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Series 1. Early History of Universal
Pictures Corporation, 1906-1974
(continued) |
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Universal Pictures business,
legal, and financial papers
(continued) |
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Correspondence, Isidore
Bernstein and Carle Laemmle, 1913-1914
(continued) |
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Concerning corporate infighting and west coast activities. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/12 |
H. O. Davis, 1917
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Letter to Carl Laemmle from studio manager. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/13 |
J. P. MacGowan, 1917
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Letter from studio manager. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/14 |
Pat Powers, 1912-1919
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Collection of memos, notes and detective reports documenting Carl Laemmle's
contest with Pat Powers over control of Universal. |
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BOX-FOLDER 1/15-21 |
Powers-Swanson-Laemmle
suit |
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Files of complaints, testimony, exhibits, etc., regarding legal battle over
control of Universal voting stock. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/1-2 |
Patents Company vs.
Universal |
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Archive of documents tracing this case from the Southern District of New
York through the U.S. Circuit of Appeals to the Supreme Court of the United
States. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/3 |
Miscellaneous reports and
memorabilia, 1920s
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BOX-FOLDER 2/4 |
Universal revenue, 1919-1926
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BOX-FOLDER 2/5 |
Sample production costs, 1922-1930
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BOX-FOLDER 2/6 |
Universal profit-loss chart,
1925-1935
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BOX-FOLDER 2/7 |
Universal German business,
1922-1936
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Contracts, reports, financials. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/8 |
Items of negative cost, 1933
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BOX-FOLDER 2/9 |
Reorganization of executive
staff, 1935
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Memo from Carl Laemmle, jr. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/10 |
Theaters |
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Notes on annual profit/loss; Carl Laemmle's contract. |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/11 |
Memos regarding
merger |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/12 |
Picture costs and grosses,
1931-1935
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BOX-FOLDER 2/13 |
Laemmle-Cochrane
correspondence, Dec
1935-Jan 1936
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BOX-FOLDER 2/14 |
Miscellaneous memos of Carl
Laemmle and R. H. Cochrane, 1930s
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BOX-FOLDER 2/15 |
Proposed 1935 purchase by
Warner Bros. (legal file) |
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BOX-FOLDER 2/16 |
Standard Capital correspondence
regarding merger, Dec
1935
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BOX-FOLDER 2/17 |
Standard Capital correspondence
regarding merger, Jan-June 1936
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BOX-FOLDER 2/18 |
Standard Capital correspondence
regarding execution of merger, 1936
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BOX-FOLDER 3/1 |
Manuscript copy of "black
notebooks" found in Universal's Hudson Street warehouse |
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(52 manuscript pages) |
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Said by staff to be contents of Carl Laemmle's personal safe (impossible to
verify). Copied by Richard Koszarski in 19xx. Notebooks consisted of
annualized costs, grosses and profit/loss of Universal features and program
series released between 1921 and 1936. These figures differ from those in
official reports prepared for public consumption. |
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Carl Laemmle historical
documents
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BOX-FOLDER 3/4 |
Carle Laemmle
personal |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/5-7 |
Carl Laemmle
memoirs |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/8 |
[Miscellaneous recent Carl
Laemmle] |
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Questionaire re: James Friedman documentary; brochure for 100 Years of Hollywood: The Laemmle Effect
traveling exhibit (German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA). |
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Universal Pictures historical
documents
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BOX-FOLDER 3/9 |
Universal studio histories,
1947, 1953, 1959
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BOX-FOLDER 3/10 |
Universal studio histories,
1951, 1965, 1972
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BOX-FOLDER 3/11 |
Universal junk list, 1948
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Correspondence regarding destruction of negatives. |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/12 |
Show-at-home movie
library |
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Notes, catalog, contracts. |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/13 |
Universal master feature list,
1914-1974
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BOX-FOLDER 3/14 |
Universal Studio Club News, 25th anniverary
edition, 1952
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Individual Motion
Pictures
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BOX-FOLDER 4/1-13 |
Paul J. Rainey's African Hunt, 1912
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Stills, frame enlargements, photographic copies of title cards. |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/14 |
Where Are My Children?, 1916
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Continuity and subtitles (Lois Weber); pressboook and herald. |
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Where Are My Children?
