Research Catalog

Title

Frederick Brisson papers, 1934-1984.

Author

Brisson, Frederick, 1912-1984.

Supplementary Content

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Details

Additional Authors

Russell, Rosalind.

Description

21 lf. (52 boxes)

Summary

The Frederick Brisson Papers include correspondence, memos, production files, project files, office files, personal papers, scripts, clippings, photographs, and ephemera relating to the life and career of Frederick Brisson.

Subjects

• Theater > Production and direction
• Memorandums
• Photographs
• Files
• Motion pictures > Production and direction
• Printed ephemera
• Scripts
• Musicals
• Financial papers
• Theater > New York (State) > New York
• Clippings
• Motion pictures > United States
• Musical theater > United States
• Russell, Rosalind
• Brisson, Frederick, 1912-1984
• Correspondence
• Personal papers

Genre/Form

• Correspondence.
• Photographs.
• Memorandums.
• Files.
• Financial papers.
• Personal papers.
• Scripts.
• Clippings.
• Printed ephemera.

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Source (note)

• Brisson, Lance

Biography (note)

• Frederick Brisson, theatrical and film producer, was born Carl Ejner Frederik Pederson on March 17, 1913, in Copenhagen.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

Processing Action (note)

• Processed

Call Number

*T-Mss 1984-006

OCLC

NYPW02-A41

Author

Brisson, Frederick, 1912-1984.

Title

Frederick Brisson papers, 1934-1984.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

Frederick Brisson, theatrical and film producer, was born Carl Ejner Frederik Pederson on March 17, 1913, in Copenhagen. His father, Carl Brisson, was a well-known boxer who went on to become a stage and film actor, and concert hall performer. Frederick Brisson spent his early years in Denmark, and later joined his parents in England where he attended school. He began his theatrical career as a manager in the 1930s, and also worked for Gaumont-British as associate producer on several films. After starting his own talent agency in London he went to Hollywood to take a job in a theatrical management business. The war intervened, however, and Brisson served in the United States Army Air Force from 1941-1945. He married actress Rosalind Russell on October 25, 1941. The Brissons had one son, Lance, born in 1943. Following the war, Frederick Brisson produced a number of successful Broadway shows, including DAMN YANKEES, THE PAJAMA GAME, UNDER THE YUM YUM TREE, GENERATION, TWIGS, and COCO, several of which he brought to the screen as well. Other film credits include NEVER WAVE AT A WAC, THE VELVET TOUCH, and THE GIRL RUSH. Brisson's 1971 film production MRS. POLLIFAX -- SPY, marked the final appearance of his wife Rosalind Russell, who died in 1976.

Indexes

Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Russell, Rosalind.

Research Call Number

*T-Mss 1984-006