Finding Aid for the Jack Matzkin 1956-1973

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Jack Matzkin scripts and set plans,
Date (inclusive): 1956-1973
Collection number: 305
Creator: Matzkin (Jack)
Extent: 14 boxes (7 linear feet) 1 flat box (1 linear feet)
Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: The collection consists of script material, a small amount of blue line set drawings, and a very small number of rehearsal schedules for television variety specials produced during the late-1950s to the early-1970s. It is unclear how the materials are related to Jack Matzkin.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English

Restrictions on Access

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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.

Preferred Citation

Jack Matzkin scripts and set plans (Collection 305). Performing Arts Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of script material, blue line set drawings, and a very small number of rehearsal schedules for television variety specials produced during the late-1950s to the early-1970s. The scripts include writing for an assortment of projects represented in the collection which show case such talents as Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke, Dinah Shore, and Jim Nabors among others. Selected scripts may include rehearsal schedules. Additionally, there are is small amount of blueline drawings corresponding to selected scripts. Unless otherwise indicated, material listed is script material. It is unclear how the materials in the collection are related to Jack Matzkin.

Organization and Arrangement

The collection is 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

Television authorship – Archival resources
Television production and direction – Archival resources

Genres and Forms

blueline prints
television scripts


Box 1, Folder 2

..And Debbie Makes Six 1967

Box 7, Folder 5

33-1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee 1968

Box 14

33-1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee 1968

Note

Blueline set drawings (2 folders).
Box 1, Folder 1

A-M / P-M 1971

Box 8

Andy Griffith Special 1969

Note

Blueline set drawings (3 folders). Believed to be for the special, Looking Back.
Box 1, Folder 4

Andy Griffith Special - Looking Back 1969

Box 1, Folder 5

Andy Griffith, Don Knotts, Jim Nabors Special (The) 1965

Box 1, Folder 6

Andy Griffith's Uptown-Downtown Show 1967

Box 1, Folder 3

Andy Williams Christmas Show 1971

Box 8

Andy Williams Christmas Show 1971

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 4, Folder 6

Another Evening with Fred Astaire 1959

Note

Rehearsal schedule.
Box 9

Another Evening with Fred Astaire 1959

Note

Blueline set drawings (3 folders).
Box 2, Folder 1

Armchair Detective no date

Note

Night Train to Terror.
Box 7, Folder 12

Bill Cosby Show 1968

Note

Operational schedule.
Box 2, Folder 2

Bobby Van and Elaine Joyce Special 1973 Aug 22

Box 14

Brigadoon 1966

Note

Blueline set drawings (2 folders).
Box 11

Carol Burnett Summer Show 1969

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 2, Folder 3

Carol Channing and One Hundred and One Men 1967

Box 3, Folder 1

Changing Scene 1970 Aug 7

Box 3, Folder 2

Changing Scene 1970 Aug 22

Box 3, Folder 3

Changing Scene 1970 Nov 18

Note

Show # 3.
Box 3, Folder 4

Changing Scene 1970 Dec 5

Note

Show #4.
Box 3, Folder 5

Changing Scene 1970 Dec 10

Note

Show #4.
Box 2, Folder 4

Danny Thomas Goes Country and Western 1966

Box 2, Folder 5

Danny Thomas Show 1965

Note

Number four rehearsal schedule.
Box 2, Folder 6

Day In Court 1964

Box 2, Folder 8

Dick Van Dyke Special 2 Presented by Monsanto 1968

Box 2, Folder 7

Dick Van Dyke Special Presented by Monsanto 1966

Box 14

Dick Van Dyke Special Presented by Monsanto 1966

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 10

Dinah Shore Chevy Show 1961

Note

Blueline set drawings. Believed to be for Brief Encounter.
Box 4, Folder 1

Dinah Shore Chevy Show (The) 1961

Note

Brief Encounter.
Box 11

Dinah Shore Chevy Specials 1970

Note

Blueline set drawings (3 folders).
Box 7, Folder 13

Dionne Warwick Chevy Special 1969

Note

Rehearsal schedules.
Box 12

Dionne Warwick Special 1963

Note

Blueline set drawings (3 folders).
Box 4, Folder 2

Eddie Fisher Show (The) 1958 Dec 23

Note

Show number six.
Box 4, Folder 3

Eddie Fisher Show (The) 1959 Jan 6

Note

Show number seven.
Box 10

Eddie Fisher Show (The) [1958]

Note

Blueline set drawings (2 folders). Believed to be for show number six.
Box 4, Folder 4

