Finding Aid for the Daniel Petrie papers

Processed by Alessandra Amin; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA, 90095-1575

(310) 825-4988

spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

Title: Daniel Petrie papers

Collection number: PASC-M 262

Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 29 linear ft. (54 document boxes, 6 Paige boxes, 1 storage box)

Date (bulk): Bulk, 1947-2001

Date (inclusive): 1947-2001

Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Language of Materials: Materials are primarily in English, with some materials in French.

Abstract: Daniel Petrie, born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia in 1920, was a Canadian film, television and stage director. This collection comprises a wide variety of documents and objects related to his prolific career. The majority of these items relate to films and television programs directed or produced by Petrie between 1950 and 2001. Additionally, the collection contains a variety of personal ephemera with no direct connection to specific projects. The collection is arranged in four series: Feature Films, Made for Television Films, Television and Stage Projects, and Personal Ephemera.

Creator: Petrie, Daniel 1920-2004

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Use of archival audiovisual recordings with no duplicate access copy requires advance notice.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Daniel Petrie Papers (Collection PASC 262-M). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Scope and Content

This collection comprises a wide variety of documents and objects related to Daniel Petrie’s prolific career. The majority of these items relate to films, television shows, miniseries and stage productions directed or produced by Petrie between 1947 and 2001. Such items include production reports, background research, awards, casting notes, contact sheets for cast and crew, budget information, plot synopses, film and television reviews, scripts, publicity materials, and photographs. They also include oversize materials such as film clappers and promotional posters. Additionally, the collection includes documents related to film or television projects conceived by or pitched to Petrie that never ultimately came to fruition, including scripts, correspondence and proposed budgets. Finally, the collection contains a variety of personal ephemera with no direct connection to specific projects, including correspondence with friends and family, personal photographs, scrapbooks and press clippings about Petrie, as well as legal documents and documents related to the Screen Director’s Guild.

Processing Information

Processed by Alessandra Amin in 2014 in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Jasmine Jones. Processing of this collection was generously supported by Arcadia.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mrs. Dorothea Petrie; 2007 and 2010.

Biography

Daniel Petrie (November 26, 1920- August 22, 2004) was a Canadian film, television and stage director. He was born the youngest of six children in remote Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, and his childhood there played an inspirational role in one of his most successful films, the semi-autobiographical The Bay Boy (1984). After serving in the Canadian military during World War II, Petrie enrolled at Columbia University, and, while in New York, a chance encounter with producer Herman Shumlin led to a job as an actor in the Broadway production of "Kiss Them For Me," with Richard Widmark and Judy Holiday. His acting career was short-lived, and after completing his doctorate at Northwestern University he took a job directing television programs at NBC.

In 1958 Dan directed his first feature, The Bramble Bush, followed by the critically acclaimed A Raisin in the Sun in 1961. At the Cannes Film Festival that year, A Raisin in the Sun earned a Palm d'Or nomination and secured Petrie the Gary Cooper Award for Human Values. During these years Petrie was also involved in stage and especially television projects, directing numerous TV programs during what is termed “the Golden Age of television” (ranging approximately from the late 1940s until the early 1960s).

Throughout his career, Petrie continued to direct successful films and TV shows, excelling especially in the genre of made-for-television movies. He made television history in 1977 when he directed three of the five Emmy Award nominees for Best Production- Sybil, Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years and Harry Truman: Plain Speaking. All three programs garnered Emmys, and, for the second consecutive year, Daniel Petrie was voted Best Director by both the Academy and the Directors Guild. Through the 80s and 90s, Petrie directed a wide variety of projects, ranging from science fiction films, like Cocoon: The Return, to heartwarming family classics, such as Lassie.

