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Cates, Gilbert, 1934-2011. |
Gilbert Cates papers, 1954-1982. |
34.4 c.f. (76 archives boxes),
30 reels of film,
1 videorecording,
2 reels of microfilm (35 mm), and
85 tape recordings; plus
additions of 1.0 c.f. and
1 tape recording. |
Papers of a producer-director who works in motion pictures, theater, and television. Present in varying quantities are diverse materials on production, distribution, promotion, and financing such as scripts, correspondence, fan mail, set designs, financial reports, and films. Motion picture files include material on an award-winning short subject, and on the feature-length films "I Never Sang for My Father" (Col., 1970), "Oh God, Book II" (Warner Bros., 1980), "Rings Around the World" (Col., 1966), and others. Television files include material on quiz shows, pilots, specials, and series. Most notable are the holdings on "After the Fall" (NBC), "Camouflage" (ABC), "Electric Showcase" (ABC), "Picture This" (CBS), and "To All My Friends on Shore" (CBS). Other files of scripts and correspondence pertain to Broadway productions including "I Never Sang for My Father" (1968), "You Know I Can't Hear You When the Water's Running" (1967), and other less successful productions. |
producer, director, film, television, theater |
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Charly, Irmgard. |
Papers, circa 1890, 1904-1909, 1980-1981. |
0.1 c.f. and
18 photographs. |
Forms part of the Playbill Collection. |
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Chase, Doris, 1923- . |
Papers, 1970-1994. |
4.4 c.f.,
48 reels of film,
1 poster, and
16 photographs. |
Film, video, and paper materials documenting the life and work of artist Doris Chase. |
film, director, female artist, experimental, mixed collection |
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Chatterton, Robert W. |
Film chats, 1967-1981. |
0.2 c.f. (1 archives box),
55 films, and
10 tape recordings. |
Programs on motion picture history presented by a California film historian, consisting of excerpts from original motion pictures (1900-1978), background organ music to accompany silent film, brief program notes, and publicity. For one talk on Laurel and Hardy there is also a recorded version of Chatterton's commentary. |
silent film, film, mixed collection |
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Chayefsky, Paddy, 1923-1981. |
Papers, 1937-1972. |
6.8 c.f. (17 archives boxes) |
Papers of Paddy Chayefsky (1923-1981), a writer for stage, screen, radio, and television, whose work during the "Golden Age of TV Drama" led to a career as an Oscar-winning writer of motion pictures. Consisting of scripts, revisions, notes, clippings, and reviews, the collection includes some titles produced in more than one media. Most notable are Bachelor Party and Marty --both originally presented on NBC's Philco-Goodyear Playhouse and both subsequently made into motion pictures (UA, 1957 and 1955 respectively), which Chayefsky also produced. The Middle of the Night, another teleplay, was adapted for the stage (1956) as well as for the screen (Col., 1959).
Other screenplays treated include The Americanization of Emily (MGM, 1964), The Catered Affair (MGM, 1964), The Cincinnati Kid (MGM, 1956), The Goddess (Col., 1958), and The Hospital (UA, 1971); other stage plays
include Gideon (1961), The Passion of Josef D. (1964), and The Tenth Man (1959). The remainder of the collection consits of unproduced works, several radio plays, early writings, general correspondence, and biographical information. |
television, screenwriter, television, theater, manuscript collection |
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Choate, Edward, 1908-1975. |
Papers, 1923-1973. |
4.2 c.f. (11 archives boxes),
2 reels of microfilm, and
3 tape recordings. |
Papers of a theatrical producer and theater manager. Scripts, correspondence, contracts, and financial records of plays produced or considered for production form the largest portion of the collection.
Of these, files on "Decision" (1944), "Juno and the Paycock" (1940), "Kindred" (1939), and "Miss Liberty" (1949) are the most notable. Several boxes concern the Margaret Webster companies of which Choate was business manager and partner. These contain correspondence with
Webster and others, contracts and bookings, publicity, annotated scripts, some production information, and company journals. Added to this section by David Fennema are research correspondence, interviews
with members of the Margaret Webster Shakespeare Company, and a microfilm copy of portions of the Webster Papers at New York Public Library.
