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Screenwriters -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3762 Collections and/or Records:

Robert Benton Additions

 Collection
Identifier: UPWC-15075
Abstract

Materials related to the career of filmmaker, Robert Benton

Dates: 1938-2010

Robert Benton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SWWC-096
Abstract

The Robert Benton Papers document the filmmaking career of the Oscar- winning writer and director. Works represented include Kramer vs. Kramer, Still of the Night, Nadine, Places in the Heart, Billy Bathgate, and Nobody’s Fool. Materials include scripts, notes, production and publicity materials, photographs, and set designs for films Benton wrote and/or directed.

Dates: 1969-1994

Beresford, Bruce. "Curse of the Starving Class," 3rd draft, typescript, May 5, 1992

 File — Box 23, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series:

Arranged by genre (articles, books, sound recordings, screenplays, short stories and teleplays), most of the works in this series are based on or inspired by Shepard’s works. Authors mailed the works to Shepard for his comments, and many items include typescripts annotated by Shepard and correspondence.

Dates: May 5, 1992

Beresford, Bruce. "Curse of the Starving Class," 4th draft, typescript, July 1, 1992

 File — Box 23, Folder: 10
Series Description From the Series:

Arranged by genre (articles, books, sound recordings, screenplays, short stories and teleplays), most of the works in this series are based on or inspired by Shepard’s works. Authors mailed the works to Shepard for his comments, and many items include typescripts annotated by Shepard and correspondence.

Dates: July 1, 1992

Bestseller lists

 File — Box 99, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Though essentially consisting of only three projects, all published, this sub-series contains a voluminous amount of research on its subjects, especially Willie Nelson. Included in the Willie materials are numerous tapes and transcripts of interviews Shrake and others did with Nelson and his acquaintances. Also included are clipping files on Nelson and country music going back to 1978 (when Shrake was writing the Songwriter screenplay), and many files of...
Dates: 1948-2001, undated

Beverly Hills Cop II, 1985-1989, undated

 Sub-Series
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: 1985-1989, undated

Beyond - printout photocopy, January 7, 1992

 File — Box 44, Folder: 2
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: January 7, 1992

Biff Collie and Mae Axton (2 copies)

 File — Box 79, Box: 9
Scope and Contents From the Series: Though essentially consisting of only three projects, all published, this sub-series contains a voluminous amount of research on its subjects, especially Willie Nelson. Included in the Willie materials are numerous tapes and transcripts of interviews Shrake and others did with Nelson and his acquaintances. Also included are clipping files on Nelson and country music going back to 1978 (when Shrake was writing the Songwriter screenplay), and many files of...
Dates: 1978-2002, undated

Big River , 1986

 Sub-subseries
Series Description From the Series:

Drafts, manuscripts, and typescripts of Hauptman’s plays, teleplay, screenplays, short stories, poetry, novel, articles and criticism are located in this series. Titles under each genre are filed alphabetically. Related correspondence, reviews, clippings, publicity, and playbills are filed after the draft or script for each title.

Dates: 1986

Bigfoot Wallace, circa 1983-1985

 File — Box 125, Folder: 4
Series Description From the Series:

Shrake kept subject files on a wide variety of topics, often having to do with ideas for writing projects. These files make up the Subject Files sub-series and are the bulk of the Research series.They are arranged alphabetically by subject. Also included in the Research series are the Notes and Notebooks sub-series, and books and general research. The series is arranged chronologically by sub-series

Dates: circa 1983-1985

Bill Wittliff (2 copies)

 File — Box 82, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents From the Series: Though essentially consisting of only three projects, all published, this sub-series contains a voluminous amount of research on its subjects, especially Willie Nelson. Included in the Willie materials are numerous tapes and transcripts of interviews Shrake and others did with Nelson and his acquaintances. Also included are clipping files on Nelson and country music going back to 1978 (when Shrake was writing the Songwriter screenplay), and many files of...
Dates: 1978-2002, undated

“Bill’s Copy 5/8/97” draft printout, page 1-158, May 8, 1997

 File — Box 18, Folder: 7
Series Description From the Series: The series is composed of two sub-series Published and Unpublished material. Published material starts with the first short story Shrake published, in 1959, and ending with his last novel to be published, in 2006, this sub-series is arranged chronologically according to publication date. It contains handwritten, typewritten and computer-generated drafts, proofs of all kinds, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials, research files, and press clippings. The book with the...
Dates: May 8, 1997

Billy Bathgate

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series is the second largest and includes photographs from Still of the Night, Places in the Heart, Billy Bathgate, Nobody’s Fool, and Magic Hour.

Dates: 1981 - 1996

Billy Bathgate, 1990, undated

 Series
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: 1990, undated

Billy Bathgate set designs, set drawings, and set plans

 File — Map-case Dr. 9
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series consists of story boards, posters, set designs, set drawings, set plans, and framed photoprints that are oversized and do not fit into standard size archival boxes. It includes story boards from Nadine and Places in the Heart; posters from Still of the Night, Billy Bathgate, Bad Company, The Late Show, Places in the Heart, Kramer vs. Kramer, Nobody’s Fool, Nadine (French version),...
Dates: 1969-1994

Billy Boy, 2000-2009

 Sub-Series
Series Description From the Series: The series is composed of two sub-series Published and Unpublished material. Published material starts with the first short story Shrake published, in 1959, and ending with his last novel to be published, in 2006, this sub-series is arranged chronologically according to publication date. It contains handwritten, typewritten and computer-generated drafts, proofs of all kinds, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials, research files, and press clippings. The book with the...
Dates: 2000-2009

Billy Cooper (2 copies)

 File — Box 79, Box: 10
Scope and Contents From the Series: Though essentially consisting of only three projects, all published, this sub-series contains a voluminous amount of research on its subjects, especially Willie Nelson. Included in the Willie materials are numerous tapes and transcripts of interviews Shrake and others did with Nelson and his acquaintances. Also included are clipping files on Nelson and country music going back to 1978 (when Shrake was writing the Songwriter screenplay), and many files of...
Dates: 1978-2002, undated

"Billy the Kid", 1996 - 1998

 Sub-Series — Box 93-94
Series Description From the Series:

This small series includes notes, research, and various drafts for an unpublished novel titled “Billy the Kid.”

Dates: 1996 - 1998

Billy Walker

 File — Box 82, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents From the Series: Though essentially consisting of only three projects, all published, this sub-series contains a voluminous amount of research on its subjects, especially Willie Nelson. Included in the Willie materials are numerous tapes and transcripts of interviews Shrake and others did with Nelson and his acquaintances. Also included are clipping files on Nelson and country music going back to 1978 (when Shrake was writing the Songwriter screenplay), and many files of...
Dates: 1978-2002, undated