Finding Aid for the Carolyn Jones Papers, 1953-1965
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Carolyn Jones Scripts
Date (inclusive): 1953-1965
Collection number: 131
Creator: Jones, Carolyn
Extent: 10 boxes (5.0 linear ft.)
Abstract: Actress Carolyn Jones was best known for her role as the ghoulish Morticia in the television series
The Addams Family. The collection consists of scripts and scrapbooks related to her acting career.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Performing Arts 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of a Peter Bailey-Britton; 1984.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Carolyn Jones Scripts (Collection 131). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
Jones was born in Amarillo, TX, Apr. 28, 1929. She attended Pasadena Community Playhouse in Pasadena, CA (1950). She made
her stage debut in the 1940s followed by her television debut in 1951. She gained popularity in the mid-1960s in the role
of Morticia in popular
The Addams family television series. Her film credits include,
Desiree (1954),
The Seven Year Itch (1955),
The Tender Trap (1955),
The Bachelor Party (1957), for which she was nominated for an Oscar for her supporting role, and
Majorie Morningstar (1958). She died Aug. 3, 1983 in Hollywood, CA.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of television and motion picture scripts related to the career of actress Carolyn Jones. Includes 18 bound
volumes of motion picture scripts including,
The Bachelor Party,
Desiree,
Marjorie Morningstar,
The Seven Year Itch, and
The Tender Trap, and 6 bound volumes of scripts for the television series
The Addams family (1964-65). Also includes 3 scrapbooks and clippings documenting the career of Jones (1955-78).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Jones, Carolyn--1929-1983--Archives.
Actress--United States--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
television scripts.
Film scripts.
Box 6
Addams Family (The)
Note
Vol. 1-3, 1964-1965.
Box 7
Addams Family (The)
Note
Vol. 4-6, 1964-1965.
Box 1
Baby Face Nelson
Note
Revisions through 7/22/57. 109 p. Includes one still, black and white: Mickey
Rooney and Carolyn Jones.
Box 1
Bachelor Party (The)
Note
By Paddy Chayefsky. Final screenplay, August 1, 1956 revised 8/6/56. 116 p. 2
stills, black and white.
Box 1
Career
Note
Screenplay by James Lee, January 23, 1960. Revisions through 2/9/59. 154 p.
Box 1
Desiree
Note
Screenplay by Daniel Taradash. Revised final script, April 5, 1954. Revisions
through 6/30/54. 149 p. Retakes 9/1/54 bound at end.
Box 2
High Spirits
Note
A new musical based on Noel Coward's "Blithe Spirit." Includes cast list;
synopsis of scenes; musical numbers; props; costume plot.
Box 2
Hole In The Head (A)
Note
Screenplay by Arnold Schulman. Revised by Frank Capra October 22, 1958. 2 stills,
black and white: 1 cast, 1 Carolyn Jones portrait.
Box 2
House Of Wax
Note
The Wax Works, screenplay by Crane Wilbur. Revisions through 2/5/53. Includes
cast of characters. 94 p.
Box 2
How The West Was Won
Note
Fifth Segment, March 7, 1962. Pp. 116A - 166.
Box 3
Ice Palace, Part I-III
Note
Final, July 16, 1959. 150 p. Includes cast of characters. Includes 2 stills,
black and white.
Box 3
King Creole
Note
Sing you Sinners, screenplay by Michael V. Gazzo and Herbert Baker. 1st Temporary
yellow, October 16, 1957. Revisions through 11/20/57. 130 p.
Box 3
Last Train From Gun Hill
Note
Showdown at Gun Hill, screenplay by James Poe. Final white script, March 25,
1958. Revisions through 5/9/58. 130 p.
Box 3
Man in the Net (The)
Note
Screenplay by Reginald Rose. Revised final draft, May 22, 1958. Revisions through
6/10/58. 142 p. Includes 2 stills, black and white.
Box 4
Marjorie Morningstar
Note
Screenplay by Everett Freeman, from the novel by Herman Wouk. Final, 6/20/57,
revisions through 11/1/57. 132 p.
Box 4
Opposite Sex (The)
Note
Revisions through September 8, 1961. 143 p.
Box 4
Sail A Crooked Ship
Note
Revisions through September 8, 1961. 143 p.
Box 10
Scapbook(s), circa 1955-1966
Box 8
Scapbook(s), circa 1955-1966
Box 9
Scapbook(s), circa 1955-1966
Box 4
Seven Year Itch (The)
Note
Screenplay by Billy Wilder and George Axelrod. Final script, August 10, 1954. 113
p.
Box 5
Tender Trap (The)
Note
Script, 5/23/55. Revisions through 8/1/55. 116 p.
Box 5
Ticklish Affair (A)
Note
Moon walk, 12/10/62. Revisions through 12/31/62. 126 p.
