Overview of the Collection
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Repository Name:
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University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives
1299 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1299 USA
URL: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/speccoll/index.html
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Collection Number:
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Ax 429
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Creator:
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Green, Paul Eliot, 1894-1981
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Title:
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Paul Green Screenplays and Scripts
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Dates:
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1925-1942 (inclusive)
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Quantity:
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.5 linear feet
1 container
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Languages:
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Collection materials are in English.
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Summary:
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Paul Eliot Green (1894-1981) was a teacher and a writer of plays, screenplays, novels, short stories,
essays, song lyrics and libretti, and screenplays. The collection contains screenplays and other writings relating to film.
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Biographical Note
Prolific writer Paul Eliot Green was born on March 17, 1894 near Lillington, North Carolina, the son of
farmers William Archibald Green and Betty (Byrd) Green. Green attended Buie's Creek Academy (now Campbell College),
graduating in 1914; the University of North Carolina, graduating in 1921; and did graduate work at
Cornell University (1922-1923). He married Elizabeth Atkinson Lay on July 6, 1922, and they had four children:
Paul E. Green, Jr., Byrd Green Cornwell, Betsy Green Moyer, and Janet Green Catlin.
During World War I, Green served in the United States Army in Belgium and France, and became second Lieutenant.
Between 1923 and 1963, Green taught philosophy, dramatic art, and television and film at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Many of Green's writings focus on race, most notably In Abraham's Bosom. He also collaborated with Richard Wright to adapt the
novel Native Son for the stage.
Paul Green has won several awards for his writings, including the Belasco Cup in 1925
for The No 'Count Boy and
the Pulitzer Prize in drama in 1927 for In Abraham's Bosom.
Paul Eliot Green died 1981.
Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2003.
Content Description
Collection comprises 11 screenplays and scripts of American author Paul Green and others, including Green's screenplays for State fair and Voltaire, and the screenplay by Sidney Buchman and Seton I. Miller for Here comes Mr. Jordan.
Administrative Information
Processing Note Collection processed by processing staff.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries.
Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the
Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The
reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Paul Green Screenplays and Scripts, Ax 429, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Subjects
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online
catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or
places should search the catalog using these headings.
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| Green, Paul, 1894-1981 |
| Authors, American--20th century |
| Dramatists, American--20th century |
| Screenwriters--United States |
| Screenplays |
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
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Across the Pacific. Screenplay, by Richard Macaulay.
"Revised Final."
Mimeographed. 125 leaves. Copyright Tamer Brothers Pictures, Inc., 1942. From serial by Robert Carson.
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Carolina. Screenplay, by Reginald Berkeley.
Mimeographed. 111 leaves. Copyright Fox Film Corp., 1934. From drama, House of Connelly, by Paul Green.
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Screenplay, by Sidney Buchman, Seton I. Miller.
Mimeographed. 156 leaves. Copyright Columbia Pictures Corp., 1941. From play, Heaven Can Wait, by Harry Segall.
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Kentucky Pride. Continuity. n.p.
Carbon, n.p. Copyright, Fox Film Corp., 1925. Story by Dorothy Yost.
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Mister Halo. Scenario, by Ian U. Hunter and Sam J. Beale
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One Came Home. Scenario, by Grace Norton.
Mimeographed. 52 leaves. M.G.M. Script Department.
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Seventh Cavalry. Screen treatment, by Robert Presnell and Shephard Traube.
Carbon. 109, 9 leaves. Also rough outline of Screen treatment. Mimeographed. 15 leaves.
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The Singing and the Gold. Screen story Howard Koch and Anne Froelick.
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State Fair. Revised continuity and dialogue, by Philip Stong.
Carbon. 52 leaves. Copyright Fox Film Corp., 1933. Screenplay by Paul Green. From novel by Philip Stong.
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Voltaire. Screenplay, by Paul Green.
Carbon. 169 leaves. Copyright by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., 1033. Based on novel by George Gibbs
and E. Laurence Dudley.
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The World Moves On. Screenplay and continuity, by Reginald Berkeley.
Carbon, 101 leaves. Copyright by Fox Film Corp., 1934.
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