Personal papers include general letters, contracts, miscellaneous biographical records, a scrapbook concerning his eulogy of S. N. Behrman, and brief papers of two groups of which he was an officer: the
Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences, and Professions and the Stop Censorship Committee. The folder on the censorship committee, which was concerned with the Hollywood blacklist caused by
the investigations of HUAC, includes a tape of a 1948 meeting at which Florence Eldridge, Jose Ferrer, Moss Hart, Albert Maltz, Burgess Meredith, and Margaret Webster spoke. |
theater, blacklist, mixed collection |
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Cinema 16 (Society: New York, NY). |
Records, 1947-1963. |
0.2 c.f. |
Documentation of Cinema 16, a film society founded by Amos Vogel, based in New York and operated from 1947 to 1963. Its activities extended into film distribution, awards, education, and publications, in support of filmmakers and audiences. This collection consists of a complete run of programs and program notes, publicity materials, catalogues, master lists of films and filmmakers, a brief summary/history of Cinema 16 by Vogel, and articles and notes about the society. |
film, experimental, film society, manuscript collection |
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Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997 |
Shirley Clarke papers, 1936-1983. |
9.8 c.f. (3 record center cartons, 16 archives boxes, and 2 packages),
23 tape recordings, and
56 cans of film; plus
additions of 49.4 c.f. (including films and audio tape) and
18 tape recordings. |
Papers of Shirley Clark (1919-1997), a noted maker of experimental films. Included are personal and professional correspondence, clippings, research and financial material, some production information, and films and audio tapes generated at various stages of the filmmaking process. Best coverage is afforded for "The Connection" (1960) and "The Cool World" (1963), studies of heroin addiction and life in Harlem. Small files exist on other works including "Skyscraper" (1959) (an Academy Award-nominated short subject), the Academy Award-winning "Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel" (1963), "Portrait of Jason" (1967), and films relating to her early interest in dance. There are also files on her awards, lectures on film and film techniques, and activities in the Filmmakers Distribution Center; general correspondence referring to business and professional matters; and journals and other biographical materials. |
film, experimental, female artist, director, mixed collection |
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Clurman, Harold, 1901- . |
Notebooks, 1945-1951. |
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) |
Notebooks of Harold Clurman (1901-1980), a drama critic for the New Republic and The Nation, containing his impressions of art, concerts, motion pictures, and theater. Although primarily recorded in New York, notes also relate to trips to Europe in 1947 and 1951. |
theater, manuscript collection |
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Codman, Charles R. |
Charles R. and Theodora Larocque Codman collection of George Gershwin materials, 1931-circa 1935. |
0.1 c.f. (1 folder) |
Consists of autograph manuscript score of "Blue, blue, blue," a song from Act II of Let 'em eat cake, inscribed by George Gershwin to Charlie; vocal score of Porgy and Bess (New York, N.Y.: Gershwin Publishing Corporation, [1935]; 559 pages bound) inscribed by George Gershwin to Theodora and Charlie with a line of musical notation, a hand written index on the back cover and also signed by Rouben Mamoulian and Alexander Steinert; and two typewritten letters signed from George Gershwin, one to Charlie, December 24, 1931 and the other to Theodora, January 21, 1932. |
theater, music, manuscript collection |
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Coe, Fred, 1914-1979. |
Fred Coe papers, 1949-1985. |
19.0 c.f. (45 archives boxes and 3 flat boxes),
1 reel of microfilm (35 mm),
11 tape recordings,
25 disc recordings, and
119 films, and
6 videorecordings.
