Finding Aid for the Renata Vanni scripts, 1955-1988
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Renata Vanni scripts,
Date (inclusive): 1955-1988
Collection number: 238
Creator: Vanni, Renata
Extent: 6 boxes (3.25 linear ft.)
Abstract: Renata Vanni started her career in Italian theater and on Italian radio in New York. She went under contract to Warner Bros
in 1940. She also appeared on popular television shows. The collection consists of scripts related to her acting career during
the 1950s-1990s.
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
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
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
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 D. Salvi, 2004.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Renata Vanni scripts (Collection 238). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Biography
Renata Vanni was born in Naples, Italy ca. 1909. She started her career in Italian theater and on Italian radio in New York.
She went under contract to Warner Bros (1940) where she became known as a comedic actress. Her numerous screen roles include
Westward the Women,
Seven Little Foys,
Once is Not Enough,
Three Coins in the Fountain,
Patch of Blue,
The Idol Maker, and
Fatso. She also appeared on major television shows such as
Lux Video Theater,
Alcoa Presents,
Gunsmoke,
Loveboat,
Mod Squad, and
That Girl. She died Feb. 19, 2004 at the age of 94.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of film, televison and stage scripts related to the career of actress Renata Vanni. Among the film scripts
are
Venetian Affair and Jacqueline Susann's
Once Is Not Enough. The television scripts include The
Rockford Files and
That Girl! among others.
Organization and Arrangement
The scripts are arranged by project type.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Vanni, Renata -- Archives.
Actresses -- Archival resources.
Box 1
Between The Thunder And The Sun
1958 June 18
Box 2
Cutter's Trail
1968 Sept 24
Box 1
Darkest Hour (The)
1966 Mar 22
Box 6
Frenchy McCormick
No date
Box 5
Idolmaker (The)
1980 Feb 28
Box 3
Jacqueline Susann's Once Is Not Enough
1974 Mar 19
Box 6
Last Porno Flick (The)
No date
Box 5
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer: Margin for Murder
1981 Apr 10
Box 2
Secret War of Private Frigg (The)
1967 Jan 23
Note
Former title: Meanwhile, Far From the Front
Box 2
Venetian Affair (The)
1966 Mar 21
Box 6
Oh Rome, Oh Rome, Thou Hast Been A Tender Nurse To Me
No date
Box 2
Barefoot in the Park
1970 May 28
Box 5
Beauty and The Beast
1988 Jan 21
Note
Everything is Everything
Box 4
Bert D'Angelo/Superstar
1976 Jan 26
Note
Brown Horse Connection (The)
Box 3
Bold Ones: The New Doctors (The)
1971 Aug 16
Box 3
Burtons Abroad (The)
1972 Jan 19
Note
First Date, Italian Style
Box 1
Cameo Theatre
1955 Aug 21
Note
A Little Night Music
Box 4
Cannon/Barnaby Jones
1975 July 17
Note
Fourth World Part One (The)
Box 1
Chrysler Theatre
1965 July 22
Note
After The Lion, Jackals
Box 2
Danny Thomas Show (The)
1967 Nov 17
Note
Brothers Kanapolis (The)
Box 2
Divorce Court
1969 Dec 12
Box 3
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1969 July 03
Box 4
Eddie Capra Mysteries (The)
1978 Aug 14
Note
Dirge for a Dead Dachshund
Box 3
Family Rico (The)
1972 June 12
Box 2
Flying Nun (The)
1967 Aug 31
Note
Patron of Santa Thomasina (The)
Box 5
Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
1987 Nov 17
Box 5
Gangster Chronicles (The)
1980 Oct 17
Box 4
Jimmy B. and Andre
1979 May 16
Box 1
Judge (The)
1988 Jan 19
Note
A Day in the Life of a Rose
Box 4
Love Boat (The)
1978 Aug 02
Box 3
Love, American Style
1971 Oct 26
Note
Love and the Anxious Mama
Box 1
Lux Video Theatre
1954 June 01
Box 2
Man From U.N.C.L.E (The)
1967 Aug 31
Note
Fiery Angel Affair (The)
Box 4
Man Undercover
1978 Nov 14
Box 5
Married to the Mob
1988 Dec 06
Box 3
McMillan and Wife
1974 Sept 13
Box 3
Medical Center
1970 July 27
Box 4
Most Wanted
1976 Sept 11
Note
Two-Dollar Kidnapper (The)
Box 2
My Three Sons
1966 Mar 30
Box 5
NBC Matinee Theater
No date
Note
Cask of Amontillado (The)
Box 3
Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law
1972 Nov 30
Note
Requiem For Young Lovers
Box 4
Police Woman
1976 Jan 15
Note
Task Force: Cop Killer Part One
Box 5
Rockford Files (The)
No date
Note
Unidentified episode
Box 3
Rookies (The)
1972 Dec 08
Box 1
That Girl!
1968 Oct 09
Note
Eye of The Beholder (The)
Box 1
That Girl!
1967 July 18
Note
Pass The Potatoes Ethel Merman!
Box 1
That Girl!
1968 May 23
Note
Should All Our Old Acquaintance Be Forgot?
Box 3
This is the Life
1975 Dec 04
Note
Remember My Sister Clara
Box 5
Unidentified script material
No date
Box 1
Yankee Stay Here
1966 Jan 26
