Finding Aid for the Albert McCleery Papers PASC.0098

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Title: Albert McCleery papers

Creator: McCleery, Albert

Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0098

Physical Description: 35.0 Linear Feet (83 boxes)

Date (inclusive): 1935-1971

Abstract: Producer and director Albert McCleery is best remembered for his theatre-in-the-round productions of television classics including Cameo Theater, Fireside Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame, and NBC Matinee Theatre. The collection consists primarily of television, and some radio scripts, along with production material, correspondence, and profession-related subject files. Among the projects represented are Cameo Theatre, CBS Television Workshop, Hallmark Hall of Fame, and NBC Matinee Theatre.

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Language of Material: Materials are in English.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Albert McCleery Papers (Collection PASC 98). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Sue McCleery, 1980.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID:

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9922213593606533

Biography

Albert McCleery was born December 30, 1911 in Lawrence, Kentucky. He was a contract writer for Columbia Pictures (1940-41) and director of Fordham University Theatre (1949). McCleery is best remembered for his theatre-in-the-round productions of classics for television including Cameo Theater, Fireside Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame, and Matinee Theatre. He was also staff director in the NBC Television Programming Department (1949) and went on to become senior executive producer and director of Cameo Theatre. McCleery produced and directed for Hallmark Hall of Fame, devised NBC's Matinee Theater (1955), joined CBS (1959), and became producer of the CBS workshop. He died on May 13, 1972.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of material related to the career of producer and director, Albert McCleery. Primarily includes television scripts and some radio scripts along with production material, correspondence, and profession-related files that include resumes and photographs. Popular television roductions represented in the collection include Cameo Theatre (May-August 1950, January-March 1952, July-August 1955), CBS Television Workshop (January-December 1960), Fireside Theatre (June-October 1951), Hallmark Hall of Fame (July 1952-June 1955), The Kate Smith Hour (September 1951-June 1952), NBC's Matinee Theatre (October 1955-June 1958), and Your Prize Story (1952) among others. Radio scripts document the program Inheritance (April-September 1954). Also included are a small amount of personal files, materials representing unproduced projects, conferences and speaking engagements, and a small number of theatre-related files.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Television Projects
Radio Projects
Unproduced Projects
Correspondence
Professional Subject Files
Network Files
Theater Files
Conferences and Speaking Engagements
Personal Files

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Television producers and directors -- Archives.

McCleery, Albert -- Archives

Television Projects 1950-1960

Container Summary: (1-3, 5, 7, 8, 10-20, 22)

Scope and Content

The Television Projects Series consists of material documenting McCleery's contributions to popular American television programing during the 1950s. Productions represented include Cameo Theatre, CBS Television Workshop, Fireside Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame, The Kate Smith Hour, NBC's Matinee Theatre, and Your Prize Story among others. The series is arranged alphabetically by program titles.

Title Clearances

box 11, folder 8

Title Clearances for McCleery shows (15 items) 1959, 1960

General note

MANHATTAN, NEW YORK, 21, NEW YORK, and CBS THRESHOLD, among

BOBBY CLARK SHOW (THE)

box 20, folder 2

Would Be Gentleman (5 items) 1951

General note

Individual program routine, running order, closing crawl, and production breakdown.

CAMEO THEATRE

box 7, folder 3

Budget information for the series sponsorsed by Hallmark (17 items) 1952

box 7, folder 6

Foote, Cone and Belding Advertising - correspondence (3 items) 1955

box 7, folder 5

Form letters used to answer viewer mail (3 items) no date

box 7, folder 4

Lists and comments for television adaptation (10 items) 1962

box 18, folder 4

Photographs illustrating Cameo style (32 items) no date

General note

Assumed to be from CAMEO THEATRE.

box 18, folder 3

Photographs illustrating Cameo style (47 items) no date

General note

Assumed to be from CAMEO THEATRE. Possibly representing Murder is a Matter of Opinion and Weep for the Heart.

box 18, folder 2

Photographs illustrating the Cameo style (24 items) no date

box 18, folder 1

Photographs illustrating the Cameo style (Approximately 42 items) no date

General note

Assumed to be from CAMEO THEATRE. Possibly representing A Daughter to Think About

box 7, folder 2

Production information (51 items) 1951- 1953

General note

Production budgets: staff, set, scripts, shooting and construction; and sponsor changes.

box 7, folder 7

Promotional and advertising brochures and newspaper clipping (3 items) 1951

box 81

Avalanche 7/9/1951

box 81

Betrayal 7/2/1951

box 81

Blackout 6/25/1951

box 80

Breaking of the Bough 7/17/1955

box 7, folder 8

CAMEO THEATRE and four other programs Nielsen ratings (5 items) no date

box 83

Cannon's Curtains 7/19/1950

box 80

Canon's Curtains (The) 3/16/1952

box 83

Clinic (The) 7/12/1950

box 80

Company 8/7/1955

box 7, folder 1

Complaint from viewer re. McCleery as recipient of the William I Kaufman Award (3 items) 1952

box 80

Dark of the Moon 1/6/1952

box 80

Debut 3/30/1952

box 81

Deception 7/16/1951

box 80

Gathering Twilight (The) 1/13/1952

box 83

Googan 8/2/1950

box 80

Grown Ones (The) 7/24/1955

box 81

Heart's Choice 8/27/1951

box 80

Hutch 7/31/1955

box 80

Inca of Perusalem (The) 7/3/1955

box 83

It Takes a Thief 5/16/1950

box 80

Legend of Liz 4/6/1952

box 83

Line of Duty (The) 7/26/1950

box 83

Long Walk (The) 5/30/1950

box 7, folder 9

Long Walk (The) - fan mail (40 items) 1950

box 83

Lottery (The) 6/14/1950

box 1, folder 3

Lottery (The) - magazine clippings (7 items) 1951 July - November

General note

Review and interview with McCleery, McCleery on theater in the round.

box 80

Man from the South (The) 8/14/1955

box 80

Man Who Played Lincoln (The) 2/10/1952

box 83

Manhattan Footsteps 6/7/1950

box 81

Of Unsound Mind 7/23/1951

box 83

Paper Sack (The) 9/20/1950

box 80

Paper Sack (The) 1/27/1952

box 83

Point of View (A) 8/16/1950

box 80

Problem Child 2/3/1952

box 83

Richard III 7/30/1950

box 83

Ringside Seat 8/30/1950

box 83

Saralee and the Children 8/23/1950

box 81

Special Delivery 6/18/1951

box 81

Strange Identity 8/6/1951

box 81

Third Time (The) 7/30/1951

box 80

Thompsons (The) 2/17/1952

box 80

Treasure Trove 4/13/1952

box 83

Triumph of Justice 8/9/1950

box 80

Visit (The) 1/20/1952

box 83

Weep for the Heart 6/21/1950

box 80

Whisper of a Witness 7/10/1955

box 80

Young is the Heart 3/23/1952

CBS TELEVISION WORKSHOP

box 2, folder 3

Advertising report with figures for television stations, newspapers and TV GUIDE 1960

box 13, folder 2

Biographies of writers involved with the series, resumes of two directors ( 9 items) 1961

box 13, folder 5

Correspondence and budgets concerning music and composers to be used in the series (28 items) 1959-1960

box 13, folder 7

Directors Workshop - letters of appreciation to participants (approximately 50 items) 1960

box 13, folder 10

Directors Workshop - letters of appreciation to participants (15 items) 1960

box 13, folder 4

Form letters in reply to script submissions during hiatus of series (19 items) 1961

box 13, folder 6

Interoffice correspondence concerning budgets, effects, overtime and other production related concerns (20 items) 1959-1960

box 13, folder 1

Letters protesting series' cancellation (6 items) 1960, 1961

box 13, folder 8

Proposal for the series' second season no date

box 65

Afterthought 5/8/1960

box 65

Another Valley 9/16/1960

box 64

Anton Waldek (II) 4/3/1960

box 64

Bible Salesman (The) 4/10/1960

box 64

Brick and the Rose (The) 1/24/1960

box 65

Brown Girl, Brownstones 4/24/1960

box 13, folder 3

CBS-THRESHOLD (later changed to CBS TELEVISION WORKSHOP) proposal and budgets for proposed formats (8 items) 1960

box 65

Chances of Sybele Dobb (The) 10/16/1960

box 66

Christmas Song 12/25/1960

box 66

Cry of a Summer Night no date

box 65

Dirtiest Word in the English Lang 10/2/1960

box 66

Flight of Fancy 12/4/1960

box 64

Friday Dinner on Middle Neck Road 2/28/1960

box 64

Furnished Room 3/27/1960

box 64

Head of a King 1/31/1960

box 65

How to Shoot Fish in a Barrel 10/23/1960

box 64

Lady of the Dawn 3/6/1960

box 64

Limbo Kid (The) 2/7/1960

box 65

Mandy 5/1/1960

box 66

Mind's Eye (The) 12/11/1960

box 65

Mortgaged Heart (The) 11/13/1960

box 66

My Theory About Girls 11/27/1960

box 13, folder 9

Newpaper clipping with background on the show no date

box 66

Pattern of Words and Music (A) 11/20/1960

box 19, folder 7

Seven Who Were Hanged (The) - script no date

General note

Appears to for the CBS TELEVISION WORKSHOP

box 64

Song of Louise in the Morning (The) 3/13/1960

box 64

Tessie Malfitano (I) 4/3/1960

box 64

Tobias and the Angel 4/17/1960

box 64

Walls Between (The) 2/14/1960

Radio Projects

box 10, folder 3

INHERITANCE 1954

General note

Correspondence and interoffice communication on budget, scripts, and other inquiries (30 items)

box 10, folder 2

INHERITANCE 1954

General note

Ideas and treatments for episodes (2 items)

box 82

INHERITANCE 6/6/1954

General note

But for the Courage of a Woman

box 82

INHERITANCE 8/28/1954

General note

Charter Oak, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 4/11/1954

General note

Dorothea Lynde Dix

box 82

INHERITANCE 8/15/1954

General note

Flag That Talks, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/16/1954

General note

Flight to Nowhere

box 82

INHERITANCE 4/25/1954

General note

Giant of Virginia, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 9/19/1954

