Finding Aid for the Hal Cranton television and radio scripts for Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Hal Cranton television and radio scripts for Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders,
Date (inclusive): 1950
Collection number: 240
Creator: Cranton, Hal
Extent: 3 boxes (2 linear ft.)
Abstract: Hal Cranton was the assistant director of the
Bee Bar Bee Riders radio series and occassionally wrote for both the radio and television program. The collection consists of script material
television and radio show
Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders.
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
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
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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
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Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1981.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hal Cranton Television and Radio Scripts for Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders (Collection
240). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Hal Cranton was the assistant director of the
Bee Bar Bee Riders radio series and occassionally wrote for both the radio and television program. The television program started as an half-hour
live western series seen weekly on WOR-TV NY from April 18-Sept. 29, 1950. The program started as a musical variety program
featuring Don Knotts as Windy Wales and Bobby Benson as Ivan Curry. The radio programs were broadcast on the Mutual Broadcasting
System.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of material related to the career of writer and director Hal Cranton. Contains photocopies, originals,
and annotated versions of television and radio scripts for
Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders. Also includes copies of NBC-TV network program sales presentation booklets, some but not all, written or prepared by Cranton.
Scripts were donated in honor of Don Knotts. Program sales presentations were donated in honor of Sylvester L. (Pat) Weaver.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Bobby Benson and the Bee Bar Bee Riders
- NBC Network Program Sales Presentations
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Cranton, Hal -- Archives.
Radio directors and producers -- Archival resources.
Television writers -- Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
television scripts
radio scripts.
Bobby Benson and the B Bar B
Riders
Box 1, Folder 5
Final Payment, The
Jun. 30, 1951
Note
Photocopy of script.
Box 1, Folder 2
Ghost Rider, The
Jul. 28, 1950
Box 1, Folder 1
Golden Metate, The
Jul. 6, 1950
Box 1, Folder 3
Hill of Death, The
Jun. 23, 1951
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 10
Ring of Death
Sep. 23, 1951
Note
Annotated script with revised pages.
Box 1, Folder 8
Song of the Killer
Jul. 26, 1951
Box 1, Folder 9
Song of the Killer
Jul. 26, 1951
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 7
Trick of Vengence, A
Jul. 22, 1951
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 6
Woes of Windy Wales, The
Jul. 5, 1951
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 22
Baron of the Big Bend, The
Jul. 14, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script with revised pages.
Box 1, Folder 18
Brand Burns Deep, The
Jun. 20, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 21
Flaming Flood, The
Jul. 7, 1950
Box 1, Folder 15
Found: One Lost Veteran
May 30, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 12
Untitled
Apr. 25, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 13
Untitled
May 9, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 20
Untitled
Jun. 30, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 14
Untitled
May 16, 1950
Note
Annotated script with revised pages.
Box 2, Folder 1
Untitled
Sep. 15, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated, revised script.
Box 1, Folder 17
Untitled
Jun. 13, 1950
Note
Appears to b Ride the Vanishing Horse. Annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 28
Untitled
Sep. 8, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 2, Folder 2
Untitled
Sep. 22, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 23
Untitled
Jul. 21, 1950
Note
Annotated, revised script.
Box 1, Folder 24
Untitled
Aug. 4, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 25
Untitled
Aug. 18, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated, revised script.
Box 1, Folder 27
Untitled
Sep. 1, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 2, Folder 3
Untitled
Sep. 29, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script.
Box 1, Folder 16
Weeds of Death, The
Jun. 6, 1950
Note
Photocopy of annotated script with revised pages.
NBC Network Program Sales
Presentations
Box 2, Folder 9
Achievement...Richard III
Jan. 1956
Note
Booklet for Richard III, includes correspondence from Dave Hedley.
Box 2, Folder 5
Closed Circuit Script
Jul. 13, 1955
Note
Annotated closed circuit script for Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Box 2, Folder 4
For Your Information
May 23, 1956
Note
Closed circuit script for the Toilet Goods Association.
Box 3, Folder 1
Ralph Edwards' Newest
Jun. 1956
Note
Booklet for It Could Be You.
Box 3, Folder 3
Rewards For Wards
Mar. 1956
Note
Booklet for Montgomery Wards.
Box 3, Folder 4
Ringing Answers For ADA
Feb. 1955
Note
Booklet for the American Dairy Association.
Box 2, Folder 8
Steve Canyon
Jul. 9, 1958
Note
Booklet for Steve Canyon.
Box 2, Folder 6
The "Better Half" of Plymouth Sales
May 1956
Note
Booklet for Plymouth.
Box 2, Folder 7
The Art of Selling
Jul. 1956
Note
Booklet for Coty Cosmetics.
Box 3, Folder 2
To Step Up O'Sullivan Sales
Oct. 1954
Note
Booklet for O'Sullivan Rubber Heels & Soles.
Box 3, Folder 5
Wide Wide World
Jun. 1956
Note
Booklet for General Motors.