Finding Aid for the Frank Telford Papers ca. 1938-ca. 1984
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
- Series 1. Book Project
- Series 2. Correspondence
- Series 3. Motion Picture Projects
- Series 4. Photographs
- Series 5. Printed Materials
- Series 6. Radio Projects
- Series 7. Stage Projects
- Series 8. Television Projects
- Series 9. Writings Submitted to Telford
Series 1. Book Projects (no date)
Scope and Content Note
Photographs of late 19th and early 20th century photographs and cartoons with captions no date
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William Shakespeare Guide to the '68 Campaign (The) - proposal no date
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Series 2. Correspondence (1969)
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Correspondence (5 items) 1969 July and December.
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Series 3. Motion Picture Projects (1966-1972)
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Achilles' Heel by Frank Telford - outline for proposed film 1972 Dec
Corrupted 'Til His Teeth Fell Out -or - The Great Chase by Frank Telford - treatment (2 copies) 1969 Apr 19
Hello Down There 1969 April 23
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Hello Down There - script pages 1967 Oct 20
Hello Down There by Frank Telford - final draft script 1967 Oct 10
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Once And Future King (The) by Mark Rodgers - screenplay no date
Project Saucer by Frank Telford - screenplay 1966 Sep
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Return In Anger by Frank Telford and Horace Jackson - screenplay no date
Tale of Five Cities (A) by Frank Telford - concept no date
Wolf in the Soul (A) by Frank Telford - screenplay no date
World War One Revisited or How I Shot the Fokkers Down by Carey Wilber and Frank Telford - treatment 1968 Apr 8
Series 4. Photographs (no date)
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Photographs of Frank Telford with others (not identified) no date
Series 5. Printed Materials (1938, 1940s, 1950s, 1973)
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Captain Video (DuMont Network) - press clippings 1950, 1953
Dunninger Show (The) - press clippings 1949, 1953
Gulf Playhouse - press clippings 1952
Kraft Theatre - press clippings no date
Mollie Mystery Theatre - press clippings 1947 Jan
Press clippings (from scrapbook pages?) 1938, 1946, 1949
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Pulitzer Prize Playhouse - press clippings 1950-1951
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse Late Christopher Bean (The) - press release no date
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars - press clippings 1951 Oct
Silver Theater - press clippings 1950 Mar 17
Television Directorial Awards entries (candidates for ballot) 1973 Jan, no date
Wide Country - press clippings 1952 July
Series 6. Radio Projects (1940s-1950s)
Scope and Content Note
Molle Mystery Theatre
Champ (The) by Paul Monash - revised script 1948 June 4
Double Jeopardy by Richard M. Powell - revised script 1947 July 25
Four Fatal Jugglers (The) by Paul Monash - revised script 1947 Nov 14
Murder by Experts by Robert A. Arthur & David Kogan - substitute script 1950 Feb 27
Nightmare by Elwood Hoffman - script no date
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Question of Survival (A) by Paul Monash - revised script 1948 Mar 26
Study in Terror (A) by Joseph Ruscoll - revised script 1947 Jan 3
You Can't Do Business With Hitler
Anti-Christ (The) - script no date
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Broken Promises - script no date
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Heads They Win - Tails We Lose - script no date
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Living Dead (The) - script no date
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Mass Murder - script no date
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Money Talks with a German Accent - script no date
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No American Goods Wanted - script no date
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Pagan Gods (The) - script no date
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Spoils of Europe (The) - script no date
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Swastikas Over the Equator - script no date
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Thousand Year Reich (The) - script no date
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Two for Me and One for You - script no date
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Series 7. Stage Projects (no dates)
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This'll Kill You - A comedy in three acts by Frank Telford and Dwight Weist no date
Television Projects (1954-1984)
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Adventurers (The)
Thurst Counter-Thrust by Frank Telford - first draft script 1972 Mar 21
Americans (The)
Americans (The) - press kit booklet 1961 Jan
Bionic Woman
Pied Piper Effect (The) by Frank Telford - first draft teleplay 1977 June 6
Chips
Concours D'Elegance by Frank Telford - final draft script 1981 Oct 6
Shark On The Freeway (The) by Frank Telford - first draft script 1981 Jan 2
Strippers (The) by Frank Telford - first draft script 1979 Nov 19
