The collection consists of correspondence, scripts, contracts, photographs, a production program, press clippings and other materials documenting the script development and production history of John Charles Brownell's play, Mississippi Rainbow. Corr...
Description:
John Charles Brownell was born in Burlington, Vermont in 1877. He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City, and worked as a professional actor and scenario editor for film companies before undertaking a playwrighting career. ...
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Name):
Atkinson, Brooks, 1894-1984., Brownell, John Charles., Du Bois, Shirley Graham, 1896-1977., Finn, Bennet R., Flanagan, Hallie, 1890-1969., Jelliffe, Rowena Woodham., Kondolf, George., McElhany, Thomas J., Sheil, Frank J., Ward, Theodore, 1902-1983., Federal Theatre Project (Chicago, Ill.), Federal Theatre Project (Chicago, Ill.). Negro Unit., Federal Theatre Project (New York, N.Y.), Playhouse Settlement (Cleveland, Ohio), Richard J. Madden Play Service., Samuel French, Inc., and United States. Works Progress Administration.
Subject (Topic):
African American actors, African American theater, Dramatists, American, Literary agents, Theater, Production and direction, and Theatrical producers and directors
"Notes on first draft script of 'Kane'," typescript carbon, dating from 30 April through 2 May, 1940, and screenplay, typescript carbon, "2nd draft continuity," dated 16 May, 1940 on cover, but including revision pages through 15 June, 1940 for the 19...
Description:
Orson Welles (1915-1985), American actor, writer, director, and producer in theater, radio, and film.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Name):
Comingore, Dorothy, 1913-1971., Cotten, Joseph, 1905-1994., Mankiewicz, Herman J. 1897-1953. (Herman Jacob),, Welles, Orson, 1915-1985., and RKO Radio Pictures.
Subject (Topic):
American literature, Motion picture producers and directors, Motion pictures, Production and direction, and Screenwriters
Papers include typescript carbon film treatment for "Love Story," by John Fante and Norman Foster (August 8, 1941); treatment (August 7, 1941) and shooting script (September 17, 1941) for "My Friend Bonito" by Norman Foster and John Fante; report with...
Description:
It's All True was a film project undertaken by Orson Welles and Mercury Productions, Inc. for RKO Pictures in 1941. The film was initially conceived by Welles to consist of four medium-length films based on true stories, including a short history of ...
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a promptbook of Macbeth, written in an interleaved copy of a printed edition of the play. The handwritten notes provide stage directions; scene descriptions; and sound and lighting directions; as well as directions fo...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
United States. and United States
Subject (Name):
Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century, Pitt, Charles Dibdin., Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616, and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Dramatic production, History, Stage history, English drama, Promptbooks, Stage fighting, Theater, and Production and direction
