Finding Aid to the Craig J. Lane Production Papers MSA.38

Holly Rose Larson

Library and Archives at the Autry

2012 May 17

210 South Victory Blvd.

Burbank, CA 91502

rroom@theautry.org

URL: https://theautry.org/research-collections/library-and-archives

Contributing Institution: Library and Archives at the Autry

Title: Craig J. Lane Production Papers

Creator: Craig J. Lane Production

Creator: Lane, Craig J.

Identifier/Call Number: MSA.38

Physical Description: 6.8 Linear Feet (11 boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1999-2000

Abstract: This collection of papers spanning from 1999-2000 document First Assistant Craig J. Lane's work on production of the television movies The Secret of Giving (1999) and By Dawn's Early Light (2000). Craig J. Lane (b. October 10, 1961) lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia, where both of these films were produced. Production materials include pre- and post-production papers and memos, schedules, contact information, contracts, technical drawings, and video tapes.

Language of Material: English .

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Copyright has not been assigned to the Autry Museum of the American West. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Research Services and Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Autry Museum of the American West as the custodian of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred Citation

Craig J. Lane Production Papers, 1999-2000, Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles; MSA.38; [folder number] [folder title][date].

Acquisition

Donation to the Autry National Center's Institute for the Study of the American West from Craig Lane, 2008.

Biographical / Historical Note

Craig J. Lane was born October 10, 1961 in Vancouver, British Columbia and grew up in nearby Richmond. After studying film at Simon Fraser University, Lane entered the local motion picture industry in 1988 as a set Production Assistant. In 1989, Lane moved off the set and into the production office as an Assistant Production Coordinator. Lane has worked on such productions as television series Call of the Wild (2000) and Jeremiah (2002), and feature films Snow Dogs (2002), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Deck the Halls (2006), and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). In 2012, Lane is still active in both film and television series production.

The Secret of Giving is a Western film set in Oregon in the early 1900s and is based off of Jack Curtis's book Christmas in Calico. The film was shot in British Columbia and broadcast on CBS on November 25, 1999. The script was written by Scott Swanton, and the movie was directed by Sam Pillsbury. Craig Lane was the First Assistant Production Coordinator for this film through the Dogwood Productions, Inc. production office. The film underwent several name changes through the course of production, including A Shotgun Christmas Carol, A Calico Christmas, and When the Season Comes Round Again.

By Dawn's Early Light is a modern-day Western set in California and Colorado, and its stars are Richard Crenna and David Carradine. It was filmed in British Columbia in 2000 and released on Showtime in 2001. The director was Arthur Allan Seidelman, and the script was written by Jacqueline Feather and David Seidler. Craig Lane was the First Assistant Production Coordinator for this film through the Dawn Productions, Inc. production office.

Scope and Contents

These papers from 1999-2000 document Craig J. Lane's experiences as a First Assistant Production Coordinator on the motion pictures The Secret of Giving and By Dawn's Early Light. They include memos, schedules, contact information, contracts, technical drawings, and video tapes. Papers included are from pre- and post-production.

The Secret of Giving production materials primarily refer to the production by its working title, Christmas In Calico.

Processing Information

Processing and finding aid completed by Holly Rose Larson, NHPRC Project Archivist, May 17, 2012, made possible through grant funding from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Arrangement

Papers are filed alphabetically by folder title, and chronologically from most recent to oldest within each folder.

Box 1: Secret of Giving, Files A-B
Box 2: Secret of Giving, Call Sheets
Box 3: Secret of Giving, Files Cam-D
Box 4: Secret of Giving, Files E-O
Box 5: Secret of Giving, Files P-Sa
Box 6: Secret of Giving, Scripts
Box 7: Secret of Giving, Scripts and Script department
Box 8: Secret of Giving, Files Sh-W
Box 9: Secret of Giving, Technical drawings
Box 10: Secret of Giving, VHS tapes
Box 11: By Dawn's Early Light

A folder list is included, but not all folders listed are present in the collection. The folders in this collection are:

Accommodation
Accounting
Animals
Art Department
British Columbia Film
Breakdowns
Budgets
Call Sheets
Camera Department
Cast Deal Memos
Cast Lists
Casting Department
Clearances
Construction Department
Contact List
Contracts
Credits
Crew Deal Memos
Crew List
Customs
Day-O-Days
Director's Guild of Canada
Extras Department
Film Stock
IATSE 669
IATSE 891
Immigration
Legal
Location Contracts
Location Maps
Locations Department
Memos – In, Memos – Out
One-Liner Schedule
Packing Slips
Pagers & Cell Phones
Parking
Post Production
Pre-Production Schedule
Production Office Department
Production Office
Production Reports
Publicity Department
Releases
Research
Safety
Scripts
Script Department
Shooting Schedule
Special Equipment
Stills Department
Stunts Department
Synopsis
Teamsters 155
Transportation Department
Travel memos
Wardrobe Department

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Secret of Giving (Television movie : 1999)

Film adaptations

By Dawn's Early LIght (Television movie : 2000)

Vancouver (B.C.)

Memorandums

Videocassettes

Western television feature films

Contracts

Schedules

Maps

Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Canada