Stuart Heisler Papers, 1913-1967

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Summary

Creators:
Heisler, Stuart, 1894-1979.
Abstract:
Stuart Heisler began his career in the film industry in 1913. He became a film editor and later a director of motion pictures. In the late 1950s and throughout the 60s, Heisler also did a substantial amount of television work. Boxes 1-7 contain television scripts; boxes 7-15 are motion picture scripts. Much of the material is in the notebooks, maintaining Heisler's own arrangements.
Extent:
15 boxes (7.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize box.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of scripts, photographs, scrapbooks, and memorabilia spanning Stuart Heisler's career as a motion picture and television director. Also contains correspondence, legal documents, clippings, and musical scores. Includes television scripts for The Lawman, Rawhide, 77 Sunset Strip, Gunsmoke, and The Virginian. Film scripts include The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, The Biscuit Eater, The Glass Key, and The Negro Soldier.

Biographical / historical:

Heisler was born in 1894 in Los Angeles, CA; quit school in the eighth grade to work in the motion picture industry; entered films in 1913 as a propman; began work with Mack Sennett in 1914, and eventually worked for many of the film studios, including Samuel Goldwyn, Warner Brothers, and Universal; directed more than 25 feature films, including The Glass Key (1942), The Negro Soldier (1944), Along Came Jones (1945), Blue Skies (1946), Tokyo Joe (1949), Journey Into Light (1951), I Died A Thousand Times (1955), and The Burning Hills (1956); directed television films in the 1960s; died in Aug. 1979 in Oceanside, CA.

Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Heisler's credits and crew lists, oral history, miscellaneous contracts, photographs, and ephemera (box 1)
  2. Television scripts (boxes 1-7)
  3. Motion picture scripts (boxes 7-14)
  4. Miscellaneous scripts (box 15)
  5. Scrapbooks (oversize box).

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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