AHJ_ah02798 Inventory of the Henry King papers, 1863-1978 King (Henry) papers Processed by D. Claudia Thompson and Roger Simon University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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2013 and 2025

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 Finding aid encoded by D. Claudia Thompson April, 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary King, Henry, 1886-1982 Henry King papers 1863-1978 02798 27.18 cubic ft. (26 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Scripts, photographs, and posters for many of the this director's motion pictures. Biography of Henry King

Henry King was a pioneer in the American motion picture industry. He began his career as a film actor in 1912. He moved to California, where he began directing in 1915. His first major Hollywood success was “23 ½ Hours Leave” (1920). King made at least one film a year during the next forty years, working primarily for 20th Century Fox. His final film was “Tender Is the Night” (1961).

 Scope and Content

The Henry King collection contains scripts, photographs, and framed movie posters for many of the motion pictures King directed, including “Carousel” (1956), “In Old Chicago” (1937), “Jesse James” (1939), “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (1952), and “Twelve O’Clock High” (1949).

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Henry King Papers, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library.

This material was received from Henry King in 1968.

The collection was cataloged by D. Claudia Thompson in April 2013 and processed by Roger Simon in October 2025.

Item Description, Box Number, Collection Name, Collection Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Motion Pictures Motion picture actors and actresses Motion picture producers and directors Silent films <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Performing Arts Social Life and Customs Series I. Scripts for Movies Directed by King 1 “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” – Shooting Final by Kathryn Scola and Lamar Trotti 1938 1 “A Bell for Adano” – Final Script by Lamar Trotti 1944 1 “Beloved Infidel” – Second Revised Shooting Final by Sy Bartlett 1959 1 “The Black Swan” – Shooting Final by Seton I. Miller and Ben Hecht 1942 1 “The Bravados” – Second Revised Shooting Final by Philip Yordan with revisions by Richard Breen 1958 1 “Captain from Castile” – Final Script by Lamar Trotti 1946 2 “Carolina” (“House of Connelly”) – Revised Final Shooting Script by Reginald Berkeley 1933 2 “Carousel” – Shooting Final Script by Phoebe and Henry Ephron 1955 2 “Chad Hanna” – Revised Final by Nunnally Johnson 1940 2 “The Country Doctor” – Shooting Final – Revised 1935 2 “David and Bathsheba” – Revised Final by Philip Dunne 1950 2 “Deep Waters” (“Deep Water”) – Revised Final by Richard Murphy 1947 3 “The Gunfighter” – ("The Gun Fighter") – Revised Final by William Bower and William Sellers 1949 3 “I’d Climb the Highest Mountain” – Revised Final by Lamar Trotti 1950 3 “I Loved You Wednesday” – Revised Final Shooting Script by Horace Jackson and Philip Klein 1933 3 “In Old Chicago” (“Chicago”) – Revised Final by Lamar Trotti and Sonya Levien 1937 3 “Jesse James” – Final Script by Nunnally Johnson 1938 3 “King of the Khyber Rifles” – Second Revised Shooting Final by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts, and Richard Green 1953 4 “Lightnin’” – Final Shooting Script by Winchell Smith and Frank Bacon 1930 4 “Little Old New York” – Revised Shooting Final by Harry Tugend 1939 4 “Lloyd’s of London” – Final by Ernest Pascal 1936 4 “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” (“A Many-Splendored Thing”) – Final Script by John Patrick 1955 4 “Margie” – Revised Final by F. Hugh Herbert 1945 4 “Marie Galante” – Final Shooting Script by Reginald Berkeley 1934 5 “Maryland” – Shooting Final by Ethel Hill and Jack Andrews 1940 5 “Merely Mary Ann” – Final Shooting Script by Israel Zangwill 1931 5 “O. Henry’s Full House” (“The Full House”) – Final Script 1951 5 “One More Spring” – Final Shooting Script by Edwin Burke 1934 5 “Over the Hill” (“Over the Hill to the Poorhouse”) – Shooting Script undated “Prince of Foxes” 5 Shooting Final by Milton Krims 1948 5 Final Shooting Script by Milton Krims 1948 6 “Ramona” – Revised Final Shooting Script by Lamar Trotti 1936 6 “Remember the Day” – Revised Final by Ress Slesinger and Frank Davis 1941 6 “Seventh Heaven” – Revised Final by Melville Baker 1936 6 “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” – Third Revised Shooting Final by Casey Robinson 1952 6 “The Song of Bernadette” – Revised Final by George Seaton 1943 6 “Stanley and Livingstone” – Revised Shooting Final by Philip Dunne and Julien Josephson 1939 7 “State Fair” – Final Shooting Script by Sonya Levien 1932 “The Sun Also Rises” 7 Final Script 1957

This copy includes blue revised pages.

