Shirley Clarke datebook, 1955-1956.

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Creator

Clarke, Shirley.

Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division

Extent

• 1 volume.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Scope/Contents Note

Consists of one leather bound datebook with "Halcyon Films,Inc." printed on the cover for the year 1955. Clarke usedthis book from September 1955 until September 1956. This was in the period she was making short dance films with Anna Sokolow.

Biographical/Historical Note

Shirley Clarke (1925-1997), American independent filmmaker,was a modern dancer before switching to work in film and video. She was probably best known for her films THE CONNECTION (1961), a study of drug addiction initially banned for obscenity in New York State, her oscar-winning 1962 documentary, ROBERT FROST: A LOVER'S QUARREL WITH THEWORLD, and THE COOL WORLD (1963) on a juvenile gang in Harlem. In 1962 she and Jonas Mekas founded the Film-Makers Cooperative, a nonprofit company for the distribution of independent films. Clarke also taught film directing and editing at New York University, Columbia and the University of California at Los Angeles.

Controlled Access Terms

• Clarke, Shirley.
• Independent filmmakers.
• Calendars.