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| December 20th, 1957 |
| Mr. Abbie Mann1 |
| 347 East 58th Street |
| New York, N.Y. |
| Dear Abbie: |
| I enclose two copies of a memorandum on what you have given me so far.2 |
| Call me next week any time you want for further discussion -- I will be in the office Monday and part of Tuesday.3 |
| Merry Christmas. |
| Sincerely, |
| Telford Taylor |
| /bss |
| Encls. |
| 1 Abby Mann (1927-) (American screenwriter. Academy Award winner for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and Oscar nominee for Ship of Fools (1965).) |
| 2 This precis would evolve eventually into the final script for Judgment at Nuremberg, which aired on the CBS television program "Playhouse 90" on Thursday, April 16th, 1959 (9:30 pm to 11:00 pm EST). Telford Taylor narrated the program and served as its technical advisor. This teleplay was directed by George Roy Hill (1921-2002) and featured such actors as Maximilian Schell (1930-) as a skillful German lawyer, Paul Lukas (1895-1971) as a former Minister of Justice and Claude Rains (1889-1967) as an American jurist. (See, Shanley, John P., "Nuremberg Judgment," New York Times (April 17, 1959): 53.) In 1961, this television screenplay was adapted into a motion picture directed by Stanley Kramer (1913-2001), and included such movie stars as Spencer Tracy (1900-1967), Burt Lancaster (1913-1994), Richard Widmark (1914-), Maximilian Schell (1930-), Montgomery Clift (1920-1966), Judy Garland (1922-1969), and Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992). For additional information about the film, please request: TTP-CLS: 9-3-4-76. For an interesting analysis of Judgment at Nuremberg, please see: Bush, Jonathan A., "Judging Evil that was Banal," New York Times (March 25, 2001): 2, 10. Please also note that after thorough archival processing this particular precis could not be located in the Telford Taylor Papers. However, the Papers do contain other interesting draft scripts. |
| 3 Dates refer to Monday, December 23rd and Tuesday, December 24th. |
| Citation: |
| Telford Taylor Papers, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Columbia University Law School, New York, N.Y. : TTP-CLS: 9-3-3-64 [TMs] (December 20, 1957). |
| Image Scan: Original manuscript scanned by Yelena Grinberg (Date: June, 2004) |
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| Citation: |
| Telford Taylor Papers, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Columbia University Law School, New York, N.Y. : TTP-CLS: 9-3-3-64 [TMs] (December 20, 1957). |
| Image Scan: Original manuscript scanned by Yelena Grinberg (Date: June, 2004) |
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| Note: For a photograph of the Grand Hotel, please request: TTP-CLS: 15-1-1-2. |
| Citation: |
| Telford Taylor Papers, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Columbia University Law School, New York, N.Y. : TTP-CLS: 9-3-3-64 [TMs] (December 20, 1957). |
| Image Scan: Original manuscript scanned by Yelena Grinberg (Date: June, 2004) |
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| Notes: The special restaurant maintained by the French was located in the small town of Zirndorf a few miles west of Nuremberg. See, Telford Taylor, The Anatomy of the Nuremberg Trials: A Personal Memoir. (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992) at 212-213. See also, Taylor, Anatomy, "Chapter 9: The Nuremberg War Crimes Community" at 208-235. |
| Citation: |
| Telford Taylor Papers, Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, Columbia University Law School, New York, N.Y. : TTP-CLS: 9-3-3-64 [TMs] (December 20, 1957). |
| Image Scan: Original manuscript scanned by Yelena Grinberg (Date: June, 2004) |