Biographical 1983 n.d.
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Robert Johnson's biographical information on Kessler and Kessler's program notes to four films July 1983, n.d.
Scripts [1951]
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The Plague Summer [1951]
Four sets of cue chart guides (typescript p.1-15), (annotated music lines p.1-16), (annotated sound lines p.1-16),(annotated, p.1-14)
Final cue sheet for photographing (holograph p.1-7), (annotated typescript p.1-9)
Sketches and miscellany worksheets
Storyboard with narration, sound effects, and music frame notes (49 p.)
Frame Drawings [1951]
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The Plague Summer [1951]
Tableaux A-I, 1-89, (No frames 17,19, 42)
Tableaux 90-190, (No frames 109, or 141)
Photographs [1951]-1952
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Portraits by Kessler 1952
Kenneth Patchen, 8x10, black/white head shot 1952
Miriam Patchen, 8x10, black/white head shot 1952
Portrait of Kessler, 5x7, black/white head shot n.d.
The Plague Summer [1951]
Still Shots:
Frame tableau 18 / Story board 14 [Narration: The evening slowly turns to black stone and the hammer of God chips at the sky, making stars.]
Frame tableau 61 / Story board 49 [Narration: Now the Mother and babe can ride.]
Frame tableau 179 [Albion Moonlight running]
Negative transparencies:
Frame tableau 154 / Storyboard 115 [Narration: June 24th. I am alone now. Something is standing in back of me as I write this.]
Frame tableau 155 / Storyboard 116 [Narration: The Door is locked. The windows are barred. I have a sense that it will try to kill me.]
Frame tableau 156 / Story board 117 [Narration: My only weapon is my pen, which I grip in my fist , ready to strike.]
Frame tableau 157 [Albion Moonlight, close up]
Frame tableau 158 [Albion Moonlight writing the first page]
Frame tableau 159 [Albion Moonlight writing, 3 pages]
Frame tableau 160 [Albion Moonlight writing, multiple written pages]
Frame tableau 161/ Storyboard 121 [Narration: The only escape from war is to become a soldier, to lose all touch with your own identity, to become part of one huge, quivering mass of fear and horror.]
Frame tableau 162/ Storyboard 122 [Narration: Full speed ahead to the slaughter house!]
Film 1951
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