Frances Reid Scripts for Days of Our Lives, 1978-1988

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Summary

Creators:
Reid, Frances
Abstract:
or her continuing role as Alice Grayson Horton on the television soap opera, Days of Our Lives (1965-2007). The collection consists of television scripts for the soap opera Days of Our Lives, related to Reid's career.
Extent:
35.0 linear ft. (50 boxes and 46 volumes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frances Reid Scripts for Days of Our Lives (Collection PASC 21). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of television scripts for the soap opera Days of Our Lives, related to the career of actress Frances Reid. Includes scripts for: November-December 1965, February 1969, July 1970, July 1978-July 1979, August 1981-September 1985, and January 1987-June 1988.

Biographical / historical:

Frances Reid was born in Witchita Falls, Texas on December 9, 1914. She trained as an actress at the Pasadena Playhouse. She appeared in on Broadway many times in the 1930s and 1940s, as Ophelia in Hamlet, Lady Anne in Richard III, Viola in Twelfth Night and Roxane in Cyrano de Bergerac. In the 1950s her career turned to television she appeared in numerous shows including soap operas As the World Turns, Edge of Night, and Portia Faces Life, and "prime-time" television programs including Hallmark Hall of Fame, Perry Mason, and Wagon Train. Among her film credits are Andromeda Strain, Seconds, and The Wrong Man. Reid was best known for her continuing role as Alice Grayson Horton on the television soap opera, Days of Our Lives (1965-2007). Days of Our Lives was created by Ted Corday, Irna Phillips, and Allan Chase and aired on November 8, 1965. The story is set in the town of Salem, and focuses on Tom and Alice Horton and their family. Frances Reid died in February 2010.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Miss Frances Reid 1981, 1982, 1984, 1988.
Arrangement:

The scripts are arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Frances Reid Scripts for Days of Our Lives (Collection PASC 21). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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