General note

Gibraltar of the Hudson, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/2/1954

General note

In Whatsoever House I Enter

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/30/1954

General note

Lewis and Clark Expedition, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 4/18/1954

General note

Mountain Men, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/23/1954

General note

Nutmegger and the Turtle, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 9/4/1954

General note

One Mile of Rock

box 82

INHERITANCE 7/4/1954

General note

Proclaim Liberty

box 82

INHERITANCE 8/1/1954

General note

Rails to the Pacific

box 82

INHERITANCE 4/4/1954

General note

Time of Decision

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/9/1954

General note

To Save a City

box 82

INHERITANCE 7/18/1954

General note

Victory on Lake Erie

box 82

INHERITANCE 6/20/1954

General note

Whipple's War

box 10, folder 1

INHERITANCE 1954

General note

Program budget and list of actors (2 items)

FIRESIDE THEATRE

box 81

Agnew Jones and the Giants 8/8/1951

box 81

Deliver Us from Evil 7/31/1951

box 81

Little Night Music (The) 7/17/1951

box 81

Lottery (The) 6/29/1951

box 81

Make-Believe 6/22/1951

box 81

Moment of Glory 7/3/1951

box 81

Vigil (The) 7/10/1951

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME

box 8, folder 8

Budget for series, including weekly budget reports (41 items) 1952

box 8, folder 11

Commercial timings for episode dated Oct. 1, 1953 and Feb. 2 to June 28, 1955 episodes. 22 items. 1953 Oct 1 and 1955 Feb-June

box 8, folder 14

Correspondence concerning production team's relocation to Hollywood (4 items) 1952-1953

box 8, folder 15

Fan mail for episode "Richard II" (6 items) 1954

box 8, folder 3

Fan mail, suggestions, job requests correspondence (21 items) 1954-1955

box 8, folder 2

Hallmark Cards' Kansas City office - correspondence from (8 items) 1954-1955

box 8, folder 17

HALLMARK HALL OF FAME radio and television advertising policies (1 item) 1955

box 8, folder 1

Interdepartment and interoffice correspondence (77 items) 1953-1955

box 8, folder 13

Legal correspondence concerning copyright lawsuit over the use of series' name (6 items) 1953

box 8, folder 9

Lists of available actors (by talent agency) (4 items) 1955

box 8, folder 5

Nielsen ratings, properties held by Hallmark and prospective air dates for some episodes (9 items) 1952-1954

General note

Nielsen ratings for Hallmark and Cameo shows.

box 79

Photograph by Brady 3/22/1953

box 8, folder 6

Synopses of stories under consideration for half-hour episodes (58 items) 1952-1953

box 8, folder 7

Synopses of stories under consideration for one hour episodes (14 items) [1952-1953?]

box 79

Accused (The) 3/1/1953

box 74

Adventures of Lt Contee (The) 3/6/1955

box 71

Aesop and Rhodope 12/13/1953

box 74

Aimee De Rivery, Mother of Sultans 4/24/1955

box 72

Armour-Bearer (The) 5/30/1954

box 77

Blaze of Darkness 12/27/1953

box 73

Cadet Poe 6/12/1955

box 72

Choirmaster of Leipzig (The) 10/10/1954

box 78

Clay of Kings (The) 6/7/1953

box 72

Come to the Window 6/13/1954

box 71

Courtship of Miles Standish (The) 11/22/1953

box 75

Crabapple Saint 8/24/1952

box 74

Cradle Song 5/8/1955

box 3, folder 3

Crazy Betty (The) Story of Christine Granville and Henry Ford treatments (appears to be from HALLMARK) (3 items) no date

