Overview
Photographs of the 1973 movie, The Paper Chase, and of cast members from the 1983 Showtime television series.
Dates
- Creation: 1973 - 1983
Creator
- Harvard Law School. Library (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 collection (28 black and white photographs)The collection includes 28 black and white photographs dating from circa 1973 to 1983 and ranging in size from 5 x 8 inches to 8 x 10 inches. The photographs feature movie stills and behind the scenes photographs from the 1973 film The Paper Chase , as well as candid shots of some of the cast from the 1983 Showtime TV series The Paper Chase being interviewed and at an event, possibly at Harvard Law School.
Historical/Biographical Information
John J. Osborn, Jr. graduated from Harvard Law School with a J.D. in 1970. In 1971, he published the novel The Paper Chase , which he began writing during his third year of law school. Following the popularity of the book, Twentieth Century Fox produced a movie in 1973 based on the book. All exterior movie shots were filmed onsite at the Harvard Law School and all interior shots were filmed on sound stages built in Toronto, Canada. The book also spawned a television series that aired on CBS from 1978-1979 and was later picked up by Showtime and aired from 1983-1986. Osborn was a writer for the series.
Series List
- SERIES I: Movie Stills
Arranged numerically by “PC” number, which presumably correspondswith scenes from the movie.
- SERIES II: Miscellaneous Images
Physical Location
Art Office, Langdell Hall
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This is a composite collection made up of a 2012 donation from John Jay Osborn Jr. and existing holdings in Historical & Special Collections.
General note
- Austin Hall (Cambridge, Mass.)
- Beckel, Graham
- Bottoms,Timothy, 1949-
- College and school drama,American -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge
- Harvard LawSchool. Drama
- Hasty PuddingClub
- Hermann,Edward
- Houseman,John
- Kaczmarek,Jane
- Naughton, James,1945-
- Nelson, CraigRichard
- Osborn, John Jay
- Stephens, James
- TwentiethCentury-Fox Film Corporation
- Upton,Mary Davis
- Wagner,Lindsay
Processing Information
Processed by Lesley Schoenfeld, 2013.
Creator
- Harvard Law School. Library (Organization)
- Title
- The Paper Chase, Photographs, circa 1973-1983: Finding Aid
- Author
- Harvard Law School Library, Cambridge, MA 02138
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- law00268
Repository Details
Part of the Harvard Law School Library, Historical & Special Collections Repository
Harvard Law School Library's Historical & Special Collections (HSC) collects, preserves, and makes available research materials for the study of the law and legal history. HSC holds over 8,000 linear feet of manuscripts, over 100,000 rare books, and more than 70,000 visual images.
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