Finding Aid for the Joseph Cates papers, 1963-1995
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Joseph Cates papers,
Date (inclusive): 1963-1995
Collection number: 298
Creator: Cates, Joseph, 1924-
Extent: 42 boxes (21 linear feet)1 carton (1.5 linear feet)1 microfilm box
Abstract: The career of producer and director Joseph Cates spans from the 1940s to the 1990s. The collection primarily documents Cates'
professional accomplishments in the television industry from 1960s to the 1980s and includes production information and scripts
for a variety of productions in which Cates was directly involved.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Joseph Cates, 2000.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Joseph Cates papers (Collection 298). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
Joseph Katz was born August 10, 1924 in New York City. After serving as a pilot in the Pacific during World War II, he attended
New York University. His career in the entertainment industry started in the 1940s when while working in the advertising field,
he conceived a notion to use television as a way to sell candy products. This landed him a contract with Dumont and in 1947,
he produced and directed the television talent show Look Upon a Star. During the 1950s he produced and directed a number of
game shows, including
The $64,000 Question (1955-58) and also worked with Jackie Gleason and Art Carney on
Cavalcade of Stars. Cates has also been credited with designing the original set of
The Honeymooners and casting Art Carney in the role of Ed Norton.
Over the course of his television career, Cates wrote, directed, and produced more than 1,000 television specials. These included
award ceremonies, circus programs, and musical, comedy and variety specials with the likes of Perry Como, Bill Cosby, Alan
King, Steve Martin, Andy Williams and David Copperfield, to name a few. He produced many country music specials during the
1970s and 80s, a number of them with Johnny Cash, and he appears to be the only television producer to be honored by the Country
Music Hall of Fame. Cates also earned two Emmys as a producer, for
Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (1970) and '
S Wonderful, S' Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972). He produced a number of television movies, such as
The Cradle Will Fall and
The Last Days of Jesse James. Over the years, Joe Cates' projects were produced under a variety of production company names, including Cates Films Inc,
Joseph Cates Company, Inc., and the Cates Brothers Company.
Cates made the transition to Broadway productions in the 1960s, starting with
Spoon River, dramatic readings of poetry by Edgar Lee Masters. Later productions included,
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg,
Elmer Gantry, and
What Makes Sammy Run (with Steve Lawrence). His feature film credits include
The Fat Spy (1966),
Girl of the Night (1960),
The Last Married Couple in America (1980), and
Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965).
Cates was the father of actress Phoebe Cates and brother of producer/director Gil Cates. Cates died of complications from
leukemia on October 10, 1998 at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of production files related to the career of producer and director, Joseph Cates. The bulk of the
collection includes files for a variety of television projects in which he was directly involved. The files are generally
composed of what Cates called production books or playbooks, and contain any one or a combination of the following: scripts,
filming schedules, budget information, correspondence, contractual information, music rights and clearances, clippings, and
printed ephemera. Additionally, there are a small number of photographs and slides for selected projects.
Cates' television work covered a wide range of projects consisting of TV specials, made for TV movies, television series,
television pilots, and variety shows. Among the body of work in the collection are: International Emmy Awards shows;
Country Comes Home; assorted Ford's Theatre annual productions; Johnny Cash country music specials (1970s-1980s); three Steve Martin specials
(1978-1980); Robert Klien projects; assorted circus related productions such as
Great Circuses of the World (1989); the television movie
Special People (1984); and the award winning specials
Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (1970) and
'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972).
Also included in the collection is a small group of material for stage projects thought to be produced by Cates. Included
are scripts for
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg and
Kiss Me Kate; script and audio reels for
Elmer Gantry; clippings and a production contract for
Spoon River Anthology; and microfilmed copies of manuscripts for
What Makes Sammy Run. Additionally, there are three 45rpm recordings from the motion picture
Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965), directed by Cates; and a small amount of material for projects in which Cates' involvement is unknown.
Notably absent from the collection are materials related to the
Cavalcade of the Stars and television game shows which Cates directed in the 1950s, and materials related to his work in motion pictures.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Motion Pictures
- Television
- Stage Productions
- Unknown Projects
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Cates, Joseph, 1924- --Archives.
Television producers and directors--Archival resources
Genres and Forms of Material
television scripts
Motion Pictures
no date
Physical Description: (Box 41)
Scope and Content Note
The series consists of three 45rpm recordings" from the motion picture Who Killed Teddy Bear? (1965), directed by Cates.
Includes recordings of "Who Killed Teddy Bear?" and "Born to be Bad. Use of audio materials may require the production of
listening copies.
Box 41, Folder 7
Who Killed Teddy Bear?
no date
Note
45 rpm recordings of Who Killed Teddy Bear? and Born to Be Bad. RESTRICTED
ACCESS: Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.
Stage Productions
1960s
Physical Description: (Boxes 21, 23, 41, 43)
Scope and Content Note
The Stage Productions series includes materials related to projects thought to be produced by Cates. The series is arranged
alphabetically project title. Included are: a play script for A Day in the Death of Joe Egg; script and audio reels for Elmer
Gantry; script for Kiss Me Kate (may not have been a Cates production), clippings and production contract for Spoon River
Anthology; and microfilmed copies of manuscripts for What Makes Sammy Run. Use of microfilm and audio materials may require
production of access copies.
Box 21, Folder 3
Day in the Death of Joe Egg (A) - play in two acts by Peter Nichols
no date
Note
With letter from Cates to Michael Medwin dated 12/8/1969.
Box 21, Folder 4
Elmer Gantry revised script
no date
Box 21, Folder 8
Kiss Me Kate script
no date
Box 23, Folder 4
Elmer Gantry - audio reels (7 1/2 inch)
no date
Note
Appears to be musical numbers from the production of Elmer Gantry (2 copies).
RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.
Box 23, Folder 5
Elmer Gantry audio reels (7 1/2 inch)
no date
Note
Appears to be musical numbers from the production of Elmer Gantry. RESTRICTED
ACCESS: Use of audio materials may require production of listening copies.
Box 41, Folder 2
Spoon River Anthology - clippings
1963
Note
With Spoon River song book.
Box 41, Folder 6
Spoon River - estate of Edgar Lee Masters (Broadway)
1963, 1976
Note
Minimum basic productions contract between Cates and Mrs. Ellen Masters.
Box 43
What Makes Sammy Run - microfilm of manuscript from Reed 1 Rainbow Change to
Trumpet 3 and 4 Hometown Serious Cue
1964 Apr
Note
Diazo microfilm. RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of microfilm may require production of
viewing copy.
Box 43
What Makes Sammy Run - microfilm of manuscript from Violin A - You Help Me to Reed 1
Entr' Act E
1964 Apr
Note
Diazo microfilm. RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of microfilm may require production of
viewing copy.
Box 43
What Makes Sammy Run - microfilm of manuscript from Lehman Engel Act I to Violin A
Shows Play Off - microfilm reel
1964 Apr
Note
Diazo microfilm. RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of microfilm may require production of
viewing copy.
Box 43
What Makes Sammy Run - microfilm of trumpet 3 and 4 Friendliest Thing to Traps
Humble
1964 Apr
Note
Diazo microfilm. RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of microfilm may require production of
viewing copy.
Television
1967-1995
Physical Description: (Boxes 1-42,44)
Scope and Content Note
The Television Projects series includes scripts and production information for a number television movies, specials, series,
and variety shows projects in which Cates was involved. The series is arranged alphabetically into subseries by project title
or subject. Among Cates' body of work are: International Emmy Awards shows; County Comes Home; assorted Ford's Theatre annual
productions: All-Star Fiesta At Ford's, All-Star Gala at Ford's Theatre, A Celebration of Country, A Celebration at Ford's
Theatre, Command Performance, A Festival at Ford's Theatre, Kraft All-Star Salute to Ford's Theatre; Johnny Cash country music
specials (1970s-1980s); assorted circus related projects; the Robert Klein Show, Special People, and the award winning specials
Annie, the Women in the Life of a Man (1970) and 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin (1972). Files within each subseries
are arranged alphabetically by file titles. A small portion of the file titles were created or enhanced by the processor.
Box 44
Binder covers
no date
Note
David Copperfield Celebrity Magic Show, The Magic of David Copperfield II, Roy Acuff,
and Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy (4 items). Separated from production books of the same
titles for preservation purposes.
10th Anniversary Johnny Cash Christmas Special (The)
Box 12, Folder 3
10th Anniversary Johnny Cash Christmas Special - production book
1985
18th International Emmy Awards
Box 35, Folder 4
International Emmy Awards Correspondence
1990
Box 35, Folder 5
International Emmys Technical
1990
Note
Clippings and letters to performers with script pages.
Box 35, Folder 6
International Emmy Awards Talent
1990
19th International Emmy Awards
Box 27, Folder 11
Financial information for production
1991
Note
With deal memo for Cates.
Box 35, Folder 7
19th Emmy Nominees
1991
Note
List of nominees and correspondence about use of video clips in broadcast. Almanac
from National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
Box 35, Folder 8
19th International Emmy Awards
1991
Note
Mainly correspondence.
Box 35, Folder 9
Production file
1991
Note
Production information and NATAS 1990 annual report.
Box 35, Folder 11
Credits - 1991 International Emmys
1991
Box 35, Folder 12
International Emmy Awards 91 tape return
1991
Note
Inventory list of video tapes used in broadcast.
Box 35, Folder 13
International Emmy Awards copies of contracts
1991
Box 35, Folder 14
International Emmy Awards hotel and catering
1991
Box 36, Folder 9
Facilities agreements and deal memos for staff
1991
20th International Emmy Awards
Box 35, Folder 10
20th International Emmys contracts and deal memos
1992
Box 36, Folder 1
20th International Emmy Awards 1992 tape return
1992
Box 36, Folder 2
International Emmy Awards 1992 Talent file hotel
1992
Note
Hotel information and two copies of program.
Box 36, Folder 3
20th International Emmy Awards Legal 1992
1992
Note
Agreements and deal memos.
Box 36, Folder 8
20th International Emmy Awards PBS and Spalding Evenflo
1992
Note
Correspondence about sponsor credits.
21st International Emmy Awards
Box 36, Folder 4
International Emmys 1993 Montage letters
1993
Note
Concerning permissions to use video clips in broadcast.
Box 36, Folder 5
1993 International Emmy Judging video and tape return
1993
Note
Correspondence about returning video clips used in broadcast.
Box 36, Folder 6
Emmy 1993 talent file
1993
Note
Invitations to presenters.
Box 36, Folder 7
International Emmys hotel, tech, lite info correspondence
1993
22nd International Emmy Awards
23rd International Emmy Awards
50 Years of Country Music
Box 2, Folder 3
Playbook (folder 1 of 3)
1978
Box 2, Folder 4
Playbook (folder 2 of 3)
1978
Note
Script portion of production book.
Box 2, Folder 5
Playbook (folder 3 of 3)
1978
Box 24, Folder 8
50 Years of Country Music 3 hour - Music Info and Cash X-Mas 1977
no date
Note
Production information for the Johnny Cash Xmas 1977, Country Comes Home, and
Country Night of Stars, which may be related to home video.
