Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Lyndon, Barré
- Extent:
- 14 linear feet of papers.
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Barré Lyndon papers span the years 1930-1972 (bulk 1950s-1960s) and encompass 14 linear feet. The collection includes copies of most of Lyndon's screenplays, a fair sampling of his scripts for television, and a smattering of his stage plays and short stories.
- Biographical / historical:
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Barré Lyndon, also known as Alfred Edgar, was a British-born journalist, playwright, novelist, and short-story writer. In the early 1940s he established himself in Hollywood as a freelance screenwriter. Lyndon's best-known screenwriting credits include THE LODGER (1944), HANGOVER SQUARE (1945), THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952), and THE WAR OF THE WORLDS (1953). In the 1960s he wrote for a number of television series.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mrs. Barré Lyndon, 1974
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Television files; 3. Stage files; 4. Unproduced film, television, stage; 5. Story files; 6. Subject files
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- screenwriters
- Names:
- Lyndon, Barré, 1896-1972--Archives.
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226