Ellis St. Joseph papers
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Title: Ellis St. Joseph papers
Collection number: PASC 43
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.4 linear ft.
(8 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1933-1979
Abstract: Ellis St. Joseph was a producer and writer. The collection includes television and motion picture script material and published
novellas related to St. Joseph's career.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
St. Joseph, Ellis
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Ellis St. Joseph, 1984.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ellis St. Joseph Papers (Collection PASC 43). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
There is little biographical information available about Ellis St. Joseph. St. Joseph created the adult education drama department
at New York University and was a lecturer at Columbia University. Once a staff writer for Warner Bros., his film credits include
The Barbarian and the Geisha (1958),
The Christine Jorgensen Story (1970),
Flesh and Fantasy (1943),
Joan of Paris (1942),
Reno (1939), and
A Scandal in Paris (1946). Among his television credits are
Batman,
Bob Hope's Chrysler Theater,
Combat
Logan's Run,
The Lloyd Bridges Show,
The Outer Limits, and
Playhouse 90, among others. Ellis St. Joseph died on August 21, 1993 in Beverly Hills, CA.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of material related to the career of producer and writer Ellis St. Joseph. Included are assorted script
drafts and first edition published
novellas. Among the projects represented are the television programs
Batman,
Grindl,
Land of the Giants,
Playhouse 90,and
Time Tunnel, among others, and layscripts titled
Iceberg,
A Scandal in Paris,
Strange Adventures of Sinbad, and
Townsend Harris. Novella stories include
The End of Monte Carlo,
An Introduction to Eric,
A Knocking at the Gate,
Leviathan, and
A Passenger to Bali.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
St. Joseph, Ellis--Archives.
Screenwriters--Archival resources
Television writers--Archives.
Box 1
Batman: The sandman cometh
(undated)
Scope and Content Note
Typed carbon (2 copies).
Box 5
Bob Hope presents The Chrysler Theatre: Operation Paranoia
(1954)
Scope and Content Note
Special run, September 24, 1954. Black Spy (former title), undated (2 copies).
Box 3
The Body Guards presentation for a TV series (2 copies)
Box 2
Combat: The refugees
August 29, 1962
Scope and Content Note
Final draft (2 copies).
Box 3
The Dick Powell Show: Going, going, gone!
(1963)
Scope and Content Note
Second draft annotated typed carbon, January 14, 1963. Script, January 21, 1963.
Box 2
Grindl: Goodbye, Dear Grindl (Pilot script)
(1962)
Scope and Content Note
Second draft, August 14, 1962 (3 copies). Revised second draft, September 28, 1962 (2 copies).
Box 2
Grindl: You can take it with you
(1962)
Scope and Content Note
First draft, May 10, 1962 (4 copies). Revised, October 10, 1962.
Box 8
King's Row stills (3 items)
(undated)
Box 3
King's Row: Mail order bride
(July 13, 1955)
Scope and Content Note
Final with added pages, typed carbon.
Box 3
King's Row: Two of a kind
(June 13, 1955)
Scope and Content Note
Draft (2 copies).
Box 1
Land of the Giants: The weird world
(1967)
Scope and Content Note
Shooting final, August 2, 1967; revised shooting final, August 21, 1967.
Box 1
Land of the Giants: Underground
Scope and Content Note
Revised shooting final, November 16, 1967 (2 copies). Second revised shooting final, February 1, 1968 (2 copies).
Box 4
Logan's Run: The guardians, by Ellis St.Joseph
(1977)
Scope and Content
Manuscript notes, undated (24 leaves). Manuscript, July 1, 1977 (23 leaves). Manuscript, undated (22 leaves). Treatment, June
10, 1977 (25 leaves). Treatment, June 10, 1977 with manuscript inserts and typescript revisions, May 30, 1977. Act one typescript
restructure with added revisions, July 14, 1977. Act two miscellaneous notes. Typed script with manuscript revisions, August
8, 1977. Second draft, August 8, 1977 (62 leaves).
Box 4
Logan's Run: final draft by William F. Nolan and Saul David
(1977)
Scope and Content Note
Revision through March 3, 1977.
Box 2
The Lloyd Bridges Show: Just married
(1962)
Scope and Content Note
June 16, 1962. Revised, June 25, 1962. Revised, August 6, 1962 (7 copies).
Box 4
One for the Road (hour television play) (Theatre Guild of the Air and Matinee Theatre Classics)
Scope and Content
2 copies, one copy is a typed carbon.
Box 3
The Outer Limits: The sixth finger (revised)
(July 23, 1963)
Box 4
A Passenger To Bali annotated prompt copy
Box 5
Playhouse 90: Topaze
(1957)
Scope and Content Note
Original first draft, air date September, 26, 1957. Revised first draft, undated. Final revised, September, 18, 1957.
Box 3
The Rogues: The project man
(1964)
Scope and Content Note
Work run, June 16, 1964. Revised, August 10, 1964.
Box 1
The Time Tunnel: The day the sky fell down
(July 13, 1966)
Scope and Content Note
Shooting final.
Box 1
The Time Tunnel: The day the zeros came (released as The day the sky fell down)
(undated)
Scope and Content Note
Typed carbon.
Box 1
The Time Tunnel: Joshua
(December 6, 1966)
Scope and Content Note
Shooting final (3 copies)
Box 1
The Time Tunnel: Joshua and the walls of Jericho
(undated)
Scope and Content Note
Original 1st draft.
Box 6
Iceberg
(undated)
Scope and Content
Original handwritten manuscript treatment. Treatment (3 copies).
Box 6
A Scandal In Paris
(1945)
Box 6
Strange Adventures of Sinbad (adapted for the screen by Ellis St. Joseph)
(June 2, 1944)
Scope and Content
Estimating script (98 leaves).
Box 6
Townsend Harris original story
(undated)
Box 7
Catch a Falling Star
(1979)
Scope and Content Note
Annotated, handwritten inserts, 2nd major revision. An original screenplay, July 30, 1979 (121 p.). Synopsis, handwritten
manuscript (19 leaves).
Hollywood Boulevard
(undated)
Scope and Content Note
Original screenplay (116 p.). Original screenplay (135 p).
A Movie Star of My Own
(undated)
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten manuscript first draft. Original manuscript. First revision, handwritten and typed pages. Synopsis of the screenplay.
Third revision manucript inserts. Original screenplay typed xerox (113 p.).
Box 5
A Passenger to Bali (Story Magazine, pp. 9-40)
(November, 1936)
Box 5
The End of Monte Carlo (Story: The Magazine of the Short Story)
(March-April, 1941)
Box 5
A knocking at the gate (Redbook Magazine, pp. 50)
(February, 1939)
Box 5
Leviathan (Redbook Magazine, pp. 16)
(September, 1938)