 7 Final Script 1957

This copy includes as loose inserts two white revised pages and a note to King from Darryl F. Zanuck regarding script changes.

 7 “Tender Is the Night” – Final by Ivan Moffat 1961 7 “Twelve O’Clock High” – Final Script by Sy Bartlett and Beirne Lay, Jr. 1949 7 “Untamed” – Revised Final Script by Frank Fenton 1954 8 “Wait till the Sun Shines, Nellie” – Shooting Final by Allan Scott 1951 8 “Way Down East” – Final Shooting Script by William Hurlbut 1935 8 “Wilson” – Fourth Revised Shooting Final by Lamar Trotti 1943 8 “The Woman in Room 13” – Final Shooting Script by Guy Bolton 1932 8 “A Yank in the R.A.F.” – Revised Shooting Final by Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware 1941 Series II. Photographs 8 Henry King undated 13 Henry King (photo album) undated Movies Directed by King – Medium-Format 8 “Captain from Castile” undated “Carousel” undated 8 “The Country Doctor” 1936 8 “A Game of Wits” undated 9 “Partners Again” undated 9 “Seventh Heaven” undated 9 “State Fair” undated 9 “Stella Dallas” undated 9 “Twelve O’Clock High” undated 9 “The White Sister” undated 9 Unidentified undated 10 Unidentified undated Movies Directed by King – Large-Format 12 “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” (one) 1938 12 “A Bell for Adano” (one) 1945 12 “The Black Swan” (three) 1942 12 “Captain from Castile” (three) 1947 12 “Carousel” (two) 1955 12 “Chad Hanna” (three) 1940 12 “David and Bathsheba” (one) 1951 12 “In Old Chicago” (four) 1937 12 “Jesse James” (two) 1938 12 “Little Old New York” (three) 1939 12 “Love is a Many-Splendored Thing” (one) 1955 12 “Margie” (one) 1946 12 “Maryland” (one) 1940 12 “Merely Mary Ann” (one) 1931 12 “Over the Hill” (one) undated 12 “Ramona” (one) 1936 12 “Remember the Day” (one) 1941 13 “Romola” (one) 1925 12 “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” (one) 1953 12 “The Song of Bernadette” (two) 1943 12 “Stanley and Livingstone” (two) 1939 12 “State Fair” (one) 1933 12 “The Sun Also Rises” (two) 1957 12 “Tender Is the Night” (one) 1961 12 “Twelve O’Clock High” (one) 1949 12 “Wilson” (three) 1944 12 “A Yank in the R.A.F.” (three) 1940 14 Unidentified undated

Includes photos of Lillian Gish in “Romola.”

 Movies Directed by King – Photo Albums 11 “Lightnin’” 1930

“To Mr. Henry King with many regards from Alexander Kahle, October 1930.”

 11 “Romola” undated 11 “Sackcloth and Scarlet” (two photo albums) undated Series III. Posters for Movies Directed by King 15 “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” 1938 16 “Carousel” 1956 17 “David and Bathsheba” 1951 18 “In Old Chicago” 1937 19 “Jesse James” 1939 20 “Jesse James” 1939 26 “Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” 1955 21 “The Snows of Kilimanjaro” 1952 22 “The Song of Bernadette” 1943 23 “Stanley and Livingstone” 1939 24 “Twelve O’Clock High” 1949 25 “Wilson” 1944 Series IV. Assorted 10 “Carousel” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (Williamson Music, Inc., NY, NY) 1945 10 Clippings 1934-1944, 1978

Includes compilations of reviews “from the New York dailies” for “Carolina,” “The Country Doctor,” “Marie Galante” “One More Spring,” “Seventh Heaven,” and “Way Down East.” Also includes an article on “Jesse James” and a 1978 article about a retrospective of King’s movies at the Museum of Modern Art.

 10 “David and Bathsheba,” “Jesse James,” and “The Song of Bernadette” – Promotional Materials 1938-1944, undated 10 “Missouri Life” (Missouri Life, Inc., Jefferson City, MO) 1978

The issue includes an article about the 1938 filming of “Jesse James” in Pineville.

 10 Postcards undated

Originally found in the script for “Way Down East.” One is blank.

 10 “Romola” (volume 1) (PB) by George Eliot (Bernard Tauchnitz, Leipzig) 1836 10 “Romola” (volume 2) (PB) by George Eliot (Bernard Tauchnitz, Leipzig) 1836 10 “The Undefeated” – Scene Breakdown 1963

King is listed as director, and Victor Vallejo is listed as assistant director. According to files at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, this project was produced in 1969, but with Andrew V. McLaglen as director.

 10 “Wilson” 1944-1945

Includes a compilation of reviews of the movie, a letter from Ben Shylen, publisher of “Boxoffice,” with an attached clipping, and a promotional publication for the movie.