Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Parrish, Robert
- Abstract:
- The Parrish, Robert mss., ca. 1943-1979 contains correspondence, photographs, articles, and book-related notes.
- Extent:
- 1 Box (1 standard)
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Parrish, Robert mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
Robert Parrish, 1916-1995, was an actor, editor, screenwriter and director who received an Academy Award for film editing in 1947 for Body and Soul. The son of Gordon and Laura Parrish, his family relocated from Georgia to Los Angeles in the mid-1920s. Parrish appeared as an actor in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and City Lights (1931), as well as various films for John Ford. Parrish became an assistant editor for Ford, first on Mary of Scotland (1936), and then a sound editor on Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln (1939). Parrish also worked with Ford on Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and various documentary and training films during World War II, including The Battle of Midway (1942).
Parrish wrote two books about his life in Hollywood and the film industry, Growing Up in Hollywood (1976) and a sequel, Hollywood Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1988), which Kevin Brownlow notes produced "one of the most enchanting—and hilarious—books about the picture business ever written."
- Scope and Content:
The collection includes correspondence, photographs, articles, and book-related notes. The correspondence contains letters from Robert Parrish, Barbara Ford, and John Ford, as well as a formal invitation from President Richard Nixon to the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award ceremony in honor of John Ford. Photographs includes images of John Ford, John Wayne, and the Ford family.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired: 2011
- Processing information:
Processed by Craig Simpson.
Completed in 2011.
- Physical location:
- Lilly - Stacks
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Many collections are housed offsite; retrieval requires advance notice. Please make an appointment a minimum of one week in advance of your visit.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Photography and digitization may be restricted for some collections. Copyright restrictions may apply. Before publishing, researchers are responsible for securing permission from all applicable rights holders, then filling out the Permission to Publish form.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Parrish, Robert mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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1200 East Seventh StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-5500, USA
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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(812) 855-2452liblilly@indiana.edu