William Beaudine papers

Catalogued by Prouty, Howard
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
333 S La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Published January 2023


Descriptive Summary

Abstract: The collection consists of film and television scripts, correspondence, contracts, books and periodicals, scrapbooks and loose clippings, miscellaneous items, and photographs.
Collector: Beaudine, William
Dates: 1912-1973
Collection number: 167
Collection Size: 5.8 linear ft. of papers
Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

Access

Available by appointment only.

Publication Rights

Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

Preferred Citation

William Beaudine papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Acquisition Information

Gift of William Beaudine Jr., and Lucille Beaudine Warden, 1992-2005

Collection Scope and Content Summary

The William Beaudine papers span the years 1912-1973 and encompass 5.8 linear feet. The collection consists of scripts (motion picture, television, and unproduced); subject files; scrapbooks and loose clippings; correspondence; contracts; photographs; books and periodicals; and miscellaneous items. There are scripts for 54 of Beaudine's feature films and 27 of his television episodes, but little other documentation of these productions. Items of particular interest include two original caricature drawings of Beaudine; several files of his directing contracts from 1916 through 1934; "Bill Beaudine's Box Score," a nine-page typed list prepared by Beaudine of his directing credits from 1915 through 1969; two issues of "Film Follies" (the Christie Film Company house organ), five issues of the "Kalem Kalendar," and five "Biograph Bulletins" from 1912 and 1914.

Biography

William Beaudine [Sr.] (1892-1970) was born in New York City and entered the film industry in 1909 as a prop boy and general assistant at Biograph Studios. He began appearing as an actor in Mack Sennett's Biograph films in 1912 and continued to work behind the camera as well. After moving to California in 1914, he got his first chance to direct while working on the Kalem Company's Ham and Bud comedy series in 1915. He directed as many as 150 short comedies before graduating to feature film assignments in 1922. His early feature work—including several comedies starring Bebe Daniels and Viola Dana, and three films each with child actors Wesley Barry and Ben Alexander—quickly established him as a capable craftsman with a light touch and a special knack for working with children. On the strength of these credentials, he was hired to direct two major Mary Pickford vehicles, LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY (1925) and SPARROWS (1926). He went on to become one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out more than 150 feature films after SPARROWS in virtually every conceivable genre. He directed pictures for First National, Universal, Columbia, Warner Bros., and Paramount prior to moving to England in the mid-1930s, during which time he made 13 films, mostly comedies starring Will Hay, Max Miller, and other popular British comics. Following his return to Hollywood in 1937, he worked almost exclusively on B pictures at such studios as Producers Releasing Corporation and Monogram (later Allied Artists). His credits include multiple entries in the "Charlie Chan" and "Bowery Boys" series, as well as such unusual fare as the religious drama THE PRINCE OF PEACE (1951), the sex-education/exploitation film MOM AND DAD (1946), the Disney features WESTWARD HO THE WAGONS! (1956) and TEN WHO DARED (1960), and his final two films (both released in 1966), the horror-westerns BILLY THE KID VS. DRACULA and JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER. As his feature film output declined in the 1950s, he moved into television, directing more than 200 episodes of such popular series as LASSIE, RIN-TIN-TIN, and WALT DISNEY PRESENTS. At the time of his death in 1970, Beaudine was considered to be Hollywood's oldest active director.

Arrangement of the Collection

1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Television files; 3. Subject files, subseries A-B as follows: A. General; B. Books and periodicals; 4. Scrapbooks

Indexing terms

Beaudine, William
Directors


 

Manuscripts

 

