos detailing the duties and expectations of the staff, production files from the production and sound departments, correspondence regarding advertising in Russia, other advertising files, and miscellaneous memos. The radio plays were written by King Hamilton Grayson and Winifred Rosser, and are first copyrighted to Radio Programs, Limited, and later to King Hamilton Grayson and Winifred Rosser and Associates; the catalog gives the company name as Grayson-Rosser Productions and their location in the Oakland Tribune Tower. The subjects of the plays include the histories, mysteries, comedies, dramas, and one murder mystery set in Oakland, Calif. The scripts and catalogs contain annotations regarding actors and sounds. The majority of the scripts were used by Everett Glass, Dramatic Director and Vice President, James D. Munro, Production Director, and sound engineers Leonard L. Hohl and John H. Fiske.

Date:

1931 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca

Radio programs

Radio -- Production and direction

Oakland (Calif.) -- Fiction

Oakland (Calif.) -- Commerce

Type:

Radio plays.

print

3 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)

English

BANC MSS 99/257 cLOCAL

Origin:

California