"Stories and Plays Owned by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" Summaries
Scope and Content
This collection consists of three binders containing summaries of more than 1100 stories owned by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, likely used by production teams during the 1930s in selecting new or previously produced stories for development into films. For each of the titles, the summaries include a note on the story's genre; its production status (unproduced or year of prior production); a one-sentence overview of the plot; source of the story (whether original or from a published source); the production title; the release title and date (when applicable); the name of the writer; and a lengthier synopsis, generally consisting of three paragraphs. The release dates noted for produced films range from 1915 to 1936.
Dates
- [1936?]
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Extent
0.7 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Abstract
Three binders containing typescript summaries of stories owned by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, each summary including information on production status, genre, production and release title, names of writers, and year of production (when applicable).
Source of Acquisition
The "Stories and Plays Owned by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" Summaries were acquried by by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 1990.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the "Stories and Plays Owned by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" Summaries by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the "Stories and Plays Owned by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" Summaries commenced and was completed in July, 2022.
- Title
- "Stories and Plays Owned by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" Summaries[1936?]
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- John M. Jackson
- Date
- 2022 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu