Finding Aid for the John Mantley scripts and production information, 1975-1981.
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Descriptive Summary
Title: John Mantley scripts and production information,
Date (inclusive): 1975-1981.
Collection number: 311
Creator: Mantley, John, 1920-2003.
Extent: 17 boxes (8.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: John Mantley was a television producer and writer. The collection consists of script files and a small amount of production
material related to Mantley's involvement on the television shows
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,
Gunsmoke, and
How The West Was Won.
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
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Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Mantley scripts and production information (Collection 311). Performing Arts Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
There is little biographical information available about John Mantley. He was born in Toronto, Canada to actor parents. He
attended St Catherine's Institute of Vocational School where he was active in sports and the drama society. He was later
president of the Victoria Colledge Dramatic Society, which won several international competitions. He was trained as a fighter
pilot during WWII and while on leave also produced shows for the British Armed Forces in the Far East. After the war, and
following his goal to become and actor, he studied at the Pasadena Playhouse, and earned a master's degree. Although he planned
to work for his cousin, Mary Pickford, circumstances brought him back to Canada where he started working in radio and where
he earned provincial and national awards for acting and directing with the New Play Society.
His credits include executive producer of the television series
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,
Gunsmoke,
How The West Was Won, and
MacGyver.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of scripts and production materials related to the career of television writer and producer, John
Mantley. The collection includes files from Mantley's involvement with television productions of
How the West Was Won (1976-1979) and
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-1981). The files may contain a combination of scripts and/or production information including production related correspondence,
shooting schedules, cast sheets, credits, and other production related information. Additionally, there is one file containing
a small amount of publicity stills, crew information and correspondence related to the television series
Gunsmoke in which Mantley was the producer.
Organization and Arrangement
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
Mantley, John, 1920-2003 -- Archives.
Television producers and directors -- United States -- Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Television scripts.
Buck Rogers in the 25th
Century
Box 14
Crystals (The)
12/29/1980
Box 14
Crystals (The) - legal
no date
Note
Deal memo and credits.
Box 14
Crystals (The) - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule and correspondence.
Box 14
Derelict Equation (The)
7/1/1980
Box 14
Derelict Equation (The) - legal
no date
Note
Deal memos, credits and casting invoices.
Box 14
Derelict Equation (The) - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 16
Designs
no date
Note
Includes publicity type shots and story boards.
Box 14
Dorian Secret (The)
8/18/1980
Box 14
Dorian Secret (The) - legal
no date
Note
Deal memos, credits and cast sheets.
Box 14
Dorian Secret (The) - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 16
Fan Mail
no date
Note
Includes correspondence to and from John Mantley.
Box 14
Golden Man (The)
10/17/1980
Box 14
Golden Man (The) - legal
no date
Note
Deal memos, credits and cast sheets.
Box 14
Golden Man (The) - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 15
Guardians (The)
12/2/1980
Box 15
Guardians (The) - legal
no date
Note
Deal memos, credits and cast sheets.
Box 15
Guardians (The) - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 15
Hand of Goral (The)
1/7/1981
Box 15
Hand of Goral (The) - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 15
Hawk - legal
no date
Note
Deal memos, credits and cast sheets.
Box 15
Hawk - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 15
Journey to Oasis
10/15/1980
Box 15
Journey to Oasis - legal
no date
Note
Deal memos, credits and cast sheets.
Box 15
Journey to Oasis - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 16
NBC
no date
Note
Contains correspondence with NBC
Box 16
Production Notes
no date
Note
Includes correspondence and various production related materials.
Box 16
Production reports
no date
Box 16
Publicity
no date
Note
Includes photocopies of publicity articles
Box 17
Reports
no date
Note
Includes release schedules and status report.
Box 15
Satyr (The) - legal
no date
Note
Deal memos, credits and cast sheets.
Box 15
Satyr (The) - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 15
Testimony of a Traitor
1/20/1981
Box 15
Testimony of a Traitor - legal
no date
Note
Deal memos, credits and cast sheets.
Box 15
Testimony of a Traitor - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 16
Unseen (The) - legal
no date
Note
Deal memos, credits and cast sheets.
Box 16
Unseen (The) - miscellaneous
no date
Note
Shooting schedule, correspondence and production memos.
Box 14
Publicity
no date
Note
Publicity stills, crew information and correspondence related to Gunsmoke.
Box 10
ABC problems
no date
Note
Correspondence regarding post-production.
Box 10
Added scenes/retakes
11/1/1976
Box 9
Amnesty/The Brothers
no date
Note
Credits and shooting schedule.
Box 5
Amnesty/The Brothers
7/22/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 7, 8, 9 and 10
Box 8
Bee Story
9/12/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 5 and 6.
Box 9
Billy Fargo
7/14/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for part 1.