Daniel Petrie died of cancer at his home in Los Angeles in 2004. His corpus included nearly 100 directing and producing credits at the time of his death.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 5518739

Series 1: Feature Films

Language of Material: English

Box 38, Folder 1

The Assistant 1997-1999

Box 38, Folders 2-3

The Assistant 1998-1999

Box 38, Folder 4

The Assistant 1998

Box 38, Folder 5

The Assistant 1998-2000

Box 39, Folder 1

The Assistant 1995-1998

Box 39, Folder 2

The Assistant 1977-1998

Box 39, Folder 3

The Assistant 1997-2000

Box 39, Folder 4

The Assistant 1992

Box 39, Folder 5

The Assistant 1996

Box 13, Folder 1

The Assistant 1964

Box 40, Folders 1-2

The Bay Boy 1983

Box 40, Folder 3

The Bay Boy 1983-1993

Box 40, Folder 4

The Bay Boy 1986

Box 40, Folder 5

The Bay Boy 1983-1985

Box 41, Folders 1-2

The Bay Boy 1983

Box 41, Folder 3

The Bay Boy 1983-1985

Box 41, Folder 4

The Bay Boy 1983

Box 42, Folders 1-2

The Bay Boy 1983-1985

Box 42, Folder 3

The Bay Boy 1983-1986

Box 42, Folders 4-5

The Bay Boy 1983

Box 43, Folder 1

The Bay Boy 1985

Box 43, Folder 2

The Bay Boy 1983

Box 43, Folder 3

The Bay Boy 1984-1985

Box 33, Folder 7

The Bay Boy 1983

Box 20, Folder 1

The Bay Boy undated

Box 21, Folders 1-2

The Bay Boy undated

Box 23, Folders 1-5

The Bay Boy c.1982

Box 24, Folders 1-6

The Bay Boy c. 1982

Box 25, Folders 1-8

The Bay Boy c. 1982

Box 55

The Bay Boy: Oversize c. 1984

Box 43, Folder 4

The Betsy 1978

Box 30, Folder 4

The Betsy 1978

Box 13, Folder 7

The Betsy 1977

Box 20, Folder 2

The Betsy 1977

Box 10, Folders 1-6

Born on the Fourth of July 1977

Box 43, Folder 5

Bramble Bush 1958-1959

Box 44, Folder 1

Bramble Bush 1958-1959

Box 44, Folders 2-4

Buster and Billie 1974

Box 33, Folder 10

Buster and Billie 1982

Box 55

Buster and Billie: Oversize c. 1976

Box 3, Folder 1

Buster and Billie: Script undated

Box 44, Folder 5

Cocoon II 1988

Box 36, Folders 1-2

Cocoon II c. 1987

Box 37, Folders 1-3

Cocoon II c.1987-88

Box 28, Folder 1

Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog 1994

Box 44, Folder 6

Fort Apache, The Bronx 1981

Box 1, Folder 1

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Financial reports 1981-1993

Box 1, Folder 3

Fort Apache, The Bronx 1980-1990

Box 1, Folder 2

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Casting 1980

Box 45, Folders 1-3

Fort Apache, The Bronx 1981

Box 1, Folder 4

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Shooting schedule 1980

Box 1, Folder 5

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Correspondence 1980-1981

Box 1, Folder 6

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Bills, New York 1980

Box 1, Folder 8

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Editing 1980-1981

Box 1, Folder 14

Fort Apache, The Bronx: One-liners 1980

Box 1, Folder 7

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Credits 1980-1981

Box 1, Folder 9

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Woody Gould 1980

Box 1, Folder 10

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Script

Box 6, Folders 1-4

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Script 1980

