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Additional authors

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

Description

1. 8 lf. (15 boxes)

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Dramatists, American
2. Motion picture authorship
3. Musical theater
4. Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985
5. Animal crackers (Motion picture : 1930)
6. Screenwriters > United States
7. United States > Congress > House > Committee on Un-American Activities
8. Louisiana purchase (Motion picture)
9. Communism and motion pictures
10. Political plays

Call number

1. *T-Mss 1996-024

Access (note)

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

Additional formats (note)

1. are available on microfilm;

Original location (note)

1. Scrapbook originals were discarded after filming.

Source (note)

1. Family of Morrie Ryskind

Biography (note)

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

Indexes/finding aids (note)

1. Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

Processing action (note)

1. Processed

Author

1. Ryskind, Morrie, 1895-1985.

Title

1. Morrie Ryskind papers, 1911-1985.

Restricted access

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

Additional formats

1. 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

1. Scrapbook originals were discarded after filming.

Biography

1. 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

1. Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material
2. Finding Aid

Added author

1. Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977.
2. Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983.
3. Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961.
4. Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Of thee I sing.

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 1996-024
2. *ZC-535