Title: George Bagnall Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 1B
Inclusive Dates: 1936-1950

Creators:

• Bagnall, George L.
• United Artists Corporation

Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/1B

Quantity: 2.0 cubic feet (5 archives boxes)

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Files of George Bagnall, vice president in charge of production who conducted preliminary negotiations with producers and directors, oversaw the progress of production, and maintained a broad range of relationships with producers during the exhibition period. Bagnall's major duties, as reflected in this series of papers, were to keep track of the financing and production costs for the various films. The files include correspondence with producers and directors; budgets, audit reports, balance sheets, preproduction cost sheets, loan repayment statements, wage earners reports, and tax returns; and correspondence with unions and trade guilds. In addition, Bagnall was president of two small production companies, Romaine Films and United Artists Productions (successor corporation to Walter Wanger Productions). Extensive agreements, financial papers, and reports may be found for these companies, as well as information on such details as operating expenses, Social Security, and other tax matters. Materials relating to Walter Wanger Productions/United Artists Productions are found throughout these files.

Note:

Forms part of the United Artists Corporation collection.

Language: English

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Alphabetical by subject.

U.S. Mss 99AN/1B Box   1 Folder   1	Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: routine correspondence, form letters, 1946-1949
Box   1 Folder   2	Alcorn Productions: Johnny Holiday, 1949 June-August
Box   1 Folder   3	Argosy Corporation: negative cost report, statements of accounting for The Long Voyage Home, 1940-1948
Box   1 Folder   4	Artists Alliance: title registration, 1948
Box   1 Folder   5	Associated American Artists: correspondence on paintings for exploitation of The Long Voyage Home, 1941 April-August
Box   1 Folder   6	Bank balances for home office (weekly), 1946
Box   1 Folder   7	Bank of America: reconciliation of bank statements; general, special and payroll accounts for Walter Wanger Productions and United Artists Productions, 1941-1943
Box   1 Folder   8	Constance Bennett Productions: agreements, 1944-1945
Box   1 Folder   9	Benedict Bogeaus Productions: audit of preproduction costs for Dark Waters, circa 1944-1945
Box   1 Folder   10	Cagney Productions and United Artists: correspondence, etc., 1942-1948
Box   1 Folder   11	Cagney Productions: balance sheets, audit report, production costs for Time of Your Life, etc., 1946-1949
Box   1 Folder   12	Calamy Pictures: proposed distribution of A Man Scans His Past, 1949
Box   1 Folder   13	Camden Productions: audit of preliminary costs for Diary of a Chambermaid, 1945
Box   1 Folder   14	Charles Chaplin: correspondence, 1942-1949 Note: Includes letters of July 17, 1943 and April 7, 1944 regarding stockholders disputes.
Box   1 Folder   15	Chemical Bank and Trust: correspondence regarding proposed financing of pictures, 1948-1949
Box   1 Folder   16	Commonwealth Pictures Corporation - monthly report of cash collections for Walter Wanger Productions, 1943-1947
Box   1 Folder   17	Lester Cowan - correspondence and budget for Love Happy, 1948-1949 Note: Refers to a “real find” - Marilyn Monroe.
Box   1 Folder   18	Bing Crosby Productions - expenses, personal contract abstracts, etc. for The Great John L., 1944
Box   2 Folder   1	C.E. Ericksen (treasurer, Walter Wanger Productions): settlement statements, etc., 1939 January-June
Box   2 Folder   2	W.R. Frank Productions: correspondence on distribution of The Great Dan Patch; A Boy, a Girl, and a Dog; and a film on Goebbels
Box   2 Folder   3	Guaranty Trust Company: correspondence, 1942-1947
Box   2 Folder   4	Hopalong Cassidy series: preproduction cost, etc. on pictures #6, #7 and #8, 1947
Box   2 Folder   5	International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE): basic crafts agreements (pay scales, working conditions, and contract definitions for various union craftsmen), 1942
Box   2 Folder   6	George W. Johnson (treasurer(?), Walter Wanger Productions Inc.): settlement statements, 1937 March-1938 March
