Sidney Z. Litwack television scripts, 1972-1979
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Title: Sidney Z. Litwack television scripts
Collection number: PASC 40
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.6 linear ft.
(4 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1972-1979
Abstract: Relating to the career of art director Sydney Z. Litwack, the collection consists of television scripts, teleplays, art direction
notes, and production information.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Litwack, Sydney Z.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
Scripts may not be photocopied without permission of copyright holder.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Z. Litwack.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sidney Z. Litwack television scripts (Collection PASC 40). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles
E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Sydney Litwack graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1952. He earned a master's degree from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1954. His career spanned more than 40 years in the television and motion picture industry
as a production designer and art director. Among his film credits are
Buck and the Preacher (1972),
Doctor's Lives (1971),
Places in the Heart (1984), and
Just Between Friends (1986). His television credits include
Lou Grant,
Cannon,
Banacek,
Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Litwack retired in 1994.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of various drafts of television scripts related to the career of art director Sydney Z. Litwack. The bulk
of the scripts are for the television series
Lou Grant (1977-78). Additionally there are teleplays, occassional art direction notes, and production information.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Television Series
- TV Movies
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Litwack, Sydney Z. -- Archives.
Television -- Art direction -- Archival resources.
Television scripts.
Chopped Liver Brothers (The).
Box 3, Folder 5
Script for television.
Scope and Content Note
Appears to be for series titled Chopped Liver Brothers, MTM Enterprises. With staff and crew list dated 3/4/77; shooting schedule;
sheet charting sequences with locations; hand written continuity breakdown.
Box 3, Folder 6
Implosion.
Scope and Content Note
Episode TV Series, Metromedia/Stonehenge for ABC. Script - revised pages enclosed, dated 1/4/74
Writer
Dallenbach, Walter C.
Box 1, Folder 1
Aftershock (formerly Quake).
Scope and Content Note
First Draft script - dated 7/27/77, with pages revised to 8/22/77. With shooting schedule revised 8/24/77.
Writer
Reisman, Del
Box 1, Folder 2
Airliner.
Scope and Content Note
First Draft script - dated 10/14/77, with pages revised to 11/10/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Reisman, Del
Box 1, Folder 3
Barrio.
Scope and Content Note
First Draft script - dated 5/13/77, third revision 8/2/77, with pages revised to 8/4/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Freeman, Seth
Box 1, Folder 4
Christmas.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 10/11/77, with pages revised to 10/17/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Lloyd, David
Box 1, Folder 5
Cophouse.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 6/22/77. With shooting schedule, production schedule for 1977-78 season, and hand written (20
pages) continuity and set breakdown.
Writer
Tokatyan, Leon
Box 1, Folder 6
Henhouse.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 7/20/77, with pages revised to 7/21/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Thuna, Leonora
Box 1, Folder 7
Hero.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 11/30/77, with pages revised to 12/2/77. Some markings in yellow. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Freeman, Seth
Box 1, Folder 8
Hostages.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 7/12/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Freeman, Seth
Box 1, Folder 9
Housewarming.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 10/3/77, with pages revised to 10/6/77. With shooting schedule revised to 10/7/77.
Writer
Thuna, Leonora
Box 2, Folder 1
Judge.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - 9/2/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Tokatyan, Leon
Box 2, Folder 2
Nazi.
Scope and Content Note
First Draft script - dated 8/2/77, with pages revised to 8/16/77. Some markings in yellow. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Schlitt, Robert
Box 2, Folder 3
Physical.
Scope and Content Note
First Draft script - dated 1/30/78, with pages revised to 2/3/78. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Lloyd, David
Box 2, Folder 4
Poison.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 1/23/78, with pages revised to 1/27/78. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Gallery, Michele
Box 2, Folder 5
Psych-Out.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 9/20/77, with pages revised through 9/27/77. Some markings in yellow. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Freeman, Seth
Box 2, Folder 6
Renewal.
Scope and Content Note
First Draft script - dated 11/16/77, with pages revised through 12/13/77. Some markings. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Trevey, Ken
Box 2, Folder 7
Scandal.
Scope and Content Note
First Draft script - dated 12/29/77, with pages revised through 1/4/78. Some markings in yellow. With shooting schedule, plus
4 page backup scene (Plan B) for Sc. 37.
Writer
Freeman, Seth
Box 2, Folder 8
Scoop.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 9/12/77, with pages revised through 9/14/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Kearney, Gene
Box 2, Folder 9
Sect.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 12/19/77, with pages revised to 12/27/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Gallery, Michele
Box 3, Folder 1
Spies.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 1/16/78. Some yellow markings. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Tokatyan, Leon
Box 3, Folder 2
Sports.
Scope and Content Note
First Draft script - dated 11/14/77, with pages revised to 11/22/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Freeman, Seth
Box 3, Folder 3
Takeover.
Scope and Content Note
Revised First Draft - dated 10/24/77. With shooting schedule.
Writer
Tokatyan, Leon
Box 4, Folder 3
Hard Streets.
Scope and Content Note
Pilot episode TV series, MTM enterprises. Final draft script - dates 10/21/76, with last revision 11/11/76. Enclosed hand
written continuity breakdown.
Writer
Paul Magistretti
Box 4, Folder 4
Bedknobs and Drumsticks.
Scope and Content Note
Episode TV series. Final draft script 9/6/72. With cast and set list.
Writers
lloyd Turner and Gordon Mitchell
Box 4, Folder 7
TV Pilot.
Scope and Content Note
MTM enterprises.
Writers
Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses
Box 3, Folder 4
Are You Alone Tonight?.
Scope and Content Note
TV Movie, Paramount. Revised Final Draft script - dated 10/24/77. Marked in yellow. Includes shooting schedule; and handwritten
continuity breakdown.
Writer
Carrington, Robert and Kaufman, Wendy
Box 3, Folder 7
Hungry Wives.
Scope and Content Note
TV movie by Penthouse Prod. Script- pages revised 3/3/78. With some markings. Includes shooting schedule.
Writer
Jo Heims
Box 3, Folder 8
If Things Were Different.
Scope and Content Note
Bob Banner Associates. Revised script- dated 7/26/79. With some markings. Includes revised shooting schedule dated 7/20/79,
and hand written continuity breakdown.
Writers
Bill Froehilich and Mark Lisson
Box 4, Folder 1
Lady of the House.
Scope and Content Note
William Kayden with Metromedia Producers Corp. Second Run script- last revision, 6/6/78. With some markings.
Writer
Ron Koslow
Box 4, Folder 2
Night Drive.
Scope and Content Note
Revised final draft - dated 3/31/76 with pages revised to 4/20/76. With some markings.
Writers
Carl Gabler and Richard DeNeut
Box 4, Folder 5
Something For Joey.
Scope and Content Note
TV Movie, MTM Enterprises. Revised script - dated 11/2/76, with pages revised 12/3/76. With some markings. Includes cast and
set list.
Writer
Jerry McNeely
Box 4, Folder 6
Something For Joey.
Scope and Content Note
Bound seperately. Production material. Hand written continuity breakdown; call sheets; shooting schedule.
Writer
Jerry McNeely
Box 4, Folder 8
Winds of Kitty Hawk, The.
Scope and Content Note
TV movie, Charles Fries/New Ingot Prod. Revised final draft - 8/7/78., with pages revised 8/17/78. Some markings. Shooting
schedule, hand written continuity breakdowns.
Writers
William Kelley and Jeb Rosebrook