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Seems like old times : screenplay and shooting call

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0099-F0848

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.

Dates

  • Creation: 1980 April

Creator

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Neil Simon (1927- )

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).

Extent

1 item (151 pages)

1 item (2 pages)

1 item (1 page)

Abstract

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.

Source

Purchase, May 2009.

Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

MSS 0485, Richard Hoffman Neil Simon collection.

Shelving Summary

Box 59, F0848: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Processing

Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, June 2009. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015.

Subject

Title
Finding aid for Seems like old times : screenplay and shooting call
Status
Completed
Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Date
2009 June 11
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository

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