Summary Information

Title: Loyd Wright Legal Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 5A
Inclusive Dates: 1919, 1931-1961

Creators:

• Wright, Loyd, 1892-1974
• United Artists Corporation

Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/5A

Quantity: 15.4 cubic feet (39 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 Loyd Wright, a Los Angeles attorney who represented United Artists for many years and who served as secretary of the Board of Trustees. Included are correspondence; notes, briefs, and other legal documents concerning anti-trust litigation, distribution agreements, loans, and contracts with company officers and producers such as Charles Chaplin, Samuel Goldwyn, Hal Roach, Arthur B. Krim, Alexander Korda, Mary Pickford, Joseph Schenck, David O. Selznick, Hunt Stromberg, Walter Wanger, and others; and reference files of United Artists reports on finances and overseas operations and on the legal and foreign operations of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association.

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-99an005a

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