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Manuscripts

 

Production files/Produced

folder 1

BACHELOR IN PARADISE--script 1959--1959

Record ID: 71301357

Scope and Content Note

first draft temporary complete script by Valentine Davies, March 2, 1959, 150 pages
folder 2

BACHELOR IN PARADISE--script 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313787

Scope and Content Note

second draft temporary complete script by Valentine Davies, July 27, 1959, 158 pages
folder 3

BACHELOR IN PARADISE--script 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313788

Scope and Content Note

second draft temporary complete script by Valentine Davies, July 27, 1959, 162 pages [“Davies work copy”]
folder 4

BACHELOR IN PARADISE--script 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313789

Scope and Content Note

third draft script, July 27, 1959, 167 pages [“Davies work copy”]
folder 5

BACHELOR IN PARADISE--script 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313790

Scope and Content Note

temporary complete script by Valentine Davies, August 20, 1959, 153 pages
folder 6

BACHELOR IN PARADISE--script 1961--1961

Record ID: 71313791

Scope and Content Note

script by Valentine Davies and Hal Kanter, March 15, 1961, 146 pages
folder 7

BACHELOR IN PARADISE--production 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313792

Scope and Content Note

correspondence regarding script and writer credits; notes; synopsis; step sheet
folder 8

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--script 1954--1954

Record ID: 71313793

Scope and Content Note

treatment by Valentine Davies, October 6, 1954, 100 pages; treatment with changes by Valentine Davies, October 6, 1954, 100 pages
folder 9

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--script 1954--1954

Record ID: 71313794

Scope and Content Note

treatment by Valentine Davies, October 6, 1954, 99 pages [“work copy”]; screenplay notes; rewrite notes
folder 10

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--script 1955--1955

Record ID: 71313795

Scope and Content Note

first draft screenplay by Valentine Davies, January 26, 1955, 156 pages
folder 11

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--script Circa 1956--1956

Record ID: 71313809

Scope and Content Note

first draft screenplay, 136 pages [“work copy”]
folder 12

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--script 1955--1955

Record ID: 71313810

Scope and Content Note

first draft screenplay by Valentine Davies, January 1955, 159 pages [“work copy”]
folder 13

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--script 1955--1955

Record ID: 71313811

Scope and Content Note

final screenplay by Valentine Davies, May 2, 1955, 134 pages
folder 14

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--script 1955--1955

Record ID: 71313813

Scope and Content Note

final screenplay by Valentine Davies, May 2, 1955, 134 pages [“work copy”]
folder 15

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--script 1955--1955

Record ID: 71313814

Scope and Content Note

revised final screenplay by Valentine Davies, June 21, 1955, 130 pages
folder 16

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--miscellaneous 1954--1958

Record ID: 71313815

Scope and Content Note

research materials; miscellaneous legal clearances; correspondence regarding casting; miscellaneous correspondence
folder 17

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--production Circa 1956--1956

Record ID: 71313816

Scope and Content Note

tentative outline; notes; rewrites; music notes and breakdown
folder 18

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--production Circa 1956--1956

Record ID: 71313817

Scope and Content Note

budget schedules; shooting schedules; continuity breakdown; correspondence regarding credits
folder 19

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY--photographs Circa 1956--1956

Record ID: 71313818

Scope and Content Note

34 photographs
folder 20

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313819

Scope and Content Note

screenplay by Valentine Davies, July 22, 1953, 151 pages
folder 21

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313821

Scope and Content Note

second draft screenplay by Valentine Davies, October 9, 1953, 130 pages
folder 22

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313822

Scope and Content Note

screenplay by Valentine Davies, October 16, 1953, 130 pages
folder 23

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313824

Scope and Content Note

screenplay “with handwritten changes” by Valentine Davies, October 16, 1953, 130 pages
folder 24

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313826

Scope and Content Note

final shooting script by Valentine Davies, November 4, 1953, 127 pages
folder 25

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313827

Scope and Content Note

revised final shooting script by Valentine Davies, December 8, 1953, 123 pages
folder 26

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI--research 1953--1955

Record ID: 71313828

Scope and Content Note

miscellaneous correspondence; photographs; maps
folder 27

THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI--sketches Circa 1955--1955