box 79

Crown of Wings 2/15/1953

box 77

Crusade to Liberty 12/6/1953

box 77

Crusader against Cruelty 2/14/1954

box 8, folder 4

Dark of Moon - correspondence (3 items) 1955

box 73

Deadlock 12/5/1954

box 79

Dinner for the General 2/22/1953

box 72

Do Not Cry for Me 9/12/1954

box 72

Dynamite 9/5/1954

box 79

Fanny Stevenson 1/4/1953

box 73

Farmer from Monticello 6/26/1955

box 79

Father Time 12/28/1952

box 73

Father Who Had No Sons (The) 6/19/1955

box 74

Finest Gift (The) 3/27/1955

box 72

Flight from Cathay 6/20/1954

box 8, folder 12

Four stages in the creation of a publicity pamphlet (3 items) 1954-1955

box 79

General's Bible (The) 1/18/1953

box 74

Giant on Wheels 1/30/1955

box 76

Good Samaritan (The) 3/7/1954

box 74

Green Mountain Boys (The) 4/3/1955

box 1, folder 2

Hamlet - review (1 item) 1953

box 77

Hands of Clara Schumann (The) 2/7/1954

box 79

Harp of Erin (The) 3/15/1953

box 79

Hills Are Green (The) 12/14/1952

box 79

Horace Mann's Miracle 3/8/1953

box 8, folder 16

Hucklebery Finn - correspondence and budget (8 items) 1954-1955

box 71

Imaginary Invalid (The) 11/1/1953

box 72

Immortal Oath (The) 10/10/1954

box 79

Joan of Arc 12/7/1952

box 72

John Paul Jones 7/4/1954

box 73

Joyful Tydings (The) 12/26/1954

box 77

King Richard II 1/24/1954

box 74

Label of Truth (The) 1/23/1955

box 73

Lady in the Wings (The) 10/24/1954

box 78

Lady of Liberty (The) 5/10/1953

box 76

Lafayette for Freedom! 4/25/1954

box 71

Last Voyage (The) 11/29/1953

box 76

Liberator (The) 4/11/1954

box 79

Lincoln's Little Correspondent 2/8/1953

box 77

Lone Star (The) 1/31/1954

box 71

Lonely Path (The) 11/8/1953

box 74

Lydia 4/10/1955

box 78

Man against Pain 6/21/1953

box 72

Man of Many Ideas (A) 9/19/1954

box 74

Man Who Tore Down the Wall (The) 4/17/1955

box 74

Man with a Camera (The) 5/22/1955

box 73

Matter of Principle (A) 11/14/1954

box 71

McCoy of Abiline 10/18/1953

box 78

Mercer Girls (The) 6/28/1953

box 77

Miss Tracy of Mt Vernon 2/21/1954

box 72

Moby Dick 5/16/1954

box 71

Never Kick a Man Upstairs 10/25/1953

box 78

No Man is an Island 5/3/1953

box 71

Of Time and the River 8/4/1952

box 76

Ordeal of Thomas Jefferson (The) 3/28/1954

box 78

Other Wise Man (The) 4/5/1953

box 76

Out of Jules Verne 3/21/1954

box 73

Path to Peace (The) 10/31/1954

box 74

Patrick Henry of Virginia 2/6/1955

box 76

Petticoat Revolution 5/2/1954

box 73

Pine Tree Shilling (The) 1/9/1955

box 74

Pirate and the Lawyer (The) 3/13/1955

box 76

Portrait by Whistler 5/9/1954

box 73

President for a Day 11/21/1954

box 74

Promise (The) 5/15/1955

box 78

Proudly I Love 5/24/1953

box 73

Province of Man (The) 12/12/1954

box 78

Queen is Born (A) 3/29/1953

box 71

Queen's Way (A) 10/11/1953

box 72

Reckless Youth (A) 6/6/1954

box 72

Reluctant Redeemer (The) 9/26/1954

box 76

Road to Tara (The) 3/14/1954

box 77

Scale of Justice 1/3/1954

box 78

Scott's Castle 6/14/1953

box 72

Serra and San Francisco 5/23/1954

box 74

Shining Beacon (The) 2/13/1955

box 73

Siege (The) 11/7/1954

box 78

Skipper of the Skies 4/12/1953

box 79

Small One (The) 12/21/1952

box 71

Smile for Danger (A) 9/27/1953

box 8, folder 18

Smile For Danger (A) - Master Broadcast Report (1 item) 1953

box 8, folder 10

Smile For Danger (A) - scene by scene property and set breakdowns (1 item) 1953

box 79

Socrates' Wife 1/25/1953

box 78

Soldier of Peace 5/17/1953

box 74

Soldier's Bride 3/20/1955

box 79

Span of Time (A) 1/11/1953

box 78

Spark of Genius 5/31/1953

box 77

St Cloud Storm (The) 1/17/1954

box 74

Story of Martha Curtis Washington 2/20/1955

box 76

Story of Ruth (The) 2/28/1954

box 76

Story of Ruth (The) 4/18/1954

box 73

Story of William Tell 1/2/1955

box 74

Talking Wire (The) 2/27/1955

box 73

Tempering of the Sword (The) 6/5/1955

box 79

To My Valentine 2/1/1953

box 74

Touch of Steel (The) 5/1/1955

box 77

Turbulent Air (The) 2/28/1954

box 72

Wife unto Caesar 6/27/1954

box 78

World on a Wire (The) 4/19/1953

box 72

Yankee Roadblock 10/17/1954

box 74

Young Ben 1/16/1955

box 76

Young William Penn 4/4/1954

HALLMARK SUMMER THEATRE

box 75

Carlson Legend (The) 8/3/1952

box 75

Dutch Treat 9/7/1952

box 75

I Lift My Lamp 8/17/1952

box 75

Last Command (The) 8/10/1952

box 75

Legend of Josiah Blow (The) 7/6/1952

box 75

Real Glory (The) 7/13/1952

box 75

Refresher Course 8/31/1952

box 75

Salvage 7/20/1952

box 75

Twenty-One Plus 7/27/1952

HALLMARK THEATRE

box 75

Bachelor and the Ballot (The) 10/12/1952

box 75

Bride's Tea Pot (The) 9/21/1952

box 75

Horns of a Dilemma 9/14/1952

box 75

Sometime She's Sunday 9/28/1952

KATE SMITH DAYTIME HOUR (THE)

box 70

Rehearsal scene 3/21/1952

box 69

After School 3/5/1952

box 69

And Still Champion 1/7/1952

box 70

Birthday 4/10/1952

box 70

Code of a Gentleman (The) 5/20/1952

box 70

Cure (The) 4/22/1952

box 70

Detached Duty 5/16/1952

box 69

Dramatic Irony 1/2/1952

box 69

Exclusively Yours 12/25/1951

box 69

Game (The) 11/13/1951

box 69

Girl from Venice (The) 2/26/1952

box 70

Heart-Line 4/2/1952

box 69

Incident in Paris 12/6/1951

box 69

Lace on Her Petticoat 9/25/1951

box 69

Other Side of Town (The) 3/11/1952

box 69

Painting (The) 11/11/1951

box 70

Places, Please! 6/5/1952

box 70

Real Caroline Cluett (A) 5/29/1952

box 70

Reckoning (The) 4/14/1952

box 70

She Walks in Beauty 5/9/1952

box 69

Sold to the Lady 2/19/1952

box 69

Special Edition 2/5/1952

box 69

Spring Meeting 12/24/1951

box 70

Strangers in Passing 3/28/1952

box 69

Subtle Touch (The) 10/23/1951

box 69

Such Sweet Sorrow 10/11/1951

box 70

Sure Thing (The) 5/1/1952

box 69

To the Victor 2/15/1952

box 69

Truth Shall Make You Free (The) 1/17/1952

box 69

Waiting for Andre 1/31/1952

KATE SMITH EVENING HOUR (THE)

box 68

After Dinner Story 1/30/1952

box 68

Anne of the Thousand Days no date

box 68

Beginner's Luck 11/21/1951

box 68

In the Fog 10/24/1951

box 68

It Takes a Thief 10/3/1951

box 68

Land's End 1/16/1952

box 69

Listen (A)lice 12/20/1951

box 68

Little Boy Who Wouldn't Smile (The) 11/7/1951

box 68

Lonely Night for a Birthday (A) 9/26/1951

box 68

Midsummer Night's Dream (A) 12/12/1951

box 68

Mr Tzicitizen 2/13/1952

box 68

My Luckiest Day 1/2/1951

box 68

Operation--Sunshine 3/19/1952

box 68

Power of the Press 10/10/1951

box 68

Quietest Part of London 2/27/1952

box 68

Reflected Glory 12/26/1951

box 68

Small One (The) 12/19/1951

box 68

To Catch a Thief 1/23/1952

box 68

Trio by Lamplight 11/14/1951

box 68

We Ain't Popular 2/20/1952

KATE SMITH HOUR (THE)

box 7, folder 10

Lists of leading actors and writers representing episodes in the series (1 item) no date

LUNAR PRODUCTIONS

box 12, folder 6

Correspondence to and from Lunar Productions (9 items) 1962

LUX THEATRE

box 10, folder 5

Browning Version (The) - camera angles 1955

MANHATTAN

box 10, folder 12

Budgets for music costs, suggestions of possible composers for series score (12 items) 1960

box 16, folder 11

Cast and personnel lists, budget figures, scene and show rundowns and rehearsal schedule (25 items) 1960

box 14, folder 5

Correspondence regarding scripts, production and applications (Approx 40 items) 1960

box 10, folder 18

Informal budget for series and "Production and Facilites Estimating Form" (2 items) 1960

box 10, folder 11

Legal clearences for series title and office communication relating to script purchases (18 items) 1959, 1960

box 10, folder 17

Office communication on scripts under consideration and synopses of published stories under consideration (24 items) 1952-1960

box 10, folder 14

Press release explaining the postponement of premiere (1 item) 1960

box 16, folder 12

Synopses of four stories under consideration (4 items) 1960

box 10, folder 15

Girl at the Wainright Hotel (The) - first and second drafts (4 items) 1960

General note

With two lists of characters. 1960. 4 items.

box 10, folder 16

Girl at the Wainright Hotel (The) (2 items) 1960

General note

Rehearsal draft and third draft.

box 16, folder 10

If I Should Die - final draft of episode (1 item) 1960

box 10, folder 9

If I Should Die - final drafts (one copy with timmings) (2 items) 1960

box 10, folder 8

If I Should Die - second draft script by Anthony Spinner (1 item) 1960

box 2, folder 5

If I Should Die - set design (11 items) 1960

box 10, folder 6

If I Should Die (11 items) 1960

General note

Sponsors' comments; cast, prop, and personnel lists; show rundown; credits; and taping and rehearsal schedules.

box 10, folder 10

If I Should Die (originally titled In the Wee Small Hours) - casting ideas for 1960

box 10, folder 7

If I Should Die" (originally titled: "The Wee, Small Hours") (1 item) 1960

General note

First draft by Anthony Spinner.

box 17, folder 2

Image (The) - treatment and script by George Bellak (3 items) 1960

box 10, folder 13

Series' proposal (2 drafts) and one production schedule (3 items) 1960

NBC MATINEE THEATRE

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Correspondence dealing with radio simulcast productions of the series (2 items) 1956

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Facts and figures concerning first six weeks of p roduction and progress report 1955 (2 items) 1955

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Interoffice correspondence (58 items) 1955 October- August 1956

General note

Discussions on episode synopsis, working facilities, hiring suggestions, publicity, and scheduling.

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Letters from the Lutheran Television associates and a letter of response to an angry viewer (4 items) 1956

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Letters to General Mills and Pillsbury regarding their possible interest in sponsoring the series (2 items) 1955

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List of actors and plays requested by viewers in fan mail (2 items) no date

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List of writers and stories under consideration 1955 (8 items) 1955

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Lists of addresses and phone numbers of personnel involved with the series (7 items) 1957, 1960

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Lists of character descriptions (2 items) 1955

General note

Represents six MATINEE plays, three of which match actors with their roles.

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MATINEE publicity in the form of magazine and NBC sales department advertisements (20 items) 1955, 1956, 1958

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Press releases on various MATINEE actors (3 items) no date

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Radio and television continuity acceptance reports (7 items) 1955 November- May 1956

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Sponsors' advertisement booklets 1956 (6 items) 1956

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Synopses of and comments on published material under consideration for television adaptation (Approximately 75 items) 1957

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25 Words or Less 12/23/1957

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25th Hour (The) 5/7/1956

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Accent on Youth 2/1/1957

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Adjustable Mr Willing (The) 9/9/1957

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Aftermath 5/20/1957

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All the World Over 11/12/1957

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Alleyway (The) 3/26/1958

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Allison's House 6/15/1956

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Almost Any Man Will Do 10/18/1957

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American (The) 6/5/1956

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Among Strangers 9/6/1957

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And Then There Were Three 10/24/1956

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Angel Face 8/28/1957

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Angel Street 5/9/1958

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Ann Veronica 7/29/1957

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Ann Veronica (Commercials) 11/21/1957

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Another Sky 7/25/1956

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Antidote (The) 3/21/1956

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Anxious Night 3/18/1958

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Anxious Years (The) 2/9/1956

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Anything but Love 2/29/1956

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Anything for a Laugh 1/29/1957

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Are You Listening 9/3/1956

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Arms and the Man 1/16/1957

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Arms and the Man (Commercials) 4/23/1957

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Arrowsmith 12/5/1955

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As Young as You Feel 2/7/1956

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Ask Me No Questions 4/20/1956

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Autumn Crocus 6/8/1956

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Awakening (The) 8/27/1957

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Awakening (The) (Commercials) 1/30/1958

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Babylonian Heart 4/19/1956

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Bachelor Father 6/3/1957

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Backfire 7/12/1956

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Baron and the Banshees (The) 3/16/1956

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Barricade on the Big Black (Comm) 8/26/1957

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Barricade on the Big Black (Comm) 3/27/1957

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Battle of the Paper Bullets (The) program budget and a tentative budget (2 items) 1961