Suicide Stunt by Frank Telford - final draft script 1981 May 4
Watch Commander (The) by Frank Telford - revised final draft script 1979 Sep 19
Don't Call Us
Don't Call Us - idea (2 copies) no date
Don't Call Us - precis and story no date
Don't Call Us..(We'll Call You) by Frank Telford - annotated treatment no date
Equalizer (The)
Curtain Call by Leon Jeffrey Weiss - script no date
Faraday And Company
Oculus Sinister by Frank Telford - revised story outline 1973 July 30
Father Murphy
Horse From Heaven (A) by Frank Telford - first draft teleplay 1981 Apr 8
Gemini Man
Bury Me Dead by Frank Telford - script 1976 Oct 26
I Can Explain Everything -- -- If Everyone Will Just Stop Shooting At Me by Frank Telford - first draft script 1976 June 21
Smithereens by Frank Telford - revised script 1976 July 2
Hardy Boys Mysteries
Return Of Jesse James (The) by Frank Telford - script 1978 Aug 2
Return Of Jesse James (The) by Frank Telford - script no date
Hawaii Five-O
Good Help Is Hard To Find by Frank Telford - final draft script 1979 July 19
Journey Out Of Limbo by Frank Telford - final draft script 1972 Mar 20
School For Assassins by Frank Telford - first draft script 1979 Sep 28
Though The Heavens Fall by Frank Telford - final draft 1979 Aug 17
Though The Heavens Fall by Frank Telford - first draft script 1979 Aug 9
Voice Of Terror by Frank Telford - revised final draft script 1979 Sep 13
Woe To Wo Fat by Frank Telford - final draft script 1979 Nov 14
Hudson's Bay
Bombadiers (The) - script no date
Ironside
Achilles' Heel by Frank Telford - script 1971 June 29
Backfire by Frank Telford - first draft script 1970 Mar 6
Backfire by Frank Telford - script 1970 Apr 28
Four Hours -or- Deadline At Dawn by Frank Telford - story outline 1970 Jan 6
Good Samaritan by Frank Telford - second draft script 1971 June 28
Lorine by Frank Telford - or (In the Eye of the Beholder) - annotated story outline 1970 May 11
Joe Forrester
No Probable Cause by Frank Telford - final revised script 1975 Sep 11
Knight Rider
Inside Out by Frank Telford - script 1982 July 28
Mannix
Catspaw by Frank Telford - revised final draft script 1971 Sep 24
Chance Meeting by Frank Telford - revised final draft script 1974 Oct 3
Mask For A Charade by Frank Telford - final draft script 1973 Dec 26
Medal For A Hero by Frank Telford - revised final draft script 1969 Sep 12
What Happened To Sunday? by Frank Telford - revised final draft script 1970 Sep 1
McClain's Law
Lunch Hour Rapist (The) by Frank Telford - final draft script 1981 Sep 21
Mod Squad (The)
Another Final Game by Frank Telford - final draft script 1972 June 9
Another Final Game by Frank Telford - revised final draft script 1972 July 28
Murphy Brown
Missed Congeniality - script no date
New Adventures of Wonder Woman (The)
Ride'm Cowboy by Frank Telford - first draft script 1977 July 20
Operation: Runaway
Wrong-Way Street by Frank Telford - first draft teleplay 1978 June 21
Wrong-Way Street by Frank Telford - second draft teleplay 1978 June 30
Other Television Projects
Adventures of Shark Adams - concept 1971 Oct 15
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Air Atlanta by Mark Rodgers and Frank Telford - series concept 1982 Mar 24
Animal Charades by Frank Telford (2 copies) - concept for television game show no date
Bams - by Frank Telford and Dallas Barnes premise for feature or pilot 1978 Nov 1
Betrayal (The) by Dallas Barnes and Frank Telford - concept no date
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Betrayed by Dallas L. Barnes - story 1980 Jan 17
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Brody (The Psychic Detective) by Dallas Barnes and Frank Telford - concept 1978 Nov 7
Brody (The Psychic Detective) by Frank Telford and Dallas L. Barnes - presentation no date
Daring Young Man (The) by Frank Telford - concept (presentation) 1961 Nov 3
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Desperate Lives (Police Headquarters) presentation for daytime serial by Frank Telford (3 copies) 1970
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Detective Story project - annotated script and memo no date
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Dobie's Mavericks a new television format by Carey Wilber and Frank Telford - concept no date
Great Bicycle Race (The) (2 copies) by Frank Telford - concept no date
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Handwritten notes and jottings no date
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Intergroup Dissonance Rides Again by Frank Telford - first draft teleplay 1979 Oct 3
Interview transcripts - research 1976
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Lawrence Justin Harris Project - draft of pitch and concept no date
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Misadventures of Calamity Jones And the Dude (The) by Frank Telford - series concept no date
Misadventures of Calamity Jones And the Dude (The) by Frank Telford - series concept 1976 July 15
Penny From Heaven - ideas/notes no date
Pursuit - idea for TV Movie of the Week by Mark Rodgers no date
Saddledusters (The) A new television series by Clair Huffaker - concept no date
Secret Man (The) by Mark Rodgers - synopsis 1978 Aug 1
Shark by Frank Telford and John Florea - concept (2 copies) no date
Sleight of Hand by Frank Telford - synopsis, story outline and screenplay 1971 Nov
