Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Contents | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Val Lewton papers, 1924-1982 |
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Span Dates | 1924-1982 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1926-1951) |
ID No. | MSS81531 |
Creator | Lewton, Val |
Extent | 90 items ; 3 containers plus 4 oversize ; 6.2 linear feet ; 5 microfilm reels |
Language | Collection material in English |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Summary | Motion picture producer, screenwriter, and novelist. Correspondence, film scripts, scrapbooks, and other papers pertaining chiefly to Lewton's career as a publicity writer and as a story editor for David O. Selznick at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1928-1942); as scriptwriter and producer of Cat People and other horror films for RKO Radio Pictures (1942-1947); and as novelist, especially as author of No Bed of Her Own (1932). |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms004005 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Online Catalog record for this collection: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm92081531 |