Box 19, Folder 4
As broadcast script
1969 Apr
All-Star Fiesta at Ford's
Box 8, Folder 4
Playbook (folder 1 of 2)
1992
Box 8, Folder 5
Playbook (folder 2 of 2)
1992
Box 27, Folder 3
1992 Ford's Theatre fully-executed deal
1992
Note
Agreements and deal memos, mainly for cast and crew.
Box 27, Folder 4
1992 Ford's AFTRA Hispanic Choir Group
1992
Note
Engagement contracts.
Box 27, Folder 5
1992 Ford's Theatre Ballet Hispanico AFTRA
1992
Note
Engagement contracts.
Box 27, Folder 6
1992 Ford's Theatre Eddie Torres AFTRA
1992
Note
Engagement contracts for dance company.
Box 27, Folder 7
Letters requesting talent for Ford's 1992
1992
Box 27, Folder 8
Ford's Theatre - Talent
1992
Note
Mostly talent booking sheets.
Box 27, Folder 9
Ford's Theatre legal
1992
Note
Contracts and agreements with sponsors and distributors.
Box 33, Folder 6
Ford's Theatre AFTRA - performer contracts
1992
Box 34, Folder 1
Ford's Theatre 1992 - press kits
1992
All-Star Gala at Ford's Theatre
Box 26, Folder 10
Ford's Theatre Gala 1987 legal/insurance
1987
Note
Contracts, agreements, deal memos, and some insurance documents.
Annie, The Women in the Life of a Man
Box 1, Folder 2
Annie - Anne Meara Pilot - - production book
1971
Box 19, Folder 5
Script material (2 copies)
no date
Ann-Margret: When You're Smiling
Box 30, Folder 2
Aquacade in Acapulco
1971-72
Note
Script, photographs of performers, and printed ephemera for Acapulco Princess Hotel
and diver Henri LaMothe.
Box 1, Folder 3
Berenstain Bears NBC television specials - production book
1979-83
Box 2, Folder 1
Bill Cosby Comedy Hour Pilot - production book
1975
Box 20, Folder 1
Transmission script and additional scenes 43 and 45
1974
Note
Poor quality photocopy.
Box 20, Folder 2
Script - adapted for TV by Robin Miller
no date
Box 30, Folder 12
Canterville Ghost (The)
1974
Note
Script, headshots of Whitmore and Niven, and clippings. With teleplay published in
Scholastic Scope magazine and a guidebook and postcards for Castell Coch.
Celebration at Ford's Theatre (A)
Box 26, Folder 6
Celebration at Ford's Theatre legal
1977-78
Note
Correspondence and agreement documentation.
Box 26, Folder 8
Ford's Theatre - Rights, etc.
1977-78
Note
Correspondence and some agreements for permissions to use excerpts in 10th
anniversary show, including "I Have a Dream," "Will Rogers U.S.A.," "John Brown's Body," "Me and
Bessie," "Your Arms Too Short to Box with God," "Diversion and Delights," among others.
Celebration of Country (A): The Stars Salute the President
Box 26, Folder 13
AFTRA
1991
Note
appears to be contracts that may not have been executed.
Box 26, Folder 14
Talent booking sheets
1991
Box 26, Folder 15
Ford's Theatre Gala 1991 staff and talent security lists
1991
Box 27, Folder 1
Ford's Theatre Gala 1991
1991
Note
Agreements, deal memos, and two copies of program.
Box 27, Folder 2
Clippings
1991
Note
With memos to John Hamlin about bookings.
Box 33, Folder 5
Ford's Theatre 1991 legal
1991
Note
Contracts, agreements, insurance documents, and two copies of program.
Celebration of Women (A): The Ladies' Home Journal
Awards
Box 19, Folder 3
Women of the Decade - production book
1979
Note
With contracts that appear to be from the 1973 show.
Box 42, Folder 3
Celebration of Women (A) (Women of the Decade) Syndicated Taped 11/28/79 - Pierre
Hotel
1979
Note
Script, two copies of press kit, clippings, and production information.
Circus Lions, Tigers and Melissas Too
Box 1, Folder 4
Playbook
1977
Note
No script found with this production book.
Box 37, Folder 1
Circus Lions, Tigers, and Melissas - legal
1977
Note
Contracts and agreements. Copies of Melissa Gilbert's and Melissa Anderson's
contracts were damaged and discarded.
Box 15, Folder 2
Monte Carlo Circus Festival - production book
1975
Note
No script included with this production book.
Box 15, Folder 3
Monte Carlo Circus Festival - production book
1989
Box 15, Folder 4
Monte Carlo Circus Festival - production book
1994
Box 24, Folder 5
Notes regarding circus tape transfer
no date
Note
Appear to be notes for tape transfers along with times for assorted circus-related
projects produced by Cates.
Box 24, Folder 6
Circus
no date
Note
Miscellaneous time segments for Circus Lions, Tigers, and Melissas Too and Sweden's
Royal Command. Pitch for international TV circus program.
Box 24, Folder 7
Revised scripts - Yarmouth shows
no date
Note
Miscellaneous teasers.
Box 25, Folder 7
Show routines - all shows completed to date / A series
1970s
Note
Appears to be script material for a variety of circus projects.
Box 25, Folder 8
1993 - Circus shows Telmondis
1993
Note
Correspondence to Telmondis about circus programs.
Box 25, Folder 9
Germains: Circo Mundial
1993
Note
Correspondence to Arturo Castilla and Roberto Germains about filming circus in Spain.
Box 25, Folder 10
Germains: Benneweis
1993
Note
Correspondence and information about Circus Benneweis.
Box 25, Folder 11
Hungarian National
1993
Note
Correspondence about and program for Hungarian circus.