additions of 7.2 c.f. |
Papers of a producer and director in the media of theatre, television, and film. Coe was involved with television from its early years, and became a well-known and influential producer of television drama, especially live broadcasts. He produced more than 500 television dramas; two comedy series; the Kennedy-Nixon debates; several Emmy Award shows; and several specials, including "Peter Pan." He produced and/or directed 14 Broadway plays, and produced, directed, and/or co-wrote six feature films. |
producer, director, screenwriter, television, film, radio, mixed collection |
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Connelly, Marc, 1890-1980. |
Interview [sound recording], 1965. |
1 tape recording. |
Recorded interview with Marc Connelly (1890-1980), the noted playwright and director concerning his career on Broadway, the play The Green Pastures, and the staging of productions. |
director, playwright, theater, mixed collection |
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Coots, J. Fred, 1897-1985. |
Papers, 1922-1980. |
11.0 c.f. (14 archives boxes, half record center carton, 6 packages, 1 volume, and 1 oversize folder),
6 tape recordings,
211 disc recordings, and
76 photographs. |
Papers of J. Fred Coots (1897-1985), musician, performer, and composer of Broadway musicals and popular songs such as "Love Letters in the Sand," "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," and "You Go to My Head." The collection documents both professional and personal aspects of Coots's life and career.
Significant songwriting collaborators include Edward Eager, Walt Framer, Gene and Glenn, Haven Gillespie, Nick and Charles Kenny, Bill
Margaretten, Ogden Nash, Al Neiburg, Charles Newman, and Maurice Sigler. Besides some of these collaborators and other of Coots's business associates, correspondents include Broadway actress Julia Sanderson Crumit and Coots's son John Frederick, Jr. The papers include correspondence, song manuscripts and lyric typescripts, synopses and a treatment for a proposed Broadway musical, disc and open reel audio recordings, published sheet music, story typescripts, copyright assignments and rights releases, performance contracts and related
travel itineraries, financial records including American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and individual publishers'
performance records and royalty statements, newspaper clippings, photographs, and certificates and other memorabilia covering both
professional and personal aspects of Coots's life and career. |
composer, theater, music, mixed collection |
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Crean, Robert J. |
Papers, 1947-1971. |
3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes) |
Papers of a writer for television and theater whose work is known for its frequent exploration of religious themes. Scripts, notes, and correspondence relating to teleplays for Catholic Hour (NBC), CBS Playhouse, and N.Y.P.D. (ABC), comprise the bulk of the collection. There are, however, some produced and unproduced motion picture and theater scripts and a file of general correspondence containing exchanges with his friend Sir Tyrone Guthrie about dramatic theory and the general state of the theater. Many documents bear helpful annotations supplied by the donor. |
screenwriter, playwright, television, theater, manuscript collection |
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Cromwell, John, 1888-1979. |
Papers, 1902-1972. |
3.2 c.f. (8 archives boxes) and
933 photographs. |
Papers of an award-winning actor, director, and producer for motion pictures and theater, including correspondence, scripts, and scrapbooks. Of Cromwell's many motion picture credits, the papers include scrapbooks and scripts on eleven films, most notably Abe Lincoln in Illinois (RKO, 1940), Anna and the King of Siam (20th Century-Fox, 1945), The Prisoner of Zenda (UA, 1937), and Since You Went Away, (UA, 1944). Three scrapbooks pertain to his career as a Broadway actor and director, with one of these relating to his Tony-winning role in Point of No Return (1951). Participation in regional theater, primarily the Cleveland Playhouse and the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, is represented by clippings, playbills, and miscellaneous production materials. The professional correspondence includes letters from Paddy Chayefsky, Joseph Conrad, Bette Davis, Ruth Gordon, Katharine Hepburn, John Hess, David O. Selznick, and Robert E. Sherwood. The photographs are primarily personal and include snapshots of Cromwell's homes, travels, horses, and a wedding in the 1940s. |
actor, director, producer, theater, television, mixed collection |
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DaCosta, Morton, 1914-1989. |
Papers, 1959. |
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box) |
Papers of Morton DaCosta (1914-1989), an actor-director, consisting solely of production files for the musical Saratoga (1959) for which DaCosta was both director and dramatist. Included is correspondence with Edna Ferber and Johnny Mercer, three drafts of the script, and set designs by Cecil Beaton. |
actor, director, theater, music, manuscript collection |
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Davidson, David, 1908-1985. |
Papers, 1945-1969. |
9.6 c.f. (24 archives boxes) and
6 disc recordings. |
Papers of a novelist and writer for motion pictures and television. Davidson's career as a dramatist began during the era of live television drama, and the collection includes correspondence, notes, and scripts for anthologies such as Alcoa Hour (NBC), Armstrong Circle Theatre (CBS and NBC), Elgin Hour (ABC), Ford Theatre (NBC), Kraft Television Theatre (NBC), Motorola TV Hour (ABC), Playhouse 90 (CBS), Studio One (CBS), and United States Steel Hour (CBS), and for such later series as The Defenders (ABC), FDR (ABC), and Saints and Sinners (NBC). Of particular interest are the materials on The Ship That Wouldn't Die: The USS Franklin, an NBC special for which Davidson won a Screen Writers Guild award in 1970, and his resumes of the writing and production of each teleplay.
