Screenwriters -- United States
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3762 Collections and/or Records:
Notes, correspondence, drafts
File — Box 55, Folder: 10
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates:
April 1982, undated
Notes, correspondence, incomplete draft with notes
File — Box 49, Folder: 5
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates:
1984, undated
Notes, correspondence, invoice, research
File — Box 76, Folder: 6
Series Description
From the Series:
Again, this series is divided into Produced and Unproduced material.The sub-series of produced works is arranged by production date. The bulk of the sub-series consists of Pancho Villa’s Wedding Day, which, after Shrake turned it from a film script into a play script, underwent more incarnations, including as a musical. Numerous, corrected drafts are included, from 1977 to 1994, when he stopped revising it. The play was staged in 1984. The...
Dates:
2003-2009, undated
Found in:
The Wittliff Collections
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Edwin “Bud” Shrake Papers
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Play Scripts
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Unproduced Play Scripts
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Jack
Notes, correspondence, outline photocopy
File — Box 60, Folder: 6
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates:
1988-1989, undated
Notes, correspondence, research
File — Box 53, Folder: 1
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates:
1982-2001, undated
Notes, correspondence, research
File — Box 56, Folder: 1
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is also divided into Produced and Unproduced work. The Produced sub-series is arranged by production date. It contains similar materials: drafts, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and press clippings. The three projects Shrake was most closely involved with — Kid Blue, Songwriter and Pair of Aces — contain the most materials. The Beverly Hills Cop II folders...
Dates:
1986-1993, undated
Notes: dialog re-writes, editing notes,10 pages, March 22, 1984
File — Box 14, Folder: 7
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...
Dates:
March 22, 1984
Found in:
The Wittliff Collections
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Sam Shepard Papers
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Films
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Films written by Shepard
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Paris, TX (1984)
Notes for music mix
File — Box 22, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers of filmmaker and writer Severo Perez span 1972-2010 and document his career in film and television, and as a writer. The collection is arranged into six series: 1) Film; 2) Television; 3) Plays; 4) Books; 5) The National Endowment for the Humanities; and 6) Audio and Video Materials. Perez also donated an extensive amount of audiovisual material which includes film reels and prints for …and the earth did not swallow him as well as many of...
Dates:
1993
Notes for rewrite, undated
File — Box 5, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The papers of filmmaker and writer Severo Perez span 1972-2010 and document his career in film and television, and as a writer. The collection is arranged into six series: 1) Film; 2) Television; 3) Plays; 4) Books; 5) The National Endowment for the Humanities; and 6) Audio and Video Materials. Perez also donated an extensive amount of audiovisual material which includes film reels and prints for …and the earth did not swallow him as well as many of...
Dates:
undated
Notes on characters Sam and Brooke
File — Box 3, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Produced works comprise the bulk of the collection. It consists of screenplays, notes, publicity, and other production material for the films Bad Company, Kramer vs. Kramer, Still of the Night, Nadine, Places in the Heart, Billy Bathgate, and Nobody’s Fool.
Dates:
1976 - 1981
Notes on cuts, August 1993
File — Box 17, Folder: 3
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...
Dates:
August 1993
Notes on cutting/editing, 8 pages, January 1988
File — Box 14, Folder: 13
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...
Dates:
January 1988
Found in:
The Wittliff Collections
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Sam Shepard Papers
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Films
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Films written by Shepard
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Far North (1988)
Notes on final trims of opening from editor Bill Yahraus, undated
File — Box 17, Folder: 4
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...
Dates:
undated
Notes on second draft regarding budget, music and sound, 10 pages, February 1987
File — Box 14, Folder: 12
Series Description
From the Series:
This series is divided into two subseries. The first, films for which Shepard wrote the screenplay, includes: notes, annotated drafts, dialogue rewrites, publicity, correspondence, contracts, music notes, production notes and schedules. Of the films in this subseries, Silent Tongueincludes the most information (1 linear foot), followed by Far North(.25 linear feet.), Onibaba(.25 linear feet),...
Dates:
February 1987
Found in:
The Wittliff Collections
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Sam Shepard Papers
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Films
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Films written by Shepard
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Far North (1988)
Notes on “William Kittredge”, undated
File — Box 1892, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Personal papers of author James Crumley. These items were collected from his home and reflect Crumley’s professional writing career and personal life. This collection includes multiple drafts of Crumley’s screenplays and novels, international translations, and publicity; some writings by other authors; drawings and work by Crumley’s first wife, Martha Elizabeth; correspondence; a sampling of documents that reflect his medical and financial history; reviews; publicity; photographs; office...
Dates:
undated
Notes, outline, draft of "Skinny Annie Blues" , 1958-2008
File — Box 1072, Folder: 13-14
Dates:
1958-2008
Notes, outlines for "Skinny Annie Blues"; includes map of Galveston , 1958-2008
File — Box 1072, Folder: 9
Dates:
1958-2008
Notes, partial rewrite of first draft, July 5, 1989
File — Box 326, Folder: 7
Series Description
From the Series:
The Screenplays are arranged chronologically according to when they were written. The order does not reflect the order in which the films were released. The date following the title in parentheses is the release date. Photographs, film, and videotape may not be duplicated without permission from the Wittliff estate.
Dates:
July 5, 1989
Notes: "Peter's file", undated
File — Box 32, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The works by others in this series are from Sullivan Street (by Walter Bernstein), Hoffa (by David Mamet), and The Homesman or Seeing the Elephant (by Naomi Foner).
Dates:
undated
