Finding Aid for the Vic Mizzy Film and Television Music Collection Approximately 1963-2004

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Vic Mizzy Film and Television Music Collection,

Date (inclusive): Approximately 1963-2004

Collection number: 144-M

Creator: Mizzy, Vic, 1916-2009.

Extent: 49 boxes

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections

Los Angeles, California 90095-1490

Abstract: The collection consists of Vic Mizzy musical scores written for television shows, most notably the Addams Family and Green Acres. Also, scores for three feature films, and two television movies. Six CD sound recordings are in the collection, including the New Spiderman Theme written for the DVD release of the film Spiderman 2. The collection is in the midst of being processed and the finding aid will be updated periodically.

Language of Material: Collection materials in English

Access

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Property rights in the physical objects belong to the UCLA Music Library. 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 if the Music Library does not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Vic Mizzy Film and Television Music Collection, 144-M, Performing Arts Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.

Acquisition Information

The collection was donated to UCLA by the composer.

Biography

Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922, Vic Mizzy is a composer of popular music for television and movies. Two of his most memorable and enduring compositions are the themes for the 1960's CBS television shows The Addams Family and Green Acres. Mizzy's musical education began at the age of four, when he learned to play George Gershwin tunes on a player piano. At 14, he joined with his childhood friend Irving Taylor to write songs and lyrics, eventually winning the Fred Allen Collegiate Amateur Hour contest. Mizzy and Taylor joined the Navy in World War II, but still managed to write hit songs such as Three Little Sisters during the war years. By the early 1960's, Mizzy was living and working in Hollywood, writing for the Richard Boone Show and Kentucky Jones, before being asked to score The Addams Family. The theme for Green Acres followed, along with scores for film and television movies. A Southern California resident, Mizzy's current work includes the CD Songs For The Jogging Crowd (2003), as well as 2004's New Spiderman Theme, written for the DVD release of the film Spiderman 2.

Scope and Content

The collection spans Mizzy's Hollywood years of television and film composing from approximately 1963-2004. There are numerous television scores, primarily handwritten, most notably his classic theme for the Addams Family, and for Green Acres. Scores for other television shows such as Quincy, the Secret Life of Henry Phyfe, and Delta House are also in the collection. Mizzy's film scores range from music for The Night Walker starring Barbara Stanwyck (1964), a remake of the Perils of Pauline starring Pat Boone (1967), and the Don Knotts feature, The Reluctant Astronaut (1967). Mizzy's 21st century work includes the 2003 CD recording "Songs for the Jogging Crowd" and 2004's "New Spiderman Theme," written for the DVD release of the film Spiderman 2.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is organized into the following series:

Series 1. Film Scores
Series 2. Television Movie Scores
Series 3. Television Show Scores
Series 4. Audio Visual Materials, 1957-2008
Series 5. Other Scores, 1936-1992
Series 6. Photographs
Series 7. Personal Papers

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Mizzy, Vic, 1922- --Archives.

Film composers --Archival resources.

Container List

Series 1. Film Scores

Subseries 1. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken 1966

Box 10

Score

Physical Description: 110 p.

Box 12, Folder 10

Cast List, Crew List, Synopsis

Physical Description: 3 p.

Subseries 2. Perils of Pauline 1967

Box 9

Scores 1967

Physical Description: 305 p.

Scope and Content Note

Sound track scores and information.

Note

Contains master tape lists, cue sheets, as well as scores. Handwritten and printed.

Box 13, Folder 9

Scores 1967

Physical Description: 33 p.

Note

Handwritten scores and lyrics

Subseries 3. The Reluctant Astronaut 1967

Box 10

Score. 1967

Physical Description: 150 p.

Subseries 4. The Spirit is Willing 1967

Box 10

Score. 1967

Physical Description: 100 p.

Box 12, Folder 18

Handwritten Notes

Physical Description: 2 p.