Box   2 Folder   7-8	Miracle Productions Inc. - audit of preproduction costs, with supporting schedules for A Miracle Can Happen (to September 7, 1946) and Christmas Eve (to November 16, 1946), 1946
Box   2 Folder   9	Miscellaneous Note: Includes Wanger, Romaine, Fox material, 1935-1944.
Box   2 Folder   10	Miscellaneous Note: Includes extensive material relating to Wanger Productions Inc., 1938-1942.
Box   2 Folder   11	H.J. Muller (comptroller, United Artists Corporation): correspondence and occasional notices of interest, 1949 April-1950 February
Box   2 Folder   12	James Nasser: correspondence, tentative agreements, etc. for various films, 1948-1950
Box   3 Folder   1	Nasser Brothers agreements, 1948-1949
Box   3 Folder   2	James Nasser Productions Inc.: weekly loan statements and requests, balance sheets and production budgets for An Innocent Affair, 1948
Box   3 Folder   3	Edward Nassour: correspondence, 1948-1949
Box   3 Folder   4-5	Paul D. O'Brien (counsel for United Artists Corporation): correspondence relating to contracts, 1947-1949
Box   3 Folder   6	Jack O'Bryan - correspondence on Shrine shows, 1947-1949
Box   3 Folder   7	Daniel T. O'Shea (Selznick and Vanguard): correspondence, 1942-1948
	Participating statements
Box   3 Folder   8	Percentage payments to actors, directors, etc. by Wanger Productions and Argosy Corporation, 1939-1944
Box   3 Folder   9	Correspondence, 1940-1945
Box   3 Folder   10	Harry Popkin - correspondence, 1948-1950
Box   3 Folder   11	Price, Waterhouse reports: Consolidated A/c's and Report on “Silverstone Plan,” 1945 December 29, 1948 January 3
Box   3 Folder   12	Producer-Screen Actors Guild - agreements, correspondence, claims (mostly Wanger), 1938-1941
Box   3 Folder   13	Proposed distribution deals submitted to Board of Directors. Note: See item dated January 17, 1949 for Bagnall's proposal for settling UA's financial crisis.
Box   3 Folder   14	Ripley - Monter Productions: agreements for Voice in the Wind, 1943-1944
Box   3 Folder   15	Charles Rogers Productions: correspondence on financing, production, titles, etc., 1942-1949
	Romaine Film Corporation, 1941-1942 Note: Production company of which Bagnall was president.
Box   4 Folder   1	Agreements
Box   4 Folder   2	Summary of detail budgets and cost reports for To Be or Not To Be
Box   4 Folder   3	Direct call payroll sheets - To Be or Not To Be
Box   4 Folder   4	Bank reconciliations
Box   4 Folder   5	Accounts receivable
Box   4 Folder   6	Social Security tax
Box   4 Folder   7	Salkay Corporation - agreement, 1943
Box   4 Folder   8	Screen Play Inc., Screen Plays II: correspondence, 1947-1949 Note: Includes detail budget, cost report, and shooting schedule for Champion.
Box   4 Folder   9	Screen Publicists Guild - correspondence, etc., 1946-1948
Box   4 Folder   10	Security First National Bank and Bankers Trust Company - loan repayment correspondence, 1944
Box   4 Folder   11	Security First National Bank - correspondence, 1946-1949
Box   4 Folder   12	Social Security - Wanger Productions, 1938-1942
Box   4 Folder   13-14	Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers: wage scale and other agreements with employee unions, 1944-1947
Box   4 Folder   15	Hunt Stromberg Productions: balance sheets, etc., 1943
Box   4 Folder   16	Trivoli Productions - audit of preproduction costs for Congresswoman, 1946
Box   4 Folder   17	Treasury Department. World War II bond drives, 1943
	United Artists Productions
	Balance sheets and supporting statements
Box   5 Folder   1	1943
Box   5 Folder   2	1944-1945
Box   5 Folder   3	1946, 1948-1950
Box   5 Folder   4	Estimate of cash requirements, 1943-1949
Box   5 Folder   5	Interest statements: movies loaned by UA Corporation, 1938-1941 Note: Under previous name Walter Wanger Productions Inc.
Box   5 Folder   6	Tax returns, employee earning reports, correspondence, 1938-1943
Box   5 Folder   7	Tax: estimated liability for U.S. and California, 1943-1945
Box   5 Folder   8	Tax correspondence, 1943
Box   5 Folder   9-10	Wage earning reports for Social Security, 1936-1937
Box   5 Folder   11	Walter Wanger: liquidation of Italian company, 1938-1941
	Loretta Young
Box   5 Folder   12	Contract and correspondence for Eternally Yours, 1939-1940
Box   5 Folder   13	Statements of accounting for Eternally Yours, 1940-1946