The collection consists of production and related records from the films Hollywood on Trial and I'm a Stranger Here Myself: A Portrait of Nicholas Ray. Files for each film include correspondence; financial records such as budgets and prospectuses, cost and expense reports, insurance records, and grant requests; contracts, releases, and legal correspondence; publicity clippings and press releases; and research materials gathered for production. Biographical sketches of Gutman, Halpern, and others associated with the making of Hollywood on Trial are located in Box 1, Folder 1. Hollywood on Trial files also include records of the producers' selection of films and photographic stills and transcripts used in the making of the film, a treatment, credits, and production notes. Within the legal files for I'm a Stranger Here Myself are papers from the incorporation of October Films in 1973.
