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
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copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
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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 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
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
Box 3, Folder 4
Changing Scene
1970 Dec 5
Box 3, Folder 5
Changing Scene
1970 Dec 10
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 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
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
Box 4, Folder 3
Eddie Fisher Show (The)
1959 Jan 6
Box 10
Eddie Fisher Show (The)
[1958]
Note
Blueline set drawings (2 folders). Believed to be for show number six.
Box 4, Folder 7
Fred Astaire Show (The)
1968
Box 7, Folder 14
George Burns Show (The)
no date
Box 4, Folder 8
Girlfriends and Nabors
1968
Box 12
Girlfriends and Nabors
1968
Note
Blueline set drawings (2 folders).
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 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 13
Howdy
1970
Note
Blueline set drawings.
Box 7, Folder 15
Jimmy Durante Presents the Lennon Sisters Hour
1970
Box 14
Joyful Noise (A)
1966
Note
Blueline set drawings. Possible stage production.
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 3
Many Sides of Don Rickles
1970 Jan 26
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 14
Noon Wine
1966
Note
Blueline set drawings.
Box 7, Folder 16
Pontiac Fall Special Starring Ginger Rogers
1958
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 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 13
Red Skelton
1956
Note
Blueline set drawings.
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
Box 7, Folder 7
This is Your Life
1961
Note
Featuring Hermione Gingold.
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.