Production files/Produced

folder 1

ANGELS' ALLEY--script

Record ID: 71328485

folder 2

BELOW THE DEADLINE--script

Record ID: 71328488

folder 3

BLONDE DYNAMITE--script

Record ID: 71328489

folder 4

BLONDE DYNAMITE--review

Record ID: 71328490

folder 5

BLUE GRASS OF KENTUCKY--script

Record ID: 71328491

folder 6

BLUE GRASS OF KENTUCKY--production

Record ID: 71328492

folder 7

BLUE GRASS OF KENTUCKY--review

Record ID: 71328493

folder 8

BLUES BUSTERS--script

Record ID: 71328494

folder 9

BORN TO THE SADDLE--script

Record ID: 71328495

folder 10

BORN TO THE SADDLE--script

Record ID: 71328496

folder 11

BOWERY BATTALION--script

Record ID: 71328497

folder 12

BOWERY BUCKAROOS--script

Record ID: 71328498

folder 13

BOWERY CHAMPS--script

Record ID: 71328499

folder 14

BOY OF MINE--script

Record ID: 71328500

folder 15

BOYS WILL BE BOYS--script

Record ID: 71328501

folder 16

BOYS WILL BE BOYS--clipping

Record ID: 71328502

folder 17

THE CANADIAN--reviews

Record ID: 71328503

folder 18

COME OUT FIGHTING--script

Record ID: 71328504

folder 19

COUNTY FAIR--script

Record ID: 71328505

folder 20

COUNTY FAIR--script

Record ID: 71328506

folder 21

COUNTY FAIR--review

Record ID: 71328507

folder 22

CRAZY OVER HORSES--script

Record ID: 71328508

folder 23

THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY--script

Record ID: 71328509

folder 24

DANDY DICK--clippings and reviews

Record ID: 71328510

folder 25

DANDY DICK--program

Record ID: 71328511

folder 26

DON'T GET ME WRONG--clipping

Record ID: 71328512

folder 27

EDUCATED EVANS--clippings and reviews

Record ID: 71328513

folder 28

FASHION MODEL--script

Record ID: 71328514

folder 29

FEATHER YOUR NEST--clipping

Record ID: 71328515

folder 30

THE FEATHERED SERPENT--script

Record ID: 71328516

folder 31

THE FEATHERED SERPENT--script

Record ID: 71328517

folder 32

FOLLOW THE LEADER--script

Record ID: 71328518

folder 33

FORGOTTEN WOMEN--script

Record ID: 71328519

folder 34

FORGOTTEN WOMEN--reviews

Record ID: 71328520

folder 35

FRISCO SALLY LEVY--reviews

Record ID: 71328521

folder 36

GHOST CHASERS--script

Record ID: 71328522

folder 37

HARD BOILED MAHONEY--script

Record ID: 71328523

folder 38

HERE COME THE MARINES--script

Record ID: 71328524

folder 39

HEROES OF THE STREET--script

Record ID: 71328525

folder 40

HOLD YOUR BREATH--promotional flier

Record ID: 71328526

folder 41

INCIDENT--script

Record ID: 71328527

folder 42

IT'S IN THE BAG--clippings

Record ID: 71328528

folder 43

JET JOB--script

Record ID: 71328529

folder 44

JIGGS AND MAGGIE IN COURT--review

Record ID: 71328530

folder 45

JIGGS AND MAGGIE IN JACKPOT JITTERS--review

Record ID: 71328531

folder 46

JINX MONEY--script

Record ID: 71328532

folder 47

JINX MONEY--production

Record ID: 71328533

folder 48

KIDNAPPED--script

Record ID: 71328534

folder 49

KILLER AT LARGE--script

Record ID: 71328535

folder 50

THE LAWTON STORY--script

Record ID: 71328536

folder 51

THE LAWTON STORY--script

Record ID: 71328537

folder 52

THE LAWTON STORY--production costs report (1950)

Record ID: 71328538

folder 53

THE LAWTON STORY--souvenir program ["The Prince of Peace"]

Record ID: 71328539

folder 54

LEAVE IT TO THE IRISH--script

Record ID: 71328540

folder 55

LET'S GO NAVY--script

Record ID: 71328541

folder 56

LET'S GO NAVY--script

Record ID: 71328542

folder 57

LET'S GO NAVY--production

Record ID: 71328543

folder 58

LITTLE ANNIE ROONEY--clippings and reviews

Record ID: 71328544

folder 59

LUCKY LOSERS--script

Record ID: 71328545

folder 60

THE MAD PARADE--script

Record ID: 71328546

folder 61

THE MAD PARADE--clippings and reviews

Record ID: 71328547

folder 62

MAKE ME A STAR--clippings and reviews

Record ID: 71328548

folder 63

MEN IN HER LIFE--review

Record ID: 71328549

folder 64

MISBEHAVING HUSBANDS--script

Record ID: 71328550

folder 65

MR. CELEBRITY--promotional flier

Record ID: 71328551

folder 66

MR. CELEBRITY--reviews and clippings

Record ID: 71328552

folder 67

MR. COHEN TAKES A WALK--clippings and reviews

Record ID: 71328553

folder 68

MR. HEX--script

Record ID: 71328554

folder 69

MURDER WITHOUT TEARS--script

Record ID: 71328555

folder 70

NEWS HOUNDS--script

Record ID: 71328556

folder 71

NEWS HOUNDS--production

Record ID: 71328557

folder 72

NEWS HOUNDS--promotional flier

Record ID: 71328558

folder 73

THE OLD FASHIONED WAY--clippings and reviews (U.K.)