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Belong to Me 7/31/1956

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Best Friend in Town (The) 5/15/1957

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Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 11/8/1955

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Big Box (The) 1/23/1956

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Big Guy (The) 3/14/1956

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Big Hearted Gerbert 5/10/1957

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Big Hearted Herbert 11/11/1955

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Birthday Present 6/27/1956

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Bishop Misbehaves (The) 7/13/1956

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Black Chiffon 7/6/1956

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Blind Date 5/16/1956

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Blind Man's Bluff 4/17/1957

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Bobbie 2/20/1957

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Bottle Imp (The) 5/22/1956

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Boy Grows Up (A) 4/22/1958

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Boys Will Be Men 7/30/1957

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Brass Ring (The) 12/1/1955

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Brat's House (The) 2/11/1957

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Brat's House (The) (Commercials) 7/19/1957

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Bread upon the Waters 3/28/1956

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Break Upon the Waters (Comm) 3/12/1957

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Bridge (The) 2/22/1957

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Brief Candle 6/28/1957

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Brief Music 5/23/1956

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Bright Boy 4/27/1956

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But Fear Itself 6/26/1956

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But When She Was Bad 7/11/1957

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But You Look Like Sisters 4/5/1956

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Cadenza 11/25/1957

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Call It a Day 7/26/1957

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Candle in the Dark 11/14/1956

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Canterville Ghost (The) 4/15/1958

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Captain Brassbound's Conversion 12/14/1956

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Career Angel 3/13/1958

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Carefree Tree (The) 4/30/1956

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Carefree Tree (The) (Commercials) 3/11/1957

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Case of Fear (A) 4/10/1958

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Case of Pure Fiction 2/13/1957

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Cask of Amontillado (Commercials) 1/29/1958

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Cask of Amontillado (The) 7/16/1957

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Catbird Seat (The) 2/17/1956

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Cause for Suspicion 6/6/1956

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Cave In (Commercials) 5/16/1958

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Cave In (Commercials) 2/3/1958

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Cease from Anger 11/26/1956

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Chance to Die (A) 1/10/1958

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Charcoal Pink 2/10/1958

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Charmer (The) 6/26/1957

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Child and the Muse (The) 1/20/1956

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Children of Papa Juan (The) 5/29/1956

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Church on Monday 5/2/1957

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Clippings 1955 Aug-May 1957

General note

Reviews and commentary on NBC MATINEE, McCleery, and actors featured in the program. 75 itmes.

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Cloud for Jeni (A) 12/6/1957

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Cold Christmas 12/24/1956

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Collected Letters of Mr Sage (The) 1/7/1958

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Company Manners 1/19/1956

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Consul (The) 12/9/1957

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Contingent Fee (The) 3/14/1958

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Cordially with Bombs 12/8/1955

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Course for Collision 6/13/1958

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Courtship of Miles Standish 11/23/1955

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Cowboy for Chris (A) 3/12/1956

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Crime at Blossoms 6/13/1956

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Cupid Rode a Horse 8/7/1956

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Cypress Tree (The) 7/30/1956

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Daisy Mayme 1/20/1958

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Damask Cheek (The) 6/22/1956

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Dandy Dick 3/20/1958

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Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent 11/29/1957

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Dark of the Moon 12/13/1957

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Dark Victory 1/4/1957

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Daughter of Kings 12/31/1957

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Daughter of Mata Hari (The) 4/3/1957

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Daughter of the 7th 5/3/1956

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Daughters of the Seventh 1/28/1957

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Day of Discoveries 5/22/1958

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Death Takes a Holiday 4/8/1958

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Decision 1/24/1958

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Declaration (The) 7/4/1956

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Design for Glory 4/1/1958

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Devil's Violin (The) 2/28/1958

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Diamond (The) 2/3/1956

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Dinner at Antione's 3/5/1956

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Dispossessed (The) 11/24/1955

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Doctor's Wife (The) 4/18/1956

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Double Door 1/5/1956

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Dr Jekyl & Mr Hyde (Commercials) 8/16/1957

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Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 3/8/1957

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Dracula 11/23/1956

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Dram of Poison (A) 11/8/1956

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Dream That Was Fixed 5/30/1957

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Eden End 2/17/1958

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Edwina Black 5/18/1956

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Egoist (The) 10/16/1956

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Elementals (Commercials) 5/5/1958

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Embassy House 11/18/1957

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Embattled Maiden 5/13/1957

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Emma 9/16/1957

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Empty Nest (The) 11/27/1956

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End of a Season 6/3/1958

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End of a Sentence 5/2/1958

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End of the Rope 4/1/1957

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Eugenie Grandet 12/21/1956

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Eugenie Grandet (Commercials) 8/12/1957

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Europeans (The) 1/6/1958

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Everything Is Relative 12/31/1956

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Explorer (The) 4/25/1956

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Eye of the Storm (Commercials) 6/7/1957

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Eye of the Storm (The) (Comm) 10/1/1957

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Fable of Harry (The) 7/12/1957

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Fall of the House of Usher (Comm) 11/5/1957

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Fall of the House of Usher (Comm) 4/28/1958

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Fall of the House of Usher (The) 8/6/1956

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Family Affair (A) 5/14/1956

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Family Man (The) 10/17/1956

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Father Comes Home! 10/15/1957

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Fawn (The) 8/1/1957

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Feast (The) 7/19/1956

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Fiddlin' Man 4/9/1956

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Fight the Whole World (Comm) 12/17/1957

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Fight the Whole World (Comm) 5/13/1958

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Finley's Fan Club 8/6/1957

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First Captain (The) 7/22/1957

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First Love 8/13/1957

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First Year (The) 3/29/1957

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Flashing Stream (The) 4/12/1957

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For Sweetheart, Wife, or Mother 12/26/1956

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For These Services 12/7/1955

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Forbidden Search (Commercials) 10/4/1957

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Forbidden Search (The) 7/31/1957

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Forever and Ever 1/23/1958

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Forsaking All Others 6/9/1956

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Found Money 4/17/1958

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Frankenstein 2/5/1957

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Freedom Comes Later 9/10/1957

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From the Desk of Margaret Tydings 2/18/1957

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From the Desk of Margaret Tydings 4/14/1958

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Gallin--All American 12/21/1955

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Gate (The) 1/9/1956

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Gentleman Caller 12/19/1957

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Gentleman of Fortune (A) 12/18/1957

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George Has a Birthday 11/1/1956

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George Has a Birthday 6/9/1956

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Ghost of Greenwich Village (The) 6/28/1956

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Giant Killer 3/29/1956

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Gift and the Giver (The) 12/16/1957

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Gioconda Smile (The) 5/3/1957

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Give Me a Wand 12/11/1957

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Golden Door (The) 6/4/1957

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Golden Fleecing (The) 1/22/1958

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Good Housekeeping 5/8/1958

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Goodbye on Thursday 2/20/1958

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Gramercy Ghost 9/7/1956

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Grandmama & the Grandfather Clock 11/8/1957

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Graybeards and Witches 5/1/1956

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Great Big Guy 4/29/1958

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Great Obstacle Courtship 1/9/1958

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Green Shores (The) 11/26/1957

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Growing Wonder (A) 5/31/1957

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Guardians of the Temple 4/30/1957

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Guest at the Embassy (A) 5/21/1957

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Guest Cottage (The) 6/19/1956

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Guest of Questway (The) 5/7/1958

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Gwendolen Harleth's Story 5/28/1957

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Hand-Me-Down 9/13/1957

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Hands 5/30/1958

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Happy Rest (The) 1/6/1956

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Hat, A Coat, A Glove (A) 4/26/1957

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Haven's End 8/20/1957

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Heart of a Husband (The) 4/3/1956

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Heart of Mary Lincoln (The) 2/10/1956

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Hearthstones 9/26/1957

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Heed the Falling Sparrow 8/21/1957

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Hemlock Cup (The) 3/5/1957

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Here We Are 1/15/1957

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Herself Alone 5/30/1956

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Hex (The) 1/10/1957

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Hickory Heart (The) 2/27/1958

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Hickory Limb (The) 2/21/1957

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High Places (The) 7/5/1956

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Hold My Hand and Run 2/1/1956

box 36

Hollow Woman (The) 10/11/1956

box 34

Home at Seven 7/27/1956

box 41

Home is the Hunter 1/17/1957

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Home on the Range 1/13/1958

box 24

Horns of a Dilemma 12/28/1955

box 51

Horsepower (Commercials) 8/19/1957

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Horsepower (Commercials) 4/18/1957

box 36

House Next Door (The) 9/25/1956

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House of Mirth (The) 12/4/1956

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House of the Seven Gables (The) 4/6/1956

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House Off Fifth Avenue (The) 8/28/1956

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House on Wildwood Lane (The) 11/7/1955

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House with Golden Streets (A) 1/3/1958

