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Identification: MSS 099, F633
Creator: Nichols, Dudley, 1895-1960.
Title: "The Informer" screenplay
Inclusive Dates: circa 1935
Extent: 1 item (103 p.)
Abstract: Dudley Nichols screenplay based on Liam O'Flaherty's novel The Informer.
Language: Materials entirely in English.
MSS 099, F633, Dudley Nichols, "The Informer" screenplay, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Shelved in SPEC MSS 099
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Purchase, 1999.
Processed and encoded by Debra Johnson, March 2007.
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American motion picture screenwriter Dudley Nichols was instrumental in founding the Screen Writers' Guild and also directed and produced films.
Sources:
"Dudley Nichols 1895–1960." Biography Resource Center. Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 6: 1956–1960. American Council of Learned Societies, 1980. http://galenet.galegroup.com (accessed March 29, 2007).
Irish author Liam O'Flaherty (1896–1984) is primarily known for his short stories and novels.
Sources:
"O'Flaherty, Liam, 1896–1984." Literature Online. http://lion.chadwyck.com (accessed March 29, 2007).
This collection consists of a staple-bound mimeographed typescript draft of "The Informer," a screenplay by Dudley Nichols which was adapted from Liam O'Flaherty's novel. Nichols refused to accept the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences award which he received for the screenplay, citing his support of the Screen Writers' Guild.
Dudley Nichols "The Informer" screenplay, circa 1935 [Box 38 F633]
Typescript mimeographed screenplay, 103 pp.
