Finding Aid for the Lee Philips scripts, 1967-1977
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Performing Arts Special Collections
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Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Lee Philips scripts,
Date (inclusive): 1967-1974, 1977
Collection number: 307
Creator: Philips, Lee, 1927-
Extent: 6 boxes (2.75 linear feet)
Abstract: Lee Philips was a prolific television director. The bulk of the collection includes scripts for a variety of television shows
produced during the late 1960s through the mid 1970s. Included are scripts for the
Andy Griffith Show,
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, and
The Doris Day Show, among others.
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.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Lee Philips scripts (Collection 307). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
Lee Philips was born January 10, 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. He began his career as an actor before starting his long career
as a television director in the late 1950s. Early in his acting career he appeared on the Philco Television Playhouse production
of
Marty in 1948. He would go on to make other television appearances in shows such as
Alfred Hitchcock Presents,
I Spy,
Perry Mason,
The Twilight Zone and
The Untouchables. Philips also had feature appearances in the motion pictures
Peyton Place (1957) and
Tess of the Storm (1960). His stage credits include the Broadway production of
Middle of the Night in the mid-1950s.
It is reported he started his directing career with an episode of
The Donna Reed Show in 1958. Among his many directorial credits are:
The Andy Griffith Show,
The Dick Van Dyke Show,
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,
Kung Fu,
M*A*S*H,
The Partridge Family and
The Waltons, among others. Philips also directed a number of television movies and miniseries including
Crazy Times,
Getting Away From It All, James Michener's
Dynasty,
Mae West,
Silent Motive and
The War Between the Tates. His final directorial project was an episode for
Diagnosis Murder in 1993. Philips died on March 3, 1999 in Brentwood, CA.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of scripts related to the career of Lee Philips, specifically associated to his television directing.
The bulk of the collection includes scripts representing 24 episodic television programs produced during the late 1960s and
early 1970s. Included are scripts from
The Andy Griffith Show,
The Doris Day Show,
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir,
The New Dick Van Dyke Show,
Peyton Place,
Room 222 and
The Waltons, among others. Notably absent from the collection are scripts from
The Donna Reed Show and
M*A*S*H. Additionally, there are scripts for the television movies,
Comedy Company (1977) and
Getting Away from it All (1971). Also included is an incomplete script for what is believed to be the motion picture
The Adventures of Sir Galahad (ca. 1949), in which Philips' connection to the production is unknown. A number of the scripts in the collection are annotated
and some may include information regarding production.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by project title.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Philips, Lee, 1927- -- Archives.
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
television scripts.
Adventures of Sir Galahad
Box 5, Folder 9
Partial script
no date
Note
Appears to be a partial script for the 1949 Columbia release of the Adventures of Sir
Galahad.
Box 1, Folder 1
Aunt Bee the Juror
1967 July 7
Box 1, Folder 2
Emmett's Anniversary
no date
Box 1, Folder 3
Get Me Glen Campbell
1970 Oct 29
Box 1, Folder 4
Girl for Goober (A)
no date
Box 1, Folder 5
Goober, the Executive
1967 June 22
Box 1, Folder 6
Howard's Main Event
1967 June 29
Box 1, Folder 7
Howard, the Bowler
1967 July 11
Box 1, Folder 8
My Friend, the Mayor
1970 Nov 9
Box 1, Folder 10
Opie's First Love
1967 June 15
Box 1, Folder 11
Sam for Town Council
no date
Box 1, Folder 13
Going the Route
1969 Aug 4
Box 1, Folder 14
Beginning, A Middle, and and End (A)
1970 Jan 14
Box 1, Folder 15
It's the Power Structure, Baby
1969 June 23
Box 1, Folder 16
Jenny, Who Bombs Buildings
1970 June 19
Box 1, Folder 17
Team of One-legged Acrobats (A)
1970 Aug 18
Box 1, Folder 18
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Vatican
1972 June 28
Box 2, Folder 1
Little White Lie that Grew... And Grew... And Grew (The)
1972 Sept 11
Box 2, Folder 2
Who's Watching the Store
1972 June 27
Box 2, Folder 4
Billy's First Date
1970 Dec 9
Box 2, Folder 5
Colonel Fairburn, Jr.