Box 12, Folder 17

The Spirit Is Willing

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes

Subseries 5. Other films -- Scores 1964-1968

Box 26

Hardcover Bound Cue Sheets 1964-1968

Scope and Content Note

Includes: Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, The Perils of Pauline, The Night Walker, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Shakiest Gun in the West, A Very Special Favor.

Box 49, Folder 4

The Busy Body

Scope and Content Note

Large format handwritten conductor's scores.

Box 13, Folder 2

The Caper Of The Golden Bulls 1967

Physical Description: 30 p.

Scope and Content Note

Cue sheets, handwritten scores, photocopies.

Box 48, Folder 3

The Caper Of The Golden Bulls

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten conductor's scores and cues.

Box 48, Folder 4

Hildegarde Withers

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores of "Main Title."

Box 13, Folder 8

The Night Walker 1964

Physical Description: 8 p.

Scope and Content Note

Scores.

Box 48, Folder 7

The Night Walker 1964

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score of theme.

Box 12, Folder 16

Spiderman

Physical Description: 6 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score and lyrics of "New Spiderman Theme"

Box 13, Folder 12

Spiderman

Physical Description: 6 p.

Note

Handwritten scores.

Box 46, Folder 1

Spiderman 2004

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and printed scores of "New Spiderman Theme Song" in envelope

Box 48, Folder 5

Spiderman

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores and photocopies.

Box 48, Folder 6

A Very Special Favor

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score.

Series 2. Television Movie Scores

Subseries 1. Addams Family Halloween -- Scores 1977

Box 11

Scores. 1977

Physical Description: 75 p.

Note

Handwritten.

Subseries 2. Addams Family Halloween -- Related Material 1977

Box 11

Scripts. 1977

Physical Description: 105 p.

Scope and Content Note

Scripts and movie production schedule from Charles Fries Productions.

Subseries 3. Other television movies -- Scores 1971-1981

Box 12, Folder 5

Daddy's Girl 1972

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content Note

Cue sheets

Box 43, Folder 4

Daddy's Girl

Scope and Content Note

Two handwritten scores

Note

Spiral-bound, large format scores.

Box 12, Folder 6

Deadly Hunt 1971

Physical Description: 3 p.

Note

Cue sheets

Box 47, Folder 1

The Munsters Revenge 1981

Scope and Content Note

Script, visual cue score, handwritten manuscripts.

Box 12, Folder 18

Terror On The 40th Floor

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten notes

Box 13, Folder 14

Vernon's Volunteers

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score.

Box 49, Folder 3

Vernon's Volunteers

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten large format score.

Series 3. Television Show Scores

Subseries 1. Addams Family -- Scores 1964-1966

Physical Description: 2 boxes

Box 1

Scores

Physical Description: 190 p.

Scope and Content Note

Scores for various episodes of the Addams Family television show.

Box 2

Scores.

Physical Description: 195 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten and multiple copies of the Main Theme of the Addams Family score. Also, Addams Family scores arranged by Ian Freebairn-Smith and P. Botkin, Jr. Addams Family cue sheets from Charles Fries Productions.

Box 12, Folder 1

Cue Sheets

Physical Description: 102 p.

Scope and Content Note

Cue sheets for "The Addams Family" animated series

Box 12, Folder 2

Published Scores

Physical Description: 113 p.

Scope and Content Note

Published arrangements of the theme from "The Addams Family": concert band, 3-part mixed and piano, jazz ensemble, voice and chordal accompaniment

Box 12, Folder 3

Published Scores

Physical Description: 140 p.

Scope and Content Note

Published arrangements of the theme from "The Addams Family": concert band, string orchestra (includes flexi disc)

Box 12, Folder 4

Scores And Notes

Physical Description: 75 p.

Scope and Content Note

Some handwritten notes about performances of music from "The Addams Family". Published concert band arrangement of the theme from "The Addams Family". Published score of "The Addams Family Theme" from the film "Addams Family Values".

Box 13, Folder 1

Scores

Physical Description: 180 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores and photocopies.