Box 25, Folder 12
Atayde
1993
Note
Correspondence about Circus Atayde in Mexico.
Box 25, Folder 13
van der Mayden: China Circus Pyong Yang
1993
Note
Correspondence about and program for Great Circus of China.
Box 25, Folder 14
Joe Bauer - Tarzan Zerbini
1993
Note
Correspondence and circus tour schedule.
Box 25, Folder 15
Osterreichischen National Circus
1993
Note
Tour schedule, blank agreement, and program.
Box 25, Folder 16
Johnny [Schwerin] - general
1993
Note
Correspondence about filming international circus shows.
Box 25, Folder 17
Duchek: Althoff
1993
Note
Correspondence to Cates about taping the Alfie Althoff Circus.
Box 26, Folder 1
Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros.
1993
Note
Tour schedule, blank agreement, press kit and programs.
Box 26, Folder 2
Correspondence and Schedule circus
1993
Note
Correspondence about filming international circus shows.
Box 29, Folder 2
16th Festival International du Cirque de Monte Carlo 1991 Japan
1990-91
Note
License agreement and miscellaneous correspondence.
Box 29, Folder 3
Contracts: Monte Carlo Cates / Seligman: Cates / Festival
1990-94
Note
Contracts and agreements.
Box 29, Folder 4
Monte Carlo Circus Festival 1993 act contracts
1993
Box 29, Folder 5
1993 Monte Carlo Circus RAI 3
1993
Note
Contract and correspondence.
Box 29, Folder 6
Monte Carlo contracts and agreements - Telmondis
1993
Box 29, Folder 7
Monte Carlo Circus Festival [internal] contact list
1992
Box 29, Folder 8
Monte Carlo Circus
1988-89
Note
Correspondence between Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Cates in regards to receiving
a tape copy of Monte Carlo Circus Festival.
Box 29, Folder 9
16th Monte Carlo Circus Festival budget
1990-92
Box 29, Folder 10
License agreements
1991
Note
Appear to be for Monte Carlo Circus program (1974-75), Seven Wonders of the Circus
World, and The Story of the Circus.
Box 29, Folder 11
Monte Carlo Circus 1993 blank forms [contract]
1993
Box 29, Folder 12
Monte Carlo Circus 1992 Tech
1992
Note
Correspondence about equipment.
Box 29, Folder 13
Monte Carlo Circus Fest. 1992 hotel, travel, air info
1991-92
Box 29, Folder 14
1992 Monte Carlo Circus Fest. Japan TV
1992
Box 29, Folder 15
Monte Carlo Circus 1993 Spain
1993
Note
Invoices and correspondence about payments
Box 29, Folder 16
Monte Carlo Circus 1994 - correspondence
1993-94
Box 29, Folder 17
Signed contracts Monte Carlo 1994
1994
Box 29, Folder 18
Monte Carlo Circus Festival '94 Seligman / Italian sale
1994
Note
Contracts and correspondence about payments.
Box 29, Folder 19
1993 Monte Carlo Circus Talent
1993
Note
Contract and agreement for host Peter Scolari.
Box 30, Folder 6
Circus - A series (71-72) act and circus contracts - originals
1971-72
Box 30, Folder 7
Circus - B series (72-73) act and circus contracts - originals
1972-73
Box 30, Folder 9
Germains - China Circus
1992-93
Note
Press kit and tour schedule for Chinese State Circus.
Box 30, Folder 10
Germains: Barum
1993
Note
Correspondence from Cates to Roberto Germains and program for Circus Barum.
Box 30, Folder 11
Arthur Duchek: Roland Busch
1993
Note
Programs, press kit, and clippings for Circus Busch (in German).
Box 38, Folder 2
Monte Carlo Circus 1992 invoices
1992
Box 38, Folder 3
Monte Carlo Circus Festival
1991
Note
Correspondence about taping.
Box 38, Folder 4
Monte Carlo Circus 1990
1990-91
Note
Production notes and information, correspondence, and photographs and slides of acts.
Box 38, Folder 5
Monte Carlo 1990 sale to Japan
1991
Note
Agreement and payment documents.
Box 38, Folder 6
15th International Circus Festival of Monte Carlo
1990-91
Note
Contract with Telmondis.
Box 38, Folder 7
Monte Carlo Circus 1990 contracts - paid invoices
1990
Box 38, Folder 8
Monte Carlo Circus Festival 1991
1990-91
Note
Correspondence and deal memos.
Box 38, Folder 9
Italian - Monte Carlo Circus 1991
1990-91
Note
Correspondence about sale of Italian television rights.
Box 38, Folder 10
Monte Carlo 1992 bios of acts
1992
Box 38, Folder 11
Monte Carlo Circus Festival 1992 signed contracts for acts
1992
Box 38, Folder 12
1992 Monte Carlo Circus Fest. Music cue sheets
1992
Box 39, Folder 1
Monte Carlo Circus Festival 1992 tape logs / notes
1992
Box 39, Folder 2
Monte Carlo Circus 1993 tape logs and show rundowns
1993
Box 39, Folder 3
1993 Monte Carlo Circus Tech
1992-93
Note
Correspondence about equipment.
Box 39, Folder 4
1992 Monte Carlo Circus Fest. Telmondis
1991-92
Note
Contracts with Telmondis.
Box 39, Folder 5
1992 Circus Festival legal - Monte Carlo Circus Festival
1991-92
Note
Contracts, license agreements, and correspondence about payments.
Box 39, Folder 6
Monte Carlo 1994 - travel receipts.
1994
Box 39, Folder 7
Monte Carlo 1994 - Telmondis
1993-94
Note
Contracts and correspondence about payments.
