John Hay Whitney: A Container List of His Financial Records and Synopses at the Harry Ransom Center Descriptive Summary Creator: Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Title: John Hay Whitney Financial Records and Synopses Dates: circa 1935-1942 Extent: 70 cartons (70 linear feet) Abstract: The collection consists of billing records and other financial documents from Selznick International Pictures (SIP) dating from 1935 to 1942, and thousands of book, play, and film synopses from SIP's files. Call Number: Film Collection FI-00048 Language: English Access: Open for research. Researchers must create an online Research Account and agree to the Materials Use Policy before using archival materials. Part or all of this collection is housed off-site and may require up to three business days’ notice for access in the Ransom Center’s Reading and Viewing Room. 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Acquisition: Purchase, 1989 Processed by: Kris Kiesling, Alan van Dyke, 2000; Kevin O’Sullivan, 2010 Repository: Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin 2 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 Related Material The John Hay Whitney Papers at the Ransom Center contain additional records of Whitney's work for Selznick International Pictures. 3 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 Financial Records Billings Blackout, 8/31/40 - 1/10/42 Container 1 Garden of Allah 11/21/36 - 4/17/37 Container 2 4/10/37 - 7/2/38 Container 3 7/9/38 - 1/10/42 Container 4 Intermezzo 6/10/39 - 1/27/40 Container 5 2/3/40 - 1/10/42 Container 6 Little Lord Fauntleroy 3/7/36 - 8/22/36 Container 7 8/29/36 - 10/22/38 Container 8 10/29/38 - 1/3/42 Container 9 Made for Each Other 10/22/38 - 7/27/39 Container 10 8/5/39 - 1/10/42 Container 11 Nothing Sacred 11/20/37 - 2/26/38 Container 12 3/5/38 - 10/15/38 Container 13 10/22/38 - 1/10/42 Container 14 The Prisoner of Zenda 9/4/37 - 12/25/37 Container 15 1/1/38 - 6/25/38 Container 16 4 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 7/2/38 - 1/10/42 Container 17 Rebecca 5/6/39 - 6/8/40 Container 18 6/15/40 - 8/31/40 Container 19 9/7/40 - 1/10/42 Container 20 A Star Is Born 4/24/37 - 7/24/37 Container 21 7/31/37 - 3/5/38 Container 22 3/12/38 - 10/28/39 Container 23 11/4/39 - 1/10/42 Container 24 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 2/5/38 - 5/28/38 Container 25 6/4/38 - 10/29/38 Container 26 11/5/38 - 1/10/42 Container 27 The Young at Heart 5/28/38 - 2/11/39 Container 28 2/18/39 - 7/29/39 Container 29 8/5/39 - 1/10/42 Container 30 Container Selznick International Pictures, cancelled checks and statements, 11/2/35 - 4/21/39 31 5 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 Synopses A - Anc Container 32 And - Az Container 33 B - Bi Container 34 Bl - Bri Container 35 Bro - Cas Container 36 Cat - Con Container 37 Coo - Dark Container 38 Darl - Dev Container 39 Di - Ec Container 40 Ed - Fan Container 41 Far - for V Container 42 Forb - Get Container 43 Gh - Grea Container 44 Gree - Her W Container 45 Here - Hu Container 46 I - Ir Container 47 Is - Jum Container 48 Jun - Lam Container 49 Lan - Lif Container 50 Lig - Lyn Container 51 M - Marr Container 52 Mars - Miss W Container 53 Missi - My Container 54 6 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 My - Nos Container 55 Not - Or Container 56 Os - Pe Container 57 Ph - Pr Container 58 Pu - Rh Container 59 Ri - Saj Container 60 Sal - She T Container 61 She W - Sod Container 62 Sol - Storm Container 63 Story - Ta Container 64 Te - Three G Container 65 Three H - Tram Container 66 Tran - U Container 67 V - We Container 68 Wh - Wol Container 69 Wom - Z Container 70 7 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 List of Synopses Titles L’ Accroche-Coeur Das Affidavit And Back to the Beginning And Both Were Young And Life Burns On And More Also And Now Goodbye And One Was Beautiful And Points Beyond And So My Heart And So to Sea And So Victoria --and Son And Stars Remain And Still I Cheat the Gallows And Still They Dream And Tell of Time And the Band Played Bla** And the Body Was Still