Patrick McGilligan Papers, 1970-1979

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 192AN
Series: Biographical Material
Box   1
Folder   1
Part 1, 1973-1974
Box   2
Folder   1
Part 2, 1972-1977
Series: Correspondence
Box   1
Folder   2
1977, undated
Box   2
Folder   2
undated
Series: Writings
Articles
Box   1
Folder   5
Daily Cardinal, 1970-1973
Box   2
Folder   3
Capital Times and Daily Cardinal, 1972
Boston Globe
Box   2
Folder   18
1973
Box   2
Folder   19
circa 1973-1974
Box   2
Folder   20
1974
Box   2
Folder   21
1975
Box   2
Folder   22
Film magazine articles, 1973-1979
Box   2
Folder   23-24
Real Paper, undated
Books
Box   1
Folder   4
Armstrong book proposal and chapter draft, circa 1974, with Dan Schwartz, Henry Schipper, and Debra Weiner
Box   2
Folder   6
Synopsis of book proposal on Karl Armstrong and the Sterling Hall bombing, circa 1974
Box   3
Folder   1-4
Cagney: the Actor as Auteur, chapter drafts and working papers, undated
Fiction
Box   1
Folder   6
“Cold Cherry Soup,” undated
Box   2
Folder   5
Undated
Motion Pictures
Box   3
Folder   5
“American Dreams,” plot synopsis, undated
“The Contestant,” with Debra Weiner and Robert Taylor, undated
Box   1
Folder   20
Synopsis, undated
Box   3
Folder   6
Synopsis, undated
Box   3
Folder   7
“The Face of Fame,” incomplete script, undated
Box   3
Folder   8
“How I Got This Way,” script
Box   3
Folder   9
“The Two Oswalds,” script
Box   3
Folder   10
Untitled incomplete script, undated
Box   3
Folder   11-14
Notebooks, undated
Box   1
Folder   21
Play, Sawdust Ain't Enough: The Great Oshkosh Woodworker Strike of 1898, incomplete script, undated, with David Levine
Miscellaneous
Box   1
Folder   3
Anti-war activities, 1976-1977, undated
Box   2
Folder   7
Ben Elson, Edward, political sketch, undated
Box   3
Folder   15
Notes on Humphrey Bogart's Movie Roles, undated
Box   2
Folder   4
Term paper, undated
Series: Motion Picture Articles, Interviews, and Transcripts
Tape 627A
No.   13
Adjani, Isabelle, 1976, January 24
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the star of Truffaut's Adele H. in which she discusses films in which she has acted, the parts she played, and her acting style.
No.   3-5
Altman, Robert, 1976, May
Scope and Content Note: Interview with Altman and Paul Newman concerning the film Buffalo Bill. Altman also discusses Nashville.
No.   27
Berenson, Marisa, 1975, December 13
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the actress concerning her part in the film Barry Lyndon.
No.   2-3
Burns, George, 1975, June
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the comedian in which he discusses his old Burns and Allen routines, his role in The Sunshine Boys, and the difference between radio and television. He also compares comedy of 1976 and early radio.
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Clair, Rene, 1973, August
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the director by McGilligan and Debra Weiner in which he discusses the quality of film and television, reminisces about his acting career, and talks about his inclination for writing tragi-comedies. In part 2 he talks about his filmmaking career and the people who influenced his comedies.
Box   1
Folder   28
Interview
Box   2
Folder   8
Interview
Box   2
Folder   9
Clampett, Bob, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
DeAntonio, Emile, undated
Scope and Content Note: Article draft and interview transcript.
Tape 627A
No.   9
Dern, Bruce, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Dern discusses his acting and directing style, and gives his opinion of Alfred Hitchcock and other directors he has worked with.
Douglas, Kirk, October, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Douglas discusses his roles in several pictures and his life's philosophy. He also mentions motion pictures and social activism.
No.   12
Recording
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Box   1
Folder   8
Transcript, 1975
Eastwood, Clint, April 2, 1976
Scope and Content Note: Eastwood talks about his films and books submitted for use. He also mentions directing and his own technique. Also discusses his start in Rawhide and his work on Dirty Harry and Play Misty for Me.
No.   12
Recording
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Box   1
Folder   10
Transcript, draft and published version of “Clint Eastwood,” Focus on Film, 1976
Tape 627A
No.   5
Elson, Edward Ben, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Biographical interview with the Madison attorney
No.   25-26
Firestore, Cinda, undated
Scope and Content Note: Interview concerning the film Attica, its financing, and the life of prisoners.
No.   15
Fletcher, Louise, December 9, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the award-winning actress concerning her role in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
No.   16
Goldman, James, 1976
No.   8, 16
Hepburn, Audrey, 1976
Scope and Content Note: Interview concerning actors, directors, awards, and acting.
No.   9
Hitchcock, Alfred, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the director concerning production during the silent era. He also examines film as an art form.