Box 6, Folder 5

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Script December 1979

Box 6, Folder 6

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Script 1980

Box 1, Folder 11

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Staff and crew 1980-1981

Box 1, Folder 12

Fort Apache, The Bronx: Costs regarding television version undated

Box 1, Folder 13

Fort Apache, The Bronx: D.P. notes 1980

Box 45, Folder 4

The Gun and the Pulpit 1974

Box 45, Folder 5

The Idol 1965

Box 55

The Idol: Oversize c. 1966

Box 45, Folder 6

Lassie 1993

Box 28, Folder 5

Lassie 1995

Box 5, Folder 5

Lassie: Casting 1993

Box 5, Folder 8

Lassie: Composers and music 1993

Box 5, Folder 13

Lassie: Correspondence 1993-1995

Box 5, Folder 1

Lassie: Credit photos undated

Box 5, Folder 2

Lassie: Cast list 1993

Box 5, Folder 3

Lassie: Notes 1994

Box 5, Folder 4

Lassie: Misc. script pages 1993-1994

Box 5, Folder 6

Lassie: Photos 1993

Box 5, Folder 12

Lassie: Publicity and press 1993-1994

Box 5, Folder 9

Lassie: Schedules 1993-1994

Box 5, Folder 11

Lassie: Script 1993

Box 5, Folder 10

Lassie: Staff and crew lists 1993-1994

Box 5, Folder 7

Lassie: Storyboard undated

Box 45, Folder 7

The Lifeguard 1996

Box 46, Folder 1

The Lifeguard 1976

Box 29, Folder 9

The Lifeguard 1976

Box 33, Folder 9

The Lifeguard 1983

Box 27, Folders 1-4

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 1987

Box 26, Folders 6-8

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne undated

Box 46, Folder 2

The Main Attraction 1962

Box 46, Folder 3

The Neptune Factor 1975

Box 27, Folders 5-6

The Only Game in Town 1970

Box 46, Folders 4-5

A Raisin in the Sun 1961

Box 46, Folder 6

Resurrection 1980

Box 47, Folders 1-3

Resurrection 1980

Box 29, Folders 10-16

Resurrection c.1978-1981

Box 19, Folder 1

Resurrection 1979

Box 47, Folder 4

Rocket Gibraltar 1987

Box 55

Rocket Gibraltar: Oversize c. 1988

Box 47, Folder 5

Six Pack 1982

Box 4, Folder 1

Six Pack 1982

Box 31, Folders 8-9

Six Pack 1981

Box 32, Folders 1-10

Six Pack 1981-82

Box 33, Folders 1-6

Six Pack 1982

Box 35, Folders 1-9

Six Pack c.1982

Box 36, Folders 3-6

Six Pack c.1982

Box 55

Six Pack: Oversize c. 1982

Box 17, Folder 2

Six Pack: Papers, script 1981-1982

Box 17, Folders 3-6

Six Pack: Scripts 1980-81

Box 47, Folder 6

Spy with a Cold Nose 1966

Box 47, Folder 7

Square Dance 1986

Box 14, Folders 1-3

Square Dance 1987

Box 19, Folders 2-3

Square Dance 1984-85

Box 12, Folder 7

Square Dance: Biographies undated

Box 12, Folder 9

Square Dance: Breakdowns 1986

Box 11, Folder 10

Square Dance: Budget 1986

Box 12, Folder 2

Square Dance: Budget 1986

Box 12, Folder 3

Square Dance: Cast list, production schedule, daily report, memo 1986

Box 11, Folder 1

Square Dance: Casting 1986

Box 4, Folder 2

Square Dance: Clippings 1987

Box 12, Folder 5

Square Dance: Correspondence 1986

Box 12, Folder 6

Square Dance: Crew and staff 1986

Box 4, Folder 3

Square Dance: Film budget 1987

Box 11, Folder 6

Square Dance: Legal 1986

Box 12, Folder 8

Square Dance: Legal 1986

Box 11, Folder 5

Square Dance: Locations 1986