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Hymn to the Dedicated 5/8/1957

box 37

I Like It Here 10/26/1956

box 26

I Want to March 2/24/1956

box 62

Ice Man (The) (Commercials) 5/15/1958

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Ice Man (The) (Commercials) 2/4/1958

box 52

Impersonal Touch (The) 9/20/1957

box 42

Importance of Being Earnest (The) 2/8/1957

box 29

In the Dread of Winter 4/17/1956

box 51

In the Fog 9/11/1957

box 60

Inspector General (The) 4/2/1958

box 50

Invisible Man (The) 8/8/1957

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Invisible Man (The) (Commercials) 12/30/1957

box 54

Iris 11/14/1957

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It Came from Out of Town 4/30/1958

box 53

Ivy Curtain (The) (Commercials) 11/6/1957

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Ivy Curtain (The) (Commercials) 4/16/1958

box 45

Jamie Picks a Wife 4/16/1957

box 52

Jane Eyre (Commercials) 10/8/1957

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Jason 12/2/1955

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Jigsaw 11/14/1955

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Johnny 5/11/1956

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Johnson House (The) 11/20/1957

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Lady Chooses (The) 11/22/1955

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Lady's Maid's Bell (The) 9/4/1956

box 26

Last Battlefield (The) 2/16/1956

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Last Hour (The) 7/18/1957

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Last Leaf (The) (Commercials) 11/22/1957

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Last Leaf (The) (Commercials) 3/22/1957

box 53

Last Stop (The) 10/28/1957

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Last Voyage (The) 7/4/1957

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Last Voyage (The) (Commercials) 4/21/1958

box 36

Late Date 9/28/1956

box 50

Laugh a Little Tear 8/7/1957

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Laugh a Little Tear (Commercials) 2/19/1958

box 26

Ledger (The) 2/22/1956

box 29

Legend of Jenny Lind (The) 5/2/1956

box 53

Lest We Forget 10/23/1957

box 36

Letter from Johnny Brack (A) 9/20/1956

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Letter of Introduction 7/26/1956

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Life upon the Wicked Stage 2/12/1958

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Light and Shadow 1/27/1956

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Light in the Sky (A) 6/25/1957

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Little Minister 12/26/1957

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Little Women 12/25/1956

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Liza 6/17/1957

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Location of Roycemore College (The) 11/21/1956

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Lonesome Husband 5/24/1957

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Long, Long Laugh (The) 2/5/1958

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Long, Long Laugh (The) 5/14/1958

box 63

Look out for John Tucker! 6/4/1958

box 50

Lost Survivors (The) 8/14/1957

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Lost Survivors (The) (Commercials) 4/7/1958

box 39

Love is a Locksmith 12/12/1956

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Love Out of Town 1/31/1958

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Love out of Town (Commercials) 6/2/1958

box 32

Love, Honor and O'Day 6/21/1956

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Lovers (The) 9/10/1956

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Luck of Amos Currie (The) 6/14/1956

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M is for the Many------- 3/23/1956

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Mad Money 9/19/1956

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Madam Ada 1/18/1957

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Madame de Treymes 11/19/1956

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Make Believe Mother (The) 11/1/1955

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Make-Believe Affair 5/7/1957

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Man and a Maid 4/8/1956

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Man in Half Moon Street (The) 1/9/1957

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Man in Seven League Boots 10/22/1956

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Man of the House (The) 4/9/1958

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Man Who Wanted to Hate (The) 1/21/1958

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Man with the Pointed Toes (The) 1/28/1958

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Man without a Country (A) 11/10/1955

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Marriage of Convenience 2/24/1958

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Marriage Royal 9/14/1956

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Mask of Venus (The) 3/10/1958

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Master Builder (The) 2/14/1957

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Mating of Watkins Tottle (The) 3/6/1956

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Middle Son (The) 2/13/1956

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Middle-Aged Freshman (The) 5/14/1957

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Miss Morissa 1/2/1957

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Money in the Bank 7/2/1957

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Monsieur Beaucaire 2/11/1958

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More Than a Man 1/15/1958

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Mr Krane 3/21/1957

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Mr Krane (Commercials) 9/5/1957

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Mr Krane (Commercials) 3/21/1957

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Mr Pim Passes By 1/25/1957

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Mr Windigo 6/21/1957

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Mrs Moonlight 3/7/1958

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Much Ado About Nothing (Part I) 5/20/1958

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Much Ado About Nothing (Part II) 5/21/1958

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Mysterious Disappearance 9/19/1957

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Mysterious Mr Todd (The) 2/12/1957

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NBC MATINEE THEATRE photographs of illustrations used in presentation of theater in the round (2 items) no date

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Night Cry 9/18/1957

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Night Must Fall 5/4/1956

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Night Train to Chicago 1/22/1957

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Night Train to Chicago (Comm) 6/14/1957

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Nightbird Crying (The) 6/6/1958

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Nine Finger Jack 5/19/1958

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Nine-Finger Jack 10/30/1957

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Nineteenth Hole (The) 3/19/1957

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Nineteenth Hole (The) (Commercials) 7/23/1957

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No Time for Comedy 12/17/1957

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Now or Never 8/23/1957

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O Promise Me 1/31/1956

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Old Friend (The) 12/10/1957

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Old Maid (The) 1/16/1956

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Old Payola (The) 8/8/1956

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On Approval 3/19/1958

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On the Trail of the Kingsfeld 1/14/1957

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One for All 7/25/1957

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One for All (Commercials) 3/17/1958

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One for the Road 11/28/1955

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One Hundred Red Convertibles 9/5/1956

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One Mummy Too Many 9/25/1957

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One of the Family 10/25/1956

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O'Rourke's House 3/25/1958

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Others (The) (Commercials) 9/30/1957

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Others (The) (Commercials) 2/15/1957

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Out of My Darkness 12/3/1957

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Out of the Frying Pan (Comm) 10/25/1957

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Outing (The) 11/2/1956

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Outing (The) (Commercials) 3/13/1957

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Papa's Wife 3/6/1957

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Party Dress (The) 6/11/1957

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Passing Strange 12/6/1955

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Password (The) 12/19/1956

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Peaceable Kingdom (The) 3/18/1957

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Pears of Sheba (The) 10/2/1956

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People in Glass 4/11/1956

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People vs John Tarr (The) 11/20/1956

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Perfect Alibi 8/10/1956

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Persistent Image (The) 11/2/1955

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Personal Equation 9/17/1957

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Personnel and studio scheduleings and changes, kine schedules (18 items) 1955

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Perspective 5/9/1956

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Phony Venus (The) 4/23/1958

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Pigeons and People 6/19/1957

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Pink Hippopotamus (The) 8/30/1956

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Plumber in Paradise (A) 11/1/1957

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Point of Clearing 4/10/1957

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Portrait in Miniature 7/15/1957

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Price of Scandal (The) 7/5/1957

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Pride and Prejudice 10/1/1956

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Prizewinner (The) 3/7/1957

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Professional (The) 4/29/1957

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Progress and Minnie Sweeney 11/4/1955

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Prominent Citizen 12/17/1956

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Prophet Hosea (The) 3/5/1958

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Prosper's Old Mother 5/1/1958

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Pursuit of Happiness 4/5/1957

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Pushover (The) 4/24/1957

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Puzzle in the Stars 5/27/1957

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Pygmalion Jones 8/1/1956

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Queen of Spades 2/28/1957

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Question of Balance (A) 9/13/1956

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Quiet Street 4/25/1958

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Ransom of Sigmund Freud (The) 11/13/1957

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Reach for the Stars 9/11/1956

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Realms of Gold (The) 1/30/1957

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Red Sanders Story (The) 12/26/1955

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Refugee (The) 12/6/1956

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Reluctant Heiress (The) 9/27/1957

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Remarkable Mr Jerome (The) 2/19/1957

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Remarkable Mr Jerome (The) (Comm) 7/8/1957

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Remember Me Kindly 11/15/1957

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Remittance Man (The) 7/26/1956

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Return in Winter 11/7/1957

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Reverberator (The) 7/23/1956

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Rich Man, Poor Man 6/10/1957

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Richest Man in the World (The) 7/17/1957

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Riddle of Mary Murray (The) 5/27/1958

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Road to Recovery (The) 6/5/1958

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Robin Daw 3/1/1956

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Rocking Chair (The) 3/13/1956

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Roman Fever 11/18/1955

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Room and the Groom (The) 12/5/1957

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Run for the Money 10/22/1957

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Runaways (The) 2/21/1956

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Safe Place (A) 6/18/1956

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Santa Is No Saint 12/22/1955

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Sara Crewe 12/24/1957

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Savrola 11/15/1956

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Scandalous Priest (The) 1/3/1957

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Seasoned Timber 7/3/1956

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Second-Hand Lover 5/22/1957

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Second-Hand Lover (Commercials) 10/11/1957

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See You on Sunday 12/16/1955

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September Tide no date

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September Tide 8/31/1956

box 32

Serpent's Tooth (The) 6/12/1956

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Shadow and Substance 3/1/1957

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Shake the Stars Down 10/29/1956

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She's the One with the Funny Face 11/15/1955

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Shining Hour (The) 11/9/1956

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Shuttered Heart (The) 7/24/1957

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Sight Unseen 10/18/1956

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Silent Partner (The) 3/26/1956

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Silver Spider (The) 3/28/1958

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Sincerely Yours, Charlie Fisher 1/24/1956

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Sing for Me 10/21/1957

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Skylark 2/27/1956

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Smilin' Through 12/27/1956

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Some Blessed People 4/24/1958

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Something About a Dollar 11/4/1957

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Something Stolen, Something Blue 11/16/1958

box 51

Son of Thirty-Seven Fathers 9/12/1957

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Sound of Fear 9/27/1956

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Sound of Fear (The) (Commercials) 6/13/1957