Record ID: 71313829

Scope and Content Note

storyboard drawings
folder 28

CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71313830

Scope and Content Note

first draft screenplay by Valentine Davies, January 25, 1946, 149 pages
folder 29

CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY--script Circa 1949--1949

Record ID: 71313832

Scope and Content Note

first draft screenplay “with changes,” 129 pages
folder 30

CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71313833

Scope and Content Note

first draft continuity by Valentine Davies with revisions by George Seaton, July 5, 1946, 147 pages
folder 31

CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71313837

Scope and Content Note

final screenplay by Valentine Davies and George Seaton, July 13, 1946, 140 pages
folder 32

CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71313838

Scope and Content Note

shooting final screenplay by Valentine Davies and George Seaton, August 13, 1946, 140 pages
folder 33

CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY--script 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313839

Scope and Content Note

revised shooting final screenplay by Valentine Davies and George Seaton, April 28, 1947, 147 pages
folder 34

CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY--script 1948--1948

Record ID: 71313841

Scope and Content Note

second revised shooting final screenplay by George Seaton and Valentine Davies, June 5, 1948, 149 pages; notice of writing credit
folder 35

THE GLENN MILLER STORY--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313842

Scope and Content Note

step outline (“Moonlight Serenade”) by Val Davies, 21 pages; treatment by Valentine Davies, January 27, 1953, 51 pages
folder 36

THE GLENN MILLER STORY--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313843

Scope and Content Note

treatment “with handwritten changes” by Valentine Davies, January 27, 1953
folder 37

THE GLENN MILLER STORY--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313844

Scope and Content Note

first draft screenplay by Valentine Davies, March 26, 1953, 135 pages
folder 38

THE GLENN MILLER STORY--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313846

Scope and Content Note

final screenplay by Valentine Davies, May 8, 1953, 133 pages [“working copy”]
folder 39

THE GLENN MILLER STORY--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313847

Scope and Content Note

revised final screenplay, May 28, 1953, 123 pages
folder 40

THE GLENN MILLER STORY--miscellaneous 1952--1955

Record ID: 71313848

Scope and Content Note

Universal interoffice memoranda regarding script; notes on Glenn Miller’s life; music breakdown; list of Miller’s Chesterfield recordings; rough outline for “Moonlight Serenade”; general correspondence, 1953-1955
folder 41

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--script 1948--1948

Record ID: 71313851

Scope and Content Note

original story by Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies, 125 pages; original pencil copy of story, May 1948
folder 42

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--script 1948--1948

Record ID: 71313852

Scope and Content Note

first draft continuity by Valentine Davies, September 22, 1948, 148 pages
folder 43

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--script 1948--1948

Record ID: 71313853

Scope and Content Note

final script by Valentine Davies, October 6, 1948, 153 pages
folder 44

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--script 1948--1948

Record ID: 71313854

Scope and Content Note

revised final screenplay by Valentine Davies, November 24, 1948, 150 pages
folder 45

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--script 1948--1948

Record ID: 71313855

Scope and Content Note

treatment by Shirley W. Smith and Valentine Davies, February 13, 1948, 128 pages, “used for writing novel version”
folder 46

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--script 1949--1949

Record ID: 71313856

Scope and Content Note

first draft novel by Valentine Davies, February 14, 1949, 232 pages
folder 47

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--script Circa 1949--1949

Record ID: 71313857

Scope and Content Note

typed copy of novel, 240 pages
folder 48

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--script Circa 1949--1949

Record ID: 71313858

Scope and Content Note

galley proofs of novel with list of corrections
folder 49

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--script 1949--1949

Record ID: 71313859

Scope and Content Note

published novel by Farrar, Straus and Company, 1949; Japanese translation of novel
folder 50

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING--correspondence 1948--1956

Record ID: 71313860

Scope and Content Note

correspondence regarding novel; newspaper clippings regarding novel
folder 51

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--script Circa 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313862

Scope and Content Note

screenplay notes
folder 52

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--treatments 1957--1957

Record ID: 71313863

Scope and Content Note

treatment by Valentine Davies, June 7, 1957, 113 pages
folder 53

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--script Circa 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313864

Scope and Content Note

first draft script, 186 pages (incomplete)
folder 54

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--script Circa 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313865

