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Series 2. Film, circa 1925-1985 (continued) | |||||||||||||
Bwana Devil, 1925-1977 (bulk 1950s) (continued) | |||||||||||||
Bwana Devil, 1925-1977 (bulk 1950s) (continued) | |||||||||||||
Unlike the materials documenting some of Oboler's other films, the Bwana Devil grouping contains few documents relating to performers and production. It does, however, include a large quantity of photographs, clippings, and promotional materials. The records also document various lawsuits filed after the movie's release and an Internal Revenue Service audit regarding taxes paid on the film's substantial earnings. | |||||||||||||
Contracts, 1952-1955 | |||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 1 | Arch Oboler Productions: application and license contract, circa 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 2 | Bwana letter contracts employees, 1952 April-1954 August | ||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 3 | Research, 1952 April-December | ||||||||||||
Includes Louis Leakey correspondence. | |||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 4 | Bwana, 1952 May-November | ||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 5 | Miscellaneous contracts, Gulu, 1952 July-1955 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 6 | Print correspondence, Pathe and Consolidated, 1952 September-1955 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 7 | Production contracts, 1952 May-September | ||||||||||||
Distribution, 1952-1955 | |||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 8 | 1952 October-1953 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 9 | Distribution information, 1952 July-1953 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 10 | George Schaefer, 1952 March-1955 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 11 | Sid Pink, 1952 January-1953 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 12 | Holly. & LA Paramount distribution contracts, 1952 July-1954 January | ||||||||||||
Financial, 1951-1956 | |||||||||||||
BOX 58 FOLDER 13 | Bills, 1952 June-1953 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 59 FOLDER 1-2 | Photostats of bills, 1952 May-1953 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 59 FOLDER 3 | Bills paid personally by Oboler, 1951 September-1956 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 59 FOLDER 4 | Bills paid, 1952 June-1953 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 59 FOLDER 5 | Investors, 1952 May-1954 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 59 FOLDER 6 | Lou Berke correspondence, 1952 December-1956 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 59 FOLDER 7 | Gulu investor contracts, 1952 May-1954 September | ||||||||||||
Milton Gunzburg, 1951-1954 | |||||||||||||
BOX 60 FOLDER 1 | 3685, Arch Oboler, regarding Milton Gunzburg, 1952 January-1954 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 60 FOLDER 2 | Gunzburg, 1951 October-1954 January | ||||||||||||
Internal Revenue Service, 1950-1960 | |||||||||||||
BOX 60 FOLDER 3-4 | Extra information Gov., 1952-1959 | ||||||||||||
BOX 60 FOLDER 5-6 | Government information, 1953 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 61 FOLDER 1 | Miscellaneous documents, 1950 July-1960 December | ||||||||||||
BOX 61 FOLDER 2-3 | New information, Gov., 1951 October-1958 August | ||||||||||||
BOX 61 FOLDER 4 | Taxes, government settlement regarding 1953 and 1954, 1954 January-1960 May | ||||||||||||
Legal and lawsuits, Edward Alperson-Brenco Pictures, 1952-1957 | |||||||||||||
Brenco v. Gulu Pictures, 1952-1953 | |||||||||||||
BOX 61 FOLDER 5 | 1760 B-2, folder file, 1952 December-1953 December | ||||||||||||
BOX 61 FOLDER 6 | 1760-F, Sidney Pink deposition and exhibits, 1952 September-1953 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 62 FOLDER 1-3 | 1760-J, Seymour M. Peyser deposition and exhibits, 1953 January-August | ||||||||||||
BOX 62 FOLDER 4 | 1844-I, Arch Oboler v. Brenco, Jerry Kay deposition, 1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX 62 FOLDER 5-7 | Alperson complaint, 1953 February-1956 March | ||||||||||||
BOX 63 FOLDER 1 | Alperson trial, miscellaneous, 1952 December-1957 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 63 FOLDER 2 | Alperson trial, contracts, 1952 January-1957 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 63 FOLDER 3 | Sid Pink, 1952 January-1956 October | ||||||||||||
Arch Oboler v. Brenco, 1955-1956 | |||||||||||||
BOX 63 FOLDER 4 | Appeal from the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, 1956 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 63 FOLDER 5-6 | Appeal from the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, 1956 August | ||||||||||||
BOX 63 FOLDER 7-8 | Deposition of Arch Oboler, 1956 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 64 FOLDER 1-3 | Deposition of Arch Oboler, 1956 January-February | ||||||||||||
BOX 64 FOLDER 4 | Deposition of Edward L. Alperson, 1955 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 64 FOLDER 5 | Depositions of Graham L. Sterling, Jr., Lauren M. Wright, Pierce Works, and William B. Carman, 1956 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 65 FOLDER 1-2 | Ledger, circa 1955 | ||||||||||||
Legal and lawsuits, miscellaneous, 1925-1955 | |||||||||||||
BOX 66 FOLDER 1 | Sid Pink, Kamins, Pergament, 1952 June-1954 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 66 FOLDER 2 | Regarding Man-Eaters of Tsavo (Travis and John Henry Patterson), 1925, 1952 January-1955 June | ||||||||||||
BOX 66 FOLDER 3 | Cummins, 1952 August-1954 July | ||||||||||||
Legal and lawsuits, United Artists, 1952-1958 | |||||||||||||
BOX 66 FOLDER 4 | Bills and miscellaneous bookkeeping, United Artists settlement, 1952 June-1956 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 66 FOLDER 5 | Bwana United Artists-Oboler dispute, 1952 August-1958 April | ||||||||||||
