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Cover of Brochure for "Salt of the Earth"

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Description: Cover of a brochure promoting the film "Salt of the Earth" showing Rosaura Revueltas, with the text, "At last-an honest movie about American working people...
Photograph

Bruce Barton and Cecil B. DeMille

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Description: Bruce Barton posing with Cecil B. Demille, who is holding a copy of Bartons' book "The Man Nobody Knows".
Photograph

Peter Lorre in M

Date: 1931
Description: Publicity still of Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert in Fritz Lang's M (1931).
Poster

"In the Year of the Pig"

Date: 1969
Description: Poster advertising screenings of Emile de Antonio's 1969 documentary "In the Year of the Pig," as promoted by the Committee on Vietnam in New Zealand. The ...
Poster

"Winter Soldier" Flyer

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Description: Flyer advertising the film "Winter Soldier," featuring six head shots of young men.
Document

Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page one of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."
Document

Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page two of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."
Document

Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page three of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."
Document

Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page four of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."
Document

Sam Briskin "A Raisin in the Sun" Notes

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: Page five of typewritten notes by Sam Briskin on a draft of the screenplay for the film "A Raisin in the Sun."
Document

Arthur Kramer Notes on "A Raisin in the Sun"

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Description: Page one of typewritten notes by Arthur Kramer on the screenplay for "A Raisin in the Sun" from meetings between Kramer, David Susskind, Sam Briskin, James...
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Arthur Kramer Notes on "A Raisin in the Sun"

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Description: Page two of typewritten notes by Arthur Kramer on the screenplay for "A Raisin in the Sun" from meetings between Kramer, David Susskind, Sam Briskin, James...
Poster

CALA Poster: Chile

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Description: A green flyer titled: "Chile With Poems And Guns" is advertising a film screening organized by the group Community Action on Latin America (CALA).
Document

Letter to Albert Maltz from Frank Sinatra

Date: 08 31 1945
Description: Letter to Albert Maltz from Frank Sinatra dated August 31, 1945. Sinatra is telling Maltz how moved he was after seeing the film "The Pride of the Marines...
Manuscript

Letter to George Seaton from Milton Pickman

Date: 11 22 1968
Description: Letter dated November 22, 1968 from Milton Pickman to George Seaton. Pickman is trying to convince Seaton to cast his client Rita Hayworth in the role of I...
Document

Letter to Harry Tugend from Dalton Trumbo

Date: 02 02 1948
Description: Letter to Harry Tugend from Dalton Trumbo dated February 2, 1948. Trumbo is explaining to Tugend that because he has been blacklisted he does not have the ...
Document

Request for Fox Film Series

Date: 1921
Description: A sheet showing a request to Fox Film Corporation for 1921 films.
Document

Metro Pictures Rental Agreement

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Description: A handwritten film rental agreement L-1586 with Metro Pictures.
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Booking Notice and Settlement Statement

Date: 09 02 1924
Description: A statement regarding booking the film, "The Covered Wagon."
Document

Metro Pictures Typewritten Rental Agreement

Date: 06 14 1921
Description: A typewritten film rental agreement, No. L-1586, with Metro Pictures Corporation.

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