Scope and Content Note

second draft script, 185 pages (incomplete)
folder 55

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--script Circa 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313866

Scope and Content Note

second draft rewrite script, 174 pages (incomplete)
folder 56

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--script 1957--1957

Record ID: 71313867

Scope and Content Note

treatment by Valentine Davies, first draft June 7, 1957, and rewrites, August 21, 1957, 111 pages
folder 57

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--script Circa 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313871

Scope and Content Note

treatment by Valentine Davies, 109 pages
folder 58

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--script Circa 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313872

Scope and Content Note

screenplay with notes, 158 pages
folder 59

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--script 1958--1958

Record ID: 71313873

Scope and Content Note

temporary complete script by Valentine Davies, March 20, 1958, 138 pages
folder 60

IT STARTED WITH A KISS--script 1957--1957

Record ID: 71313874

Scope and Content Note

third draft screenplay, 159 pages; suggested revisions, October 14, 1957, 4 pages
folder 61

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script Circa 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313875

Scope and Content Note

handwritten story, 61 pages
folder 62

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script 1945--1945

Record ID: 71313876

Scope and Content Note

treatment (“This Is the Time” ) by Valentine Davies, July 3, 1945, 72 pages; original story (“Kris Kringle”) by Valentine Davies, 62 pages
folder 63

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script Circa 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313877

Scope and Content Note

first revision of novel, 91 pages; typescript of novel by Valentine Davies, 103 pages
folder 64

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313878

Scope and Content Note

revised typescript of novel by Valentine Davies, March 18, 1947, 97 pages (2 copies)
folder 65

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71313879

Scope and Content Note

treatment by Valentine Davies, copied August 9, 1946, 72 pages
folder 66

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script Circa 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313880

Scope and Content Note

screenplay by George Seaton, 165 pages
folder 67

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71313881

Scope and Content Note

first draft continuity by George Seaton, November 2, 1946, 112 pages
folder 68

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script 1946--1946

Record ID: 71313882

Scope and Content Note

temporary script by George Seaton, story by Valentine Davies, November 16, 1946
folder 69

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313883

Scope and Content Note

first typed draft of novel, March 18, 1947
folder 70

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script Circa 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313884

Scope and Content Note

revised original typescript of novel
folder 71

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--script Circa 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313888

Scope and Content Note

original story and notes; galley proofs of novel
folder 72

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--correspondence 1947--1961

Record ID: 71313889

Scope and Content Note

correspondence regarding novel
folder 73

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--correspondence 1946--1952

Record ID: 71313890

Scope and Content Note

correspondence regarding film; clippings
folder 74

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET--novel 1950--1956

Record ID: 71313891

Scope and Content Note

story, “The Big Miracle,” by Valentine Davies in "Home" magazine (December 1956); newspaper and magazine clippings relating to novel; published novel by Pocket Books, 1952; French edition of novel, LE MIRACLE DE 34e RUE by Hachette, 1950; Australian edition of novel, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS by Dymock’s, 1953
folder 75

ON THE RIVIERA--script 1950--1950

Record ID: 71313892

Scope and Content Note

first draft continuity by Valentine Davies, January 6, 1950, 137 pages
folder 76

ON THE RIVIERA--script 1950--1950

Record ID: 71313893

Scope and Content Note

temporary script by Valentine Davies, April 28, 1950, 150 pages
folder 77

SAILOR OF THE KING--script 1952--1952

Record ID: 71313894

Scope and Content Note

screen story (“Single-Handed”) by Valentine Davies, January 29, 1952, 66 pages; writer’s working script (“Single-Handed”) by Valentine Davies, April 28, 1952, 114 pages
folder 78

SAILOR OF THE KING--script 1952--1952

Record ID: 71313895

Scope and Content Note

first draft continuity by Valentine Davies, June 11, 1952, 101 pages
folder 79

SAILOR OF THE KING--script 1952--1952

Record ID: 71313896

Scope and Content Note

temporary script by Valentine Davies, July 18, 1952, 93 pages
folder 80

SAILOR OF THE KING--script 1952--1952

Record ID: 71313897

Scope and Content Note

revised final screenplay by Valentine Davies, September 15, 1952, 108 pages, with added scenes and notes
folder 81

