Simon, Neil. Seems Like Old Times : screenplay and shooting call1980 April
MSS 099, F848
3 items (151 p., 2 p., 1 p.) A photographically reproduced typescript of Neil Simon's revised final draft of his screenplay,Seems Like Old Times, has laid in a shooting call for the first day of filming.
Materials entirely in
English.
University of Delaware Library -
Special Collections
Source Purchase, May 2009.
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Citation MSS
099, F848, Neil Simon, Seems Like Old Times : screenplay and shooting call, Special Collections, University of Delaware
Library, Newark, Delaware.
Shelving Summary
- F848: Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 manuscript boxes
Processing
Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, June 2009.
Biographical Note Award winning American playwright Neil Simon was born July 4, 1927, in the Bronx, New York.
"Neil Simon." Contemporary Authors Online (reproduced in Biography Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed December 2007).
Scope and Content Note A photographically reproduced typescript of Neil Simon's revised final draft of his screenplay,
Seems Like Old Times, has laid in a shooting call for the first day of filming. Bradbound in Rastar Studio wrappers, the title page is labeled "Revised final draft" and dated April 1980. The cover bears the inked name "Traxel" and is likely photographer Mel Traxel, who served as still photographer for several Simon films. Laid in the screenplay is a two-page Columbia Pictures shooting call for April 7, 1980, the first day of filming, with an attached inter-office memorandum from Michele Panelli.
Selected Search Terms
Personal Names
Simon, Neil.Traxel, Mel.
Corporate Names
Rastar Films, Inc. Columbia Pictures.
Topical Terms
Romantic comedy films––20th century––Sources. American drama––20th
century––Sources.
Form/Genre Terms
Screenplays.
Schedules (time plans)Memorandums. Occupation
Screen writers.
Other NamesPanelli, Michele.
Related Materials in this
Repository This item forms part of MSS 099 Miscellaneous Literary and
Historical Manuscripts.
MSS 485, Richard Hoffman Neil Simon collection
Detailed Contents List
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Seems Like Old Times : screenplay1980 April 1 item (151 p.) Photographically reproduced typescript labeled "Revised final draft" and dated April 1980.
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Seems Like Old Times : shooting call1980 April 7 2 items (2 p., 1 p.) A two-page Columbia Pictures shooting call for April 7, 1980 (the first day of filming) with an attached memorandum.