Paul Osborn Papers
1926-1964
U.S. Mss 49AN
7.8 c.f. (18 archives boxes, 4 volumes, 3 packages)
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Papers of Paul Osborn, a well known writer of plays, motion pictures, and adaptations, consisting of scripts, revisions, clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, and playbills. Among the represented plays are A Bell for Adano (1944), Mornings at Seven (1939), On Borrowed Time (1938), Point of No Return (1951), and The World of Suzie Wong (1958); among the motion pictures are East of Eden (Warner Bros., 1955), Homecoming (MGM, 1948), Madame Curie (MGM, 1943), Mrs. Miniver (MGM, 1942), The Old Man and the Sea (Warner Bros., 1955), Sayonara (Warner Bros., 1957), South Pacific (Magna Theatre Corp., 1958), Wild River (20th Century-Fox, 1960), The Yearling (MGM, 1940), and The Young in Heart (UA, 1938). Relating to his writing techniques are a group of annotated novels which Osborn adapted for dramatic production. One box contains business papers and correspondence. Also included is a group of set designs by Jo Mielziner for Osborn's unsuccessful play Maiden Voyage (1957).
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