Box 11, Folder 7

Square Dance: Memos 1986

Box 11, Folder 8

Square Dance: Misc. 1986

Box 11, Folder 11

Square Dance: Notes 1986

Box 55

Square Dance: Oversize c. 1987

Box 11, Folder 9

Square Dance: Photographs undated

Box 11, Folder 4

Square Dance: Press 1986

Box 12, Folder 1

Square Dance: Production contracts 1986

Box 11, Folder 3

Square Dance: Schedules 1986

Box 12, Folder 4

Square Dance: Script 1986

Box 11, Folder 2

Square Dance: Sets 1986

Box 47, Folder 8

Summer Flight 1963

Series 2: Made for Television Films

Language of Material: English

Box 48, Folder 1

Calm at Sunset 1996

Box 48, Folder 2

The Dollmaker 1983

Box 1, Folder 17

The Dollmaker 1983

Box 33, Folder 11

The Dollmaker 1983

Box 2, Folder 11

The Dollmaker: ABC 1983

Box 2, Folder 10

The Dollmaker: Actor's Deals 1983

Box 2, Folder 6

The Dollmaker: Awards 1985

Box 2, Folder 12

The Dollmaker: Budget Estimate to Complete 1983

Box 2, Folder 13

The Dollmaker: Cast list 1983

Box 1, Folder 19

The Dollmaker: Casting 1983-1991

Box 2, Folder 4

The Dollmaker: Casting 1984

Box 2, Folder 1

The Dollmaker: Contracts 1982

Box 2, Folder 5

The Dollmaker: Correspondence 1983-1985

Box 2, Folder 22

The Dollmaker: Correspondence 1983

Box 2, Folder 14

The Dollmaker: Crew deals 1983

Box 2, Folder 7

The Dollmaker: Crew list 1983

Box 2, Folder 17

The Dollmaker: Crew list 1983

Box 2, Folder 9

The Dollmaker: Drawings by Desmond Hall 1983

Box 55

The Dollmaker: film clapper 5/26/83

Box 1, Folder 18

The Dollmaker: Financial, "Judy's Salary Invoices" 1983

Box 2, Folder 16

The Dollmaker: Inserts 1983

Box 2, Folder 15

The Dollmaker: Looping undated

Box 1, Folder 15

The Dollmaker: Music 1983

Box 2, Folder 8

The Dollmaker: Press 1983-1984

Box 2, Folder 21

The Dollmaker: Press clippings, reviews 1984

Box 4, Folder 11

The Dollmaker: Production reports 1983

Box 9, Folder 1

The Dollmaker: Script 1982

Box 9, Folders 2-3

The Dollmaker: Script 1983

Box 9, Folders 4-5

The Dollmaker: Script 1982

Box 17, Folder 1

The Dollmaker: Script 1983

Box 2, Folder 2

The Dollmaker: Script notes 1983

Box 2, Folder 18

The Dollmaker: Shooting list 1983

Box 2, Folder 3

The Dollmaker: Shooting schedule 1983

Box 2, Folder 19

The Dollmaker: Titles 1983

Box 2, Folder 20

The Dollmaker: Travel 1983

Box 1, Folder 16

The Dollmaker: Woodcarvers 1983

Box 48, Folders 3-5

Eleanor and Franklin 1975-1978

Box 55

Eleanor and Franklin: Oversized c. 1976

Box 7, Folders 1-3

Eleanor and Franklin: Scripts 1975

Box 8, Folder 1

Eleanor and Franklin: Script 1975

Box 8, Folders 2-3

Eleanor and Franklin: Script 1976

Box 48, Folder 6

The Execution of Raymond Graham 1985

Box 49, Folder 1

The Execution of Raymond Graham 1985

Box 3, Folder 5

The Execution of Raymond Graham 1985

Box 3, Folder 3

The Execution of Raymond Graham: Correspondence 1985-1986

Box 3, Folder 4

The Execution of Raymond Graham: Press 1985

Box 3, Folder 2

The Execution of Raymond Graham: Schedules 1985

Box 8, Folders 4-5

The Execution of Raymond Graham: Scripts 1985

Box 3, Folder 6

The Gun and the Pulpit 1974

Box 4, Folder 12

The Gun and the Pulpit 1974

Box 49, Folder 2

Half a Lifetime 1986

