In Our Time screenplay

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Cubic Feet 1 letter-sized folder
Creator:
Petitclerc, Denne Bart and Hemingway, Jack, 1923-2000
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This collection features a single screenplay for an unproduced film based on John H.N. Hemingway's memories of his parents Ernest and Hadley Hemingway. The script was written in 1984 by Denne Petitclerc (1929-2006), a journalist, screenwriter, and friend of Ernest Hemingway. "In Our Time" is based on the primary source material and recollections of John H.N. Hemingway and Petitclerc described in the first three pages of the script titled " A Note on the Sources of this Screenplay." The screenplay focuses on the time surrounding Ernest Hemingway's first short story collection, published in 1924 and 1925, titled "In Our Time." The front cover notes the work as a 'The Producers Group' production and the address of the firm is present on the title page and consists of 119 single-sided pages.

Biographical / historical:

Denne Petitclerc (1929-2006) was an American journalist, screenwriter and friend of Ernest Hemingway and his family.

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) was an American author and jouralist. The screenplay takes its name from his books of short stories published in 1924 and 1925.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Novelists, American
Screenplays