Box 39, Folder 8
Monte Carlo Circus 1993
1993
Note
Travel receipts and payment information.
Box 39, Folder 9
Monte Carlo Circus Festival 1993 legal
1993
Note
Contracts, correspondence about payments, and slides of performers.
Box 39, Folder 10
Monte Carlo - Fax / La Italiana production
1990
Box 39, Folder 11
Monte Carlo - English and Co.
1990
Note
Agreements with English and Company, Inc.
Box 39, Folder 12
Monte Carlo Circus 1989 sale to France and Germany
1990
Note
Contracts and expense information from Telmondis.
Box 39, Folder 13
Monte Carlo Circus Festival 1991 - Telmondis
1990-91
Note
Contracts, agreements, and correspondence.
Box 40, Folder 1
Monte Carlo Circus publicity and promo
1976
Note
Press kit and program for 1976 Monte Carlo Circus Festival.
Box 42, Folder 4
Programs for assorted circuses
1980s-90s
Note
With press kit for San Francisco's Pickle Family Circus.
Box 42, Folder 5
Programs for assorted circuses
1980s-90s
Note
With a compact disc titled "World's Best Circus Music".
Box 44
Monte Carlo Circus Festival - program
1979
Box 30, Folder 1
Miscellaneous TV reviews and ads pre-1968
Before 1968
Note
Clippings about Cates' projects and/or mentions of Cates. With contact sheet of
photographs and script page for The Gary Moore Show.
Box 20, Folder 3
Comedy Tonight 1 -script material
1970
Box 20, Folder 4
Comedy Tonight 2 - script material
1970
Box 20, Folder 5
Comedy Tonight 3 - script material
no date
Box 20, Folder 6
Comedy Tonight 4 -script material
1970
Box 20, Folder 7
Comedy Tonight 5 - script material
1970
Box 20, Folder 8
Comedy Tonight 6 -script material
no date
Box 20, Folder 10
Comedy Tonight 8 - script material
1970
Box 30, Folder 3
Comedy Zone
1984
Note
Schedule breakdown and clippings. With note to Cates from Steve Allen.
Box 31, Folder 7
Command Performance for the President - (Taped 9/25/82), aka "A Gala at
Ford's"
1982
Note
Clippings and production information.
Box 32, Folder 5
Ford's Theatre 1982 legal
1981-1984
Note
Mainly contracts, agreements, and insurance documents.
Command Performance: An All-Star Salute to the
President
Box 26, Folder 11
Ford's Theatre contracts SFM
1988
Note
Correspondence about sponsorship of Ford's Theatre annual program. Appears related
to the 1989 program.
Box 26, Folder 12
Ford's Photos 1988
1988
Note
Photographs of performers and two copies of program.
Box 33, Folder 3
Ford's Theatre 1988 legal
1988-89
Note
Contracts, agreements and two copies of program.
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President
Box 31, Folder 6
Command Performance: The Stars Salute the President (3/26/81, 9-11 p.m.,
NBC)
1981
Note
Photographs of performers, clippings, and blueline set design drawings.
Box 32, Folder 1
Command Performance Ford's Theatre 1981 - legal (folder 1 of 2)
1981
Note
Mostly contracts and deal memos.
Box 32, Folder 2
Command Performance Ford's Theatre 1981 - legal (folder 2 of 2)
1981
Note
Mostly contracts and deal memos.
Box 32, Folder 3
Ford's Theatre 1981 (folder 1 of 2)
1981
Note
Mostly contracts and agreements.
Box 32, Folder 4
Ford's Theatre 1981 (folder 2 of 2)
1981
Note
Mostly contracts and agreements.
Como Country: Perry and His Nashville Friends
Box 24, Folder 10
Alvin Ailey Cosby special
1989
Note
Handwritten notes and production information.
Box 24, Folder 11
Cosby Salutes Ailey legal (folder 1 of 3)
1989
Note
Agreements, budget information, and correspondence.
Box 24, Folder 12
Cosby Salutes Ailey legal (folder 2 of 3)
1989
Note
Agreements, budget information, and correspondence.
Box 24, Folder 13
Cosby Salutes Ailey legal (folder 3 of 3)
1989
Note
Insurance documentation.
Box 24, Folder 14
AFTRA contracts signed
1989
Box 3, Folder 6
1981 Playbook (folder 1 of 2)
1981
Box 3, Folder 7
1981 Playbook (folder 2 of 2)
1981
Box 3, Folder 8
1982 Playbook (folder 1 of 2)
1982
Box 3, Folder 9
1982 Playbook (folder 2 of 2)
1982
Box 4, Folder 1
1983 Playbook (folder 1 of 2)
1983
Box 4, Folder 2
1983 Playbook (folder 2 of 2)
1983
Box 4, Folder 3
1984 Playbook (folder 1 of 2)
1984
Box 4, Folder 4
1984 Playbook (folder 2 of 2)
1984
Box 5, Folder 1
Playbook (folder 1 of 2)
1978
Box 5, Folder 2
Playbook (folder 2 of 2)
1978
Country Superstars of the Seventies
Box 26, Folder 7
Explosion of Country Music (An)
1981
Note
Synchronization license for compositions used in program and in 50 Years of Country
Music.
Box 5, Folder 4
Cradle Will Fall (The) - playbook
1983
Box 21, Folder 1
Cradle Will Fall (The) - final draft teleplay
no date
Box 31, Folder 1
Cradle Will Fall (The) - clippings
1983-84
Note
With some production information, resume, photograph, and note about audition from
Carol Clark (daughter of Mary Higgins Clark).