Feathertop 1961

Box 4, Folder 5

Four Star Jubilee 1956

Note

You're the Top.
Box 4, Folder 7

Fred Astaire Show (The) 1968

Box 7, Folder 14

George Burns Show (The) no date

Note

Rehearsal schedule.
Box 4, Folder 8

Girlfriends and Nabors 1968

Box 12

Girlfriends and Nabors 1968

Note

Blueline set drawings (2 folders).
Box 7, Folder 9

Great Hotel 1967

Box 7, Folder 10

Guys and Dolls 1962

Note

For Dunes Hotel, Las Vegas.
Box 5, Folder 1

Hallmark Hall of Fame 1960

Note

Captain Brass Bounds Conversion.
Box 10

Happiest Day 1961

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 5, Folder 2

Happiest Day (The) 1961

Box 7, Folder 11

Happy Time (The) no date

Note

Play script?
Box 12

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass 1966 July 18

Note

For Los Angeles Greek Theatre (3 folders).
Box 5, Folder 3

Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Special 1967

Box 5, Folder 4

Hollywood Television Theater 1971

Note

Includes A Marriage Proposal and The Bear. With schedules for Scarecrow and the Enemies.
Box 5, Folder 5

Howdy 1970

Box 13

Howdy 1970

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 7, Folder 15

Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Hour 1970

Note

Rehearsal schedule.
Box 14

Joyful Noise (A) 1966

Note

Blueline set drawings. Possible stage production.
Box 5, Folder 10

Just Us Girls 1968

Note

Pilot.
Box 6, Folder 1

Kraft Western Music Hall (The) 1962 Feb 28

Box 7, Folder 8

Lawrence Welk Show 1970

Note

Christmas show rehearsal schedule.
Box 6, Folder 2

Lily 1973 Sept 24

Box 6, Folder 3

Many Sides of Don Rickles 1970 Jan 26

Box 6, Folder 4

Meet Cyd Charisee 1959

Box 6, Folder 5

Mickie Finn's 1966

Note

Show number 13 - Frank Fontaine.
Box 6, Folder 6

Mickie Finn's 1966

Note

Show number 14 - Ed Ames.
Box 6, Folder 7

Mickie Finn's 1966

Note

Show number 15 - Bobby Darin.
Box 6, Folder 8

Mickie Finn's 1966

Note

Show number 16 - Shani Wallace.
Box 15

Music Arrangements no dates

Box 6, Folder 9

Music Scene 1969

Note

Show number 3.
Box 6, Folder 10

Music Scene 1969

Note

Show number 4.
Box 6, Folder 11

Music Scene 1969

Note

Show number 8.
Box 6, Folder 12

Noon Wine 1966

Box 14

Noon Wine 1966

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 7, Folder 16

Pontiac Fall Special Starring Ginger Rogers 1958

Note

Rehearsal schedule.
Box 5, Folder 6

Purex Special 1964

Note

Aging Parents rehearsal schedule.
Box 5, Folder 7

Purex Special 1964

Note

Child Molester rehearsal schedule.
Box 5, Folder 8

Purex Special 1964

Note

Just a Housewife.
Box 5, Folder 9

Purex Special 1964

Note

Menace of Age.
Box 11

Purex Special (Dinah Shore) 1964

Note

Night's Old Age is the Dawn. Blueline set drawings (2 folders). Some drawings are not labeled.
Box 7, Folder 1

Reb (The) 1959 Oct 19

Box 13

Red Skelton 1956

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 7, Folder 2

Shaddick 1972

Note

Pilot.
Box 13

Shaddick 1972

Note

Blueline set drawings (3 folders).
Box 13

Sid Caesar 1966

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 7, Folder 4

Sound of Children (The) 1968 Nov 26

Box 7, Folder 3

Soupy Sales Show (The) 1969 Aug 18

Box 13

Stan Laurel Special 1965

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 9

Storm in Summer (A) 1969

Note

Blueline set drawings.
Box 7, Folder 17

Tennessee Ernie Ford Special 1967

Note

Rehearsal schedule.
Box 7, Folder 7

This is Your Life 1961

Note

Featuring Hermione Gingold.
Box 7, Folder 6

Twelve Angry Men no date

Note

Publicity.
Box 13

Unidentified (possibly for CBS productions) no dates

Note

Blueline set drawings. Drawings by Paul Barnes?
Box 14

Unidentified Drawings no date

Note

Blueline set drawings.