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Ernest Lehman Screenplays Collection
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Held at: Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division [Contact Us]
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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.
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The contents list for this collection was created by Jerome Jackson in July 2010.
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2008
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
Original manuscript part 1
Physical Description1 folder
Original manuscript part 2
Physical Description1 folder
Background material
Physical Description1 box
Revision of script
Physical Description1 box
Final script shooting
Physical Description1 box
Intermediate version
Physical Description1 box
Final revisions of a section & miscellany
Physical Description1 box
Next to last version
Physical Description1 box
Next to last version
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Notes and pages
Physical Description1 box
Cutting continuity
Physical Description1 box
Original manuscript part 1
Physical Description1 folder
Original manuscript part 2
Physical Description1 folder
Revised outline
Physical Description1 box
Final shooting script
Physical Description1 box
2nd half of screenplay -- original material
Physical Description1 box
First draft of screenplay
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Close to the final draft
Physical Description1 box
Pre-revision script
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Final shooting script
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First draft of screenplay
Physical Description1 box
Notes and publicity
Physical Description1 box
Dialogue cutting continuity
Physical Description1 box
Script
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