Sam Manners was a television and motion picture producer with credits such as Dummy, Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, The Naked City, and Route 66. The bulk of the collection consists of bound scripts from Manners’ television and motion picture projects. Also included are a small amount of photographs and biographical materials.

Savino Maneri, later changed to Sam Manners, was born March 29, 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio. Manners began his career as a production supervisor on the television series, The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin. He went on to become an associate producer, a production executive and second unit director on the series Naked City, and associate producer, executive in charge of production and second unit director on the series Route 66. Among his other television credits are the series Dundee and Cullhane, Petrocelli, and The Wild Wild West, and the television movies Dummy and Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones, which were both Emmy nominated for outstanding special. Manners’ motion picture credits include Cleopatra Jones, The Deadly Trackers, and Valdez is Coming, among others. Sam Manners died June 1, 2012.

10.8 linear ft. (2 boxes and 10 cartons)

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