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Production stills, Cock of the Air, compiled for producer Howard Hughes: photographic album, approximately 1931 to 1932
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 048 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Production stills, Cock of the Air, compiled for director Tom Buckingham: photographic album, approximately 1931 to 1932
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: Box 048 (Restrictions apply)
Archival Component
Series III. California Pictures Corporation, approximately 1919 to 1965, 1941 to 1956
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
The California Pictures Corporation series (approximately 1919-1965) consists of records pertaining to the company's film production and corporate operations. Film-related records depict the production side of the 1947 film
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, 1944 to 1951
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock sub-series (1944-1951) contains materials related to the development, production, and post-production of the California Pictures Corporation film, The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (1947), also known as Mad Wednesday. Records include advertising and publicity, legal, production and direction, and story development records, as well as film soundtracks. Materials included are correspondence, pressbooks, newspaper and magazine clippings, black-and-white photographic prints and negatives, music scores and sheets, contracts, agreements, screenplays, continuities, and casting sheets.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Vendetta, 1941 to 1952
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
The Vendetta sub-series (1941-1952) contains material related to the development, production, and post-production of the 1950 RKO Radio Pictures, Incorporated film, Vendetta. Records include correspondence, story development records and screenplays, production and direction records, and historical research. Also included are contracts, agreements, copyrights, stage logs, music cue sheets, and black-and-white photographic prints.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Corporate records, 1919 to 1965, 1944 to 1956
Level of Description
Scope and Contents
The corporate records for California Pictures Corporation (1919-1965) detail Hughes and Sturges' legal arrangement for the creation and eventual dissolution of their company. Also included are documents for the incorporation of California Pictures, as well as the procurement of screenplay and book rights for potential movie productions. Other materials detail the acquisition of titles under the California Pictures name for Hughes Tool Company in the 1950s, as well as correspondence detailing the 1946 dissolution of the corporation.
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Advertising and publicity records for The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Film soundtracks for The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Legal, production and direction, and story development records for The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Howard Hughes Film Production Records
Box/Folder: N/A
Archival Component
Union Pacific Railroad-Las Vegas Land & Water Co. correspondence (2 of 2), 1952 to 1954
Level of Description
Archival Collection
Collection Name: Las Vegas Land & Water Company Records from the Las Vegas Valley Water District
Box/Folder: Box 02
Archival Component