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Box 427, LLB, 3, SCA Main Stacks, Industrial Shelf [Aisle: 7, Section: 1, Shelf: 5], MS--01036, Howard Hughes Film Production Records, Series V.

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Archival objects in this container:

  1. Judith Blackburn, Bill Gay, Nadine Henley, and Woodrow N. Irwin, correspondence arguing against films using titles similar to Jet Pilot, The Outlaw, and Scarface, 1937 May 26 to 1968 September 13
  2. Hughes Tool Company and Preston Sturges, Articles of Incorporation for California Pictures Corporation, 1944 July 19 to 1944 August 24
  3. Creighton James Tevlin employment contract, 1945 June 12
  4. Faith Domergue actor loan contract from Hughes Tool Company, 1946
  5. Astor Pictures Corporation agreement to distribute The Caddo Company films, includes summary of total receipts, 1948 March 31 to 1951 November 14
  6. Stuart Heisler, employment agreement, copies, 1948 June 15
  7. United Artists Corporation and Hughes Tool Company termination of contracts, 1948 January 22 to 1950 January 13
  8. Agreement for Hughes Tool Company assets sale to RKO Radio Pictures, 1949 July 01
  9. Santa Ana Airport Development Company, agreement and correspondence for storage of L-11 aircraft, 1949 November 16 to 1950 January 04
  10. Samuel Goldwyn quitclaim of furniture for Howard Hughes, 1949 December 20
  11. Douglas Leigh Spectaculars, Incorporated bill of sale for L-11 aircraft, 1951 May 15
  12. Actor and employee contracts, 1954 to 1955
  13. Preston Sturges, loan information, 1955 March 27 to 1955 May 02
  14. Nadine Henley correspondence on The Outlaw distribution and research on title similarities, 1955 July 25 to 1972 March 18
  15. Insurance policy, Gertrude Freeman and Sol Freeman's property south of Las Vegas, Nevada, 1955 September 02
  16. Lease for property at 949 North Orange Drive in Los Angeles, California, 1966 May 09
  17. Articles of incorporation for Hughes Industries Company, Limited, includes amendment with name change to Hughes Tool Company, photocopies from 1929 to 1949, approximately 1972 to 1978
  18. Certificate of amendment to certificate of incorporation for Summa Corporation, approximately 1973 to 1976
  19. Robert V. Newman, correspondence regarding Scarface copyright timeline, 1973 May 02 to 1975 September 29
  20. Copyright search for It's a Wonderful Life, based on the story The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doran Stern, 1973 November