Record ID: 71328559

folder 74

ONE EXCITING WEEK--script

Record ID: 71328560

folder 75

ONE EXCITING WEEK--production

Record ID: 71328561

folder 76

ONE THRILLING NIGHT--script

Record ID: 71328562

folder 77

ONE THRILLING NIGHT--promotional flier

Record ID: 71328563

folder 78

THE PANTHER'S CLAW--review

Record ID: 71328564

folder 79

PARIS PLAYBOYS--script

Record ID: 71328565

folder 80

PENROD AND SAM--reviews

Record ID: 71328566

folder 81

PRIDE OF THE BLUE GRASS--script

Record ID: 71328567

folder 82

ROAR OF THE CROWD--script

Record ID: 71328568

folder 83

ROAR OF THE CROWD--production

Record ID: 71328569

folder 84

RODEO--script

Record ID: 71328570

folder 85

RODEO--production

Record ID: 71328571

folder 86

SAID O'REILLY TO McNAB--review

Record ID: 71328572

folder 87

SECOND CHANCE--script

Record ID: 71328573

folder 88

SMUGGLERS COVE--script

Record ID: 71328574

folder 89

SO, YOU WON'T TALK--clippings and reviews

Record ID: 71328575

folder 90

SPARROWS--script

Record ID: 71328576

folder 91

SPOOK BUSTERS--script

Record ID: 71328577

folder 92

SPOOK BUSTERS--script

Record ID: 71328578

folder 93

SPOOK BUSTERS--production

Record ID: 71328579

folder 94

TEN WHO DARED--production

Record ID: 71328580

folder 95

TUNA CLIPPER--script

Record ID: 71328581

folder 96

TWO WEEKS OFF--script

Record ID: 71328582

folder 97

TWO WEEKS OFF--clippings

Record ID: 71328583

folder 98

WATCH YOUR STEP--pressbook

Record ID: 71328584

folder 99

WESTWARD HO THE WAGONS!--production

Record ID: 71328585

folder 100

WHAT A MAN!--script

Record ID: 71328586

folder 101

WHERE THERE'S A WILL--script

Record ID: 71328587

folder 102

WHERE THERE'S A WILL--clipping

Record ID: 71328588

folder 103

WHERE THERE'S A WILL--program

Record ID: 71328589

folder 104

WINDBAG THE SAILOR--script

Record ID: 71328590

folder 105

WINDBAG THE SAILOR--clippings and reviews

Record ID: 71328591

folder 106

WINDBAG THE SAILOR--program

Record ID: 71328592

folder 107

A WONDERFUL LIFE--script

Record ID: 71328593

folder 108

A WONDERFUL LIFE--production

Record ID: 71328594

folder 109

YUKON VENGEANCE--script

Record ID: 71328595

 

Production files/Unproduced

folder 121

BE YOUR AGE--script

Record ID: 71328608

folder 122

THE BULLFIGHTER WAS A LADY--script

Record ID: 71328610

folder 123

CHARLIE AND CHAN--script

Record ID: 71328611

folder 124

CORKY AND WHITE SHADOW SEQUEL--script

Record ID: 71328612

folder 125

[CORKY AND WHITE SHADOW SEQUEL]--script

Record ID: 71328613

folder 126

IS THERE A DUCHESS IN THE HOUSE--script

Record ID: 71328614

folder 127

IS THERE A DUCHESS IN THE HOUSE--script

Record ID: 71328615

folder 128

IS THERE A DUCHESS IN THE HOUSE--script

Record ID: 71328616

folder 129

IS THERE A DUCHESS IN THE HOUSE--script

Record ID: 71328617

folder 130

IS THERE A DUCHESS IN THE HOUSE--correspondence and contracts

Record ID: 71328618

folder 131

TIMOTHY'S QUEST--script

Record ID: 71328619

 

