Finding aid for the Dan Duryea collection 2172
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 February
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Dan Duryea collection
Creator:
Duryea, Dan, 1907-1968
Identifier/Call Number: 2172
Identifier/Call Number: 539
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/5/resources/1057
Physical Description:
25.25 Linear Feet
17 boxes
Date (bulk): 1940s-1968
Abstract: This collection consists of Dan Duryea's papers and scrapbooks with photographs and newspaper clippings, scripts, and contracts.
Duryea (1907-1968) was an American actor both on stage and in films and television series. This collection includes his work
on television series "China Smith" and "Peyton Place."
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2a
Container: 2b
Container: 3a
Container: 3b
Container: 4
Container: 5
Container: 6
Container: 7
Container: 8
Container: 9
Container: 10
Container: 11
Container: 12
Container: 13
Container: 14
Container: 15
Biographical / Historical
Dan Duryea (1907-1968) was an American actor both on stage and in films and television series. Duryea often played villain
roles, acted in film noir and western series, and was a Broadway actor.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of Dan Duryea's papers and scrapbooks with photographs and newspaper clippings, scripts, and contracts.
Duryea (1907-1968) was an American actor both on stage and in films and television series. This collection includes his work
on television series "China Smith" and "Peyton Place."
Materials include approximately 70 screenplays (1941-1966); television scripts for approximately 50 episodes of The Affairs
of China Smith (1952-1956); approximately 75 miscellaneous television scripts for programs in which Duryea acted; television
scripts and call sheets for approximately 60 episodes of Peyton Place (1967-1968); and scripts of 6 stage plays (1952-1956).
Also included are 8 scrapbooks (1924-1967), correspondence, publicity booklets, articles, story treatments, and programs.
Among the screenplays are Ball of Fire (1941), The Little Foxes (1941), The Pride of the Yankees (1942), and Winchester '73
(1950).
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], Dan Duryea collection, Collection no. 2172, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Processing Information
This collection is not fully processed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Clippings (information artifacts)
Contracts
Scripts
Television scripts
Western television programs
Actors -- United States -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Actors -- Photographs
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Duryea, Dan, 1907-1968 -- Archives
Box 1, Box 2a, Box 2b, Box 4, Box 5, Box 3a, Box 3b
Scrapbooks of photographs, set stills, and newspaper clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/675344
1924-1968
Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9
Television scripts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675345
1952-1967
Box 6, Item 1
[loose items] /repositories/5/archival_objects/675347
1950-1969
Scope and Contents
54 television scripts and 1 audio disc
Box 7, Item 1
[loose items] /repositories/5/archival_objects/675363
1955-1967
Scope and Contents
Various television episode scripts including Adventures in Paradise, The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Barbara Stanwyck Show,
Bonanza, Burke's Law, The Carroll Formula, and Combat
Box 8, Item 1
[loose items] /repositories/5/archival_objects/675366
1954-1966
Scope and Contents
Various television episode scripts including Repercussion, Route 66, The Star and The Story, The Twilight Zone, Winchester
'73
Box 9, Item 1
[loose items] /repositories/5/archival_objects/675370
1958-1966
Scope and Contents
Various television episode scripts including Premiere, The Hunters, The Virginian, Wagon Train, and Wild Country
Box 6, Folder 1
Dead End script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675346
1935
Box 7, Folder 1
Checkmate television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675348
1961
Box 7, Folder 2
Crysler Corporation Presents television episode scripts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675349
1958
Box 7, Folder 3
Cimarron City television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675350
1958
Box 7, Folder 4
Confidentially Yours television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675351
1959-1960
Box 7, Folder 5
Going My Way television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675352
1962
Box 7, Folder 6
General Electric Theatre television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675353
1956
Box 7, Folder 7
The Holidays Abroad script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675354
1960
Box 7, Folder 8
Kraft Suspense Theatre television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675355
1963
Box 7, Folder 9
Laramie television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675356
1960
Box 7, Folder 10
Lux Video Theatre television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675357
1953
Box 7, Folder 11
Pursuit television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675358
1958
Box 7, Folder 12
Rawhide television episode scripts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675359
1958
1963
Box 7, Folder 13, Box 7, Folder 14
Schlitz Playhouse television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675360
1958
1952
Box 7, Folder 15
Shirley Temple Show television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675361
1960
Box 7, Folder 16
Suspision television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675362
1957
Box 8, Folder 1, Box 8, Folder 2
Riverboat television episode scripts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675364
1960
Box 8, Folder 3, Box 8, Folder 4, Box 8, Folder 5
