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RepositoryUniversity Archives and Special Collections Centre
Reference NumberSK/10/8/2
Title'SK [Stanley Kubrick]-Nabokov'
DescriptionThe file contains correspondence between Kubrick, Vladimir and Vera [his wife] Nabokov relating to publicity, showings and the Nabokov's eagerness to seen the film, distribution/release in Europe, the screenplay and the possibility of Lolita being made into a film [31 Dec 1959], the proposed publication of the screenplay [15 Dec 1965-17 Jan 1966, draft with handwritten corrections by Kubrick and final copy]. There are also letters about the introduction of Nabokov's son [opera singer] to Günther Rennert [chair, Board of Trustees of Glyndebourne Productions Ltd] by Kubrick, see also SK/10/8/5.

There is also a sheet of handwritten notes by Kubrick on Nabokov's writing style and a draft memo regarding Nabokov doing a screenplay. Nabokov was working in the Russian Department of Cornell University at the time and one of the letters is one their headed papers
Date1959-1966
CreatorStanley Kubrick, Vladimir Nabokov and Vera Nabokov.
Related Material SK/10/8/5.
Extent1 file.
LevelFile
CopyrightAA Productions Ltd, Vladimir Nabokov and Vera Nabokov.
Persons
CodeView related Person's recordsDates
DS/UK/234Nabokov; Vera (1902-1991); Editor and translator1902-1991
DS/UK/233Nabokov; Vladimir (1899-1977); Writer, lepidopterist, professor and screenwriter1899-1977
DS/UK/1Kubrick; Stanley (1928-1999); Film-maker, director, producer, cinematographer, photographer1928-1999
DS/UK/383Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; 1924-; Media company1924-
DS/UK/384AA Productions Ltd; 1960s; Production company1960s
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