Columbia Pictures Stills and Key Books, 1947-1989, Bulk 1950-1986
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8w381zm Online items available Columbia Pictures stills and key books, 1947-1989, bulk 1950-1986 Finding aid prepared by Arts Library Special Collections staff, pre-1999; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575 (310) 825-4988 [email protected] Online finding aid last updated 18 October 2017. Columbia Pictures stills and key 2213 1 books, 1947-1989, bulk 1950-1986 Title: Columbia Pictures stills and key books Collection number: 2213 Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections Language of Material: English Physical Description: 250.0 linear feet(575 boxes) Date (bulk): Bulk, 1957-1975 Date (inclusive): 1947-1989, bulk 1957-1975 Abstract: Columbia Pictures history can be traced back to 1918 when brothers Harry and Jack Cohn formed a partnership with their associate Joe Brandt, to produce low-budget short films and featurettes; the three were former employees of Carl Laemmle. They called the company CBC Film Sales (Cohn-Brandt-Cohn). Incorporated in 1924, CBC became Columbia Pictures Corporation; films were created on Hollywood's Poverty Row, an area housing small production companies that churned out a large volume of low-budget westerns and B pictures. Columbia developed into to a major Hollywood studio by the 1930s due in part to the leadership of Harry Cohn and the talent of director Frank Capra. Capra contributed to a number of "firsts" for the studio including Columbia's first Academy Award for Best Picture of 1934 for It Happened One Night. Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance through our electronic paging system using the request button located on this page. http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do?ark=21198/zz002jb7f9 Creator: Columbia Pictures. Conditions Governing Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance through our electronic paging system using the request button located on this page. Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. 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], Columbia Pictures Stills and Key Books (Collection 159). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Columbia Pictures. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 709491 Biography/History Columbia Pictures history can be traced back to 1918 when brothers Harry and Jack Cohn formed a partnership with their associate Joe Brandt, to produce low-budget short films and featurettes; the three were former employees of Carl Laemmle. They called the company CBC Film Sales (Cohn-Brandt-Cohn). Incorporated in 1924, CBC became Columbia Pictures Corporation; films were created on Hollywood's Poverty Row, an area housing small production companies that churned out a large volume of low-budget westerns and B pictures. Columbia developed into to a major Hollywood studio by the 1930s due in part to the leadership of Harry Cohn and the talent of director Frank Capra. Capra contributed to a number of "firsts" for the studio including Columbia’s first Academy Award for Best Picture of 1934 for It Happened One Night. During the 1930’s and 40’s, the Cohn brothers expanded the studio by purchasing additional property in Burbank to use as a back lot for location filming. Additionally, in the late-1940s, Columbia Pictures was one of the first studios to venture into the television business with the formation of Screen Gems, later named Columbia Pictures Television, then Columbia TriStar Television. The late 1950’s saw the deaths of both Cohn brothers and the end of an era at Columbia. In 1968, the company reorganized changing it corporate title from Columbia Pictures Corporation to Columbia Pictures Industries with Columbia Pictures and Screen Gems as its major divisions. Financial difficulties in the 1970s lead the company to bankruptcy and a new management lead by Alan Hirschfield and David Begelman. Begelman was later replaced by Frank Price; Price was succeeded by David Puttnam, replaced one year later by Dawn Steel. The In 1982, Columbia was purchased by The Coca-Cola Company. By 1989, Sony Corporation purchased Columbia Pictures Corporation from The Coca-Cola Company, forming Sony Pictures Entertainment. The company relocated to the former Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot in Culver City, California and was renamed Sony Pictures Studios. Columbia Pictures stills and key 2213 2 books, 1947-1989, bulk 1950-1986 Among the films that contributed to the success of Columbia Pictures between the 1940s and 1980s were: The Jolson Story (1947), All the