SAILOR OF THE KING--correspondence Circa 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313898

Scope and Content Note

miscellaneous correspondence; copy of program for Royal British premiere
folder 82

STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND--script 1953--1953

Record ID: 71313899

Scope and Content Note

first preliminary green screenplay by Beirne Lay Jr., July 17, 1953, 112 pages
folder 83

STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND--script Circa 1955--1955

Record ID: 71313900

Scope and Content Note

screenplay by Valentine Davies and Beirne Lay Jr., story by Beirne Lay Jr., 144 pages
folder 84

STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND--script 1954--1954

Record ID: 71313901

Scope and Content Note

final white screenplay by Valentine Davies and Beirne Lay Jr., story by Beirne Lay Jr., February 20, 1954, 127 pages
folder 85

STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND Circa 1955--1955

Record ID: 71313902

Scope and Content Note

three photographs; two items of correspondence
folder 86

SYNCOPATION--script Circa 1942--1942

Record ID: 71313903

Scope and Content Note

handwritten scenario, “The Band Played On”; typed scenario (“The Band Played On”) by Valentine Davies (3 copies)
folder 87

SYNCOPATION--script Circa 1942--1942

Record ID: 71313904

Scope and Content Note

“The Band Played On,” revised version of scenario by Valentine Davies, 55 pages; notes and miscellaneous pages of scenario
folder 88

SYNCOPATION--script 1941--1941

Record ID: 71313905

Scope and Content Note

revised version of scenario by Valentine Davies, 70 pages; revised version of scenario by Valentine Davies, March 6, 1941, 76 pages
folder 89

SYNCOPATION--script 1941--1941

Record ID: 71313906

Scope and Content Note

first draft of original story and screenplay by Valentine Davies, May 20, 1941, 249 pages
folder 90

SYNCOPATION--script 1941--1941

Record ID: 71313907

Scope and Content Note

second draft of original story and screenplay by Valentine Davies, May 22, 1941, 223 pages
folder 91

SYNCOPATION--script 1941--1941

Record ID: 71313908

Scope and Content Note

final script, September 29, 1941, 125 pages
folder 92

SYNCOPATION--correspondence 1941--1942

Record ID: 71313909

Scope and Content Note

folder 93

THREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE--script 1945--1945

Record ID: 71313910

Scope and Content Note

first draft continuity by Valentine Davies, October 15, 1945, 122 pages
folder 94

THREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE--script Circa 1946--1946

Record ID: 71313911

Scope and Content Note

screenplay, first revision, by Valentine Davies
folder 95

THREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE--script Circa 1946--1946

Record ID: 71313912

Scope and Content Note

screenplay by Valentine Davies, second revision, 121 pages
folder 96

THREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE--script 1945--1945

Record ID: 71313913

Scope and Content Note

shooting final script by Valentine Davies, December 8, 1945, 123 pages, with retakes
folder 97

YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME--script 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313915

Scope and Content Note

treatment, 29 pages; rough story outline by Valentine Davies and Elick Moll, January 4, 1947, 79 pages; story outline, March 4, 1947, 33 pages
folder 98

YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME--script 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313916

Scope and Content Note

transcript of conference with Mr. Zanuck, March 25, 1947, 8 pages; transcript of conference with Mr. Zanuck, April 24, 1947, 6 pages; transcript of conference on incomplete screenplay, June 10, 1947, 6 pages; transcript of conference with Mr. Zanuck, July 18, 1947, 6 pages, with notes for revision following various conferences with Lubitsch, Kohlmar, and others, and memorandum from Darryl Zanuck, July 18, 1947; step sheet by Valentine Davies and Elick Moll, 31 pages
folder 99

YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME--script 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313917

Scope and Content Note

screenplay by Elick Moll and Valentine Davies, May 2, 1947, 155 pages (incomplete)
folder 100

YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME--script 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313918

Scope and Content Note

first draft continuity by Elick Moll and Valentine Davies, July 10, 1947, 145 pages
folder 101

YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME--script 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313921

Scope and Content Note

screenplay by Elick Moll and Valentine Davies, July 23, 1947, 149 pages
folder 102

YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME--script 1947--1947

Record ID: 71313922

Scope and Content Note

temporary script by Elick Moll and Valentine Davies, August 8, 1947, 138 pages
folder 103

YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME--notes Circa 1948--1948

Record ID: 71313923

Scope and Content Note

 

Production files/Unproduced

folder 104

THE ALDER TREE 1959--1959

Record ID: 71313924

Scope and Content Note

outline, November 12, 1959, 34 pages (2 copies); outline for teleplay by Valentine Davies, from SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY by Edgar Lee Masters, December 4, 1959 (3 copies: 33 pages, 34 pages, 35 pages); presentation for one-hour television show BURL IVES PRESENTS: SPOON RIVER, 3 pages
folder 105

BOJANGLES

Record ID: 71313926

Scope and Content Note

script, 111 pages
folder 106

BOJANGLES 1956--1956

Record ID: 71313927

Scope and Content Note

notes; step sheets, June 26, 1956, and July 2, 1956; correspondence with Marty Forkins, 1956; handwritten draft script; note from Stepin Fetchit with copy of sheet music, “Dancin’ Bill Bojangles”
folder 107

THE ELSIE JANIS STORY 1959--1960

Record ID: 71313928

Scope and Content Note

notes, May 1959, 9 pages; outline, August 1, 1960; miscellaneous notes and script pages
folder 108

THE FLYING YORKSHIREMAN

Record ID: 71313929

Scope and Content Note

handwritten screenplay, 286 pages
folder 109

THE FLYING YORKSHIREMAN

Record ID: 71313930

Scope and Content Note

screenplay by Valentine Davies, based on the book by Eric Knight, 228 pages
 

Television files/Produced

folder 110

THE GINGER ROGERS SHOW [television]--script 1961--1961

Record ID: 71313931

Scope and Content Note

revised first draft teleplay by Valentine Davies, January 27, 1961, 44 pages
folder 111

THE TRAIL TO CHRISTMAS [television] 1957--1957

Record ID: 71313934

Scope and Content Note

story and teleplay by Frank Burt, assisted by Charles Dickens, revised by Valentine Davies, 36 pages (2 copies); teleplay by Frank Burt and Valentine Davies, May 29, 1957, 77 pages; agreement, May 8, 1957; correspondence regarding credit and Ronald Reagan’s introduction, 1957; two newspaper clippings
 

Stage files/Produced

folder 112

BLOW YE WINDS [stage]--script 1936--1936

Record ID: 71313935

Scope and Content Note

author’s script, a comedy in three acts, copyright 1936
folder 113

BLOW YE WINDS [stage]--script 1936--1936

Record ID: 71313938

Scope and Content Note

playing script, a comedy in three acts, copyright 1936
folder 114

BLOW YE WINDS [stage]--miscellaneous 1937--1937

Record ID: 71313939

Scope and Content Note

programs for Shubert Theatre, Boston, and Forty-Sixth Street Theatre, New York [for performances starring Henry Fonda]; newspaper clippings; telegrams and correspondence, 1937; six photographs
folder 115

THE HOUSE OF JUKE [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313940

Scope and Content Note

scenario, a comedy in one act, 3 pages
folder 116

THE HOUSE OF JUKE [stage]--script 1930--1930

Record ID: 71313941

Scope and Content Note

play in one act, copyright 1930, 26 pages (2 copies)
folder 117

THE HOUSE OF JUKE [stage]--script 1930--1930

Record ID: 71313942

Scope and Content Note

play in one act, copyright 1930, 21 pages (2 copies)
folder 118

THE HOUSE OF JUKE [stage]--script 1935--1935

Record ID: 71313943

Scope and Content Note

Samuel French published edition, copyright 1935, 24 pages
folder 119

THE HOUSE OF JUKE [stage]--programs 1930--1931

Record ID: 71313944

Scope and Content Note

folder 120

THE HOUSE OF JUKE [stage] 1930--1935

Record ID: 71313945

Scope and Content Note

newspaper clippings
folder 121

THE HOUSE OF JUKE [stage]--photographs

Record ID: 71313946

Scope and Content Note

one photograph
folder 122

KEEPER OF THE KEYS [stage]

