Hallmark Hall of Fame scripts and production information, 1951-1984

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Summary

Abstract:
Hallmark Playhouse started on CBS radio (1948) and presented well-known contemporary and classical literature often portrayed by well known Hollywood stars. The program was reorganized as the Hallmark Hall of Fame (1953) with Lionel Barrymore as host and featured true stories of American and world history. The television version debuted on NBC, Dec. 24 1951. The collection consists of scripts and production material for both the radio and television versions of the program and small amount of television posters.
Extent:
20.0 linear ft. (39 boxes and 2 oversize folders)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Hallmark Hall of Fame Scripts and Production Information (Collection PASC 71). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Acquisition information:
Gift of Foote, Cone, and Belding, 1982.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Radio
  2. Television

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Hallmark Hall of Fame Scripts and Production Information (Collection PASC 71). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

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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