Collection Summary
Lennart, Isobel
Isobel Lennart papers
1942-1969
3036
7.55 cubic ft. (17 boxes)
University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
English
Isobel Lennart was an American screenwriter in the early 1940s. Collection contains her scripts, notes, correspondence, an audio interview, and awards regarding Lennart's career.
System Requirements
"Funny Girl" interview -- Reel-to-reel audio tapes.
Biography of Isobel LennartIsobel Lennart (1915-1971) started working as a screenwriter in the early 1940s and is best known for writing the book and motion picture biography of Fanny Brice, "Funny Girl," which later appeared on Broadway.
Scope and ContentCollection contains the scripts, drafts, related notes, correspondence, and awards for 23 motion pictures by Lennart, including multiple versions of the screenplay and musical productions of "Funny Girl," and 2 reel-to-reel audio tapes of an interview with Lennart about the writing of "Funny Girl."
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes,
and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright,
property, and libel laws as they apply.
Related Materials
There are no known other archival collections created by Isobel Lennart at the date of processing.
Acquisition Information
This material was received from Isobel Lennart in 1969 and Sarah Harding in 2017.
Processing Information
The collection was updated by Jamie J. Greene in December 2017 and processed by Alexandra Cardin in August 2018.
Preferred Citation
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Collection Name, Collection
Number, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.
Access Terms
Motion picture authorship.
Musicals -- Writing and publishing.
Audiotapes.
Scripts.
Screenwriters.
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Funny girl (Motion picture)
Funny girl (Musical)
Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Performing Arts
Social Life and Customs
People, Ethnicity, and Culture
Container List
Series I. Awards and Recognitions
17
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Certificate of Nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Screenplay,"Love Me or Leave Me"
1955
17
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Certificate of Nomination for Outstanding Achievement for Screenplay, "The Sundowners"
1960
17
Limelight Award for Screenplay, "The Sundowners"
1961
1
Writers Guild of America, Newsletter with Article About Lennart Receiving the Laurel Award
April, 1966
17
Writers Guild of America , Screen Writers' Annual Award - "Funny Girl", Best Written American Musical
1968
Series II. Projects
1
"Affairs of Martha" - Script, File Copy
February 6, 1942
1
"Anchors Aweigh" - Script, File Copy
June 7, 1944
"By and for Dylan Thomas"
1
Script
1967
1
Script
December 29, 1967
1
"Christmas Gift" - Revised Final Screenplay
June 29, 1949
1
"Christy" - Script
November 21, 1969
1
"East Side, West Side" - Script, File Copy
June 20, 1949
"Funny Girl"- Movie
1
Continuity Pages by Reel
1968
1
Estimating Draft
April 11, 1967
2
Estimating Draft with Pencilled Modifications
April 11, 1967
2
Final Draft, Production No. 8844
August 3rd, 1967
2
Final Shooting Script
1967
2
Final Shooting Script
1967
2
Inter-Office Memo from William Fadiman to Ray Stark, "Ideas and General Tentative Approach on Screenplay
September 3rd,1965
2
Manuscript of First Draft
January, 1967-March, 1967
2
Manuscripts, 1 of 3
1965
2
Manuscripts, 2 of 3
1965
3
Manuscripts, 3 of 3
1965
3
Manuscripts
1966
4
Manuscripts, 1 of 5
1967
4
Manuscripts, 2 of 5
1967
5
Manuscripts, 3 of 5
1967
5
Manuscripts, 4 of 5
1967
5
Manuscripts, 5 of 5
1967
3
Screenplay
March 21,1967
3
Screenplay, Revised Draft (Two Copies)
November 7, 1966
3
Screenplay, Second Revision
June 27, 1967
3
Selling Script
1965
4
Versions of Scenes Fitting into Unfinished Screenplay
1965
4
Work Copies
1965
4
Writer's Workshop, Isobel Lennart's Discussion About the Making of the Movie, Two Reel-to-reel Tapes
undated
"Funny Girl"- Play (Musical)
