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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Aubrey Solomon papers
Creator:
Solomon, Aubrey
Identifier/Call Number: 2508
Physical Description:
3.375 Linear Feet
3 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1973-1985
Abstract: This collection chiefly consists of the television scripts of screenwriter, editor, and producer Aubrey Solomon, dating from
the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. There are also photocopies of film information for Twentieth Century-Fox releases and two
interviews and audiovisual materials.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2
Container: 3
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Aubrey Solomon, February 11, 1974, October 24, 1983, and circa 1985.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Aubrey Solomon papers, Collection no. 2508, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection chiefly consists of the television scripts of screenwriter, editor, and producer Aubrey Solomon, dating from
the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. There are also photocopies of film information for Twentieth Century-Fox releases and two
interviews and audiovisual materials.
Box 1 contains scripts; a folder of reviews, stills, and publicity for the film "Hester Street" (1975); photocopies of film
promotional sheets and film synopses for movies released by Twentieth Century-Fox from 1979 to 1982, as well as photocopied
lists of Fox releases for 1914-1925; an unidentified film reel; an audio reel labeled "Delmer Daves interview, interviewed
by Aubrey Solomon"; and a typescript transcript of an interview by Solomon of Nunnallly Johnson in 1973. The scripts in Box
1 consist of: Beyond Westworld (4 episodes, 1980); Crazy Like a Fox (1 episode, 1985); The Fall Guy (2 episodes, 1983-1984);
and Finder of Lost Loves; (4 episodes, 1984).
Box 2 contains scripts for Gideon (screen treatment and pilot, 1979); "Half-Nelson" (3 episodes, 1984-1985); the television
movie "Helen and Teacher" (1982); the pilot for "Night Heat" (1984); and Quincy (8 episodes, titles A-O, 1978-1982).
Box 3 continues with scripts for "Quincy" (4 episodes, titles P-S); "Trapper John M.D." (2 episodes, 1984); and "The Ultimate
Adventure Company" (1985). There are also photocopied story hooks for "Quincy" and 31 audio cassette tapes of recordings related
to "Quincy."
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archival resources
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources
Audiocassettes
Film reels
Scripts
Sound recordings
Television scripts
Solomon, Aubrey -- Archives