Valentine Davies papers
Catalogued by Slide, Anthony
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
333 S La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Published January 2023
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: The collection includes script material for nearly all of the films written by Davies, as well as material on his plays. Nine
scrapbooks document Davies's career from 1931 to 1957.
Collector:
Davies, Valentine
Dates: 1925-1960
Collection number: 45
Collection Size:
15.5 linear ft. of papers
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Available by appointment only.
Publication Rights
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all
necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing
materials obtained from the library.
Preferred Citation
Valentine Davies papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mrs. Valentine Davies, 1980
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Valentine Davies papers span the years 1925-1960 and encompass 15.5 linear feet. The papers include script material for
all of the films written by Davies, with the exception of House Without a Name (1956), as well as material on his plays. Script
drafts and, in most cases, the shooting script exist for the following films: BACHELOR IN PARADISE (1961), THE BENNY GOODMAN
STORY (1956), THE BRIDGES AT TOKO-RI (1955), CHICKEN EVERY SUNDAY (1948), THE GLENN MILLER STORY (1954), IT HAPPENS EVERY
SPRING (1949), IT STARTED WITH A KISS (1959), MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947), ON THE RIVIERA (1951), SAILOR OF THE KING (1953),
STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (1955), SYNCOPATION (1942), THREE LITTLE GIRLS IN BLUE (1946), and YOU WERE MEANT FOR ME (1948). Extensive
production documentation for The Benny Goodman Story includes research and music notes. Storyboard sketches for The Bridges
at Toko-Ri are also of interest. A couple of television scripts; several stage scripts, including “Keeper of the Keys,” "Three
Times the Hour," and "Blow Ye the Winds"; a dozen unstaged play scripts; and script material for the 1956 and 1957 Academy
Award ceremonies round out the script files. "Tambourine" is represented by a published score containing music and lyrics.
Treasury Department war bond speeches for Binnie Barnes, Kay Francis, Arlene Judge, and Herbert Marshall are of interest.
Nine scrapbooks document Davies's career from 1931 to 1957.
Biography
Valentine Davies (1905-1961) was born in New York City. He was educated at the University of Michigan and attended drama school
at Yale University. One of his earliest productions was a musical performed at the University of Michigan titled "Tambourine,"
for which he cowrote the book and lyrics. Work as a playwright in the late 1920s through the early 1940s yielded "Keeper of
the Keys," "Three Times the Hour," and "Blow Ye the Winds." A proposed film adaptation of the latter brought Davies to Hollywood
in the early 1940s, and he wrote the screenplay for another film, SYNCOPATION (1942). Davies served in the U.S. Armed Forces
during World War I. His postwar story, originally titled "This Is the Time" and later "Kris Kringle," resulted in the film
and novel MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (1947). Later screenplays include IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING (1949), THE GLENN MILLER STORY
(1954), and STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND (1955). He also directed and wrote THE BENNY GOODMAN STORY (1956). BACHELOR IN PARADISE
(1961) was his final film. Davies received an Academy Award for his original story for MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET, two nominations
in the writing category, and one for the documentary short HOUSE WITHOUT A NAME (1956). Davies served on the Academy Board
of Governors from June 1955 to July 1961 (assistant secretary, 1957-1958; first vice president, 1958-1960; president, 1960-1961).
Arrangement of the Collection
1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Television files - Produced; 3. Stage files,
subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 4. Subject files; 5. Scrapbooks
Indexing terms
Davies, Valentine
Screenwriters
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
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
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
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
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
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
folder 140
THREE TIMES THE HOUR [stage]--programs
1931--1936
Record ID: 71313965
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
folder 203
30th Annual (1957) Academy Awards--correspondence
1958--1958
Record ID: 71315853
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
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
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