Box 3, Folder 7

Half a Lifetime: Script undated

Box 49, Folder 3

A Howling in the Woods 1971

Box 49, Folders 4-5

Inherit the Wind 1999

Box 30, Folders 5-9

Inherit the Wind 1959-1999

Box 31, Folders 1-7

Inherit the Wind 1959-2000

Box 49, Folder 6

Kissinger and Nixon 1995

Box 36, Folder 7

Kissinger and Nixon 1995

Box 26, Folders 1-5

Kissinger and Nixon 1995

Box 28, Folder 4

Lush Life 1993

Box 50, Folder 1

Mark Twain and Me 1990

Box 20, Folders 3-4

Mark Twain and Me 1990

Box 50, Folders 2-3

Monday after the Miracle 1998

Box 50, Folder 4

Mousey 1973

Box 37, Folders 4-5

Mousey c. 1974

Box 50, Folder 5

The Quinns 1977

Box 50, Folder 6

Seasons of Love 1997

Box 50, Folder 7

Silent Night, Lonely Night 1969

Box 50, Folder 8

A Stranger in Town 1972

Box 50, Folder 9

Sybil 1976

Box 18, Folder 1

Sybil 1976

Box 51, Folder 1

A Town Torn Apart 1972

Box 13, Folders 2-3

A Town Torn Apart c.1992

Box 31, Folder 10

Walter and Henry 2001

Box 20, Folder 5

Walter and Henry 2000

Box 21, Folders 3-5

Walter and Henry 2000

Box 51, Folders 2-3

Wild Iris 1996

Box 34, Folders 1-14

Wild Iris c.2001

Series 3: Television and Stage Projects

Language of Material: English

Box 51, Folder 4

Actor's Studio 1959

Box 51, Folder 5

Banyon 1972

Box 51, Folder 6

Dupont Show of the Month 1957

Box 28, Folder 6

Dupont Show of the Month 1961

Box 30, Folder 3

Eleanor and Franklin 1978

Box 51, Folder 7

The Elgin Hour 1957-1984

Box 37, Folder 8

A Grave Undertaking c. 1973

Box 30, Folder 1

Harry Truman: Plain Speaking 1976

Box 51, Folder 9

Hollywood TV Theatre undated

Box 51, Folder 10

The Interns 1970

Box 51, Folder 11

Justice 1954

Box 51, Folder 12

The Lawyers 1970

Box 51, Folder 13

A Lesson from Aloes 1981

Box 29, Folders 1-8

A Lesson from Aloes c. 1981

Box 51, Folder 14

Man and the City 1961

Box 51, Folder 15

Marcus Welby, MD 1969

Box 52, Folder 1

MCA Specials undated

Box 52, Folder 2

McMillan and Wife 1971

Box 52, Folder 3

Medical Center 1969

Box 30, Folder 2

Miss Lonelyhearts 1981

Box 52, Folder 4

The Murder of Mary Phagan 1987

Box 52, Folder 5

The New Doctors 1969

Box 52, Folder 6

Omnibus 1954

Box 51, Folder 8

Plain Speaking 1976

Box 13, Folder 6

Play of the Week: The Cherry Orchard 1959

Box 52, Folder 7

Revlon Mirror Theatre 1953

Box 52, Folder 8

San Francisco International Airport 1970

Box 37, Folder 9

A Spy in the House of Love c. 1969

Box 4, Folder 7

Strange Report 1968

Box 52, Folder 9-10

United States Steel Hour 1957

Box 20, Folder 6

Volpone 1972

Box 52, Folder 11

Who'll Save the Plowboy? 1962

Box 18, Folder 5

Who'll Save the Plowboy? undated

Box 52, Folder 12

World War II: Then There Were Giants 1994

Series 4: Personal Ephemera

Language of Material: English

Box 33, Folder 21

Ashley Famous Agency 1967

Box 52, Folder 13

Awards and Film Festival Info 1985-97

Box 33, Folders 18-19

Correspondence 1983

Box 4, Folder 6

Correspondence: Misc. 1983

Box 4, Folder 8

Correspondence with Arthur Klein, esq. 1967

Box 33, Folder 13

Correspondence with Phillip Becker,CPA 1967

Box 53, Folder 3

Director's Guild 1998-2002

Box 53, Folder 4

Early Career Photographs undated

