Collection of Film Material Relating to John Steinbeck
Scope and Contents
Collection of photographs and printed materials relating chiefly to film and television productions of work by John Steinbeck.
Steinbeck wrote the scripts for the film versions of his stories The Pearl (1948) and The Red Pony (1949), and he wrote the script directly for Viva Zapata! (1952).
Photographs include studio publicity and reference prints for productions of East of Eden, A medal for Benny, Of mice and men, The pearl, The red pony, Tortilla flat, Viva Zapata!, and The wayward bus, as well as Rogers and Hammerstein's stage production of Pipe dream (adapted from Sweet Thursday). Photographs include Marlon Brando, Lon Chaney, Jr., Joan Collins, James Dean, Dorothy Lamour, Myrna Loy, Jayne Mansfield, Burgess Meredith, Robert Mitchum, and Spencer Tracy.
Printed materials include film posters, lobby cards, and pressbooks. Titles include: Burning bright, Cannery row, East of Eden, A medal for Benny, The moon is down, Of mice and men, The pearl, The red pony, Tortilla flat, Viva Zapata!, and The wayward bus. With shooting script for Tortilla flat.
Dates
- 1933 - 1993
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The Collection of Film Material Relating to John Steinbeck is the physical property of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the appropriate curator.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Royal Book on various funds, 2015-2016.
Arrangement
Organized into two series: I. Photographs, 1939-1982. II. Printed and Other Material, 1938-1993.
Extent
2.29 Linear Feet (3 boxes + 9 broadsides)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Collection of photographs and printed materials relating chiefly to film and television productions of work by John Steinbeck.
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
John Steinbeck, born 27 February 1902 in Salinas, California, was an American author and novelist, best known for his novel, The Grapes of Wrath (1939), which was awarded a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award in 1940. Steinbeck received the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1962. He died 20 December 1968 in New York.
- American literature -- 20th century
- Authors -- United States -- 20th century
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Archives
- Brando, Marlon, 1924-2004
- Chaney, Lon, Jr., 1906-1973
- Collins, Joan, 1933-
- Dean, James, 1931-1955
- Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960
- Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996
- Loy, Myrna, 1905-1993
- Mansfield, Jayne, 1933-1967
- Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997
- Mitchum, Robert
- Motion pictures -- United States
- Photographic prints
- Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979
- Screenwriters -- United States -- 20th Century
- Screenwriters -- United States -- 20th Century -- Archives
- Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968
- Tracy, Spencer, 1900-1967
- Title
- Guide to the Collection of Film Material Relating to John Steinbeck
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Michael L. Forstrom
- Date
- 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
Access Information
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