Warm And the Town Talked And Then Came Spring And Then Goodbye And Then You Wish And They Hang Pictures Andorran Nights Andrew Jackson, Portrait of a President Andrew to the Lions Angel Angel Child Angel Face Angel in Spain Angel Is 22 Angel Island Angel Making Music The Angel of the Prisons Angel’s Flight Angelica Angels May Weep Angels’ Mirth Angles Angry Man’s Tale Anielka Anitra’s Dance Ann of Broadway Ann Veronica Anna Anna and Elizabeth Anna Becker Anna Christie 8 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 Anna Mathilda McNeill Whistler Anna Minton’s Life Anna of Austria Anna of Windy Poplar Anna Vesper The Anointed Another Term Another Woman’s Reward The Antagonists The Anteroom Anthem Anthony and Anna Anthony and Cleopatra Anthony Buday Nagy Antic City Antidote to Venom The Antigua Stamp Anton’s Quest Antonia Antonio Anybody’s Game Astricken Field La Bandera La Barberina La Belle Equipe La Bete Humaine La Bete & La Maison Menacee & Soir C-r-r-r-ash! La Cendre Chaude (La Petit Illustration) Clarence Budington Kelland Co-Op Concealed Weapon Concentratin’ Concert Pitch Concord in Jeopardy Condemned Tomorrows Conduct Unbecoming Coney Island The Confession Confession of a Murderer Confessions of a Thug Confessions of a Young Man Confidential Confidential Story Conflict of the Sexes Conflict with a God Conflicts (3 Stories) Conflit The Congress Dances Conjur Conquering Male 9 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 The Conqueror Conqueror of the Seas Conqueror’s Stone Conquest (1) Conquest (2) The Conquest of Canaan The Conquest of Life Consider Lily Consider Your Verdict The Constant Nymph The Constant Sinner The Constant Wife Consultation Room Consulting Specialist The Convent Conversation Piece Convict Captain Copra Copy Coquette The Coral Curtain The Coral Island Coralie Cordelia Blossom The Corn Is Green The Corned Beef Heiress A Corner in Paradise Corner on Romance Cornhusker’s Musical Coronation Coroporal Corey of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police The Corpse in the Derby Hat The Corpse That Traveled Corpus Delicti Correspondent Unknown The Corsair The Corsican Brothers Cossacks La Cossitt Stories Costello Case Cotton Allen Cottonwood Canyon The Counsellor Counsellor-at-Law Count Azar (1) Count Azar (2) Count Hannibal Count Luckner, the Sea Devil Counter Attractions Counterfeit Coin The Countess 10 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 Countess from Iowa Country Club Dance The Country Cousin Country Lawyer The Country of the Blind The Country Wife County Court The County Farm The Courageous Sex Court Martial The Court of Boyville Court of Fair Maidens The Courtenay Treasure Courthouse Square The Courting Chair Carried Romance Couturiere Covering the Far East Cowbaby Cowboy in the Making Crackpot The Cradle Cradle of Life The Cradle Will Rock Cradled in Murder Craine’s First Case Cranberry Red Cranford The Crazy Fool Crazy Kid Creative Cinema Crest of the Wave Cricket on the Hearth The Crime at the Conquistador Crime File No. Two: Crime of Rufus Ray The Crime Magnet Episodes 1, 2, 3 Crime Marches On The Crime of Loving Crime of Violence Crime on the Cuff Crime on the Kennet Crime Tears On The Crime without a Name Crimefile #3: File on Fenton and Farr The Criminals The Crimson Conquest The Crimson Gardenia Crimson Gold Crimson Ice Crinklenose Crinks The Crinoline 11 Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982 Film Collection FI-00048 Crippled Splendor La Crise Est Finie Critics Don’t like Turkey Crocodile Cure Crocus Crooked Alley The Crooked Circle Crooked Eclipse The Crooked Furrow The Crooked Hinge Crooked Wheels Crooks in Clover Crooks in the Sunshine The Croquet Player Cross Roads (4) Cross-Town Crossed Swords The Crossing Crossroads (1) Crossroads (2) Crossroads (3) Crossroads near Eden The Crown Crown of Glory Crowning of a King Crucible Crum Elbow Folks Crusade The Crusaders Crusoe’s Island Cryin’ Johnny Mcelroy Crying for the Moon Csardas Csibi Cum Laude A Cup of Coffee Cup of Fury Cup of Gold Cupid Goes Slumming Cure for Matrimony The Curiosity of Mr.