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Spare Room (The) 5/21/1956

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Spare Your Pity 11/28/1956

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Sport (The) 4/11/1957

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Stamp Caddy (The) 10/15/1956

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Starmaster (The) (Commercials) 5/17/1957

box 30

Statute of Limitations 5/15/1956

box 38

Step Into Darkness 11/13/1956

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Stopover 6/24/1957

box 45

Story of Joseph (The) (Commercials) 4/19/1957

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Story of Marcia Gordon (The) 6/10/1958

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Story of Sarah (The) 9/23/1957

box 40

Strong Medicine 12/28/1956

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Strong Medicine (Commercials) 7/10/1957

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Sudden Truth (The) 1/8/1957

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Suicide Club 2/25/1958

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Summer Cannot Last 2/15/1956

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Sunday in Sonora 8/2/1957

box 55

Sure Thing (The) 12/12/1957

box 56

Survival Kit 1/2/1958

box 1, folder 10

Sylvania and Alcoa (16 items) 1955

General note

Schedule for 8/14/55 closed circuit segment, scripts for close circuit segments.

box 44

Talk You of Killing 4/4/1957

box 31

Taxi to the Moon 5/31/1956

box 24

Technique 12/20/1955

box 38

Tell-Tale Heart (The) 11/6/1956

box 27

Temptation for a King 3/20/1956

box 58

Tenth Muse (The) 2/18/1958

box 38

Thank You Edmondo 11/5/1956

box 33

There's Always Juliet 7/2/1956

box 39

Therese 12/3/1956

box 48

Things Hoped For 6/20/1957

box 58

Third Person (The) 2/14/1958

box 41

Thirteenth Crypt (The) 1/24/1957

box 41

This Language Called Love 1/23/1957

box 42

This Man is Dangerous 2/6/1957

box 45

Thread That Runs So True (The) 4/15/1957

box 31

Three for the Money 6/1/1956

box 41

Three Kids 2/4/1957

box 48

Three Kids (Commercials) 6/18/1957

box 57

Thunderbolt 1/17/1958

box 46

Thursday's Child 5/9/1957

box 50

Time for Action 8/15/1957

box 29

Tin Wedding 4/24/1956

box 30

To Have and to Hold 5/17/1956

box 53

Tone of Time (The) 10/17/1957

box 27

Tony Her Son 3/15/1956

box 48

Too Much Johnson 7/1/1957

box 62

Top Platter 5/6/1958

box 23

Touchstone (The) 11/29/1955

box 63

Town in a Turmoil 6/11/1958

box 48

Trouble Train (The) 7/3/1957

box 60

Two Mrs Carrolls (The) 4/3/1958

box 56

Two Picture Deal 1/8/1958

box 36

Uncle Harry 9/21/1956

box 39

Upper Hand (The) 12/11/1956

box 26

Valentine's Day 2/14/1956

box 60

Velvet Glove (The) 4/4/1958

box 44

Vicarious Years (The) 3/28/1957

box 59

Vigilante (The) 3/4/1958

box 53

Villa of the Angels 10/16/1957

box 43

Voyage to Mahdok 2/26/1957

box 52

Waiting Swan (The) 9/24/1957

box 60

Walk the Sky 4/11/1958

box 63

Washington Square 6/12/1958

box 61

Washington Whispers Murder 4/18/1958

box 44

Ways of Courage (The) 3/25/1957

box 44

We Won't Be Any Trouble 4/2/1957

box 43

Wedding in the Family 3/20/1957

box 26

When the Bough Breaks 2/23/1956

box 50

Where Angels Fear to Tread 8/9/1957

box 48

White Headed Boy 6/12/1957

box 25

White Knight (The) 2/8/1956

box 23

Whiteoaks 12/9/1955

box 29

Whom Death Has Joined Together 4/23/1956

box 28

Winter in April 3/27/1956

box 45

Winter in April (Commercials) 4/22/1957

box 59

With Love We Live 3/11/1958

box 58

Without Fear of Favor 2/13/1958

box 37

Without Sanction 10/31/1956

box 54

Witness to Murder 11/19/1957

box 37

Woman Across the Hall 10/23/1956

box 51

Woman Alone 9/4/1957

box 29

Woman Named Ruby (A) 4/25/1956

box 51

Women Have Ways 8/30/1957

box 23

Wuthering Heights 11/30/1955

box 45

Wuthering Heights 4/8/1957

box 35

Yankee Doodler 8/29/1956

box 59

You and I 3/12/1958

box 33

Young and Damned (The) 6/29/1956

box 62

Young and Fair (The) 5/23/1958

box 28

Young Hands, Young Feet 4/13/1956

NEW YORK 21, N.Y.

box 15, folder 6

Character sketches and background on the series 1959

box 15, folder 1

Correspondence dealing mainly with script submissions (9 items) 1959, 1960

box 15, folder 9

Lists of possible series titles, title songs and information on title's legal clearance (12 items) 1959

box 15, folder 7

Pilot script [1960]

box 15, folder 5

Plot synopsis and comments for eight possible episodes (13 items) 1959-1960

box 15, folder 2

Resumes and photographs of actors considered for the role of Mark (Approximately 30 items) 1959

box 15, folder 3

Resumes and photographs of actors considered for the role of Robert (Approximately 40 items) 1959

General note

Resumes and photographs of actors considered for the role of Robert. 1959. approx. 40 items

box 15, folder 4

Resumes and photographs of actresses considered for the role of Louise (22 items) 1959

box 15, folder 8

Resumes, photos and letters of application for roles in the series (approximately 30 items) 1959

WARRANT FOR ARREST

box 10, folder 4

Dead Center (12 items) 1961

General note

Two drafts, script of series opening, lists of actors under consideration, and correspondence

YOUR DAY IN COURT

box 19, folder 8

kinescope - script written by Emmet Lavery 1954

YOUR PRIZE STORY

box 67

Between Two Loves 4/16/1952

box 67

Never Say Love 5/21/1952

box 67

Nicest Girl in Town, The 5/28/1952

box 67

Rebound 5/7/1952

box 67

Second Try 4/13/1952

box 67

Something Blue 4/30/1952

box 67

Something New, Something Old 4/9/1952

box 67

Two Loves Have I 5/14/1952

Radio Projects 1954

Container Summary: (Boxes 10 and 82)

Scope and Content

The series consists of scripts representing Albert McCleery's work as radio producer and director for the program, Inheritance .

box 10, folder 3

INHERITANCE 1954

General note

Correspondence and interoffice communication on budget, scripts, and other inquiries (30 items)

box 10, folder 2

INHERITANCE 1954

General note

Ideas and treatments for episodes (2 items)

box 10, folder 1

INHERITANCE 1954

General note

Program budget and list of actors (2 items)

box 82

INHERITANCE 4/4/1954

General note

Time of Decision

box 82

INHERITANCE 4/11/1954

General note

Dorothea Lynde Dix

box 82

INHERITANCE 4/18/1954

General note

Mountain Men, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 4/25/1954

General note

Giant of Virginia, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/2/1954

General note

In Whatsoever House I Enter

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/9/1954

General note

To Save a City

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/16/1954

General note

Flight to Nowhere

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/23/1954

General note

Nutmegger and the Turtle, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 5/30/1954

General note

Lewis and Clark Expedition, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 6/6/1954

General note

But for the Courage of a Woman

box 82

INHERITANCE 6/20/1954

General note

Whipple's War

box 82

INHERITANCE 7/4/1954

General note

Proclaim Liberty

box 82

INHERITANCE 7/18/1954

General note

Victory on Lake Erie

box 82

INHERITANCE 8/1/1954

General note

Rails to the Pacific

box 82

INHERITANCE 8/15/1954

General note

Flag That Talks, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 8/28/1954

General note

Charter Oak, The

box 82

INHERITANCE 9/4/1954

General note

One Mile of Rock

box 82

INHERITANCE 9/19/1954

General note

Gibraltar of the Hudson, The

UNPRODUCED PROJECTS

Container Summary: (Boxes 1948-1954, 1957, 1960)

Scope and Content

The series consists of files pertaining to unproduced projects created by and submitted to McCleery. Includes script material and occasional of budget information. The series is arranged alphabetically by projects created by McCleery and projects submitted to McCleery.