Record ID: 71313947

Scope and Content Note

miscellaneous notes
folder 123

KEEPER OF THE KEYS [stage]

Record ID: 71313948

Scope and Content Note

scenario for dramatization of Earl Derr Biggers’ novel, 9 pages
folder 124

KEEPER OF THE KEYS [stage] 1933--1933

Record ID: 71313949

Scope and Content Note

original script, copyright 1933
folder 125

KEEPER OF THE KEYS [stage]

Record ID: 71313950

Scope and Content Note

revision pages
folder 126

KEEPER OF THE KEYS [stage] 1933--1933

Record ID: 71313951

Scope and Content Note

script, “Inspector Charlie Chan,” copyright 1933
folder 127

TAMBOURINE [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313952

Scope and Content Note

annotated scripts
folder 128

TAMBOURINE [stage]--music 1925--1925

Record ID: 71313953

Scope and Content Note

published score of the 20th annual production presented by the Mimes of the University of Michigan Union, music by Milton A. Petersen, book and lyrics by Walter G. Everett and Valentine L. Davies, copyright 1925
folder 129

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313954

Scope and Content Note

miscellaneous notes and pages of script
folder 130

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--script 1929--1929

Record ID: 71313955

Scope and Content Note

“The Fly from the Ointment” a play in three acts, copyright 1929
folder 131

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313956

Scope and Content Note

photocopy of script with notice from Register of Copyrights
folder 132

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313957

Scope and Content Note

first revisions of script
folder 133

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313958

Scope and Content Note

second revisions of script
folder 134

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313959

Scope and Content Note

final revision of script
folder 135

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313960

Scope and Content Note

final draft of acts two and three
folder 136

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--correspondence 1929--1937

Record ID: 71313961

Scope and Content Note

folder 137

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--correspondence 1937--1938

Record ID: 71313962

Scope and Content Note

correspondence and documents regarding lawsuit over plagiarism of the play in the Columbia film, ALIBI FOR MURDER
folder 138

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--financial 1931--1931

Record ID: 71313963

Scope and Content Note

financial statements
folder 139

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--contracts 1931--1938

Record ID: 71313964

Scope and Content Note

folder 140

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--programs 1931--1936

Record ID: 71313965

Scope and Content Note

folder 141

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--clippings 1931--1936

Record ID: 71313967

Scope and Content Note

newspaper clippings, including reviews of the play under the title of DEATH DANCE
folder 142

THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--photographs

Record ID: 71313968

Scope and Content Note

eight photographs
 

Stage files/Unproduced

folder 143

THE BABEL BUILDING [stage]

Record ID: 71313969

Scope and Content Note

handwritten notes
folder 144

BATTERY PARK [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313971

Scope and Content Note

revised original handwritten script
folder 145

BATTERY PARK [stage]--script 1938--1938

Record ID: 71313972

Scope and Content Note

first draft, copyright 1938
folder 146

BATTERY PARK [stage] 1939--1939

Record ID: 71313973

Scope and Content Note

typescript, a play in six scenes, copyright 1939 (2 copies)
folder 147

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]

Record ID: 71313974

Scope and Content Note

handwritten notes
folder 148

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313976

Scope and Content Note

original handwritten script
folder 149

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313977

Scope and Content Note

first draft script
folder 150

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313978

Scope and Content Note

revised first draft script with annotations
folder 151

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--script 1940--1940

Record ID: 71313981

Scope and Content Note

final draft script, an extravaganza by Valentine Davies and Vincent McHugh, music and lyrics by Harold J. Rome, copyright 1940
folder 152

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--script 1941--1941

Record ID: 71313982

Scope and Content Note

rewrites
folder 153

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--script 1941--1941

Record ID: 71313983

Scope and Content Note

rewrites
folder 154

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--script 1941--1941

Record ID: 71313984

Scope and Content Note

rewrites
folder 155

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--correspondence 1941--1942

Record ID: 71313985

Scope and Content Note

correspondence with Miriam Howell of Myron Selznick, Ltd.
folder 156

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--correspondence 1941--1941

Record ID: 71313986

Scope and Content Note

correspondence with Harold Rome
folder 157

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--correspondence 1940--1943

Record ID: 71313987

Scope and Content Note

general correspondence
folder 158

CALEB CATLUM'S AMERICA [stage]--correspondence 1952--1960

Record ID: 71313988

Scope and Content Note

general correspondence
folder 159

COCKED HAT [stage]