Television files

folder 110

ADVENTURE IN DAIRYLAND [television]--script

Record ID: 71328596

folder 111

THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF SPIN AND MARTY [television]--script

Record ID: 71328598

folder 112

LASSIE [television]--script

Record ID: 71328599

folder 113

LASSIE [television]--script

Record ID: 71328600

folder 114

MOOCHIE OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE [television]--script

Record ID: 71328601

folder 115

MOOCHIE OF THE LITTLE LEAGUE [television]--script

Record ID: 71328602

folder 116

RACKET SQUAD [television]--scripts 1952--1952

Record ID: 71328603

folder 117

RIN-TIN-TIN [television]--scripts 1957--1958

Record ID: 71328604

folder 118

WILD BILL HICKOK [television]--scripts 1953--1953

Record ID: 71328605

folder 119

WILD BILL HICKOK [television]--scripts 1953--1953

Record ID: 71328606

folder 120

WILD BILL HICKOK [television]--scripts 1953--1953

Record ID: 71328607

 

Subject files/General

folder 132

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1930--1931

Record ID: 71328620

folder 133

American Film Institute 1969--1972

Record ID: 71328621

folder 134

Caricature--original art

Record ID: 71328622

folder 135

Caricature--printing plate

Record ID: 71328623

folder 136

Clippings Circa 1920--1929

Record ID: 71328624

folder 137

Clippings Circa 1930--1939

Record ID: 71328625

folder 138

Clippings Circa 1960--1989

Record ID: 71328626

folder 139

Clippings--obituaries 1970--1970

Record ID: 71328627

folder 140

Contracts and agreements 1916--1925

Record ID: 71328628

folder 141

Contracts and agreements 1926--1928

Record ID: 71328629

folder 142

Contracts and agreements 1929--1930

Record ID: 71328630

folder 143

Contracts and agreements 1931--1934

Record ID: 71328631

folder 144

Contracts and agreements 1959--1959

Record ID: 71328632

folder 145

Correspondence 1955--1957

Record ID: 71328633

folder 146

Correspondence 1959--1970

Record ID: 71328634

folder 147

Credits

Record ID: 71328635

folder 148

Disney, Walt, Productions--cost reports

Record ID: 71328636

folder 149

Fay, (Mrs.) Hughey

Record ID: 71328637

folder 150

Miscellaneous clippings and papers (unclassified)

Record ID: 71328638

folder 151

Publicity

Record ID: 71328639

folder 152

Warner, Jack

Record ID: 71328640

folder 161

Beaudine, William

Record ID: 71304840

folder 162

Clippings 1925--2002

Record ID: 71303496

folder 163

Correspondence 1967--1967

Record ID: 71304829

folder 164

Hochreiter, Alexander

Record ID: 71304859

folder 165

Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery

Record ID: 71304828

folder 166

Periodicals 1964--1964

Record ID: 71304831

 

Subject files/Books and periodicals

folder 153

Book

Record ID: 71328641

folder 154

Book

Record ID: 71328643

folder 155

Book 1918--1918

Record ID: 71328644

folder 156

Christie Film Company

Record ID: 71328645

folder 157

Kalem Kalendar 1915--1915

Record ID: 71328646

folder 158

Periodicals (#1)

Record ID: 71328647

folder 159

Periodicals (#2)

Record ID: 71328648

folder 160

Miscellaneous publications 1914--1937

Record ID: 71328649

 

Oversize

folder 

Biograph Bulletin 1912--1914

Record ID: 71328476

folder 

Miscellaneous

Record ID: 71328480

folder 

Pacific Auto Laundries, Inc

Record ID: 71328481

folder 

Pressbooks

Record ID: 71328482

folder 

Warner Bros. promotional book 1925--1926

Record ID: 71328483

 

Scrapbooks

 

Scrapbook no. 1 Circa 1920--1950

Record ID: 71328478

 

Scrapbook no. 2 Circa 1921--1924

Record ID: 71328651

 

Scrapbook no. 3 Circa 1922--1931

Record ID: 71328652

 

Scrapbook no. 4 Circa 1930--1949

Record ID: 71328653

 

Scrapbook no. 5 1934--1935

Record ID: 71328654

 

Scrapbook no. 6 1967--1967

Record ID: 71328655