Comprising over 700 telegrams, interoffice communications, and letters relating to the inner workings of Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., during its most prolific and successful period, from 1936 to 1946. The papers are likely from the files of James Mulvey, the company's NY president, who was considered Sam Goldwyn's right-hand man from 1922 until his retirement in 1960. Most of the telegrams and interoffice communications are between Mulvey and Goldwyn (who often signs ("S.G.")) and Mulvey and Reeves Espy, Goldwyn's budget man, and they involve every aspect of film production. Some of the highlights include a 1936 telegram from Douglas Fairbanks expressing his excitement over the story of Marco Polo: "Never been more enthusiastic about the prospects of anything since Robin Hood"; letters from Joseph Breen, director of the Production Code Administration, dated April 13, 1937, who warned, "There should be nothing suggestive about the line, 'You've developed the wrong muscles – with your swimming'"; numerous documents pertaining to the making of The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) starring Gary Cooper; negotiations regarding playwright Lillian Hellman and her screenplay of The Little Foxes (1941); even where Mrs. Goldwyn will be staying while in Paris is a matter of discussion between the high-powered executives. Many of Goldwyn's most successful films are addressed in these documents, such as Bird of Paradise (1932), Dodsworth (1936), These Three (1936), Stella Dallas (1937), Dead End (1937), They Shall Have Music (1939), Wuthering Heights (1939), and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Other notables who make appearances in the papers are Ben Hecht, Vera Zorina (with whom Goldwyn was alleged to be infatuated), Norma Shearer, William Wyler, David O'Selznick, David Niven Deborah Kerr, Gary Cooper, Jules Stein, and many others. This archive gives a fascinating glimpse into the machinations of one of the most successful movie studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. 9 x 12 in.
Comprising over 700 telegrams, interoffice communications, and letters relating to the inner workings of Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., during its most prolific and successful period, from 1936 to 1946. The papers are likely from the files of James Mulvey, the company's NY president, who was considered Sam Goldwyn's right-hand man from 1922 until his retirement in 1960. Most of the telegrams and interoffice communications are between Mulvey and Goldwyn (who often signs ("S.G.")) and Mulvey and Reeves Espy, Goldwyn's budget man, and they involve every aspect of film production. Some of the highlights include a 1936 telegram from Douglas Fairbanks expressing his excitement over the story of Marco Polo: "Never been more enthusiastic about the prospects of anything since Robin Hood"; letters from Joseph Breen, director of the Production Code Administration, dated April 13, 1937, who warned, "There should be nothing suggestive about the line, 'You've developed the wrong muscles – with your swimming'"; numerous documents pertaining to the making of The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938) starring Gary Cooper; negotiations regarding playwright Lillian Hellman and her screenplay of The Little Foxes (1941); even where Mrs. Goldwyn will be staying while in Paris is a matter of discussion between the high-powered executives. Many of Goldwyn's most successful films are addressed in these documents, such as Bird of Paradise (1932), Dodsworth (1936), These Three (1936), Stella Dallas (1937), Dead End (1937), They Shall Have Music (1939), Wuthering Heights (1939), and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Other notables who make appearances in the papers are Ben Hecht, Vera Zorina (with whom Goldwyn was alleged to be infatuated), Norma Shearer, William Wyler, David O'Selznick, David Niven Deborah Kerr, Gary Cooper, Jules Stein, and many others. This archive gives a fascinating glimpse into the machinations of one of the most successful movie studios of Hollywood's Golden Age. 9 x 12 in.
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