CREATED BY MCCLEERY

box 9, folder 4

Four program proposals and a package presentation agreement (7 items) 1958, 1961

box 19, folder 6

List and synopsis of properties gathered as possibilites for SUSPENSE SHOW (7 items) 1959

box 9, folder 8

McCleery projects inventory (1 item) no date

box 17, folder 9

ALEXANDER THE GREAT revised script with addenda for (1 item) 1963

General note

Possibly for HALLMARK [?].

box 9, folder 10

CARAVAN SHOW budget and Gringo proposal (2 items) 1962

box 17, folder 8

CHAPLAIN AND THE COMMANDER (THE) script(1 item) 1961

General note

Prepared for the Army Pictorial Center

box 9, folder 12

CRIME CLUB budget estimate; ELLERY QUEEN actual budget and GATHERING OF THE CLANS proposal (3 items) 1958, 1961

box 9, folder 1

DOCTOR NEXT DOOR (The) - budget and ideas (15 items) 1954

box 9, folder 14

Ford Motor Company's THE DARK DARK NIGHT proposal and story ideas (30 minute and 60 minute versions) (2 items) no date

box 9, folder 5

GRANDMA IS A SHERIFF, A WHEELS, and MURDER IN THE FIRST PERSON program proposals (3 items) no date

box 16, folder 13

GREAT HOURS (The) (formerly known as TV's Great Hours - budget and proposal (3 items) 1962

box 9, folder 7

IT PAYS TO READ script drafts, budgets and proposals (television game show) (17 items) 1962

box 9, folder 15

MALTESE FALCON (THE) program proposal; NBC CAROUSEL THEATER program proposals; and The Cage treatment for (3 items) [1958?], 1965

box 9, folder 9

MANHATTAN REPORT proposal; materials for PROJECT II (2 items) 1961, 1962

General note

Original folder labeled by McCleery as Mute Pigs.

box 17, folder 12

MIDNIGHT MYSTERY proposal for (1 item) no date

box 9, folder 13

PACIFIC OCEAN PLAYHOUSE proposal for (1 item) no date

box 19, folder 1

PEER GYNT by Albert McCleery stage adaptation of no date

box 9, folder 11

RALPH EDWARDS THEATRE OF LIFE - budget estimate for proposed schedule (3 items) 1954

General note

With budget estimate for Sherwood Shows

box 9, folder 3

THAT'S JUST DAISY - scripts and character descriptions no date

box 9, folder 2

THEATRE AMERICANA prospectus and budget (2 items) no date

box 9, folder 6

VIEW FROM WITHIN (THE), TALES FROM A FLAT EARTH, and AMERICAN NARRATIVE program proposals (3 items) no date

SUBMITTED TO MCCLEERY

box 20, folder 10

Correspondence regarding two possible programs: Pearl Lang's PERSEPHONE ASCENDING and Grouch Marx's TIME FOR ELIZABETH (6 items) 1957, 1960

box 3, folder 1

Ideas for productions submited by William Corrington (12 items) 1952

box 3, folder 14

Letters noting submissions made by Ashley Buck (4 items) 1953

box 3, folder 7

Radio scripts submitted by Harry W Junkin 1948-1951 (5 items) 1948-1951

box 17, folder 7

Synopses and recommendations on suitability for television adaptation of five produced stage plays (5 items) 1960

box 3, folder 8

Television script and treatment submited by Harry W Junkin 1959 (3 items) 1959

box 3, folder 9

Treatment and ideas submited by William Robert Yates and two scripts by Guy parent (5 items) 1962

box 3, folder 10

Treatments, one with evocative photographs (19 items) 1958-1961

box 17, folder 6

Untitled treatment (author unknown) (1 item) no date

box 17, folder 3

Bitter Wine (Romeo and Juliet in Taos)", by Walt Sheldon script for stage play (1 item) no date

box 3, folder 2

Common Sailor (The) - treatment submited by A. J. Palmerio (2 items) 1954

box 17, folder 11

DELICATE APE (THE) program and stage play (directed by McCleery) and film adaptation (3 items) no date

box 16, folder 8

Eagle Has no Head (The) treatment by Francis Mayers and John Drew Barrymore no date

box 16, folder 7

ECHO - ideas for possible series (1 item) 1960

box 3, folder 6

Everyman script and telecast suggestions submited by Albert Johnson (3 items) 1954

box 3, folder 12

INTO THE FIRE by Francis Swann prospectus and The Listener by Allan Sloane treatment (3 items) 1960

box 17, folder 10

JENNY KISSED ME - stage play, shooting script (with timings and camera movements) and cast list (3 items) no date

box 3, folder 4

Light and the Dark (The) script submited by Emmet Lavery (12 items) [1950?]

General note

[Cameo Theatre ?]

box 3, folder 5

Lysistrata for President script submited by Maurice Stoller (1 item) no date

box 17, folder 1

Morgue (The) and The Road short stories (2 items) no date

box 3, folder 15

Night - teaser; and Wonderful Day outline submited by Arch Oboler, including memos 1960 (6 items) 1960

General note

With memos.

box 3, folder 11

Payment in Full by G Donald Waldens script (1 item) 1961

box 19, folder 4

ROGUES GALLERY by William Robert Yeats and SECOND CHANCE by John Haggart proposals no date

box 3, folder 13

Stand by for Murder! script by Arthur Kennard (2 items) no date

box 19, folder 5

WATCHERS (THE ) - correspondence and option aggreement for adaptation (4 items) 1959

General note

Adaptation of Dolores Hitchins' THE WATCHERS.

CORRESPONDENCE 1935-1962

Container Summary: (Boxes 6 and 14)

Scope and Content

The Correspondence Series contains both business and personal correspondence from friends, colleagues and fans.

box 14, folder 2

Business and personal correspondence from friends, colleagues and fans 1956 1956

box 14, folder 4

Business and personal correspondence from friends, colleagues and fans 1960 1960

box 14, folder 3

Business and personal correspondence from friends, colleagues and fans 1960 1960

box 6, folder 13

CBS interoffice communications on a variety of topics (22 items) 1959, 1960

box 6, folder 8

Letters and cards from friends, colleagues and associates on a variety of topics (Approx. 30 items) 1959

box 6, folder 5

Letters and cards from friends, colleagues and associates on a variety of topics (Approx. 70 items) 1954

box 6, folder 4

Letters and cards from friends, colleagues and associates on a variety of topics Approx (20 items) 1953

box 6, folder 1

Letters and cards from friends, colleagues and associates on a variety of topics (33 items) 1949-1951

box 6, folder 6

Letters and cards from friends, colleagues and associates on a variety of topics (Approx 20 items) 1955

box 14, folder 7

Letters and postcards from friends and colleagues on a variety of topics including stock market speculation (7 items) 1952

box 6, folder 2

Letters from friends, colleagues and associates (Approximately 50 items) 1952

General note

With McCleery's essay: Five 'Do's and Dont's' For Television Production.

box 6, folder 10

Letters from friends, colleagues and associates on a variety of topics Approx (10 items) 1962

box 6, folder 9

Letters from friends, colleagues and associates on a variety of topics (Approx 20 items) 1961

box 6, folder 3

Letters from friends, colleagues and associates on a variety of topics (Approx. 70 items) 1953

box 14, folder 11

Letters from friends, lawyers, special interest groups and job applicants (22 items) 1935-1948

box 6, folder 11

Letters of application from people seeking positions in television (6 items) 1953

box 6, folder 12

NBC interoffice communication on a variety of topics (10 items) 1955, 1956

box 6, folder 7

Radio and Television Directors Guild letter (1 item) 1957

box 14, folder 1

Business and personal correspondence from friends, colleagues and fans 1956 1956

PROFESSIONAL SUBJECT FILES 1950s-1960

Container Summary: (Boxes 11, 12, 20, 21)

Scope and Content

The bulk of the series consists of resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors, directors, and production staff. Aslo includes a small amount of clippings on video technologies, a small number of items pertaining to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, AFTRA and the Directors Guild.

box 12, folder 3

ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES (24 items) 1960-1963

General note

Correspondence, minutes, and constituiton of the Academy.

box 12, folder 1

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TELEVISION AND RADIO ARTISTS (8 items) 1954, 1960

General note

AFTRA negotiation reports and Codes of Fair practice for Network Television and Commercial Radio; official correspondence from American Federation of Musicians.

box 11, folder 6

CBS Television Workshop - Writer's Seminar 1960

General note

Two lists of CBS writers, one, with addresses

box 20, folder 5

Clippings 1971

General note

Articles collected by McCleery on CATV, videotape, and other video technologies. 28 items.

box 12, folder 2

DIRECTORS' GUILDS (46 items) 1955-1961

General note

Constitution, by-laws and correspondence from Directors Guild of America, Radio and Television Directors Guild, and Screen Directors Guild. 1955-1961. 46 items.

box 11, folder 4

Director's resumes and letters of application (11 items) 1956, 1960

box 20, folder 1

FILM ESTIMATES (7 items) 1953

General note

Correspondence dealing with McCleery's intention to work on a television film series. 1953. 7 items.

box 11, folder 7

List of designers and their credits and a letter of application (2 items) 1959

box 11, folder 5

PRODUCER'S Biographies (3 items) 1959

box 11, folder 10

PRODUCTION STAFF resumes (24 items) 1959, 1960

General note

Resumes and letters of application for positions in television production.

box 11, folder 9

PRODUCTION STAFF resumes (45 items) 1955, 1956

General note

Resumes and letters of application for positions in television production selected for further consideration. 1955, 1956. 45 items.

box 11, folder 3

Resumes (37 items) 1955-1956, 1959-1960

General note

Resumes and letters of application from actors, directors, and agents, lists of available actors.

box 11, folder 1

Resumes and Photographs 1950's

General note

Resumes, photographs, and letters of application.

box 11, folder 2

Resumes and Photographs 1950's

General note

Resumes, photographs, and letters of application.

box 21, folder 1

Resumes and photographs - B 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter B.

box 21, folder 2

Resumes and photographs - C 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter C.

box 21, folder 3

Resumes and photographs - D 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter D.

box 21, folder 4

Resumes and photographs - E 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter E.

box 21, folder 5

Resumes and photographs - F 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter F.

box 21, folder 6

Resumes and photographs - G 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter G.

box 21, folder 7

Resumes and photographs - H 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter H.

box 21, folder 18

Resumes and photographs - I 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter I).

box 21, folder 8

Resumes and photographs - J 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter J).

box 21, folder 9

Resumes and Photographs - K 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with K.

box 21, folder 10

Resumes and photographs - L 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter L).

box 21, folder 12

Resumes and photographs - Mc 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letters Mc).

box 21, folder 11

Resumes and photographs - M 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter M.

box 21, folder 13

Resumes and photographs - N 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter N).

box 21, folder 14

Resumes and photographs - O 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter O).

box 21, folder 15

Resumes and photographs - P 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter P).

box 21, folder 16

Resumes and photographs - R 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter R.

box 21, folder 17

Resumes and photographs - S 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter S).

box 21, folder 20

Resumes and photographs - W 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with W.

box 21, folder 19

Resumes and photographs - V 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letter V.

box 21, folder 21

Resumes and photographs - X, Y, Z 1960

General note

Resumes, letters of application, and photographs from actors seeking roles (last names beginning with the letters X, Y, and Z).

box 12, folder 4

Television Producers Guild (4 items) 1959, 1962

General note

Correspondence from Television Producers Guild, and information on Independent Producers' Corporation. 1959, 1962. 4 items.

