Title: United Artists Records Used for "United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, Volume 2: 1951-1978,"
Inclusive Dates: 1950-1980

Creators:

• United Artists Corporation

• Balio, Tino, compiler

Unique Identifier: MCHC82-046; (U.S. Mss 99AN)

Quantity: 7.0 cubic feet (7 records center cartons)
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:

Corporate records from United Artists which include annual reports, executive correspondence, distribution agreements, accounting records, publicity and advertising materials, and newspaper clippings. There is a significant amount of information on the films made by Stanley Kramer, the Mirisch Company, Norman Jewison, Hecht-Lancaster and the James Bond films along with folders pertaining to Michael Cimino (Heaven's Gate), Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now), John Houston (Moulin Rouge), Stanley Kubrick, Otto Preminger, and John Schlesinger, among others, in this series.

Note:

Forms part of the United Artists Corporation collection.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mchc82046

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These records were used by Professor Tino Balio while writing the second volume of his history of United Artists and have been left in the order given them by Professor Balio. The inventory of this series was included as an appendix in Balio's book United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry, Volume 2: 1951-1978.

Acquisition Information

Accession Number: MCHC82-046

United Artists Corporation; Mirisch Company; Kramer, Stanley; Jewison, Norman, 1926-; Preminger, OttoMotion picture industryJames Bond filmsWCFTR-ownedManuscript collection