1970 Dec 11
Box 2, Folder 6
Family Magazine
1972 Nov 14
Box 2, Folder 8
Just a Miss Understanding
1972 June 14
Box 2, Folder 9
Small Cure for Big Alimony (A)
1972 Nov 7
Box 2, Folder 10
To England with Doris
1971 Sept 20
Box 2, Folder 11
Drive? Who Said?
1971 Aug 2
Box 2, Folder 12
Dig For the Truth
1969 Dec 5
Box 2, Folder 14
Love Is A Toothache
1968 Oct 16
Box 2, Folder 15
Martha Meets the Captain
1969 Dec 23
Box 2, Folder 16
Monkey-Puzzle Tree (The)
1968 Sept 19
Box 2, Folder 17
Pain in the Neck (A)
1968 Nov 11
Box 2, Folder 18
Today I am a Ghost
1969 Aug 7
Box 2, Folder 19
Tourist, Go Home
1969 Nov 14
Box 3, Folder 1
Way Off Broadway
1968 Sept 26
Box 3, Folder 2
Who Was that Man I Almost Saw?
1969 Nov 20
Box 3, Folder 3
Profile in Discourage
1969 Aug 28
Box 3, Folder 4
Springtime for Maggie
1969 Sept 16
Box 3, Folder 5
Experiment (The)
1970 Sept 1
Box 3, Folder 6
One for the Gipper
1970 Aug 31
Box 3, Folder 7
Valerie Has An Emotional Gestalt for the Teacher
1970 July 3
Box 3, Folder 9
Portrait of Martin Looten
no date
Box 3, Folder 10
Love and the Lie
1973 July 25
Box 3, Folder 11
Love and the Prim Person
1973 July 18
Box 3, Folder 12
Love and the Plane Fantasy
1973 July 18
Box 3, Folder 13
Love and the See Through Mind
1973 July 27
Box 3, Folder 14
Run For Daylight
1971 Oct 18
My World -- And Welcome to
It!
Box 3, Folder 18
Little Girls are Sugar and Spice - And Not Always Nice
1969 May 15
Box 3, Folder 19
Seal in the Bedroom
1969 June 6
New Dick Van Dyke Show
(The)
Box 4, Folder 3
Old Dick and Jenny
1972 May 18
Box 4, Folder 4
Power of the Bleep (The)
1972 April 27
Box 4, Folder 5
Tenth Honeymoon (The)
1972 May 25
Box 4, Folder 6
Selling of the Partridge (The)
1972 Mar 10
Box 4, Folder 7
You're Only Young Twice
1972 April 11
Box 4, Folder 13
Alice in Blunderland
1969 Oct 1
Box 4, Folder 14
Clothes Make the Boy
1969 Sept 9
Box 4, Folder 15
Once Upon a Time, There Was Air You Couldn't See
1969 Nov 24
Box 4, Folder 16
Suitable For Framing
1971 Aug 17
Box 4, Folder 17
Who Is Benedict Arnold?
1971 Sept 13
Box 5, Folder 1
Meat-Eaters (The)
1973 Oct 2
Box 5, Folder 2
Dark World of Harry Anders (The)
1970 Nov 20
Box 5, Folder 3
Truth, The Whole Truth -- and Anything Else That Works (The)
1970 Dec 28
Box 5, Folder 4
Awakening (The)
1973 Oct 30
Box 5, Folder 5
Scholar (The)
1972 Dec 22
Box 5, Folder 6
Shivaree (The)
1974 Oct 23
Box 5, Folder 7
Substitute (The)
1973 May 22
Box 5, Folder 8
Triangle (The)
1973 May 29