5
Act One Rewrites, 1 of 2
1963-1964
6
Act One Rewrites, 2 of 2
1963-1964
6
Act Two Rewrites
1963-1964
8
Book - Funny Girl: A New Musical, with Annotations by Isobel Lennart
1964
6
"Fanny Brice", Revised Draft of Act One
June 19, 1963
6
"Fanny Brice", Script
February 21, 1963
6
First Draft
undated
6
First Draft Pages
undated
6
First Draft of the Original Screenplay Before the Show
May, 1960
6
First Play Script, Barbra Streisand's Copy
undated
6
Original Script, Act One
October 16, 1962
6
Pre-Mimeographed Pages of 2nd Draft
1967
7
Pre-Rehearsal Script
undated
7
Pre-Rehearsal Script, Act One
undated
7
Revisions (Lyrics)
1963-1964
7
Screenplay Entitled "My Man", Revised First Draft
October 20, 1960
7
Script
undated
7
Script for New York and Boston
undated
7
Script (Bound) with Costume and Prop Plots
undated
"A Garden of Cucumbers"
8
Final Draft
September 9, 1966
8
Manuscript with Corrections, 1 of 2
1966, undated
8
Manuscript with Corrections, 2 of 2
1966, undated
8
Revised Blue Pages
September 16, 1966
8
Screenplay
March 25, 1965
8
Screenplay
July 28, 1966
9
Screenplay
August 26, 1966
9
"The Girl Next Door" - Revised Final Screenplay
October 4, 1951
9
"The Inn of the Sixth Happiness" - Final Shooting Script
February 3rd, 1968
9
"It Happened in Brooklyn" - Script, File Copy
May 21, 1946
9
"The Kissing Bandit" - Script (Bound) by Isobel Lennart and John Briard Harding
July 10, 1947
9
"Holiday Affair" - Script
1949
9
"Holiday in Mexico" - Script, File Copy
June 22, 1945
10
"Latin Lovers" - Script, File Copy
October 10, 1952
10
"A Life of Her own" - Script, File Copy
January 3, 1950
10
"Lost Angel" - Script, File Copy
March 13, 1943
10
"Love Me or Leave Me" - Script, File Copy
November 9, 1954
10
"Meet Me in Las Vegas" - Script, File Copy
June 27, 1955
10
"Merry Andrew" - Script, File Copy
November 21, 1956
10
"My Wife's Best Friend" - Revised Final Screenplay
March 28, 1952
"The Newell Post"
10
Letter to John Van Eyssen About First Forty-Three Pages
September 27, 1968
10
Manuscripts (Unbound)
January, 1968
11
Manuscripts (Unbound)
January 23, 1968-January 26, 1968
11
Manuscripts (Unbound)
January 27, 1968-February 29, 1968
11
Manuscripts (Unbound), 1 of 2
March, 1968
11
Manuscripts (Unbound), 2 of 2
March, 1968
11
Manuscripts (Unbound)
April, 1968-June, 1968
11
Manuscripts (Unbound)
July 1, 1968-July 22, 1968
12
Manuscripts (Unbound)
July 23, 1968
12
Manuscripts (Unbound)
August 24, 1968-September 7, 1968
12
Manuscripts (Unbound)
September, 1968
12
Manuscripts (Unbound)
October, 1968
12
Manuscripts (Unbound)
November 1968, undated
12
Old Pages of Manuscripts
January, 1968-September, 1968
12
Screenplay
July 16, 1968
"The Old Man and Me"
12
Letter to Robert O'Brien Regarding Proposed Change in Production
February 6, 1968-February 12, 1968
13
Manuscript (Bound)
June 22, 1967
13
Manuscript (Bound) of New Version with Title "Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright"
January 20, 1969
13
Manuscripts (Unbound)
December 15, 1965
13
Manuscript (Unbound)
1966
13
Manuscript (Unbound)
December, 1965-January, 1966
13
Manuscripts (Unbound)
February, 1966
13
Manuscripts (Unbound)
March, 1966
14
Manuscripts (Unbound)
April, 1966-June, 1966
14
Manuscripts (Unbound)
June, 1966
14
Manuscripts (Unbound)
July, 1966
14
Manuscripts (Unbound)
August, 1966
14
Manuscripts (Unbound), 1 of 2
May, 1967-July, 1967
14
Manuscripts (Unbound), 2 of 2
May, 1967-July, 1967
15
Script
1966
15
"Period of Adjustment" - Script, File Copy
December 26, 1961
15
"Please Don't Eat the Daisies" - Script, File Copy
June 11, 1959
15
"Rosika the Rose" - Script, File Copy
May 17, 1950
"Settled Out of Court"
15
Draft
July 23, 1963
15
Draft, Incomplete
July 23, 1963
15
First Draft
May, 1963
15
First Draft
August, 1963
15
Unproduced First Draft
undated
16
"Stranger in Town" - Script, File Copy
October 16, 1942
16
"The Sundowners" - Final Script
August 25, 1959
16
" This Could Be the Night" - Script, File Copy
October 12, 1956
16
"Two for the Seesaw" - Screenplay
December 13, 1961