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Clifford Odets papers

Title: Clifford Odets papers, 1926-1963.
Author: Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.
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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 3	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 4	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 5	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 6	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 6	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 7	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 7	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 8	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 8	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 9	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 9	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 10	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 10	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 11	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 11	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 12	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 12	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 13	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 13	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 14	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 14	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 15	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 15	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 16	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 16	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 17	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 17	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 18	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 18	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Not available - Please for assistance.	Box 19	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 19	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 20	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Mss 1981-008 Box 20	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Additional Authors

Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.

Description

17.6 lf. (51 boxes).

Summary

The Clifford Odets papers consist of diaries, scripts, correspondence, research notes, artwork, scrapbooks and photographs dealing with his career as a playwright, actor and poet.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Diaries.
Scripts.

Access (note)

Collection is open to the public. Advance notice may be required. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Reproduction of this collection only allowed with permission of the copyright holder.

Terms of Use (note)

None of the materials within the Clifford Odets Papers may be copied without the permission of the Clifford Odets estate.

Source (note)

Walt Odets.
Walt Odets

Biography (note)

Clifford Odets, playwright, poet, and actor, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 18, 1906.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

Finding aid available

Processing Action (note)

Described
Cataloged and described
Cataloged in RLIN

Call Number

*T-Mss 1981-008

OCLC

NYPW88-A16

Author

Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963.

Title

Clifford Odets papers, 1926-1963.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Advance notice may be required. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Reproduction of this collection only allowed with permission of the copyright holder.

Terms Of Use

None of the materials within the Clifford Odets Papers may be copied without the permission of the Clifford Odets estate.

Biography

Clifford Odets, playwright, poet, and actor, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 18, 1906. He came to public attention in 1935 with three critically acclaimed plays: AWAKE AND SING!, WAITING FOR LEFTY and a one-act drama, TILL THE DAY I DIE. His next play, PARADISE LOST, produced in late 1935 was neither a critical nor a financial success. Odets then went to Hollywood and wrote the screenplay for THE GENERAL DIED AT DAWN, which established him as a successful screenwriter. He returned to the theater with the play GOLDEN BOY (1937) which was a success. After a series of stage failures however, Odets then returned to Hollywood and tried film directing. NONE BUT THE LONELY HEART was chosen the best film of 1944 by the National Board of Review and won an Academy Award for Ethel Barrymore, but it was a box office failure.

Odets continued to work in Hollywood as a rewrite man and contributed to such films as SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, HUMORESQUE, and WILD IN THE COUNTRY, starring Elvis Presley. He also continued to write plays. THE COUNTRY GIRL (1950) written during this period was a critical success and considered by many his best work.

In 1952 Odets was questioned by the House Committee on Un-American Activities because of the leftist orientation of many of his plays and because he had been a member of the Communist party briefly in 1935. At his death, Odets was working on a television series and drafts of three plays. He had completed the book for the musical version of GOLDEN BOY. He died August 14, 1963.

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