RKO copies of William Faulkner typescript of Gunga Din 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
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16082, RKO copies of William Faulkner typescript of Gungha Din screenplay, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
0.03 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

MSS 16082, RKO copies of William Faulkner typescript of Gungha Din screenplay, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

The RKO copies of William Faulkner typescript of Gungha Din screenplay (1936, 0.03 cubic feet) contain:

1. "Notes for an original story by W. Faulkner. PUKKA SAHIB (Tentative Title). Dictated by W. Faulkner to Kathleen Jones." April 10, 1936. 6 pp. 2. "Notes for an original story by W. Faulkner. Dictated by W. Faulkner to Kathleen Jones." April 13, 1936. 10 pp. 3. "GUNGHA DIN (Sequence and Scenes) by William Faulkner. Dictated by W. Faulkner to Kathleen Jones." April 16, 1936. 1 page preface and 21 pages, numbered 16, I-V. 4. "GUNGHA DIN" by William Faulkner. 50 pp. Screenplay.

Biographical / historical:

Producer of Gungha Din, Edward Small joined the RKO Pictures in 1936. He owned the rights to the Rudyard Kiping poem, he hired William Faulkner in April (on loan from Twentieth Century) to work for five weeks developing a script for the picture. Faulkner is not credited on the final script for the film, which was released in 1939.

Acquisition information:
This collection was purchased on December 10, 2015.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Screenplays