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BOX-FOLDER 4/15 |
Is Any Girl Safe? (Anti-Vice M.P. Company),
1916
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Continuity and subtitles (Jacques Jaccard). |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/16 |
Hell Morgan's Girl, 1916
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Legal file regarding censorship of the film (NY Supreme Court) including
testimony and argument, with continuity and subtitles (written by Ida May
Park). |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/17 |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, 1916
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Multiple pages of notes transcribed by RK from legal documents and memos
related to lawsuit in which Williamson Bros. sued Universal for payment
regarding the special effects for this film. Includes abstract of Bahamas
production diary. |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/18 |
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, 1917
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Continuity and subtitles of film in its original version (as Is a Woman a Person, by Lois Weber), with hand
corrections regarding censorship. |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/19 |
A Kentucky Cinderella, 1917
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Film report from studio manager H. O. Davis (xerox, 5pp.). |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/20 |
Universal-Smithsonian African
expedition film, 1919
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22 photographs documenting Belgian Congo train wreck which killed Universal
director William Stowell and Dr. William Armstrong, the Smithsonian's
business manager for the expedition. |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/21-24 |
King of Jazz, 1930
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Employment contracts of Paul Whiteman and John Murray Anderson; music cue
sheets for 1930 version; xerox copy of 1933 continuity; xerox copies of
telegrams regarding production. |
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BOX-FOLDER 4/25 |
Air Mail, 1932
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By John Ford. Publicity file including national clippings, pressbook, and
promotional releases. |
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BOX-FOLDER OSD 1/3-4 |
Air Mail
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BOX-FOLDER 4/26 |
Diamond Jim, 1935
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Screenplay by Preston Sturges; producer James Grainger's copy, with blue
pages. |
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Series 2. Financials gathered in
connection with 1935-1936 corporate sale.
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These are graphs, charts, tables, reports and memos, most of which were apparently
gathered and/or created by J. Cheever Cowdin of Standard Capital Corp. They
present a detailed picture of Universal's operating structure and financial
history. Each exhibit contains multiple pages. |
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Mimeographed documents
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BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/1 |
Coast contracts, 1935
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Exhibits 1-2. |
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BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/2 |
Feature financing schedule,
1934-1935
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Exhibits 3-5. |
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BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/3 |
Schedule of depreciation,
overhead, payroll |
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Exhibits 6-11. |
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BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/4 |
Schedule of average negative
cost, 1924-1934
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Exhibits 13-14. |
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BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/5 |
Universal Pictures payroll and
operating expenses, 1932-1934
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Exhibits 16-20. |
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BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/6 |
Universal Pictures and
subsidiary companies, profit and loss, thru 1935
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Exhibits A-P (subset of above series?). |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/2 |
Report of findings, 1935
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Executive summary of above materials. |
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BOX-FOLDER 3/3 |
Confidential memo, 1935
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J. Cheever Cowdin's ideas on how Standard Capital should proceed. |
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Veloxed documents
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BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/7 |
Universal features, profit and
loss, 1926-1936
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Spread sheets with detailed costs, grosses and profits for all features (23
pp.). |
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BOX-FOLDER OSC 1/8-13 |
Fold-out hand colored
graphs
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These oversized pages (67 sheets) chart all aspects of Universal's income and
operating expenses during the 1920s and 1930s, and cover inventories, salaries,
foreign business, studio operations, theater and exchange income, etc. Some
begin as early as 1921 and most end in the mid-1930s, but others extend through
1940. |
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Series 3. Corporate publications,
1914-1917, 1920, 1925-1927, 1929-1965
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BOX-FOLDER 5/1 |
Universal Film Manufacturing
Company, semi-annual report, November 15, 1916
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Extremely detailed report listing all assets and liabilities, with production
cost of all negatives both released and unreleased (approximately 200
pages). |
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Bluebird Photoplays, Inc. balance
sheet, January 21, 1917
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BOX-FOLDER 5/3 |
Bluebird Photoplays, Inc.