Sundown Kid (The) - story outline concept no date
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Those Were the Days by Carey Wilber and Frank Telford - concept no date
Yankee from Salem (The) by Frank Telford and Carey Wilbur series concept no date
Outlaws
Outlaws - press kit booklet 1960-61
Passport
Finger on Rome by John Gay - script no date
Night Song by James Blumgarten - script no date
Police Headquarters
Police Headquarters budget 1970
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Police Headquarters by Frank Telford and Mark Rodgers - series presentation - no date
Police Headquarters by Mark Rodgers and Frank Telford - three story ideas no date
Some of the Best People [Police Headquarters] - story idea no date
Police Woman
Inside Connection (The) by Frank Telford - final draft script 1977 July 26
Inside Connection (The) by Frank Telford - revised final draft script 1977 Aug 8
Paradise Mall by Frank Telford - final draft script 1975 June 12
Paradise Mall by Frank Telford - first draft script 1975 Apr 21
Prince Charming by Frank Telford - first draft script 1975 Apr 7
Primus
Kiss of Life by Frank Telford - shooting script 1971 July 13
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Steel Fish by Frank Telford - revised shooting script 1971 Aug 6
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Quest (The)
Incident At Drucker's Tavern by Frank Telford - final draft script 1976 Dec 3
Necktie Party by Frank Telford - first draft teleplay 1976 June 21
Necktie Party by Frank Telford - story outline 1976 May 20
Quincy
Accomplice To Murder by Frank Telford - script 1978 Jan 9
Rockford Files (The)
Foul On The First Play by Stephen J. Cannell - revised script 1976 Jan 8
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Rookies (The)
Assassin (The) by Frank Telford - revised final draft script 1974 Sep 23
Saga
Saga by Frank Telford - concept no date
Saga by Frank Telford - proposal no date
Saga of Billy the Kid (The) by Dave and Andy Lewis - first draft script no date
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Saga of Billy the Kid (The) by Frank Telford - synopsis no date
Silent Force (The)
Goodbye, Jesse James -or- High Price of Meat by Frank Telford - story outline 1970 May 19
Starsky And Hutch
What Happened To Friday? By Frank Telford - first draft teleplay 1977 Nov 1
Stranger (The)
Accursed (The) by James Blumgarten - script 1955 Feb 11
Bird Watcher (The) by James Blumgarten - script 1954 Nov 5
Biter Bit (The) by John Gay - script 1954 Nov 12
Bitter Holiday by James Blumgarten - script 1954 Aug 20
Breakaway by James Blumgarten - annotated script 1954 Nov 26
Bridge (The) by Carey Wilber - annotated script 1954 July 16
Build-Up (The) by James Blumgarten - script 1954 Sep 24
Corpus Delicti by Don Agger - script 1954 Nov 19
Counterfeit Plates (The) by John Gay - annotated script 1954 Aug 6
Court Of No Appeal by Fletcher Hammond - script 1955 Jan 28
Decision At Dawn by James Blumgarten - script no date
Double Trouble by James Blumgarten - script 1954 Dec 10
Eyewitness by Joseph Ruscoll - script 1954 Dec 3
Flight Fifty-Nine by James Blumgarten - annotated script 1954 July 30
Fourteenth Floor by John Gay - script no date
Girl With The Pink Parasol (The) by John Gay - script 1954 Sep 10
Hunting Party (The) by John Gay - script 1954 Dec 17
I Never Got Away From You by James Blumgarten - script 1955 Jan 14
Insurance Murder (The) by John Gay - script 1954 Sep 17
Last Will And Testament by John Gay - script 1954 Dec 24
Let Nothing You Dismay by James Blumgarten - script 1954 Dec 17
Light In The Window by James Blumgarten - script 1954 Sep 3
Major Decision by John Gay - annotated script 1954 Oct 1
Man On The Beach by John Gay - script 1955 Jan 7
Mystery Of The Beer Steins (The) by Nelson Gidding - annotated script 1954 June 25
No Way Out by John Gay - annotated script 1954 Oct 15
One Good Man And True by Sidney Slon - script 1954 Oct 22
Operation Arabia by Nelson Gidding - script 1954 July 2
T.J. Hooker
Night Vigil by Frank Telford - second draft script 1984 May 2
Young Rebels (The)
Deception At Fort James by Frank Telford - annotated revised draft script 1970 Oct 19
Deception At Fort James by Frank Telford - script 1970 Nov 3
Spy Without A Country (The) by Frank Telford - script 1970 June 5
Series 9. Writings Submitted to Telford (mostly no date, 1982)
Scope and Content Note
Executive Target by Investigator Leon Smith - story no date
Eye In The Emerald (The) - supplementary materials 1982 June 26
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Eye In The Emerald (The) (folder 1 of 5) no date
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Eye In The Emerald (The) (folder 2 of 5) no date
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Eye In The Emerald (The) (folder 3 of 5) no date
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Eye In The Emerald (The) (folder 4 of 5) no date
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Eye In The Emerald (The) (folder 5 of 5) no date
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Say It Ain't So, Joe! - or - 1919 Black Sox Scandal - treatment for original screenplay by Roberts and Herd no date
Slow Motion Man (The) - or - The Courtship of Eamon McSween by T. F. Kitchener no date
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