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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

 Collection

Gatewood W. Dunston Collection Relating to William Surrey Hart

Identifier: MSS25171
Abstract

Correspondence, synopses of stories and movie scripts, publicity material, notes, and clippings relating chiefly to William Surrey Hart's career as a star of silent western films, Hart's lawsuit against United Artists, and the efforts of Hart's son to contest his father's will.

Dates 1914-1955
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Tom J. Geraghty Papers

Identifier: MSS22145
Abstract

Journalist, motion picture producer, and screenwriter. Correspondence, notes, articles, scripts, printed matter, cartoons, and photographs relating to Geraghty's career as a screenwriter, producer, and journalist, his personal life, and his friendships with film personalities.

Dates 1923-1965; Majority of material found within ( 1923-1940)
 Collection

Groucho Marx Papers

Identifier: MSS47845
Abstract

Humorist and actor. Correspondence, book typescripts, and film scripts relating to Marx’s life and acting career.

Dates 1930-1967; Majority of material found within ( 1950-1965)
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Moral Re-armament Records

Identifier: MSS56671
Abstract

Worldwide movement dedicated to spiritual and ethical reawakening. Correspondence, subject files, financial records, play and film scripts, radio and television broadcasting files, press releases, clippings, print and near-print material, scrapbooks, and other records documenting the policies, organization, programs, activities, and membership of Moral Re-armament. Includes papers of the organization's founder, Frank Buchman, and members Ray Foote Purdy and Kenaston Twitchell.

Dates 1812-1991; Majority of material found within 1873-1966
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Motion picture copyright descriptions collection. Class L

Identifier: 2020603132
Abstract

The Motion Picture Copyright Descriptions Collection, Class L, consists of forms, abstracts, plot summaries, dialogue and continuity scripts, press kits, publicity and other material, submitted for the purpose of enabling descriptive cataloging for motion picture photoplays registered with the United States Copyright Office under Class L from 1912-1977.

Dates 1912-1977
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Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov Papers

Identifier: MSS34082
Abstract

Poet, novelist, literary critic, lecturer, and translator. Correspondence and notes with holograph and typescript drafts, galley proofs, page proofs, and printed versions of biographies, book reviews, essays, interviews, memoirs, novellas, novels, plays, poems, short stories, and translations of works by others.

Dates 1918-1974; Majority of material found within 1925-1965
 Collection

Arch Oboler Collection

Identifier: 2011622952
Abstract

Nearly the entirety of the prolific output of radio playwright and independent film maker Arch Oboler (1909-1987) in radio, motion pictures, television, theater, and print is contained in the Arch Oboler Collection. Featured are his radio plays from the 1930s and 1940s and the first three-dimensional feature film, Bwana Devil.

Dates 1916-1992; Majority of material found within ( 1936-1989)