Subseries 2. Addams Family -- Related Material 1964

Box 2

Correspondence, Clippings, Publicity 1964

Physical Description: 10 p.

Scope and Content Note

Telegram dated December 9, 1964 from John Rosica of RCA Records to Mike Borchetta stating that the Addams Family theme was the number one song on Los Angeles radio station KFWB. File also includes an RCA publicity sheet announcing the Main Theme of the Addams Family show as a number one hit at the KFWB radio station in Los Angeles.

Subseries 3. Green Acres -- Scores 1965-1971

Box 3

Scores 1965-1971

Physical Description: 185 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores are all numbered 8000, with Box 3 containing scores 2 - 42.

Note

Scores 1, 4-6, 8-11, 13-15, 18, 30, and 32 are missing from the collection. Scores are all spiral-bound in large format.

Box 4

Scores 1965-1971

Physical Description: 155 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores. Box 4 contains scores numbered 43-79.

Note

Scores 53 and 56 are missing. All scores spiral-bound in large format.

Box 5

Scores 1965-1971

Physical Description: 105 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores. Box 5 contains scores 80-100.

Note

Scores are spiral-bound in large format.

Box 12, Folder 11

Scores

Physical Description: 161 p.

Scope and Content Note

Two different published arrangements for concert band. Published score of voice and chordal accompaniment. Photocopy of handwritten theme.

Box 13, Folder 4

Scores 1965

Physical Description: 95 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten parts with notes and photocopies. Handwritten lyrics.

Box 40

Scores

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores, 101-123.

Note

Spiral-bound scores in large format.

Box 41

Scores

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores, 122-144.

Note

Spiral-bound, large format scores.

Box 42

Scores

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores, 145-163.

Note

Spiral-bound, large format scores.

Box 43, Folder 1

Scores

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores, 164-169

Note

Spiral-bound, large format scores.

Subseries 4. Other television shows 1960-1983

Box 7

The 13th Gate

Physical Description: 60 p.

Scope and Content Note

Score.

Box 13, Folder 13

The 13th Gate

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten score of main title theme.

Box 6

Delta House 1979

Physical Description: 235 p.

Scope and Content Note

Scores.

Box 49, Folder 2

Delta House 1979

Scope and Content Note

Large format handwritten scores and musical timing notebooks.

Box 12, Folder 7

Doc

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content Note

Cue sheets

Box 12, Folder 8

Don Rickles Show 1968

Physical Description: 6 p.

Scope and Content Note

Music clearance sheets.

Box 7

The Double Life of Henry Phyfe 1966

Physical Description: 18 p.

Scope and Content Note

Score.

Box 12, Folder 9

The Double Life Of Henry Phyfe

Physical Description: 42 p.

Scope and Content Note

Cue sheets

Box 13, Folder 3

The Double Life Of Henry Phyfe 1966

Physical Description: 19 p.

Scope and Content Note

Marked photocopy scores of "Main Title". Handwritten score.

Box 43, Folder 3

The Double Life Of Henry Phyfe

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores, 2,4-6,9,15

Note

Spiral-bound, large format scores.

Box 46, Folder 4

Hank 1965

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten large format scores

Hondo 1967

Physical Description: 36 p.

Scope and Content Note

Scores.

Box 48, Folder 2

Hondo

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten cue sheets and conductor's scores.

Box 44

Kentucky Jones

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten, large format scores.

Box 45

Kentucky Jones

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten large format scores.

Box 46, Folder 3

Kentucky Jones

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten large format scores.

Box 12, Folder 12

Klondike 1962

Physical Description: 4 p.

Scope and Content Note

Published score

Box 13, Folder 6

Klondike 1960

Physical Description: 57 p.

Scope and Content Note

Scores.

Box 49, Folder 1

Klondike

Scope and Content Note

Large format handwritten orchestral score.