NETWORK FILES

Scope and Content

Network Files are a small number of files pertaining to CBS and NBC. Among the files are publicity releases, inter-departmental communications, broad policy information, synopses, and a transcript of a Harry Reasoner interview for Vote for Me , among other network-related documents. The series is arranged alphabetically by file titles.

box 20, folder 8

CBS Eastern Story Department synopsis (28 items) 1961

General note

Published materials under consideration for television adaptation.

box 17, folder 4

CBS expense reports and receipts for work requests, travel and hotels (9 items) 1960, 1961

box 14, folder 12

CBS NEWS - VOTE FOR ME (4 items) 1961

General note

Transcript and review of VOTE FOR ME: Harry Reasoner's interview with nine minor candidates in the New Jersey governor's election. 1961. 4 items.

box 12, folder 5

CBS office communications on decisions and policy matters (15 items) 1959

General note

Office communications on decisions and policy matters. 1959. 15 items.

box 12, folder 7

CBS Program Department Personnel lists and list of members of the CBS 20- Year Club (2 items) 1958, 1961

box 14, folder 10

CBS Program Schedule presenation by Frank Stanton (CBS President) (3 items) 1959-1960

General note

Presentation before the F.C.C.: Statement, Classification of CBS Program Schedule, date and content list of CBS' 1959 season.

box 11, folder 11

CBS PUBLICITY RELEASES 1961

General note

Advance program schedules, schedule corrections, and releases on programs and actors.

box 12, folder 8

CBS PUBLICITY RELEASES 1961

General note

Advance program schedules, schedule corrections, and releases on programs and actors.

box 14, folder 6

NBC Interdepartment mail on hirings, color commercials, special effects (15 items) 1953-1955

box 14, folder 8

NBC lists of personnel names and addresses (9 items) 1953, 1954

General note

Technical operations, engineering, executives, Hallmark personnell, and various Christmas card lists. 1953, 1954. 9 items.

box 20, folder 4

NBC Policy concerning submission of ideas and other materials (1 item) 1954

box 20, folder 3

NBC production facilites and services rate manual #3 with letter on matter (1 item) 1954

box 16, folder 9

NBC Radio and Television Broadcast Standards and Network Production Facilities and Standards 1956

box 20, folder 7

NETWORK PROGRAM COSTS 1962

General note

Estimated weekly network TV program costs for ABC, CBS, and NBC; clipping from VARIETY. 1962. 1 item.

THEATER FILES Eary 1940s, 1950s and 1960s

Container Summary: (Boxes 4, 7, 14, 16, and 18)

Scope and Content

The Theater Files include materials documenting McCleery's affiliation with the Pasadena Playhouse, Stage Magazine, Threshold Theatre, and educational theater. The series is arranged alphabetically by file titles.

box 4, folder 4

Correspondence and programs re. educational theater (22 items) 1951-1953, 1959

General note

With National Theatre Conference code, regulations, and objectives.

box 4, folder 10

Institute for Advanced Studies in the Theatre Arts - correspondence (3 items) 1960

box 14, folder 13

Letters and article by McCleery from his work at STAGE magazine (14 items) 1940-1941

General note

Mostly concerning the Confederacy of American Community Theatres.

box 16, folder 5

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE alumni and ex-students name and addresses, program requirements and budget figures no date

box 16, folder 3

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE Board of Trustees minutes and reports (Approximately 35 items) 1956, 1962

box 16, folder 4

Pasadena Playhouse College of Theatre Arts Application for Re- Accreditation [1967?]

box 16, folder 2

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE financial reports (12 items) 1956, 1962, 1968

General note

With Report on Economic Study, and preliminary fiscal report.

box 16, folder 1

PASADENA PLAYHOUSE memorabilia (24 items) 1956, 1957, 1962

General note

Clipings on McCleery joining the Playhouse, play programs, schedules, and Proposal of Television Equipment.

box 18, folder 5

Publicity photographs of stage productions (Approximately 25 items) no date

General note

Some appear to represent Fordham University.

box 4, folder 11

Theatre School Ion - catalogue and brochures 1960

box 7, folder 11

THRESHOLD THEATRE proposal, budgets and contracts (21 items) 1961

box 4, folder 9

Yale and the IVY Radio Network - correspondence (11 items) 1953, 1960

General note

With prospectus from Ivy Network.

CONFERENCES AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS 1953-1962

Container Summary: (Boxes 4, 13, and 17)

Scope and Content

The series documents assorted conferences and speaking engagements in which McCleery may have been present at such as American Educational Theatre Association, Armed Forces Television Conference and Westinghouse Educational Television Conference among others. Additionally there is University of British Columbia correspondence and photographs of McCleery working at the University and transcript of speech Theater's Debt to Television . The series is arranged alphabetically by event or location name.

box 4, folder 1

Albert McCleery photographs, invitations and speech transcript (7 items). 1954

General note

Three photographs of Mccleery (conference unknown), two invitations for appearances, and transcript of speech "Theater's Debt to Television".

box 4, folder 3

American Educational Theatre Association conference schedule, membership directory, reports and correspondence (9 items) 1953

box 4, folder 8

CBS Television Workshop Seminar questionnaires (56 items) 1960

box 4, folder 2

Seventh Annual Summer Television Workshop (Michigan State) notebook (1 item). 1957

box 4, folder 6

Syracuse University correspondence and Speech Association of the Eastern States convention program (4 items) 1961

box 13, folder 11

Third Annual Armed Forces Television Conference brochures (7 items) 1962

General note

On the role of television within the Army and Air Force.

box 13, folder 12

Third Annual Armed Forces Television Conference schedule of TV presentations, brochures on TV as an instructional medium and its role in the armed forces (9 items) 1962

box 17, folder 5

TV Code Committee and High School of Art and Design letters regarding appearances (2 items) 1955, 1962

box 4, folder 5

University of British Columbia correspondence and photographs of McCleery working at the University (20 items) 1962

box 4, folder 7

Westinghouse Educational Television Conference correspondence and schedule (16 items) 1961

General note

With brochures from WQED, WQEX, and KQED television stations.

PERSONAL FILES 1950s, 1960s, early-1970s

Container Summary: (Boxes 2, 14, 16, 19, and 20)

Scope and Content

The Personal Files series consists of memorabilia, notes for what appears to be a possible lecture, material related to Fordham University, and information regarding McCleery's credits.

box 20, folder 12

Accounting 1955, 1962

General note

Correspondence and lists on bills, money received, expenditures and other personal accounting matters. Approximately 45 items.

box 19, folder 3

Albert McCleery credits and biographies (13 items) 1950, 1955, 1980

box 2, folder 2

Awards and Memorabilia 1950's, 1960's

General note

Emmy Awards programs and entry forms, Institute Of Education By Radio-TV award, NBC MATINEE THEATRE, CAMEO THEATRE, INHERITANCE memorabilia. 1950's, 1960's. 20 items.

box 20, folder 14

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY 1950's

General note

Programs, clippings, exams, scripts, and correspondence relating to the University. 25 items.

box 20, folder 9

Invitations for a party given by McCleery (4 items) 1960

box 20, folder 13

The Lombardy in New York ca. 1957-1960

General note

Bills, lease, and correspondence relating to rental apartment. Ca. 30 items.

box 20, folder 6

Macloren Productions, Inc 1970-71

General note

Assets, correspondence and legal materials relating to the company and its Macloren Playhouse. 21 items.

box 19, folder 2

Memorabilia no date

General note

Credit cards, clipping, Christmas money pool with Stephen Sondheim and Joseph Chaikin.

box 16, folder 6

Notes [for class, lecture?] [1930?]

General note

Personal notes (class, lecture?) on theater, literature, debate. [1930?]. Approximately 20 items.

box 14, folder 9

Party bills, menu and list of guests for two parties given by McCleery 1953, 1957

box 2, folder 4

Photographs of McCleery as a young man, wedding and from friends (18 items) no date

box 20, folder 11

Telephone list 1963

General note

Lists of names and telephone numbers of McCleery's friends and colleagues in Southern California. 1963. 6 items.