Kanin, Garson, 1912-1999.

Garson Kanin papers, 1941-1965. - 2,500 items. 18 containers. 7.5 linear feet. - Arranged in 2 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1941-1964; and Series 2: Production File, 1945-1965.

Open to research.

Correspondence and production material relating to Kanin's stage and film projects. Includes scripts of plays and screenplays that Kanin wrote or directed including The Amazing Adele, Born Yesterday, The Boy, Come on Strong, The Diary of Anne Frank, Do Re Mi, and A Hole in the Head. Accompanied by casting deliberations, performance evaluations, technical notes, financial records, foreign productions, stock and amateur rights, publicity, and printed matter. Correspondents include René Clair, Alec Guinness, Dorothy Ludington Massey, and Robert E. Sherwood.


Photographs
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
transferred to


Actor, author, and director.


Collection material in English.

Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008067

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Clair, René, 1898-1981 --Correspondence.
Guinness, Alec, 1914-2000 --Correspondence.
Massey, Dorothy Ludington, 1902-1982 --Correspondence.
Sherwood, Robert E. 1896-1955 --Correspondence.


Drama--Stories, plots, etc.
Motion pictures--Production and direction.
Theater--Production and direction.


Actors.
Authors.
Motion picture directors.
Theatrical directors.