Box 13, Folder 7

Moment Of Fear 1962

Physical Description: 18 p.

Note

Scores.

Box 13, Folder 10

The Phyllis Diller Show

Physical Description: 1 p.

Scope and Content Note

Score.

Note

Also known as "The Pruitts of Southampton"

Box 7

The Phyllis Diller Show 1966-1967

Physical Description: 32 p.

Scope and Content Note

Score.

Note

Also known as "The Pruitts of Southampton"

Box 12, Folder 13

The Phyllis Diller Show

Physical Description: 9 p.

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores and photocopies of handwritten scores.

Note

Also known as "The Pruitts of Southampton"

Box 43, Folder 2

The Phyllis Diller Show

Scope and Content Note

Handwritten scores, 2,5,7,10,15

Note

Also known as "The Pruitts of Southampton." Spiral-bound, large format scores.

Box 7

Pioneer Spirit 1969

Physical Description: 30 p.

Scope and Content Note

Score.

Box 12, Folder 14

Pioneer Spirit

Physical Description: 2 p.

Note

Cue sheets

Box 13, Folder 11

Pioneer Spirit

Physical Description: 2 p.

Scope and Content Note

"Main Title" score.

Box 47, Folder 2

Plotkin Prison

Scope and Content Note

Large format, handwritten cues.

Box 7

Quincy 1976-1983

Physical Description: 20 p.

Scope and Content Note

Score.

Box 48, Folder 1

Quincy 1978

Scope and Content Note

Music timing notebooks, scores and cues. Handwritten notes and scripts.

Box 47, Folder 3

Rhubarb

Scope and Content Note

Large format handwritten cues.

Box 8

Shakespeare Loves Rembrandt 1974

Physical Description: 37 p.

Scope and Content Note

Score.

Box 12, Folder 15

Shirley Temple Show 1962

Physical Description: 4 p.

Scope and Content Note

Published score and related letter.

Box 8

Villa Portofino

Physical Description: 65 p.

Scope and Content Note

Scores.

Note

The show is also called Portofino.

Series 4. Audio Visual Materials 1957-2008

Box 8

Mizzy Compact Discs

Physical Description: 6 digital sound discs

Scope and Content Note

CD's of Mizzy compositions: Songs for the Jogging Crowd (2003), Vic Mizzy Suites and Themes (2003), The Night Walker (1965), The Spirit is Willing (1967)/The Busy Body (1967), New Spiderman Theme (2004), and the Caper of the Golden Bulls (1966)/The Perils of Pauline (1967).

Box 14

Compact Discs 1999-2008

Scope and Content Note

32 discs. Includes recordings from the following productions: The Addams Family Halloween, The Busy Body, Caper of the Golden Bulls, Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady, Don't Make Waves, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, How to Frame a Figg, Love God, The Night Walker, Perils of Pauline, Portofino, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Shakiest Gun in the West, Spiderman

Box 15

10" Reels 1965-1968

Scope and Content Note

5 reels. Including reels from the Addams Family and Perils of Pauline.

Box 16

VHS 1987-1998

Note

12 videotapes. Including tapes from the following productions: Addams Family, Addams Family Reunion, The Busy Body, The Caper of the Golden Bulls, Don't Make Waves, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken

Box 17

VHS 1987-1996

Scope and Content Note

14 videotapes. Including tapes of the following productions: Green Acres, How to Frame a Figg, The Love God, The Night Walker, The Perils of Pauline, The Reluctant Astronaut, The Shakiest Gun in the West, Terror on the 40th Floor. Also features mixed VHS of interviews, commercials, and TV features.