U.S. Steel Hour television episode scripts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675365
1958-1963
Box 9, Folder 1
The Wide Country television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675367
1962
Box 9, Folder 2, Box 9, Folder 3, Box 9, Folder 4, Box 9, Folder 5
Wagon Train television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675368
1950-1962
Box 9, Folder 6
Wells Fargo television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675369
1962
Box 10
Peyton Place television scripts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675371
1967-1968
Box 10, Item 1
[loose items] /repositories/5/archival_objects/675373
1967-1968
Scope and Contents
64 television scripts for Payton Place
Box 10, Folder 1
Call sheets for Peyton Place /repositories/5/archival_objects/675372
1967
Box 11, Box 12, Box 13
Scripts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675374
1941-1967
Box 12, Item 1
[loose items] /repositories/5/archival_objects/675400
1941-1959
Scope and Contents
20 scripts and a collection inventory
Box 13, Item 1
[loose items] /repositories/5/archival_objects/675405
1943-1966
Scope and Contents
scripts
Box 11, Folder 1
Al Jennings of Oklahoma script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675375
1951
Box 11, Folder 2
Along Came Jones script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675376
1945
Box 11, Folder 3
Another Part of the Forest script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675377
1948
Box 11, Folder 4
Ball of Fire script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675378
1941
Box 11, Folder 5
Battle Hymn script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675379
1956
Box 11, Folder 6
The Big Gamble script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675380
Box 11, Folder 7
Black Angel script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675381
1946
Box 11, Folder 8
Black Bart script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675382
1948
Box 11, Folder 9
The Bounty Killer script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675383
1965
Box 11, Folder 10
Chicago Calling script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675384
1952
Box 11, Folder 11
Christmas in Paradise script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675385
1958
Box 11, Folder 12
Comeback television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675386
1959
Box 11, Folder 13
Criss Cross script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675387
1949
Box 11, Folder 14
Death on a Side Street script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675388
1950
Box 11, Folder 15
Della script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675389
1957
Box 11, Folder 16
The Desperate and the Damned script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675390
Box 11, Folder 17
Desperate Men script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675391
1954
Box 11, Folder 18
Double Exposure television episode script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675392
1953
Box 11, Folder 19
The Faceless Men script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675393
1967
Box 11, Folder 20
Five Golden Dragons script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675394
1967
Box 11, Folder 21
The Flight of the Phoenix script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675395
1965
Box 11, Folder 22, Box 11, Folder 23
Fort Laramie script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675396
1954
Box 12, Folder 1
Night Passage script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675397
1956
Box 12, Folder 2
The Great Flamarion script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675398
Box 12, Folder 3
Foxfire script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675399
1955
Box 13, Folder 1
River Passage script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675401
Box 13, Folder 2
Thunder Bay script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675402
Box 13, Folder 3
Winchester '73 script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675403
1950
Box 13, Folder 4
The Underworld Story script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675404
1949
Box 14
Correspondences, contracts, periodicals, clippings, and programs /repositories/5/archival_objects/675406
1946-1969
Box 14, Folder 1
Contracts, correspondences, pay slips, newspaper clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/675407
1955-1956
Box 14, Folder 2
Correspondences, contracts, newspapers /repositories/5/archival_objects/675408
1957-1958
Box 14, Folder 3
Correspondences, contracts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675409
1958-1959
Box 14, Folder 4
Correspondences, contracts, clippings /repositories/5/archival_objects/675410
1960
Box 14, Folder 5
Contracts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675411
1961
Box 14, Folder 6
Correspondences, contracts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675412
1946-1951
Box 14, Folder 7
Dan Duryea Fan Club periodicals /repositories/5/archival_objects/675413
1948-1953
Box 14, Folder 8
Battle Hymn program and campaign manual /repositories/5/archival_objects/675414
1957
Box 14, Folder 9
Speaker kit, natal horoscope /repositories/5/archival_objects/675415
1969
Box 15
Scripts, correspondences, and production files /repositories/5/archival_objects/675416
1943-1967
Box 15, Item 1
[loose items] /repositories/5/archival_objects/675421
1943-1948
Scope and Contents
scripts
Box 15, Folder 1
Correspondences, biography, manuscript /repositories/5/archival_objects/675417
1967
Box 15, Folder 2
Affairs of China Smith production files including shooting schedule, cast list /repositories/5/archival_objects/675418
1952
Box 15, Folder 3
Affairs of China Smith scripts /repositories/5/archival_objects/675419
1952
Box 15, Folder 4
Do You Know This Voice? script /repositories/5/archival_objects/675420
1964
