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Description

1. 4 microfilm reels.

Summary

1. Microfilm copy of the papers of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright-director, George S. Kaufman, consisting primarily of correspondence, scripts, and biographical scrapbooks.

Subject

1. Kaufman, George S. 1889-1961
2. Allen, Fred, 1894-1956
3. Ames, Winthrop, 1870-1937
4. Arliss, George, 1868-1946
5. Belmont, Eleanor Robson, 1879-1979
6. Connelly, Marc, 1890-1980
7. Damrosch, Walter, 1862-1950
8. Davies, Joseph Edward
9. Davis, Robert H
10. Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945
11. Farley, James Aloysius, 1888-
12. Goetz, Ruth
13. Hopkins, Arthur, 1878-1950
14. Kahn, Otto H., 1867-1934
15. MacGrath, Leueen
16. Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977
17. Marx, Harpo, 1888-1964
18. Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963
19. Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985
20. Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
21. Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944
22. Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
23. Stimson, Henry L. 1867-1950
24. Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946
25. Teichmann, Howard
26. Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949
27. White, William Allen, 1868-1944
28. Woollcott, Alexander, 1887-1943
29. Butter and egg man
30. Dulcy
31. Late George Apley
32. Man who came to dinner
33. Of thee I sing
34. Dramatists
35. Television plays
36. Theater

Genre/Form

1. Motion picture plays.
2. Scripts.
3. Photoprints.
4. Correspondence.
5. Scrapbooks.

Call number

1. *ZC-264 (1-4)

Reproduction (note)

1. Microfilm.

Original location (note)

1. Originals in: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Film and Photo Archive

Source (note)

1. State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Biography (note)

1. George S. Kaufman was a noted playwright and director born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1889.

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available online and in repository.

Processing action (note)

1. Cataloged

Author

1. Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961.

Title

1. George S. Kaufman papers, [microform] 1918-1958.

Reproduction

1. Microfilm. Madison, Wisconsin.: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1990. 4 microfilm reels; 35 mm.

Original location

1. Originals in: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Film and Photo Archive, Madison, Wisconsin.

Biography

1. George S. Kaufman was a noted playwright and director born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 16, 1889. In the early years of his career, Kaufman was the drama critic for the New York Times. Later, as a playwright he collaborated with many famous writers including Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber, Moss Hart, Morrie Ryskind and Howard Teichmann. Some of his works include: DULCY (1921), THE COCOANUTS (1925), ANIMAL CRACKERS(1928), THE BAND WAGON (1931), DINNER AT EIGHT (1932), STAGE DOOR (1936), THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (1939), GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE (1940), and SILK STOCKINGS (1955). Two of his plays OF THEE I SING (1931), and YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1936) received the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
2. Kaufman also worked in Hollywood, writing both screenplays and adaptations of his work. Among these were COCOANUTS (1929), ANIMAL CRACKERS (1930), YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU (1938) and SOLID GOLD CADILLAC (1956).Kaufman died on June 2, 1961.

Indexes

1. Finding aid available online and in repository.

Connect to:

1. Finding Aid

Research call number

1. *ZC-264 (1-4)