Record ID: 71313989

Scope and Content Note

notes
folder 160

COCKED HAT [stage]--script

Record ID: 71313990

Scope and Content Note

original script
folder 161

COCKED HAT [stage]--script

Record ID: 71315797

Scope and Content Note

first draft script
folder 162

COCKED HAT [stage]--script

Record ID: 71315798

Scope and Content Note

rough first draft script
folder 163

COCKED HAT [stage]--correspondence 1935--1936

Record ID: 71315799

Scope and Content Note

folder 164

COCKED HAT [stage] 1935--1935

Record ID: 71315800

Scope and Content Note

a comedy in three acts, copyright 1935 (3 copies)
folder 165

GREEN ROOM [stage]

Record ID: 71315801

Scope and Content Note

handwritten notes
folder 166

GREEN ROOM [stage]

Record ID: 71315802

Scope and Content Note

original manuscript of play, annotated
folder 167

GREEN ROOM [stage] 1932--1932

Record ID: 71315803

Scope and Content Note

first version, a play in three acts, copyright 1932
folder 168

GREEN ROOM [stage]

Record ID: 71315804

Scope and Content Note

revised edition of first version
folder 169

GREEN ROOM [stage]

Record ID: 71315805

Scope and Content Note

revision pages
folder 170

GREEN ROOM [stage]--script

Record ID: 71315806

Scope and Content Note

first revision, incomplete and rough script
folder 171

GREEN ROOM [stage]--script

Record ID: 71315807

Scope and Content Note

second revision, incomplete
folder 172

GREEN ROOM [stage] 1932--1932

Record ID: 71315808

Scope and Content Note

final version, copyright 1932
folder 173

GREEN ROOM [stage]--correspondence 1932--1932

Record ID: 71315809

Scope and Content Note

folder 174

HIGH HORSE [stage]--script 1930--1930

Record ID: 71315810

Scope and Content Note

scenario, April 29, 1930
folder 175

HIGH HORSE [stage] 1929--1929

Record ID: 71315811

Scope and Content Note

original version of play, 1929
folder 176

HIGH HORSE [stage] 1930--1930

Record ID: 71315812

Scope and Content Note

a play in three acts, copyright 1930
folder 177

HIGH HORSE [stage]

Record ID: 71315813

Scope and Content Note

working copy
folder 178

HIGH HORSE [stage]--script 1930--1930

Record ID: 71315814

Scope and Content Note

revised draft, 1930
folder 179

HIGH HORSE [stage]--script 1930--1930

Record ID: 71315815

Scope and Content Note

final draft, copyright 1930 (2 copies)
folder 180

THE KINGDOM OF COBB [stage]

Record ID: 71315816

Scope and Content Note

notes and research clippings
folder 181

THE KINGDOM OF COBB [stage]--script 1933--1933

Record ID: 71315827

Scope and Content Note

original script
folder 182

THE KINGDOM OF COBB [stage]--script 1933--1933

Record ID: 71315828

Scope and Content Note

final annotated script, a play in three acts, copyright 1933
folder 183

THE KINGDOM OF COBB [stage]--script

Record ID: 71315829

Scope and Content Note

retyped copy of final script
folder 184

THE KINGDOM OF COBB [stage]--correspondence 1933--1933

Record ID: 71315830

Scope and Content Note

folder 185

MISS MARY PASK [stage]

Record ID: 71315831

Scope and Content Note

printed copy of original story by Edith Wharton; one-act play adaptation; revised script
folder 186

Plays #1 and 2 Circa 1926--1926

Record ID: 71315832

Scope and Content Note

original manuscript, circa 1926
folder 187

Play #34 1931--1931

Record ID: 71315833

Scope and Content Note

handwritten notes, October 25, 1931
folder 188

SEE-SAW [stage]