Correspondence, research material, notes, and scripts pertain to a number of documentary films; of special interest here are five films written for the U.S.I.A. on such topics as the Warren Commission and the Vietnam War. Also included are typescripts of three novels based on his post-war experiences with the Office of Inter-American Affairs in Germany, Great Britain, and Latin America and scripts and research
materials on "We Have Landed on the Moon," a recorded history of the U.S. space program. |
screenwriter, television, documentary, mixed collection |
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De Antonio, Emile. |
Emile de Antonio papers, 1868-1989 (bulk 1950s-1980s). |
75.8 c.f. (112 archives boxes, 31 record center cartons),
1 reel of microfilm (35 mm),
28 videorecordings,
76 reels of film,
556 audio recordings
529 photographs,
51 contact sheets,
16 color transparencies,
52 negatives,
6 posters, and
2 clipping files; p |
Papers, mainly 1950s-1980s, of Emile de Antonio (1919-1989), a documentary filmmaker whose work has been characterized by critical exploration of themes in contemporary politics and society. Included are biographical information, correspondence, and extensive files on films produced or considered for production. Produced motion pictures are documented by correspondence, research material, legal and financial records, scripts, production notes, promotion and distribution information, and reviews. This collection includes extensive film, video, and audio tape, as well as some three-dimensional objects. |
producer, director, screenwriter, film, documentary, independent, mixed collection |
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Diamond, I. A. L. |
Papers, 1941-1981. |
6.0 c.f. (15 archives boxes) |
Papers of I.A.L. Diamond (Itzek Domnici), 1920-1988, a noted screenwriter and motion picture producer. Included are correspondence, notes, outlines, treatments, and scripts dating from his early career as a contract writer for Paramount and Warner Brothers to his later Academy Award-winning collaboration with Billy Wilder. Early files, which are most extensive for his Twentieth Century-Fox credits, include notes on the reactions of Darryl F. Zanuck to various scripts. Diamond's work with Wilder, however, which included the films The Apartment (UA, 1960), Irma La Douce (UA, 1963), Love in the Afternoon (Allied Artists, 1957), One, Two, Three (UA, 1961), and Some Like It Hot (UA, 1959), is documented only by scripts. The collection also contains unproduced scripts and miscellaneous writings, some of which date to his student days. |
screenwriter, producer, studio, manuscript collection |
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Dobson, Bridget. |
Bridget and Jerome Dobson papers, 1940-1996 (bulk 1970-1990). |
66.0 c.f. (66 record center cartons) and
1.0 c.f. of photographs, transparencies, and negatives (1 record center carton) |
The papers, mainly 1970 to 1990, consist primarily of scripts, correspondence, publications and administrative documents pertaining to several daytime television series written by Frank and Doris Hursley, and by their daughter Bridget Dobson and her husband Jerome Dobson. The series included are As the World Turns, Bright Promise, General Hospital, Guiding Light, Heritage, One Life to Live, Santa Barbara, and Search for Tomorrow. Also included are miscellaneous television and radio stories and personal papers from both the Hursleys and the Dobsons. |
television, screenwriter, daytime serial, mixed collection |
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