Photographs, 1948-1953 and undated | |||||||||||||
BOX 66 FOLDER 6 | Film opening photographs by Irving L. Antler, 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 67 FOLDER 1 | BD 1-BD 30, circa 1948-1950, 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 67 FOLDER 2 | BD 31-BD 60, 1948-1950, circa 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 67 FOLDER 3 | BD 61-BD 90, 1948-1950, circa 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 67 FOLDER 4 | BD 91-BD 120, 1948-1950, circa 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 67 FOLDER 5 | BD 121-BD 158, 1948-1950, circa 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 68 FOLDER 1 | "Bwana Pictures Advertising," 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 68 FOLDER 2 | Premiere photographs from Arthur P. Jacobs, 1952 November 27 | ||||||||||||
BOX 68 FOLDER 3-6 | Miscellaneous photographs, 1948-1950, circa 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 68 FOLDER 7 | Personal appearances, circa 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 68 FOLDER 8 | Photos from Africa filming, circa 1948-1950 | ||||||||||||
BOX 365 | Slides, Tru-D viewing glasses, and address label, circa 1952 | ||||||||||||
Includes 35mm color plastic slides and 6 x 6 cm slides encased in glass, as well as two pair Tru-D viewing glasses and original paper holders. Label addressed to Bwana Devil star Robert Stack, Bel Air, California. | |||||||||||||
BOX 68 FOLDER 9 | Belgium, 1953 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 68 FOLDER 10 | Mexico, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 68 FOLDER 11 | Singapore, undated | ||||||||||||
Production, filming, 1952-1956 | |||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 1 | Cutting notes, 1952 August-1954 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 2 | Employees, 1952 April-1953 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 3 | Equipment, 1952 August-1953 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 4 | Film lab, 1952 March-1953 April | ||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 5 | Music, 1952-1956 | ||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 6 | Props, 1952 April-November | ||||||||||||
FOLDER map folder 9 | Technical drawings of custom truck-trailer, 1954 | ||||||||||||
ID: RS 12304 G19-G24 | |||||||||||||
Map case: RPM 00023 (map folder 9) | |||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 7 | Titles, 1952 March-1953 April | ||||||||||||
Promotion, publicity, advertising, 1925-1977 (bulk 1952-1954) | |||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 8 | Openings: Cuba, India, London, Paris, Philippines, and Sweden photographs and articles, 1953 February-July | ||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 9-10 | Advertising, 1948 October, 1952 June-1954 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 69 FOLDER 11 | Advertising, 1925, 1952 September-1953 March | ||||||||||||
BOX OS 1 FOLDER 3 | Advertising materials, 1952 December | ||||||||||||
BOX OS 2 FOLDER 4 | Advertising materials, 1953 March | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 1 | Denmark, 1953 May-1954 September | ||||||||||||
BOX OS 1 FOLDER 4 | Draft advertising materials, 1952 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 2 | Miscellaneous, 1952 November-1953 October | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 3 | Europe, 1953 April-1954 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 4 | Miscellaneous, 1953 March-April | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 5 | Opening, Los Angeles, 1953 March-1954 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 6 | Opening, Philadelphia, 1952 December | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 7 | Opening, San Francisco, 1952 November-December | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 8 | Personal appearances, 1952 December-1953 May | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 9 | Personal appearances, 1952 November-1954 August | ||||||||||||
FOLDER map folder 8 | Poster and other promotional graphic materials, 1953, undated | ||||||||||||
ID: RS 12304 G14-G18 | |||||||||||||
Map case: RPM 00022 (map folder 8) | |||||||||||||
One-sheet, color poster (G14), promotional half-sheet describing 3-D process (G15), three banner-shaped ads highlighting 3-D in feature film (G16-G18). | |||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 10 | Premiere, television broadcast, 1952 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 11 | Publicity, 1925, 1952 April-1954 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 12 | Second week, 1952 December, 1953 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 13 | Keyed proofs, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 14 | Miscellaneous promotional and advertising materials , 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 FOLDER 15 | "The Nostalgic Saga of Bwana 3-D, Los Angeles Magazine, 1977 March 16 | ||||||||||||
BOX 70-71 | Press and exploitation book, 1952 | ||||||||||||
BOX 70 | (1 folder) | ||||||||||||
BOX 71 | (4 folders) | ||||||||||||
BOX 71 FOLDER 5 | Press folder, 1952 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 71 FOLDER 6 | World premiere, Paramount Theatres, program, 1952 November 26 | ||||||||||||
Scripts, 1952 and undated | |||||||||||||
BOX 71 FOLDER 7 | Call sheet, tentative shooting schedule, and script , 1952 June-July | ||||||||||||
Lions of Gulu | |||||||||||||
BOX 71 FOLDER 8 | undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 72 FOLDER 1-2 | By Arch Oboler, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 72 FOLDER 3 | Kitchen Bwana, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 72 FOLDER 4 | Movie, 1952 June-July | ||||||||||||
BOX 72 FOLDER 5 | Movie, ranch file, undated | ||||||||||||
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