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Dorothy Arzner Papers PASC.0175 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf538nb2tc No online items Finding Aid for the Dorothy Arzner Papers PASC.0175 Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by D. MacGill UCLA Library Special Collections Online finding aid last updated on 2020 August 28. Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 [email protected] URL: https://www.library.ucla.edu/special-collections Finding Aid for the Dorothy PASC.0175 1 Arzner Papers PASC.0175 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Title: Dorothy Arzner papers Creator: Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0175 Physical Description: 3.5 Linear Feet(7 boxes) Date (inclusive): circa 1920-1979 Abstract: Collection consists of clippings, sketches, photographs and motion picture stills, correspondence, scrapbooks, audio recordings, and ephemera related to Dorothy Arzner's personal life and career as filmmaker. Includes stills the films Anybody's Woman, The Bride Wore Red, The Covered Wagon, Craig's Wife, Dance Girl Dance, Fashion for Women, First Comes Courage, Get Your Man, Manhattan Cocktail, Merrily We Go To Hell, Nana, Old Ironsides, Ten Modern Commandments, and Working Girls. Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Language of Material: Materials are in English. Conditions Governing Access Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains processed audiovisual materials. All requests to access audiovisual materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Dorothy Arzner papers (Collection PASC 175). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Immediate Source of Acquisition Gift of Mildred Sumner, 1985. Processing Information Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices. Processed by Library Special Collections staff, circa 1998. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 462250 Biography Arzner was born Jan. 3, 1900; studied medicine at Univ. of So. CA; ambulance driver in WWI (1917-18); in 1919, she was hired by William C. De Mille as a stenographer in the script dept. at Famous Players-Lasky (Paramount), and was later promoted to script clerk, film cutter, and film editor; editor for Realart, a subsidiary of Paramount, 1922; wrote and edited "Old Ironsides," 1925; met Marion Morgan, choreographer and dancer, in the early 1930s and the two remained companions until Morgan's death in 1971; retired from directing in 1943; produced WAC training films during WWII; taught at UCLA and made commercials for Pepsi-Cola; her credits include, "Christopher Strong" (1933), "Nana" (1934), and "Craig's Wife" (1936); honored at the 1st International Festival of Women's Films, NY, 1972, and by Director's Guild of America, 1975; died Oct. 1, 1979 in La Quinta, CA. Scope and Content Collection consists of clippings, sketches, photographs and motion picture stills, correspondence, scrapbooks, audio recordings, and ephemera related to Arzner's personal life and career as filmmaker. Includes stills the films Anybody's Woman, The Bride Wore Red, The Covered Wagon, Craig's Wife, Dance Girl Dance, Fashion for Women, First Comes Finding Aid for the Dorothy PASC.0175 2 Arzner Papers PASC.0175 Courage, Get Your Man, Manhattan Cocktail, Merrily We Go To Hell, Nana, Old Ironsides, Ten Modern Commandments, and Working Girls. Organization Arranged in the following series: 1. Audio recordings (box 2) 2. Clippings (box 5) 3. Negatives (box 6) 4. Personal sketches (box 5) 5. Personal photographs (boxes 5-6) 6. Personal correspondence (box 7) 7. Scrapbooks (boxes 1,3,4) 8. Stills (box 6) 9. Tributes (boxes 6-7) 10. Writings by and about Arzner (box 7) Subjects and Indexing Terms Women motion picture producers and directors -- Archives. Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 -- Archives Audio recordings Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains processed audiovisual materials. All requests to access audiovisual materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. box 2, case 1 DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 1 of 5 pasc_0175_002_001 1975 January 25 Creator: Ida Lupino, 1918-1995 Creator: Directors Guild of America Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 0:14:14)7 inch Conditions Governing Access CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Scope and Contents Transcribed from container: Original; Voices of- Doug Morrison, Joelle Debrew, Ida Lupino Subjects and Indexing Terms Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 Finding Aid for the Dorothy PASC.0175 3 Arzner Papers PASC.0175 Audio recordings box 2, case 2 DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 2 of 5 pasc_0175_002_002 1975 January 25 Creator: McCall, Mary C., Jr., 1904-1986 Creator: Directors Guild of America Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 0:16:17)7 inch Conditions Governing Access CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Scope and Contents Transcribed from container: Original Subjects and Indexing Terms Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 box 2, case 3 DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 3 of 5 pasc_0175_002_003 1975 January 25 Creator: Folsey, George J., 1898-1988 Creator: Wellman, William A., 1896-1975 Creator: Directors Guild of America Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 0:14:15)7 inch Conditions Governing Access CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Scope and Contents Content note: Features the reading of telegrams from Mayor Tom Bradley, Joe Mankiewicz, Lucille Ball, and Katherine Hepburn, and Frank Capra. Subjects and Indexing Terms Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 box 2, case 4 DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 4 of 5 pasc_0175_002_004 1975 January 25 Creator: O'Hara, Shirley Creator: Coppola, Francis Ford, 1939- Creator: Directors Guild of America Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 0:16:19)7 inch Conditions Governing Access CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Scope and Contents Content note: Features the reading of a telegrams from CA Secretary of State March Fong Eu, Fay Wray, Louie Hayward, Fredrick March, Rosalind Russel, Joan Crawford, Subjects and Indexing Terms Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 Finding Aid for the Dorothy PASC.0175 4 Arzner Papers PASC.0175 Audio recordings box 2, case 5 DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 5 of 5 pasc_0175_002_005 1975 January 25 Creator: Ballard, Lucien, 1908-1988 Creator: Directors Guild of America Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 1/4 inch audiotape; Duration: 0:11:04)7 inch Conditions Governing Access CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Subjects and Indexing Terms Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 box 2, case 6 DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Part 1 of 2 pasc_0175_002_006a undated Creator: Ida Lupino, 1918-1995 Creator: Directors Guild of America Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:44:49) Conditions Governing Access CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests to access digital materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page. Subjects and Indexing Terms Arzner, Dorothy, 1900-1979 box 2, case 6 DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Part 2 of 2 / Fragment of King Vidor Talk pasc_0175_002_006b undated Creator: Vidor, King, 1894-1982 Creator: Directors Guild of America Physical Description: 1 Sound Recordings(1 audiocassette; Duration: 0:46:47) Conditions Governing Access CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Audiovisual materials are available for access. All requests
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