Box 13
Budget
no date
Note
Weekly budgets and progress reports.
Box 13
Budget
no date
Note
Production budgets per episode.
Box 8
Buffalo Story
10/3/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 1, 2 and 3.
Box 10
Casting notes and readings
no date
Box 9
Cattle Drive
11/5/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Box 10
Censors
no date
Note
Consists of script reviews and censorship guidelines.
Box 12
China Girl - legal
no date
Note
Credit information and production memos.
Box 10
Correspondence
no date
Note
Letters to John Mantley
Box 14
Crew lists - resumes
no date
Note
Also contains crew list from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Box 13
Deal memos - credits
no date
Box 9
Deek/Wing
10/28/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 6 and 7.
Box 11
Domestic and Foreign Residuals
1977-1978
Box 12
Enemy (The) - legal
no date
Note
Credit information and production memos.
Box 12
Enemy (The) - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 12
Ferry (The) - legal
no date
Note
Credit information and production memos.
Box 12
Ferry (The) - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 6
Forgotten (The)
11/27/1978
Box 6
Forgotten (The)
11/27/1978
Box 12
Forgotten (The) - legal
no date
Note
Credit information and production memos.
Box 12
Forgotten (The) - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 9
Gant/Robbers Roost
8/31/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Box 12
General legal
1978-1979
Note
Legal information about narration and actors.
Box 6
Gold!
10/3/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 8, 9 and 10.
Box 12
Gunfighter - legal
no date
Note
Credit information and production memos.
Box 12
Gunfighter - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 6
Gunfighter (The)
8/24/1978
Box 6
Gunfighter (The)
8/24/1978
Box 12
Hillary - legal
no date
Note
Credit information and production memos.
Box 12
Hillary - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 9
Home and Mormon
5/26/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Box 9
Interlude
8/29/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 1, 3, 4 and 5.
Box 12
Luke - legal
no date
Note
Credit information and production memos.
Box 12
Luke - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 7
Macahans (The)
7/31/1975
Note
Appears to be script for original TV movie.
Box 10
Macahans (The) - Pilot production
5/1/1978
Note
Story notes and revisions, contract requirements and publicity stills.
Box 9
Mormon Story
10/10/1977
Note
Supplemental script material for parts 2, 3 and 4.
Box 13
Narration notes
no date
Note
John Mantley's notes and comments.
Box 12
Pending contracts
no date
Box 10
Production
9/17/1976
Note
Appears to be credits, main titles and synopsis for mini-series.
Box 10
Production notes
no date
Note
Location notes, crew information, scheduling, personnel notes, script notes and legal
research
Box 13
Publicity
no date
Note
Correspondence and publications.
Box 10
Publicity, Awards
no date
Box 10
Re-runs, Summer 1978
1978
Note
Contains editorial changes for parts 1-8.
Box 12
Riel - legal
no date
Note
Credit information and production memos.
Box 12
Riel - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 12
Rustler - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 12
Scavengers - legal
no date
Note
Credit information and production memos.
Box 12
Scavengers - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 8
Scavengers (The)
11/6/1978
Box 8
Scavengers (The)
11/6/1978
Box 1
Script for part 1
5/13/1977
Box 1
Script for part 1
4/12/1977
Box 1
Script for part 1
4/26/1977
Box 1
Script for part 1
6/2/1977
Box 2
Script for part 1
6/22/1977
Box 5
Script for part 10
9/8/1977
Box 2
Script for part 2
5/24/1977
Box 2
Script for part 2
5/24/1977
Box 2
Script for part 2
4/12/1977
Box 2
Script for part 2
4/26/1977
Box 2
Script for part 2
5/9/1977
Box 2
Script for part 3
4/12/1977
Box 3
Script for part 3
5/17/1977
Box 3
Script for part 3
6/3/1977
Box 3
Script for part 3
6/3/1977
Box 3
Script for part 4
6/2/1977
Box 3
Script for part 4
5/23/1977
Box 3
Script for part 4
6/2/1977
Box 4
Script for part 5
6/1/1977
Box 3
Script for part 5
6/1/1977
Box 3
Script for part 5
5/23/1977
Box 4
Script for part 6
10/11/1977
Box 4
Script for part 6
6/15/1977
Box 4
Script for part 7
7/8/1977
Box 4
Script for part 7
10/11/1977
Box 4
Script for part 8
9/9/1977
Box 4
Script for part 9
9/8/1977
Box 1
Script for parts 1, 2 and 3
8/23/1976
Note
Appears to be for mini-series.
Box 12
Slavers (The) - legal
no date
Note
Credit and contact information; production memos.
Box 12
Slavers (The) - miscellaneous correspondence
no date
Note
Production memos and thank you letters to guest or audition performers.
Box 9
Writing credits for parts 1 - 5
no date