Research Catalog

Title

Morrie Ryskind papers, 1911-1985.

Author

Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985.

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Additional Authors

• Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977.
• Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
• Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961.
• Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.

Description

• 8 lf. (15 boxes)
• 10 reels of microfilm.

Summary

The Morrie Ryskind papers cover the years 1911 to 1985 and include correspondence, contracts, writings, scripts with Ryskind's handwritten notes and edits, financial papers and newspaper clippings.

Subjects

• Screenwriters > United States
• Motion picture authorship
• Animal crackers (Motion picture : 1930)
• Dramatists, American
• Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985
• United States > Congress > House > Committee on Un-American Activities
• Political plays
• Communism and motion pictures
• Musical theater
• Louisiana purchase (Motion picture)

Access (note)

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

Additional Formats (note)

• are available on microfilm;

Original Location (note)

• Scrapbook originals were discarded after filming.

Source (note)

• Family of Morrie Ryskind

Biography (note)

• Morrie Ryskind, poet, playwright and columnist was born in 1895.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

Processing Action (note)

• Processed

Call Number

*T-Mss 1996-024

OCLC

NYPW97-A15

Author

Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985.

Title

Morrie Ryskind papers, 1911-1985.

Restricted Access

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

Additional Formats

Series VII. Scrapbooks are available on microfilm; The Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts; call number *ZC-535 (Reels 1-10)

Original Location

Scrapbook originals were discarded after filming.

Biography

Morrie Ryskind, poet, playwright and columnist was born in 1895. He was awarded the 1932 Pulitzer Prize for drama for OF THEE I SING co-written with George Kaufman, Ira Gershwin, and George Gershwin. In 1935 Ryskind left for Hollywood where he recieved two Academy Award nominations for the films, MY MAN GODFREY (1936) and STAGE DOOR (1939). He also wrote the screenplays for ROOM SERVICE, MAN ABOUT TOWN and CLAUDIA. In 1947 he testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee Hearings on the Communist infiltration of Hollywood. Ryskind became more involved with conservative politics as the years went on, serving as one of the original directors of THE NATIONAL REVIEW. In 1960 he became a columnist for THE LOS ANGELES TIMES Syndicate. He resigned in 1965 when one of his columns was suppressed. Later that year he joined THE LOS ANGELES HERALD EXAMINER, where he remained until he retired in 1978. Morrie Ryskind died in 1985 at the age of 89.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977.

Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.

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

Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Of thee I sing.

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 1996-024

*ZC-535