Box 5, Folder 5
Playbook
1971
Note
Script cover is foldered separately with same box and folder number.
Box 21, Folder 2
First draft script
1980 Nov 6
Box 26, Folder 5
Daredevils - General Correspondence
1980-81
Box 31, Folder 2
Daredevils (The) (C.B. Production) (folder 1 of 2)
1980-81
Note
Script and clippings.
Box 31, Folder 3
Daredevils (The) (C.B. Production) (folder 2 of 2)
1980-81
Note
Correspondence about agreements, and some signed and unsigned agreements.
Box 31, Folder 4
Daredevils - legal (folder 1 of 2)
1980-81
Note
Contracts and releases.
Box 31, Folder 5
Daredevils - legal (folder 2 of 2)
1980-81
Note
Contracts and releases.
Elvis Remembered: Nashville to Hollywood
Box 3, Folder 5
Production book for International version
1980
Box 33, Folder 7
Hallmark Hall of Fame - Fame - Arthur Miller (11/30/78, 10-11 p.m. NBC)
1978
Note
Photographs of performers, clippings, and some production information.
Festival at Ford's Theatre (A): Stars Salute the President
Box 33, Folder 4
Ford's Gala 1990
1990
Note
Contracts, agreements, and two copies of program.
Box 34, Folder 2
Ford's Theatre press kit and clippings
1987, 1990
Note
With information about Ford Theatre shows 1968-90.
Gatlin Brothers: Alive and Well (The)
Box 34, Folder 7
Tech Gatlins
1994
Note
Correspondence about travel and equipment.
Box 35, Folder 1
Production information
1994
Box 35, Folder 2
Gatlin legal and insurance
1994
Note
Contracts, agreements, and insurance documents.
Box 35, Folder 3
Lyrics
1994
Note
With some production information.
Box 21, Folder 6
Playbook
1970
Note
With note that appears to be about music clearance for 1976 rerun.
Box 21, Folder 7
As broadcast script
1978 Nov
Box 34, Folder 5
Gift of the Magi - (12/21/78, 8:30-10 p.m. NBC) (folder 1 of 2)
1978
Note
Script, clippings, and what appears to be artwork for a Gift of Magi logo .
Box 34, Folder 6
Gift of the Magi - (12/21/78, 8:30-10 p.m. NBC) (folder 2 of 2)
1978
Note
Performer bios and viewer correspondence about music.
Glen Campbell: Back to Basics
Box 9, Folder 1
Glen Campbell: Back to Basics as broadcast - production book
1978
Great Circuses of the World
Box 9, Folder 2
Great Circuses of the World - production book - Shows 1-6 (folder 1 of 3)
1988-89
Box 9, Folder 3
Great Circuses of the World - production book Shows 1-6 (folder 2 of 3)
1988-89
Box 9, Folder 4
Great Circuses of the World - production book - Shows 1-6 (folder 3 of 3)
1988-89
Box 9, Folder 5
Great Circuses of the World - production book - Shows 7-10
1989
Box 10, Folder 1
Playbook (folder 1 of 2)
1989
Box 10, Folder 2
Playbook (folder 2 of 2)
1989
Box 24, Folder 4
Circus Footage Rundowns
ca. 1990s
Note
Rundown of times for animal appearances in various circus productions.
Box 25, Folder 1
Great Circuses of the World - Public Relations Info
1989
Note
Clippings and press releases about program and host Mary Hart.
Box 25, Folder 2
Great Circus Contracts
1988-89
Box 25, Folder 3
Great Circuses of the World - Distribution / residuals
1989-91
Box 25, Folder 4
Great Circuses - Distribution
1990-94
Note
Statements of earnings. Correspondence about Monte Carlo circus distribution.
Box 25, Folder 5
Great Circus' Old Circus Footage Info
no date
Note
Lists of film footage used in Great Circuses of the World.
Box 25, Folder 6
Production file
1988-89
Note
Mostly correspondence to and from Joseph Cates regarding production the program.
Box 30, Folder 4
Music Clearance
1988-89
Note
Appears to be ABC music clearance forms, including credits.
Box 30, Folder 5
Production file
1988-89
Note
Initial agreement between Cates and ABC, along with other documents about foreign
distribution. With contract information for Mary Hart and Loni Anderson and theme music for
program.
Box 10, Folder 4
NBC pilot I Believe in Music - production book
1973
Box 4, Folder 5
Jimmy Darren Show (The) - Production book for date noted
1971
Johnny Cash and Friends -
Box 12, Folder 6
Johnny Cash Summer Shows 1-2 production book
1976
Box 13, Folder 1
Summer Shows 3-4 - production book
1976
Box 10, Folder 5
Johnny Cash: America - playbook
1982
Box 10, Folder 6
Johnny Cash's Country Music - playbook
1973
Box 10, Folder 7
Johnny Cash Christmas Special - playbook
1976
Box 11, Folder 1
Johnny Cash and the Country Girls - playbook
1981
Box 11, Folder 2
Johnny Cash Christmas Special - playbook
1977
Box 11, Folder 3
Johnny Cash Christmas Special - playbook
1978
Box 11, Folder 4
Johnny Cash Christmas - playbook
1979
Box 11, Folder 5
Johnny Cash: Christmas in Scotland - playbook
1981
Box 11, Folder 6
Johnny Cash: A Merry Memphis Christmas - playbook
1982
Box 11, Folder 7
Johnny Cash Christmas 1983 - playbook
1983
Box 12, Folder 1
Johnny Cash: Christmas on the Road - Johnny Cash Xmas 1984 Karen Ferlito production
book
1984
Box 12, Folder 2
Johnny Cash: Christmas on the Road - Johnny Cash 1984 production book
1984
Box 12, Folder 4
Johnny Cash: Spring Fever - playbook
1978
Box 12, Folder 5
Johnny Cash's Cowboy Heroes - playbook
1982
Box 13, Folder 2
Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years - playbook (folder 1 of 2)
1980
Box 13, Folder 3
Johnny Cash: The First 25 Years - playbook (folder 2 of 2)
1980
Box 13, Folder 4
Johnny Cash Spring Special - playbook
1979
Kraft All-Star Salute to Ford's Theatre
Box 7, Folder 1
Ford's Theatre 1985 Cates Films, Inc - production book
1985
Box 26, Folder 9
Ford's 1986
1986
Note
Production contact lists, some correspondence, clippings, and two copies of program.
