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Ernest Lehman Screenplays Collection

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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]

This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
TC127
Repository:
Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division
Extent:
5 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Ernest Lehman Screenplays Collection, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Date:
1955-1959 (inclusive)
Creator:
Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005
Form:
Screenplays.
Abstract:
Contains original manuscripts and multiple drafts for American screenwriter Ernest Lehman's works "North by Northwest" and "Somebody Up There Likes Me."

Lehman, Ernest, 1915-2005

Ernest Lehman was an award-winning American screenwriter, novelist, columnist, short-story writer, and film producer.

The collection contains original manuscripts and multiple drafts of screenplay revisions for Ernest Lehman's works, "North by Northwest" and "Somebody Up There Likes Me." Includes mss. notes from Lehman that discuss his interactions with Hitchcock, Cary Grant, and others involved in the productions.

Arranged by title, and then by the date on the script.

The contents list for this collection was created by Jerome Jackson in July 2010.

People

Publisher
Manuscripts Division
Finding Aid Date
2008
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Collection Inventory

North by Northwest, 1957 November 22. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Original manuscript part 1

Physical Description

1 folder

North by Northwest, 1957 November 22. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Original manuscript part 2

Physical Description

1 folder

North by Northwest, 1958 July 21. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Background material

Physical Description

1 box

North by Northwest, 1958 July 21. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Revision of script

Physical Description

1 box

North by Northwest, 1958 October 13. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Final script shooting

Physical Description

1 box

North by Northwest, 1958 October 13. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Intermediate version

Physical Description

1 box

North by Northwest, 1958 July 24. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Final revisions of a section & miscellany

Physical Description

1 box

North by Northwest, 1958 August 12 - 1958 October 27. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Next to last version

Physical Description

1 box

North by Northwest, 1958 August 12 - 1958 October 27. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Next to last version

Physical Description

1 box

North by Northwest, 1962 October 1. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Notes and pages

Physical Description

1 box

North by Northwest, 1959 July 2. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Cutting continuity

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 July 18. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Original manuscript part 1

Physical Description

1 folder

Somebody Up There Likes Me, undated. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Original manuscript part 2

Physical Description

1 folder

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 May 12. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Revised outline

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 July 7. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Final shooting script

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 July 18. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

2nd half of screenplay -- original material

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 October 18. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

First draft of screenplay

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 November 10. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Close to the final draft

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 November 10. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Pre-revision script

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 December 7. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Final shooting script

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 October 10. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

First draft of screenplay

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 December 7. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Notes and publicity

Physical Description

1 box

Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1955 July 18. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Dialogue cutting continuity

Physical Description

1 box

West Side story, undated. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

Script

Physical Description

1 box

Print, Suggest