Box 53, Folder 5-6

Early Projects 1947-61

Box 33, Folder 12

Fan Letters 1983

Box 4, Folder 5

ICM Contract 1983

Box 33, Folder 8

Miscellaneous 1994

Box 53, Folder 1-2

Personal Correspondence 1960-2002

Box 53, Folder 7

Personal Photos undated

Box 54, Folder 1

Personal Writing undated

Box 4, Folder 13

Philadelphia Drama Guild 1972

Box 33, Folder 17

Potential Scripts Correspondence 1983

Box 54, Folder 2

Press 1970-2000

Box 4, Folder 14

Press: Review of TV 1969, Cecil Smith 1969

Box 55

Scrapbooks (2) undated

Box 33, Folder 15

Stanford Speech 1947-71

Box 54, Folder 3

Unfinished Projects 1981-1990

Box 54, Folder 4

Unfinished Projects 1950

Box 54, Folder 5

Unfinished Projects undated

Box 28, Folders 7-8

Unfinished Projects undated

Box 4, Folder 9

Unfinished Projects: Bessie 1967

Box 13, Folders 4-5

Unfinished Projects: The Best Years of Our Lives

Box 33, Folder 14

Unfinished Projects: Boa Constrictor and the Rabbit n/d

Box 33, Folder 20

Unfinished Projects: Chester 1970

Box 13, Folder 8

Unfinished Projects: The Day Sleeper undated

Box 4, Folder 10

Unfinished Projects: Directed by Jack Phalen undated

Box 22, Folders 1-7

Unfinished Projects: The Dog of Flanders 1991-99

Box 3, Folder 8

Unfinished Projects: Heck screenplay 1971

Box 4, Folder 4

Unfinished projects: Jurow and Sunday Morning undated

Box 28, Folders 2-3

Unfinished Projects: Not Drowning, Swimming 1995

Box 33, Folders 22-23

Unfinished Projects: Ossian's Ride 1967

Box 30, Folder 10

Unfinished Projects: Scarlett Plume 1979

Box 37, Folder 7

Unfinished Projects: The Silent Kiss 1968

Box 30, Folder 11

Unfinished Projects: Someone Special 1980

Box 33, Folder 24

Unfinished Projects: Summer Lovers 1966

Box 37, Folder 6

Unfinished Projects: Trinity

Box 18, Folders 2-4

Unfinished Projects: Trinity 1977

Box 19, Folder 4

Unfinished Projects: Trinity undated

Box 33, Folder 16

Unknown Writing c.1964

Series 5: Audio-Visual Material 1982-2001

Language of Material: English

Organization and Arrangement

Items are grouped by film title.

Scope and Content

This series consists of cassette, VHS, 3/4" Umatic, and Betacam 7" tapes of both feature and made-for-television films directed and produced by Daniel Petrie. In addition to copies of the released films, this series also includes screeners, trailers, director's cuts, clips, and other various edited versions of the films.

Box 56

A Raisin in the Sun, Bay Boy, Buster and Billie, Calm at Sunset, The Dollmaker, "Midday" with Billy Bogs 1984-1996

Box 57

Cocoon, Cocoon: The Return, Demo tapes, DC 9/11, Eleanor and Franklin, Execution of Raymond Graham, Fort Apache, the Bronx, Half a Lifetime, Harry Truman: Plain Speaking 1982-1991

Box 58

Kenworthy Snorkel Camera Systems, Lassie, Lassie Come Home, Lifeguard, Love on the Land, The Making of Bill W, Mark Twain and Me, Monday After Miracle, My Name is Bill W 1989-1997

Box 59

Inherit the Wind, Resurrection, Rocket Gibraltar, The Scopes Monkey Trial, Six Pack, The Betsy, The Idol, The Neptune Factor, Voice Over Titles 1982-2000

Box 60

Square Dance, Sybil, Walter and Henry 1987-2001

Box 61

Wild Iris, aka Black Iris 2000-2001