Box 18

7" Reels 1966-1977

Scope and Content Note

14 reels. Including reels from the following productions: Addams Family, Addams Family Halloween, The Busy Body, Caper of the Golden Bulls, Captain Nice, Daddy's Girl, Day By Day

Box 19

7" Reels 1965-1972

Scope and Content Note

14 reels. Including reels from the following productions: Deadly Hunt, Delta House, Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady, Don't Make Waves, The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, Green Acres, Hildegarde Withers

Box 20

7" Reels 1964-1976

Scope and Content Note

14 reels. Including reels from the following productions: How to Frame a Figg, Hurricane, Love God, Money to Burn, Night Walker, Munster's Revenge, Perils of Pauline

Box 21

7" Reels 1961-1966

Scope and Content Note

13 reels. Including reels of the following productions: The Perils of Pauline, The Phyllis Diller Show, Plotkin Prison, Portofino, Quincy, The Reluctant Astronaut, Rhubarb, The Richard Boone Show, Shakespeare Loves Rembrant

Box 22

7" Reels 1965-1974

Scope and Content Note

12 reels. Including reels from the following productions: The Shakiest Gun in the West, The Spirit is Willing, Temperature's Rising, Terror on the 40th Floor, Vernon's Volunteers, A Very Special Favor

Box 23

7" Reels And 7" Records 1957-1980

Scope and Content Note

11 reels and 23 records (some acetates). Reels are unmarked, advertisements, non-television/film songs, or songs with Mary Small. Records of the themes from Kentucky Jones and Klondike as well as numerous non-television/film songs composed by Mizzy.

Box 24

12" Records And 10" Reels 1959-1994

Scope and Content Note

2 reels, Perils of Pauline and other collected songs. 36 records, including acetates and Addams Family laserdisc. Addams Family, Caper of the Golden Bulls, Don't Make Waves, Green Acres, Hank, Kentucky Jones, Perils of Pauline, The Phyllis Diller Show, The 13th Gate, The Richard Boone Show, Portofino, A Very Special Favor, The Night Walker, Campo 44, Moment of Fear, Klondike.

Box 25

Mixed Recordings 1965-1985

Scope and Content Note

27 5" reels. Includes reels from the following productions: The 13th Gate, The Addams Family, The Blonde, Campo 44, Delta House, Doc, The Don Rickles Show, Green Acres, Hildegarde Withers, Legal Eagle, Pioneer Spirit, Portofino. 9 4" reels. Including reels from: The Double Life of Henry Phyfe, Kentucky Jones, Pam, The Phyllis Diller Show, Pioneer Spirit, The Don Rickles Show. 9 film reels of pedestrian safety public service announcement featuring Mizzy's song "In the Middle, In the Middle, In the Middle."

Box 27

Mixed Recordings 1970-2007

Scope and Content Note

71 cassettes. 1 floppy disk, "pic of Vic Mizzy - C keyboards - JPEG File". 1 DVD, "Selections from the Archive Comedy Collection". 9 VHS. 32 CDs in cludings discs from Spirit is Willing, Terror on the 40th Floor, A Very Special Favor.

Box 37

10" Records 1964-1966

Scope and Content Note

30 10" records, mostly acetates. Includes records from the following productions: The Blonde, Campo 66, The Double Life of Henry Phyfe, Green Acres, Kentucky Jones, The Night Walker, Perils of Pauline, Pioneer Spirit, The Phyllis Diller Show, The Spirit Is Willing, A Very Special Favor.

Series 5. Other Scores 1936-1992

Box 28, Folder 1

Published Scores 1943-1957

Physical Description: 125 p.

Scope and Content Note

Published scores of songs

Box 28, Folder 2

Artist's Copies 1935-1955

Physical Description: 265 p.

Scope and Content Note

Artist's copies of scores.

Box 28, Folder 3

Song Orchestrations 1938-1954

Physical Description: 205 p.

Scope and Content Note

Scores of song orchestrations.

Box 29, Folder 1

Published Songs A-H 1936-1992

Box 29, Folder 2

Published Songs I-L 1938-1956

Box 29, Folder 3

Published Songs M-R 1939-1956

Box 29, Folder 4

Published Songs S-W 1938-1959

Box 30, Folder 1

Handwritten Scores For Songs "A"

Scope and Content Note