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Title: Sidney Carroll collection of television and motion picture scripts,
Date (inclusive): 1957-1981
Collection number: 94
Creator: Carroll, Sidney
Extent: 27 boxes (13.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: The collection consists of materials related to the career of film and television writer Sidney Carroll. Included are script
drafts and research notes for motion picture, stage, and television projects and a small amount of correspondence.
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.
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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Sidney Carroll, 1989.
[Identification of item], Sidney Carroll papers (Collection 94). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Sidney Carroll graduated from Harvard University in 1934. In 1940, he married singer June Carroll to whom he would remain
married for the remainder of his life. He began his career writing for motion pictures and television in 1949. In addition
to writing for such television shows as
Omnibus and
The Du Pont Show of the Week, Carroll was known for his dramatic television specials including
The Louvre,
The Forbidden City,
Eisenhower, Kennedy and Truman at Potsdam and the
Beacon Hill pilot. Carroll's film credits include
A Big Hand for the Little Lady,
Gambit and
The Hustler. Carrol's work was well received by the industry. His writing for
The Du Pont Show of the Week was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1963 and both
The Louvre and
The Forbidden City documentaries received Emmy Awards in Outstanding Program Achievement. His work on
Omnibus garnered him an Edgar Award in 1957 and he was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the film
The Hustler in 1961. Carroll died in Los Angeles, CA on November 3, 1988.
Collection consists of various drafts of scripts, research notes, and a small amount of correspondence related to the career
of writer Sidney Carroll. The collection contains material for stage, television, motion picture, and unidentified projects,
some of which may not have been produced. The bulk of the collection documents Carroll's television and motion picture work.
Television projects include the series
Beacon Hill,
Hallmark Hall of Fame,
Steve Canyon, and
U.S. Steel Hour as well as the television mini-series
George Washington and Shogun. Also included are items from the television documentary
The Louvre and the teleplays for
The Count of Monte Cristo and
The Man Without a Country, among others. The motion pictures projects include
A Big Hand for the Little Lady and
Gambit among others. Noticably absent from the collection are materials related to
The Hustler.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence
- Motion Picture Projects
- Stage Projects
- Television Projects
- Unidentified Projects
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Carroll, Sidney -- Archives.
Television writers -- United States -- Archival resources.
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archival resources.
Television scripts
Film scripts
- Collection of Scripts and Production Material for the Television Series Hallmark Hall of Fame (Collection 71) . Available at the Performing Arts Special Collections, UCLA.
- Albert McCleery Papers (Collection 98). Available at the Performing Arts Special Collections, UCLA.
- Robert Emmet Smith Collection of Research Material for Art Direction in Motion Pictures (Collection 101). Available at the Performing Arts Special Collections, UCLA.