Summary Information

Title: Walter Mirisch Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1946-1969

Creator:

• Mirisch, Walter, 1921-

Call Number: U.S. Mss 87AN; Disc 98A

Quantity: 12.8 c.f. (25 archives boxes, 10 packages), 13 disc recordings, and 21 reels of film

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Abstract:

Papers of Walter Mirisch, an Academy Award-winning motion picture producer and founder of the Mirisch Corporation, consisting of records of various films and television series produced by Mirisch or by his company. Present in varying quantities, the files include shooting scripts, stills, advertising and publicity kits, films, sound recordings, and set and costume designs. Among the Mirisch Corporation productions (all released by United Artists) are The Apartment (1960), The Children's Hour (1962), The Great Escape (1963), Hawaii (1966), The Horse Soldiers (1959), How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Irma La Douce (1963), The Magnificent Seven (1960), One, Two, Three (1961), The Pink Panther (1964), The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming (1966), Some Like It Hot (1959), Toys in the Attic (1963), Two for the See-saw (1962), and West Side Story (1961). Records of television work include shooting scripts, films, and budgets for Hey, Landlord (NBC), Peter Loves Mary (NBC), Rat Patrol (ABC), and Wichita Town (NBC).

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0087an

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