semi-annual report, July 22,
1917
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These two reports document all aspects of Bluebird's financial operations,
including costs of films with grosses broken out by territory, as well as
inventories, accounts receivable, etc. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/4-8 |
Consolidated balance sheets/annual
reports, Universal Pictures Company, Inc., 1925-1927, 1929-1931, 1933-1965
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Plus additional mid-year report for 1934. Sometimes these are bare-bones CPA
summaries, but certain periods, especially the 1940s, are elaborately
illustrated with color stills and detailed charts and graphics. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/9 |
Universal Pictures Company and
MCA, Inc. agreement of purchase and sale, dated December 16, 1958
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45 pages. |
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BOX-FOLDER 5/10 |
MCA, Inc. and Universal Pictures
Company, lease and facilities agreement, dated December 16, 1958
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80 pages. These two documents record the sale of the studio property to MCA,
and the conditions under which the facilities were leased back to Universal by
MCA. |
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BOX 6 |
New Universal News Flashes, June 17, 1939--November
4, 1939
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16 pamphlets; 4 x 9 inches; staple-bound |
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BOX 6 |
The Motion Picture Weekly/Universal Weekly, October 31, 1914--January 28, 1933
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38 loose issues, plus one issue (February 1, 1916) of El
Anunciador Universal, the Spanish-language version of The Universal Weekly (content not identical to
English-language version).
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Title
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Vol.
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No.
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Date
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The Universal Weekly
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n/a |
n/a |
Oct. 31, 1914 |
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The Universal Weekly
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n/a |
n/a |
Nov. 14, 1914 |
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The Universal Weekly
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n/a |
n/a |
Dec. 26, 1914 |
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The Universal Weekly
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n/a |
n/a |
Jan. 9, 1915 |
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The Universal Weekly
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n/a |
n/a |
Jan. 16, 1915 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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1 |
1 |
July 3, 1915 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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1 |
3 |
July 17, 1915 |
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El Anunciador Universal
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2 |
12 |
Feb. 1, 1916 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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3 |
18 |
Dec. 16, 1916 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
4 |
Mar. 10, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
5 |
Mar. 17, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
6 |
Mar. 24, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
8 |
Apr. 7, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
9 |
Apr. 14, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
10 |
Apr. 21, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
11 |
Apr. 28, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
13 |
May 12, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
14 |
May 19, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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4 |
15 |
May 26, 1917 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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11 |
12 |
Nov. 6, 1920 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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11 |
13 |
Nov. 13, 1920 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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11 |
14 |
Nov. 20, 1920 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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12 |
15 |
Nov. 27, 1920 |
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The Moving Picture Weekly
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12 |
16 |
Dec. 4, 1920 |
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Universal Weekly
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21 |
18 |
June 13, 1925 |
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Universal Weekly
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23 |
13 |
May 8, 1926 |
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Universal Weekly
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23 |
16 |
May 29, 1926 |
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Universal Weekly
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24 |
18 |
Dec. 11, 1926 |
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Universal Weekly
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29 |
24 |
July 20, 1929 |
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Universal Weekly
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31 |
23 |
Nov. 19, 1932 |
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Universal Weekly
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31 |
25 |
Dec. 3, 1932 |
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Universal Weekly
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32 |
1 |
Dec. 17, 1932 |
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Universal Weekly
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32 |
2 |
Dec. 24, 1932 |
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Universal Weekly
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32 |
3 |
Dec. 31, 1932 |
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Universal Weekly
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32 |
4 |
Jan. 7, 1933 |
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Universal Weekly
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32 |
5 |
Jan. 14, 1933 |
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Universal Weekly
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32 |
7 |
Jan. 28, 1933 |
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Series 4. Richard Koszarski's various
Universal projects, 1971-1978, 1996
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BOX-FOLDER 7/1-9 |
American Film Institute Universal
Pictures project, 1971-1977
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Notes on screenings, archival sources and interviews. Correspondence file
focuses on dispute over AFI's claim of ownership of all scholarship funded by
Louis B. Mayer Oral History Program. |
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Oral history interviews, 1972-1974
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BOX-FOLDER 7/10 |
Gertrude Astor, July 12, 1973
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Interview transcript; photocopies of news articles. |
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See audiocassette RYR 2034
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BOX-FOLDER 7/11 |
Harry Burke, August 15, 1974
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Interview transcript; permission form. |
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See audiocassette RYR 2042
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BOX-FOLDER 7/12 |
Leslie Carey, August 7, 1974
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Permission form. |
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See audiotape reel RXK 0309
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