Manuscripts

Miscellaneous movie screenplays

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Description: This group of screenplays includes photocopies of five movie scripts: Black Stallion, Shane, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Singin' in the Rain, and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. It also includes ephemera associated with the Chinese adaptation of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" for the theater.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1938-1980.
Call number: mssHM 74849-74853
Provenance: Purchased from Bay Area Reproduction, October 16, 1980.
Associated people: Comden, Betty. (1901-1991.); Creedon, Richard. (1914-1987.); Green, Adolph.; Guthrie, A. B.,; Matheson, Melissa.; Rose, William,; Sears, Ted.
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Sign of the Wolf : movie poster

Manuscripts

Film poster for the movie "Sign of the Wolf."

mssHM 82024

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Mexican Kid : movie poster

Manuscripts

Film poster for the movie "Mexican Kid." This version is for the 1953 Danish release. Artwork is by K. Wenzel.

mssHM 82026

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Queen of the Yukon : movie poster

Manuscripts

Film poster for the movie "Queen of the Yukon." It has images of the actors on it, a steamship on a river, and the tag line "Adventures in an outcast world!" There is a stamp: "Roxy Fri Sat Oct 11 12."

mssHM 80759

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E. C. Dunn diary

Manuscripts

The diary only contains one month of entries. In the diary Dunn talks about his experience of living in a mining camp near Weaverville. He talks in detail about snow storms that caused the roofs of buildings to cave in and rain that caused floods; his fellow miners, including one man who got drunk and was later found dead in the snow; prices of provisions such as beef, pork, flour, barley, and potatoes; a New Year's ball held at the Independence Hotel in Weaverville; and problems with competing miners in Stewart's Flat.

mssHM 67919

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Movie poster: Burning daylight

Manuscripts

Hobart Bosworth's film was based on Jack London's 1910 novel Burning daylight. Hobart Bosworth and his Bosworth, Inc. produced six films based on Jack London's stories. The movie Burning daylight was released in 1914. The poster was printed in Erie, Pennsylvania by Erie Lithography.

mssHM 83400

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Śmierć Prezydenta: screenplay

Manuscripts

Printed copy of a script and synopsis of, and an article about the movie "Śmierć Prezydenta" ("Death of President") written by Boleslaw Michalek and Jerzy Kawalerowicz (he also directed). These were written in 1975 (the film was released in 1977). The film is about the assassination of Polish President Narutowicz in 1922. These items are in Polish. There is also a copy of the "22nd Annual San Francisco International Film Festival" (1978, Oct. 4-15) including an entry for the movie, which was going to be shown in the festival (p. 37).

mssHM 79078-79079

Miscellaneous movie screenplays

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