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Lupino, Ida, 1974
Box   1
Folder   11
Transcript of interview with McGilligan and Debra Weiner
Box   2
Folder   10
Interview, undated
McCrea, Joel, 1976, April 5
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the actor in which he discusses his early days, directors such as King Vidor, and the film The More the Merrier. He discusses various directors and mentions Gary Cooper, his acting career, and various studio executives.
Box   2
Folder   11
Interview
Tape 627A
No.   36, 37
Recording
No.   32
Makavejev, Dusan, 1976, February
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the Yugoslav director concerning film technique, politics, and the distribution of Sweet Movie.
No.   19, 20
Mamoulian, Rouben, 1975, June
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the author of Oklahoma and Carousel, in which he discusses stage and screen and experiences with MGM and Paramount. He also describes visits to Iran and Australia and the worldwide interest in film.
No.   13
Mazursky, Paul, February 3, 1976
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the director concerning his technique, his life and philosophy, and plans for the film A Star Is Born.
U.S. Mss 92AN
Box   2
Folder   12
“My Brother the Alderman,” undated
Tape 627A
Newman, Paul, 1976, May
No.   3-5
Interview with the actor concerning Buffalo Bill.
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Box   1
Folder   12
“Slapshot; On the Set with Paul Newman,” by McGilligan and Debra Weiner, Bijou, 1977, April (Printed form only)
Tape 627A
No.   14-15
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975, November
Scope and Content Note: Press conference concerning a discussion of how the film was shot, the reasons some scenes were used, and character development.
No.   27
O'Neal, Ryan, 1975, December 13?
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the actor concerning his role in Barry Lyndon, the film's production, and his role in it. He also discusses boxing.
No.   18
Phillips, Michael, 1976, February
Scope and Content Note: Interview also with Paul Schraeder concerning Taxi Driver, their lives, and the film.
Pollack, Sydney, 1975, October
Scope and Content Note: Interview concerning Three Days of the Condor.
No.   11
Recording
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Box   1
Folder   13
Transcript
Tape 627A
Reagan, Ronald, 1976?
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the actor concerning his old films.
No.   5
Recording
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Box   1
Folder   14
Transcript, draft, and printed version of “Ronald Reagan Stalks the Big One,” Take One, August 1976
Tape 627A
No.   10
Resnais, Alain, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Interview in French with Debra Weiner.
No.   35
Rudolph, Alan, undated
Scope and Content Note: Interview with screenwriter/director concerning Welcome to L.A., its release in Madison, the actors guild, and his work with Robert Altman.
Russell, Ken, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the writer-director-producer, concerning hobbies, religion, classical music, and the films Mahler and Tommy.
No.   23
Recording
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Box   1
Folder   15
Transcript and draft of article by McGilligan and Janet Maslin
Box   2
Folder   13
Schary, Dore, undated
Schraeder, Paul, See Michael Phillips
Box   2
Folder   14
Soglin, Paul, undated
Tape 627A
No.   10-11, 17
Steiger, Rod, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the actor concerning his career and politics in the United States in the 1970's. He also compares films of 1975 with those twenty years previous.
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Stevens, George, undated
Box   1
Folder   16
Transcript of interview by Joseph McBride and McGilligan
Box   2
Folder   15-16
, 1974 interview
Tape 627A
Stewart, James, 1974
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the actor about films and acting.
No.   6
Recording
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Box   1
Folder   17
Handwritten notes
Tape 627A
No.   34
Stoler, Shirley, 1976, March 16
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the actress concerning her role in Seven Beauties, her career in theater and film, future films, and work with Ingmar Bergman.
Thompson, Bill, April 1976
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the vice-president of First National Bank concerning the financing of films.
No.   24
Recording
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Box   1
Folder   11
“Financing the Flicks: An Interview with two Boston Bankers,” Film Comment, October 1976 (appeared as “Bankshots”)
Tape 627A
No.   6, 28-30
Vidor, King, 1975
Scope and Content Note: Press conference concerning the director-writer-producer's career, radical politics incorporated in films, the actress Marion Davies, and Hallelujah.
Walsh, Raoul, 1974
Scope and Content Note: Interview by McGilligan and Debra Weiner concerning Walsh's techniques, the quality of his film and his part in rewriting What Price Glory. He also mentions his beginnings as an actor and progression to director.
No.   29, 31
Recording
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Box   1
Folder   18
Transcript and draft
Tape 627A
No.   7
Wayne, John, 1975, June
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the actor concerning Rooster Cogburn and other films.
Wellman, William, 1974, August
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the author-director concerning Growing Old Disgracefully, his career, and recollections of Garbo, Lombard, and Stewart. Also discusses his westerns, sex in films, and his work with major studios.
No.   21, 22
Recording
U.S. Mss 192AN
Box   1
Folder   19
Transcript by McGilligan and Debra Weiner
Box   2
Folder   17
Interview, undated
Tape 627A
No.   16
Whitlock, Albert, 1976
No.   33
Wise, Robert, 1975, November
Scope and Content Note: Interview with the director-producer concerning the film The Hindenburg, his initial involvement in the project, financing difficulties, and his role as editor and director.