In this section, you will find websites focused on various aspects of the Western.
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The Lone Ranger Radio Broadcast
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The Lone Ranger Comic Books
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The John Ford Papers
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George Stevens Papers
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Of particular interest:
folders 26-28: Rio Grande, 1950 Scripts; story; cast and crew lists; daily production report; background notes; shooting schedule; accounting statement; film earnings folders 34-35: The Quiet Man, 1952 Script notes; dialogue; narration; background material; lyrics and music notes; continuity (for the fight scene); credits; staff list; travel and shooting schedules; casting notes; accounting statements folders 19-22: The Searchers, 1956 Scripts (2); synopsis; background material; story and production notes; cast list; credits; shooting schedule; daily production reports; statements of accounting folders 27-30: The Last Hurrah, 1958 Script; incomplete script (pp. 125-225 only); synopsis; script notes; cast list; budget; shooting schedule; assistant director's daily reports; statements of accounting; invoices; accounting reports. See also: Bound volume 1 folders 34-35: The Horse Soldiers, 1959 Script; dialogue notes; background materials; crew lists; cast and credits; shooting schedule; budget; news releases; statements of accounting folders 12-14: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962 Scripts (2); dialogue continuity; staff and crew list; estimated cost; shooting schedule; projection budget; cast list; billing; preview report; foreign prospects reports; statements of accounting |
The collection includes:
35-f.456 Giant - - Script 1952 contains: novel by Edna Ferber, 1952, pages 1-292 [part 1 of 2; paperback; heavily annotated]. 36-f.464 Giant - - Script contains: synopsis of script, undated, 63 pages [two copies; "George Stevens" written on cover of one copy and this copy is lightly annotated]. 37-f.472 Giant - - Script 1954 contains: white script by Edna Ferber, June 28, 1954, through August 23, 1954, 285 pages [heavily annotated; George Stevens copy]; notes, 5 pages. 38-f.480 Giant - - Script contains: final screenplay by Fred Guiol and Ivan Moffat, April 4, 1955, 178 pages [bound in hand tooled leather with George Stevens name on the cover]. 48-f.575 Giant - - Advertising 1956-1957 includes: memos regarding publicity which calls film a Warner Bros. production instead of a George Stevens production, January-March 1956. 49-f.588 Giant - - Cameramen 1955 51-f.615 Giant - - Financial 1956-1964 includes: copy of letter from Bernard R. Goodman giving costs of prints and advertising and enclosing a list of theaters the film would play, December 5, 1956; memos regarding grosses; draft of a letter from Henry Ginsberg to Jack Warner concerning the results of the audit, April 8, 1957; carbon of letter from Mr. Ginsberg to Ben Kalmenson regarding the results of the audit, May 2, 1957; letter from Jess Morgan regarding an offer by Warner Bros. to buy the rights to the film from the partnership, May 27, 1957; carbon of a letter from Mr. Stevens to Mr. Morgan discussing the Warner Bros. offer, Henry Ginsberg and Rock Hudson's contract, May 31, 1957; reports from Mr. Morgan with gross figures. 52-f.650 Giant - - Movement Lists 1955 53-f.672 Giant - - Programs 1956 55-f.682 Giant - - Publicity Clippings 1957 57-f.702 Giant - - Schedules 1955 includes: shooting schedule, April 25, 1955. 57-f.720 Giant - - Writers 1954-1955 |