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The Old Man and the Sea film materials

 Collection — Box: BW 40, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MSS 16636

Content Description

Screenplay by Peter Viertel and a representative selection of seventeen original 8 x 10 inch black and white glossy stills, with studio cutline in lower border for publicity to promote this adaptation of Hemingway's Pulitzer-Prize winning novella, based on the screenplay by Peter Viertel, starring Spencer Tracy as the Old Man, a role for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, under the direction of John Sturges.

Dates

  • Creation: 1957-1958

Full Extent

0.06 Cubic Feet (2 folders) : Seventeen original 8 x 10 inch black and white glossy stills, with studio cutline in lower border. One screenplay by Peter Viertel ; Seventeen original 8 x 10 inch black and white glossy stills

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This film stills were purchased from William Reese Company by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library in July 2018.

The screen play was purchased from Royal Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library on 11 July 2022.

Title
/emphThe Old Man and the Sea film materials
Status
Completed
Author
Ellen Welch
Date
2021 December 08
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States