Box 32, Folder 6
Kraft All-Star Salute to Ford's Theatre (6/12/85 8-9 p.m, CBS)
1985
Note
Production contact lists, performance slides and photographs, clippings, and programs.
Box 33, Folder 1
Ford's Theatre 1985 legal
1985
Note
Mostly contracts and agreements, with some budget information.
Box 33, Folder 2
Ford's Theatre Gala 1986 legal file
1986
Note
Contracts and agreements, with some budget information.
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James
Box 14, Folder 1
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - production information
1985
Note
Script not included with this production book.
Box 14, Folder 2
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - revised 2nd draft script]
1985
Box 14, Folder 3
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - production book as broadcast
1985
Box 22, Folder 1
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - revised 2nd draft script
1985 Oct 24
Box 27, Folder 12
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - revised 2nd draft script
1985-86
Note
With production information.
Box 27, Folder 13
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - Hansen vs. Cates
1986
Note
Settlement agreements and correspondence regarding copyright infringement.
Box 27, Folder 14
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) May 1986 - Present
1986-90
Note
Copyright registration, residual, and insurance documents.
Box 28, Folder 1
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - Fremantle, Vestron, Vidmark (folder 1 of
2)
1985-89
Note
Mainly agreements and insurance documents.
Box 28, Folder 2
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - Fremantle, Vestron, Vidmark (folder 2 of
2)
1985-89
Note
Script and agreements.
Box 28, Folder 3
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - James Bill Stratton contracts
1984-87
Note
Financial documents and settlement agreement between Cates and Writers Guild.
Box 28, Folder 4
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - Frank and Jesse (folder 1 of 2)
1985-86
Note
Script, agreements, and budget information.
Box 28, Folder 5
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - Frank and Jesse (folder 2 of 2)
1985-86
Note
Production information.
Box 36, Folder 10
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - Frank and Jesse James music
1985-86
Box 36, Folder 11
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - 2/16/86 9-11pm NBC
1985-86
Note
Clippings and production information.
Box 36, Folder 12
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) - clippings from local press about
filming
1985
Box 36, Folder 13
Last Days of Frank and Jesse James (The) 1985 - May '86 Legal
1985-86
Note
Mainly contracts, agreements, and clippings.
Legal Documents for Assorted Projects
Box 26, Folder 3
Copyrights (folder 1 of 2)
1981-93
Note
Appears to be copyright registration forms for a variety of Cates productions, including
Johnny Cash projects, Ford's Theatre projects, David Copperfield, Country Comes Home projects,
and Berenstain Bears. Printed publications about copyright.
Box 26, Folder 4
Copyrights (folder 2 of 2)
1981-93
Note
Appears to be copyright registration forms for a variety of Cates productions, including
Johnny Cash projects, Ford's Theatre projects, David Copperfield, Country Comes Home projects,
and Berenstain Bears. Printed publications about copyright.
Love Song for Fred and Carrie
Box 22, Folder 3
Love Song for Fred and Carrie (A) - project idea for television (two copies)
no date
Box 38, Folder 1
Love Song for Fred and Carrie (A)
1978-79, 1983
Note
Contracts and agreements.
Magic of David Copperfield projects
Box 13, Folder 5
David Copperfield Celebrity Magic Show (The) - production book
1978
Note
Binder removed to box 44.
Box 13, Folder 6
Magic of David Copperfield II - playbook
1979
Note
Binder removed to box 44.
Box 13, Folder 7
Magic of David Copperfield IV - playbook
1981
Box 14, Folder 4
Magic of David Copperfield VI - playbook
1984
Box 14, Folder 5
Magic of David Copperfield VII - playbook
1985
Box 14, Folder 6
Magic of David Copperfield in China - playbook
1985
Box 37, Folder 2
Magic With the Stars (1/17/82, 9-11 p.m. NBC)
1982
Note
Production information, clippings, and note from Dom DeLuise. Small audio reel of on-
air promotion. RESTRICTED ACCESS: Use of audio materials may require production of listening
copies.
Box 37, Folder 3
Magic with the Stars legal 1981 (folder 1 of 2)
1981
Note
Contracts and agreements.
Box 37, Folder 4
Magic with the Stars legal 1981 (folder 2 of 2)
1981
Note
Contracts and agreements.
Box 37, Folder 5
Contracts and agreements (folder 1 of 2)
1982-84
Box 37, Folder 6
Contracts and agreements (folder 2 of 2)
1982-84
Box 22, Folder 4
As broadcast script
1974 Jan
Note
Script cover foldered separately with same box and folder number.
Box 40, Folder 2
Moscow State Circus ABC legal (folder 1 of 2)
1988
Note
Contracts and agreements, production information, press kits, and program.
Box 40, Folder 3
Moscow State Circus ABC legal (folder 2 of 2)
1988
Note
Contracts and agreements, production information, and clippings.
