Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biography
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Hal Cranton television and radio scripts for Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders,
Date (inclusive): 1950
Collection number: 240
Creator: Cranton, Hal
Extent: 3 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Abstract: Hal Cranton was the assistant director of the
Bee Bar Bee Riders radio series and occassionally wrote for both the radio and television program. The collection consists of script material
television and radio show
Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
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: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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, 1981.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hal Cranton Television and Radio Scripts for Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders (Collection
240). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Hal Cranton was the assistant director of the
Bee Bar Bee Riders radio series and occassionally wrote for both the radio and television program. The television program started as an half-hour
live western series seen weekly on WOR-TV NY from April 18-Sept. 29, 1950. The program started as a musical variety program
featuring Don Knotts as Windy Wales and Bobby Benson as Ivan Curry. The radio programs were broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting
System.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of material related to the career of writer and director Hal Cranton. Contains photocopies, originals,
and annotated versions of television and radio scripts for
Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders. Also includes copies of NBC-TV network program sales presentation booklets, some but not all, written or prepared by Cranton.
Scripts were donated in honor of Don Knotts. Program sales presentations were donated in honor of Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders
- NBC Network Program Sales Presentations
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Cranton, Hal -- Archives.
Radio directors and producers -- Archival resources.
Television writers -- Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
television scripts
radio scripts.