Series V: Morton L. Leavy Legal Files

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{"value"=>"1961-2000", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1961/2000"}
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{"value"=>"Series V: Morton L. Leavy Legal Files"}
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{"value"=>"<p>Series V, dating from 1961 to 2000, contains legal files related to Didion and Dunne's careers created by their lawyer, Morton L. Leavy. The files are kept as Didion and Dunne received them after Leavy's retirement.</p> <p>Files include agreements, contracts, and correspondence between Didion, Dunne, Leavy and various companies and individuals. Leavy worked with Didion and Dunne's literary agents, as well as producers and film studios.</p> <p>Leavy assigned case numbers to each file (#02002 followed by a three-digit number), which are retained in a general note in the container list.</p>"}
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1961
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1961
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2000
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1961
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2000

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  1. Red White and Blue
  2. Quintana & Friends
  3. The Studio
  4. Run, River
  5. Such Good Friends
  6. Slouching Towards Bethlehem
  7. Magazine Contracts
  8. The Panic in Needle Park
  9. Water
  10. A Book of Common Prayer
  11. Lorimar (Playland)
  12. True Confessions
  13. Gringo Viejo
  14. Simon and Schuster Salvador
  15. Scott Rudin Film
  16. Crossing Belmont
  17. Paramount Untitled
  18. Court of Honor
  19. Los Angeles (King Fish Video Productions)
  20. Whistle Pig Productions The City
  21. A Firing Offense
  22. Democracy
  23. Before You Go
  24. California Tax Issue
  25. Carolco Screenplay
  26. Columbia Pictures (Room At Top)
  27. Ultimatum (Disney)
  28. Hills Like White Elephants
  29. Red Corner (MGM)
  30. Veronica Guerin
  31. Simon and Schuster/Miami
  32. New Untitled Novel/Simon and Schuster (Dunne)
  33. New Untitled Novel/Simon and Schuster (Didion)
  34. Some Women
  35. John Dunne (Croonings) [sic]
  36. The White Album
  37. Harp
  38. "Fairytales"
  39. Dream Time Magic (Didion)
  40. After Henry
  41. Up Close and Personal
  42. Jessica Savitch Story (Disney Screenplay)
  43. Vegas
  44. Play It As It Lays
  45. A Star Is Born Contracts
  46. The Deer Park
  47. Ice Queen
  48. UFO Project (Disney)
  49. Agency Agreements
  50. Copyrights
  51. The New Yorker Contract
  52. Random House
  53. Monster
  54. Dutch Shea, Jr.
  55. Proposed Termination of Didion's Contract with Simon and Schuster
  56. Harper Collins 2 British K
  57. Vintage Books
  58. Knopf Agreement (Didion) Untitled Novel
  59. The Last Thing He Wanted
  60. Dawn
  61. Contract with WNET
  62. Miscellaneous Business Matters
  63. New Republic-Claim Agreement
  64. Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux
  65. North Slope
  66. American Program Bureau
  67. Linda Kasabian Story
  68. Todd Dossier
  69. The Nightingale of Jackrabbit Flatts
  70. CBS Deal
  71. Gale Force
  72. Gold Coast
  73. General Correspondence
  74. Success
  75. The Big Clock
  76. Joan Didion Dunne Farrar, Straus and Giroux Correspondence and Contracts
  77. Copyrights
  78. Automobile Accidents and Tickets (Chronological File)
  79. Colton, Weissberg Et Al. (Morton Leavy)
  80. Greenbaum, Wolff and Ernst (Morton Leavy)
  81. Guggenheim Foundation
  82. Janklow and Nesbit Associates [2/1]
  83. Katz, Leavy, Rosenweig and Sindle
  84. Joan Didion Dunne Miscellaneous Publications
  85. Joan Didion Dunne Miscellaneous Publishers
  86. Requests Joan Didion Dunne
  87. Weissberger and Frosch