Nashville Remembers Elvis on His Birthday
Box 16, Folder 2
Quick and the Dead (The) - playbook
1987
Rhythm and Blues: The Real American Music
Box 16, Folder 4
Script with production information
1980
Box 16, Folder 5
Production information
1987
Roy Acuff: 50 Years the King of Country Music
Box 16, Folder 6
Playbook
1982
Note
Binder removed to box 44.
'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin
Box 23, Folder 1
'S Lemmon, 'S Gershwin, 'S Wonderful - production book
1971
Note
Production book cover foldered separately with same box and folder number.
Box 34, Folder 3
Gershwin Contracts (folder 1 of 2)
1971
Box 34, Folder 4
Gershwin Contracts (folder 2 of 2)
1971
Seven Wonders of the Circus World
Box 30, Folder 8
Seven Wonders of the Circus World
1987-89
Note
Mostly agreement information, insurance documents, and correspondence. Music
theme and underscore.
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol
Box 22, Folder 7
Skinflint: A Country Christmas Carol - script material for date noted
1979 Oct
Box 17, Folder 2
Special People - playbook
1988
Box 32, Folder 7
Special People - Famous People Players, Inc.
1984-86
Note
Correspondence and meeting minutes related to Cates' participation on the Board of
Directors for the Famous People Players, Inc. U.S. corporation.
Box 40, Folder 4
Special People - agreement, invoices, and shipping receipts
1985
Box 40, Folder 5
Special People (formerly called Blacklight) (folder 1 of 3)
1980-87
Note
Agreements and production information.
Box 40, Folder 6
Special People (formerly called Blacklight) (folder 2 of 3)
1980-87
Note
Contracts, agreements and production information.
Box 41, Folder 1
Special People (formerly called Blacklight) (folder 3 of 3)
1980-87
Box 16, Folder 9
Revised script for television by Charles Aidman
1967 Apr
Box 41, Folder 3
Spoon River script
1967
Note
Revised sixty-minute script, as aired 4/21/1969. With clippings.
Box 41, Folder 4
Spoon River script
1967
Note
Original ninety-minute version.
Box 41, Folder 5
Spoon River script
1967
Note
Script as revised for television, April 1967.
Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy Guy
Box 17, Folder 4
Playbook
1978-79
Note
Binder removed to box 44.
Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty
Stubby Pringle's Christmas
Box 22, Folder 6
Script material for date noted
no date
Box 41, Folder 8
Stubby Pringle's Xmas - bills
1978
Note
Correspondence about program costs and terms of deal with NBC.
Box 41, Folder 9
Stubby Pringle's Christmas (A Cowboy's Christmas Eve)
1990-91
Note
Correspondence with Book Look about search service payment.
Box 41, Folder 10
Read Magazine request
1985
Note
Correspondence about rights to reprint an adaptation of Stubby Pringle's Christmas for
use in Read Magazine.
Box 41, Folder 11
Stubby Pringle's Christmas contracts: Cates Bros. / NBC
1978-79
Box 41, Folder 12
Stubby Pringle's Christmas 2-hour film development
1984-85
Note
Correspondence about possible remake.
Box 41, Folder 13
Stubby Pringle's Christmas / Multimedia Entertainment
1984-85
Note
Agreements for worldwide distribution rights. With residual information.
Box 41, Folder 14
Stubby Pringle's Xmas legal (folder 1 of 2)
1978-84
Note
Contracts and agreements.
Box 42, Folder 1
Stubby Pringle's Xmas legal (folder 2 of 2)
1978-84
Note
Contracts, deal memos, and production information.
Sweden's Royal Command Circus
Box 18, Folder 1
Playbook (folder 1 of 2)
1986
Box 18, Folder 2
Playbook (folder 2 of 2)
1986
Box 42, Folder 2
Production file
1986-87
Note
Contracts, agreements, and insurance documents. With award for Cates from the
people of Texas.
Box 24, Folder 1
All-Star Circus publicity and ratings
1970
Box 24, Folder 2
Timex All-Star Circus music clearance
1970 Apr
Box 24, Folder 3
Timex All-Star Circus (host Tony Curtis)
1969-71
Note
Photocopied clippings from 1969.
Box 23, Folder 3
Programs for award show
1990-92
Wacky Weeki Wachee and Silver Springs Singing and
Comedy Thing
Box 18, Folder 3
Weeki Wachee - production book
1973
Box 18, Folder 6
Contracts and budget
1974
Box 19, Folder 1
Script, budget, and contracts
1976
Box 29, Folder 1
Yves Montand
1992
Note
Communication to Library of Congress from NBC regarding copy for Cates.
Unknown Projects
1970s-1980s
Physical Description: (Boxes 21-23, 27, 42)
Scope and Content Note
The series includes script material and one production file. The series is arranged alphabetically by project title. The
production file is related to Jesse James Was His Name. The script materials include Prince of Outlaws (1974), Laughter in
the Rain, and Young Jesse: The War Years. The capacity in which Cates was involved with these projects is unknown. Also included
is what appears to be a Joseph Cates Company, Inc. accounting ledger for an unknown NBC television project.
Box 21, Folder 9
Prince of Outlaws screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser
1974 Oct
Note
Manuscript with corrections (93 pages).
Box 22, Folder 2
Laughter in the Rain script
no date
Box 22, Folder 5
Prince of Outlaws screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser
no date
Box 23, Folder 2
Young Jesse: The War Years - script
no date
Box 27, Folder 10
Jesse James Was His Name
1988
Note
Option agreement between Cates Films, Inc. and the University of Missouri.
Box 42, Folder 6
Unidentified project - Joseph Cates Company, Inc accounting ledger
ca. 1985-86
Note
Appears to be for NBC television project.