Record ID: 71315834

Scope and Content Note

notes
folder 189

SEE-SAW [stage]--script

Record ID: 71315835

Scope and Content Note

original script
folder 190

SEE-SAW [stage] 1931--1931

Record ID: 71315836

Scope and Content Note

a play in three acts, copyright 1931
folder 191

SEE-SAW [stage] 1931--1931

Record ID: 71315837

Scope and Content Note

a play in three acts, copyright 1931
folder 192

SPEAK LIGHTLY OF LOVE [stage]

Record ID: 71315838

Scope and Content Note

handwritten notes
folder 193

SPEAK LIGHTLY OF LOVE [stage]--script

Record ID: 71315839

Scope and Content Note

original handwritten script
folder 194

SPEAK LIGHTLY OF LOVE [stage]--script

Record ID: 71315840

Scope and Content Note

original revised script
folder 195

SPEAK LIGHTLY OF LOVE [stage]--script 1939--1939

Record ID: 71315841

Scope and Content Note

typescript, a comedy derived from Shakespeare’s OTHELLO, copyright 1939 (2 versions)
folder 196

SPEAK LIGHTLY OF LOVE [stage]--correspondence 1939--1945

Record ID: 71315842

Scope and Content Note

folder 197

WOODLAWN LABORATORY [stage]

Record ID: 71315843

Scope and Content Note

notes and miscellaneous pages of typescript
folder 198

WOODLAWN LABORATORY [stage] 1928--1928

Record ID: 71315844

Scope and Content Note

original typescript manuscript, a play in three acts, copyright 1928
folder 199

WOODLAWN LABORATORY [stage]--script 1928--1928

Record ID: 71315845

Scope and Content Note

final annotated script, copyright 1928
folder 200

WOODLAWN LABORATORY [stage]--script 1928--1928

Record ID: 71315846

Scope and Content Note

retyped final script, copyright 1928
 

Subject files

folder 201

29th Annual (1956) Academy Awards

Record ID: 71315850

Scope and Content Note

script and related materials
folder 202

29th Annual (1956) Academy Awards--correspondence 1957--1957

Record ID: 71315852

Scope and Content Note

folder 203

30th Annual (1957) Academy Awards--correspondence 1958--1958

Record ID: 71315853

Scope and Content Note

folder 204

30th Annual (1957) Academy Awards

Record ID: 71315854

Scope and Content Note

public relations and publicity report; “Thalberg List”; first draft continuity script; demonstration schedule for the Scientific or Technical Awards
folder 205

Miscellaneous 1955--1955

Record ID: 71315855

Scope and Content Note

Treasury Department War Bond speeches for Binnie Barnes, Kay Francis, Arlene Judge, and Herbert Marshall; 13 photographs; letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences congratulating Davies on his nomination, March 16, 1955
 

Scrapbooks

 

Scrapbook no. 1 1931--1931

Record ID: 71315858

Scope and Content Note

"Three Times the Hour" (stage) clippings
 

Scrapbook no. 2 1937--1937

Record ID: 71315861

Scope and Content Note

"Blow Ye Winds" (stage) clippings
 

Scrapbook no. 3 1946--1948

Record ID: 71315863

Scope and Content Note

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET clippings, congratulatory letters, and telegrams
 

Scrapbook no. 4 1946--1948

Record ID: 71315864

Scope and Content Note

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET clippings, congratulatory letters, and telegrams
 

Scrapbook no. 5 1948--1950

Record ID: 71315865

Scope and Content Note

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING clippings, photographs, and congratulatory telegrams
 

Scrapbook no. 6 1948--1950

Record ID: 71315866

Scope and Content Note

IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING clippings, photographs, and congratulatory telegrams
 

Scrapbook no. 7 1953--1954

Record ID: 71315867

Scope and Content Note

THE GLENN MILLER STORY clippings
 

Scrapbook no. 8 1954--1956

Record ID: 71315868

Scope and Content Note

THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY clippings and congratulatory telegrams
 

Scrapbook no. 9 1947--1957

Record ID: 71315869

Scope and Content Note

miscellaneous clippings and photographs
 

Oversize

 

30th Annual (1957) Academy Awards--publicity 1958--1958

Record ID: 72314850

Scope and Content Note

presentation fact sheets from public relations firm Harshe-Rotman, Inc., with copy of artist's rendering and architectural plan for the tent layout to be erected on parking lot adjoining the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California