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Title: Todd Hunter papers
Collection number: 746
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.5 linear ft.
(3 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1909-1961
Abstract: Todd Hunter was a CBS radio and television figure in Hollywood in the mid-twentieth century. The collection includes a number
of television play scripts and related materials (script sides, cue sheets, songs, notes). Though it is unclear whether Hunter
authored any of the scripts, he was presumably involved in bringing them to television.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Hunter, Todd
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library 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 Todd Hunter, October 1961.
Processed by Whitney Braun in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli,
2009.
[Identification of item], Todd Hunter papers (Collection 746). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233184
Todd Hunter was a radio and television figure in Hollywood in the mid-twentieth century. He worked at CBS Radio and is presumably
the same Todd Hunter who hosted the CBS "News and Rhythm" program with the Carl Hohengarten orchestra (and Tommy Bartlett
as the announcer) in 1939. A 1942 issue of Billboard Magazine and a 1953 bulletin of the Association of American Colleges
mention Todd Hunter as the host of a Chicago news show in the 1940s and a CBS newscast in the 1950s.
The collection consists mainly of television play scripts and related materials (script sides, cue sheets, songs, notes).
Frank Kelton, Nelson Compston, John Emerson, and Anita Loos authored some of the scripts, but most scripts in the collection
do not indicate an author or authors. It is unclear precisely how Hunter was involved with the scripts; he may have worked
to bring them to television. Some of the plays ("The Love Nest," "Six Cylinder Love," "Under Two Flags," "The Whole Town's
Talking," "The Girl in the Case") were also films in the 1910s through 1950s.
Scripts and related materials are grouped together according to the production. Non-script-related documents are in the first
folder in the first box.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hunter, Todd--Archives.
Radio plays.
Radio writers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Television plays.
Television writers--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.