[Authors] [Film] [Poetry] Manuscripts for Works by Noted Author, Publicist and Motion Picture Director Russell Birdwell

by Birdwell, Russell

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1960. [Authors] [Film] [Poetry] Manuscripts for Works by Noted Author, Publicist and Motion Picture Director Russell Birdwell, circa 1960s This is a small archive (about three inches) consisting of typed manuscripts for books by Russell Birdwell, perhaps best known as the publicist and press agent for "Gone With the Wind" and several other motion pictures. Birdwell was born in Texas in 1903. He worked for Hearst newspapers in Los Angeles and New York, directed two silent movies in 1929 and a short in 1933. He soon became head of publicity for David O. Selznick, who produced "Gone with the Wind" and "Rebecca," both Best Picture Academy Award winners. Birdwell opened his own office in 1939 and had offices in Beverly Hills, New York, London and Chicago. Among his many noteworthy clients were Carole Lombard, Marlene Dietrich and King Carol II of Romania. He also worked for the 1943 Western "The Outlaw," publicizing its star Jane Russell and director Howard Hughes. In 1939 Birdwell published the autobiographical novel "I Ring Doorbells." He traveled to England and wrote a book based on his observations which was published as "Women in Battle Dress" in 1942. He also wrote "Rockabye Dynamite" (a volume of poetry) and the novel "Mount Horeb" (published in 1972). Birdwell died in 1977. The manuscripts on offer here are: "Rockabye Dynamite"--Birdwell self-published this work of poetry with the subtitle "Lyrics For Our Time" in 1969. OCLC shows eleven institutions with holdings of the p

• Year: 1960
• Binding: unknown

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