
Faulkner (center) with Howard Hawks (left) and writer Steve Fisher.
Photo: Courtesy of Robert Hamblin, Center for Faulkner Studies, Southeast Missouri State University

Faulkner and Meta Carpenter at her apartment building.
Photo: Meta Carpenter Wilde Collection, The University of Mississippi

A portrait Carpenter had made for Faulkner.
Photo: Meta Carpenter Wilde Collection, The University of Mississippi

A letter from President Reagan to scholar Daniel Brodsky after he received a copy of Battle Cry.
Photo: Courtesy Robert Hamblin, Center for Faulkner Studies, Southeast Missouri State University

A draft of Faulkner’s unproduced script, now housed in the Warner Bros. Archives.
Photo: Amy Dickerson

Outside the building where Faulkner’s office was located on the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank.
Photo: Amy Dickerson

Hotel Highland Towers, where Faulkner lived in the penthouse during his years in Hollywood.
Photo: Amy Dickerson

Faulkner’s name tops the list of acclaimed Warner Bros. writers on a plaque outside the company’s Writers Building.
Photo: Amy Dickerson