Kings Men (1949, Academy Award for Best Picture), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, Academy Award for Best Picture), Born Yesterday (1950), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Easy Rider (1969), From Here to Eternity (1953), Funny Girl (1968), Ghostbusters (1984), Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979, Academy Award for Best Picture), Lawrence Of Arabia (1962, Academy Award for Best Picture), A Man For All Seasons (1966, Academy Award for Best Picture), Midnight Express (1978), Oliver! (1968, Academy Award for Best Picture), On the Waterfront (1954), Shampoo (1975), Stripes (1981), Taxi Driver (1976), To Sir With Love (1967), Tootsie (1982), and The Way We Were (1973). Sources: Katz Film Encyclopedia, 1979, UCLA Film and Television Archive https://www.cinema.ucla.edu/collections/columbia-pictures , and Sony Pictures Muesuem http://www.sonypicturesmuseum.com/studio/history Scope and Content The collection consists of Columia Pictures' stills and key books, documenting produced films from the early 1950s to late-1980s. Included are prints, proof sheets, negatives, slides, and transparencies that depict scenes, as well as off-camera photographs showing various aspects of production filming, and publicity portraits. Among the 500-plus films represented in the collection are The Bridge on the River Kwai, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1969), Born Free (1966), Born Yesterday (1950), Butterflies are Free (1972), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), The Cardinal (1963), Cat Ballou (1965), Dr. Strangelove (1964), Easy Rider (1969), From Here to Eternity (1953), Funny Girl (1968), Georgy Girl (1966), Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? (1967), The Guns of Navaron (1961), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), King Rat (1965), A Man For All Seasons, Oliver! (1968), Picnic (1955), On the Waterfront (1954), Ship of Fools(1965), Stripes (1981), Taxi Driver (1976), and The Way We Were (1973), among many others. Organization and Arrangement The collections is arranged alphabetically by project titles, which may be working title, alternate title, or release title, and for a small amount of files by person's name. Subjects and Indexing Terms Columbia Pictures. -- Archives Motion picture studios--California--Los Angeles--Archives. Box 92 ACTORS (1966) Scope and Content Note Todd Armstrong, Joby Baker, Harrison Ford, James Fox, Joe Gallison, Rian Garrick, Chuck Henerson, Duke Hobbie, Tom Nardini, and Clint Ritchies. Box 88 ACTRESSES (1960) Scope and Content Note Senta Berger, Carol Douglas, Kathy/Kathryn Grant, Janet Landgard, Margie Regan, Cammilla Sparv, Stella Stevens, and Nina Wayne. Box 73 BUCHANAN RIDES ALONE (listed as Name's Buchanan) (1958) Box 40 $ [Dollars] (1971) Box 457 $ [Dollars] (1971) Box 383 10 RILLINGTON PLACE (1971) Box 535 10 RILLINGTON PLACE (1971) Box 122 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS (1959) Box 265 1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS (1959) Box 22 12 HOURS TO KILL (1960) Box 83 12 TO THE MOON (1960) Box 274 12 TO THE MOON (1960) Box 32 13 FIGHTING MEN (1960) Box 93 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS (1963) Box 446 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS (1963) Box 447 13 FRIGHTENED GIRLS (1963) Box 279 13 GHOSTS (1960) Columbia Pictures stills and key 2213 3 books, 1947-1989, bulk 1950-1986 Container List Box 271 13 WEST STREET (1962) Box 272 13 WEST STREET (1962) Box 91 13 WEST STREET (folder titled 13 E Street) (1962) Box 62 1776 (1972) Box 376 1776 (1972) Box 519 1776 (1972) Box 553 1776 (1972) Box 168 2ND TIME AROUND, THE (1961) Box 574 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER, THE (1960) Box 107 3 WORLDS OF GULLIVER, THE (folder titled GULLIVER'S TRAVEL) (1960) Box 117 3:10 TO YUMA (1957) Box 269 3:10 TO YUMA (1957) Box 76 30 IS A DANGEROUS AGE, CYNTHIA (1968) Box 212 30 IS A DANGEROUS AGE, CYNTHIA (1968) Box 108 30-FOOT BRIDE OF CANDY ROCK (folder titled His 30-Foot Bride) (1959) Box 23 39 STEPS, THE (1959) Box 34 39 STEPS, THE (1959) Box 116 40 CARATS (1973) Box 414 AARON LOVES ANGELA (1975) Box 461 AARON LOVES ANGELA (1975) Box 470 AARON LOVES ANGELA (1975) Scope and Content Note Slides only. Box 487 AARON LOVES ANGELA (1975) Box 2 ADVISE & CONSENT (1962) Box 448 ADVISE & CONSENT (1962) Box 61 AGE OF CONSENT (1969) Box 333 AGE OF CONSENT (1969) Box 534 AGE OF CONSENT (1969) Box 38 AGONY AND THE ECSTACY, THE (1965) Box 39 AGONY AND THE ECSTACY, THE (1965) Box 34 ALASKA PASSAGE (1959) Box 479 ALL THE RIGHT MOVES (1983) Box 264 ALL THE YOUNG