MCHC82-046	Annual reports
Box   1   Folder   1	1954-1959
Box   1   Folder   2	1960-1968
Box   1   Folder   3	1969-1970, 1972-1976
Box   1   Folder   4	Annual meetings minutes, 1958-1964
Box   1   Folder   5	Krim-Benjamin takeover agreements, 1951
Box   1   Folder   6-7	Corporate History correspondence, 1951-1975, undated
Box   1   Folder   8	Releases and grosses, 1958-1977
Box   1   Folder   9	Financial correspondence, 1951-1976,undated
	Transamerica
Box   1   Folder   10	Analysis of Leisure Services Group, 1968-1972
Box   1   Folder   11	Correspondence on policies, 1953-1979, undated
Box   1   Folder   12	Financial correspondence, 1965-1977, undated
Box   1   Folder   14	Mary Pickford correspondence, 1951-1956
Box   1   Folder   15	Foreign distribution, 1951-1971, undated
Box   2   Folder   1	Model distribution contracts, 1951-1960
Box   2   Folder   2	Eagle-Lion, 1944-1973, undated
Box   2   Folder   3	Advertising and publicity, 1956-1975,undated
Box   2   Folder   4	Advertising, publicity, and promotion manual 1973, undated
Box   2   Folder   5	Agents, 1965-1974
Box   2   Folder   6	United Artists (UA) Television, 1958-1975, undated
Box   2   Folder   7	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) distribution, 1974-1975
Box   2   Folder   8	Censorship and rating, 1961-1976, undated
Box   2   Folder   9	Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) classification and rating, 1954-1977
Box   2   Folder   10	Lopert Pictures, 1948-1970
Box   2   Folder   11	Press releases on corporate history, 1956-1977, undated
Box   2   Folder   12	Critics and trades, 1963-1976, undated
Box   2   Folder   13	Audience analysis, 1952-1977, undated
Box   2   Folder   14	Daniel Yankelovich Inc. audience survey, 1968
Box   2   Folder   15	Exhibitor relations, 1952-1976, undated
Box   2   Folder   16	MPAA, 1958-1971, undated
	Motion Picture Export Association (MPEA)
Box   2   Folder   17	General, 1959-1962, undated
Box   2   Folder   18	Surveys, 1959-1974
Box   2   Folder   19	Reports on billing, 1954-1966
Box   3   Folder   1	Woody Allen, 1969-1980, undated
	James Bond
Box   3   Folder   2-3	Deals, 1961-1981, undated
Box   3   Folder   4	Dr. No, 1961-1963, undated
Box   3   Folder   5	Thunderball, 1961-1972
Box   3   Folder   6	From Russia with Love, 1962-1968, undated
Box   3   Folder   7	You Only Live Twice, 1966-1972, undated
Box   3   Folder   8	Man with the Golden Gun, 1974-1975, undated
Box   3   Folder   9	Diamonds Are Forever, 1969-1976, undated
Box   3   Folder   10	Live and Let Die, 1972-1974, undated
Box   3   Folder   11	Goldfinger, 1964-1972, undated
Box   3   Folder   12	The Beatles, 1964-1974, undated
Box   3   Folder   13	Richard Brooks: Elmer Gantry, 1957-1960, undated
	Bryna Productions
Box   3   Folder   14	Kirk Douglas, 1954-1962, undated
Box   3   Folder   15	The Vikings, 1956-1959
Box   3   Folder   16	Casino Royale, 1961-1967, undated
Box   3   Folder   17	Frank Capra, 1957-1963
Box   3   Folder   18	Charles Chaplin: Limelight, 1951-1955, undated
Box   3   Folder   19	Chartoff-Winkler, 1974-1981, undated
Box   3   Folder   20	Paddy Chayefsky, 1970-1977, undated
Box   3   Folder   21	Michael Cimino: Heaven's Gate, 1973-1981, undated
Box   4   Folder   1	Francis Ford Coppola: Apocalypse Now, 1975-1981, undated
Box   4   Folder   2	Jules Dassin, 1959-1964, undated
Box   4   Folder   3	Hillard Elkins: Alice's Restaurant, 1968-1970
Box   4   Folder   4	Samuel Goldwyn Jr.: Cotton Comes to Harlem, 1969-1975, undated
	Alberto Grimaldi
Box   4   Folder   5	General, 1968-1978, undated
Box   4   Folder   6	Last Tango in Paris, 1971-1975, undated
Box   4   Folder   7	Man of La Mancha, 1970-1973, undated
Box   4   Folder   8	Gulu Pictures: Bwana Devil, 1953-1955, undated
	Hecht-Lancaster
Box   4   Folder   9-10	General, 1951-1970, undated
Box   4   Folder   11	Taras Bulba, 1957-1962, undated
Box   4   Folder   12	Trapeze, 1955-1956
Box   4   Folder   13	Marty, 1954-1955
Box   4   Folder   14	John Huston: Moulin Rouge, 1951-1954, undated
Box   4   Folder   15	Eliot Hyman: Ray Stark Deals, 1956-1965, undated
	Elliot Kastner
Box   4   Folder   16	General, 1971-1976, undated
Box   4   Folder   17	Missouri Breaks, 1975-1976, undated
	Stanley Kramer
Box   4   Folder   18	General, 1952-1965, undated
Box   4   Folder   19	Judgment at Nuremburg, 1960-1961
Box   4   Folder   20	It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1962-1967, undated
Box   4   Folder   21	Cyrano de Bergerac, 1951-1952, undated
Box   4   Folder   22	The Pride and the Passion, 1956-1958, undated
Box   4   Folder   23	Secret of Santa Vittoria, 1966-1969, undated
Box   4   Folder   24	Inherit the Wind, 1960-1965, undated
Box   4   Folder   25	High Noon, 1952-1953, undated
Box   5   Folder   1	Stanley Kubrick, 1954-1964, undated
Box   5   Folder   2	Norman Lear: The Night They Raided Minsky's, 1967-1969, undated
	Mirisch Company
Box   5   Folder   3	General correspondence, 1958-1967, undated
Box   5   Folder   4-5	Deals, 1957-1973
	Blake Edwards
Box   5   Folder   6	General, 1962-1973, undated
Box   5   Folder   7	Pink Panther, 1962-1970, undated
Box   5   Folder   8	A Shot in the Dark, 1961-1964, undated
Box   5   Folder   9	Pink Panther sequels, 1974-1981, undated
Box   5   Folder   10	Hawaii, 1959-1971, undated
Box   5   Folder   11	Elvis Presley, 1962, undated
Box   5   Folder   12	John Sturges, 1958-1969, undated
Box   5   Folder   13	West Side Story, 1958-1976, undated
Box   5   Folder   14	Billy Wilder, 1957-1967, undated
	Norman Jewison
Box   5   Folder   15	Deals, 1960-1977, undated
Box   5   Folder   16	The Russians are Coming…, 1961-1967, undated
Box   5   Folder   17	In the Heat of the Night, 1965-1968
Box   5   Folder   18	Gaily, Gaily 1967-1970, undated
Box   5   Folder   19	Landlord, 1970-1971, undated
Box   5   Folder   20	Billy Two Hats, 1974, undated
Box   6   Folder   1-2	Fiddler on the Roof, 1960-1972, undated
Box   6   Folder   3	The Thomas Crown Affair, 1966-1969
	Rollerball
Box   6   Folder   4	Scripts, 1973-1974, undated
Box   6   Folder   5	Production notes, 1974-1975, undated
Box   6   Folder   6-7	Publicity, 1974-1976, undated
Box   6   Folder   8	Publicity stories, 1974-1975, undated
Box   6   Folder   9	CARA, 1974-1975
	Reviews
Box   6   Folder   10	England, 1975, undated
Box   6   Folder   11	United States, 1975, undated
Box   6   Folder   12	France, 1975, undated
Box   6   Folder   13	England Distribution, 1975, undated
Box   6   Folder   14	Press kit (French), undated
Box   6   Folder   15	Joseph Mankiewicz: Barefoot Contessa, 1953-1955, undated
	Otto Preminger
Box   6   Folder   16	The Moon Is Blue, 1952-1956, undated
Box   6   Folder   17	Man with the Golden Arm, 1951-1961, undated
Box   6   Folder   18	Exodus, 1952-1962, undated
Box   6   Folder   19	Saint Joan, 1956-1957, undated
Box   7   Folder   1	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1963-1977, undated
Box   7   Folder   2	Larry Kramer: Women in Love, 1966-1972, undated
Box   7   Folder   3	Harry Saltzman, 1940-1972, undated
	John Schlesinger
Box   7   Folder   4	Sunday, Bloody Sunday 1969-1972, undated
Box   7   Folder   5	Midnight Cowboy, 1966-1974, undated
	Seven Arts
Box   7   Folder   6	General, 1952-1966
Box   7   Folder   7	The Misfits, 1959-1961, undated
Box   7   Folder   8	Anatomy of a Murder, 1957-1958, undated
	Edward Small
Box   7   Folder   9	General, 1953-1964
Box   7   Folder   10-11	Solomon and Sheba, 1956-1960, undated
Box   7   Folder   12	Sam Spiegel: The African Queen, 1950-1955, undated
Box   7   Folder   13	George Stevens: The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1962-1970, undated
Box   7   Folder   14	Michael Todd, 1955-1957, undated
Box   7   Folder   15	Woodfall Films: Tom Jones, 1962-1976, undated
Box   7   Folder   16	Marvin Worth: Lenny, 1973-1981, undated