Michael Douglas Papers, 1934-1980


Summary Information
Title: Michael Douglas Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1934-1980

Creator:
  • Douglas, Michael, 1944-
Call Number: U.S. Mss 176AN; Micro 717; Audio 1169A; AB 974

Quantity: 15.4 c.f. (23 archives boxes, 6 record center cartons, and 1 flat box), 1 reel of microfilm (35 mm), 4 tape recordings, and 1 film

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Contact Information

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Papers of Michael Douglas, an actor-producer, primarily consisting of scripts for The Streets of San Francisco (ABC), a television series in which he co-starred; and production files for the Oscar-winning One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (UA, 1975). In the production files for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest are variant scripts by William Peter Blatty, Ken Kesey, Dale Wasserman, and others; correspondence; promotional material; and reviews. Smaller files of similar composition relate to several other films, plays, and television programs with which Douglas was involved. There is also a subject file containing miscellaneous personal and business correspondence and fan mail, clippings, a microfilmed scrapbook, and a file relating to his work for and support of the Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center. Prominent correspondents include Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr., Cesar E. Chavez, Kirk Douglas, Betty Ford, Tom Hayden, Arthur B. Krim, and Irving Paul Lazar.

Language: English

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Biography/History

Michael Douglas, actor-producer, was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, on September 25, 1944. After his parents (actor-producer Kirk Douglas and Diana Dill) were divorced in 1950, he was raised by his mother on the East Coast, but spent his summers with his father on the West Coast. He graduated from Choate Preparatory School and attended the University of California at Santa Barbara, where he eventually majored in drama. There he was involved in several college theatrical productions and won awards both for acting and directing. He also acted at the Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center in Waterford, Connecticut, where his stepfather, writer Bill Darrid, was involved.

Douglas made his professional acting debut in 1969 in “The Experiment” (CBS Playhouse), which was followed closely by his stage debut in an off-Broadway production, The City Scene. He later starred in several films including Adam at Six A.M., Hail, Hero, and Summertree. Douglas then co-starred on the highly successful television series The Streets of San Francisco and remained with the show for five seasons. In October 1975, he made his directorial debut with an episode of Streets, “Spooks for Sale.”

In addition to his acting, Douglas is also actively involved in film production. Along with Saul Zaentz, a San Francisco record producer, Douglas became the co-producer of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, which won five Academy Awards in 1975. He also formed his own film production company, Bigstick Productions, Ltd., which produced several shorts. Douglas also starred in the motion picture Coma (1977). In 1979, he starred with Jane Fonda in The China Syndrome, which he also co-produced and co-authored. That same year he produced and starred in Running; and the next year, he starred with Jill Clayburgh in It's My Turn.

Scope and Content Note

The Michael Douglas Papers primarily document his career as an actor and producer in motion pictures and television. The collection is organized in two main parts. Part 1, the Original Collection, contains materials received in the Archives in 1977. These materials date 1967-1976 and comprise Boxes 1-22A, 1 reel of microfilm, and 1 film. Part 2 consists of materials designated the “1980 Additions.” These materials date 1934-1980 and comprise Boxes 22B-29 (6 cartons and 2 smaller archives boxes). Both Part 1 and Part 2 contain scripts and other records concerning motion picture, television, and theater productions plus a smaller amount of correspondence and other more miscellaneous materials.

Part 1: Original Collection, 1967-1976

The bulk of the ORIGINAL COLLECTION consists of scripts, clippings, correspondence, and miscellany, which have been organized in four subseries: Subject File, Motion Pictures, Television, and Theater.

The Subject File includes correspondence, press clippings, story outlines, and miscellany. The Correspondence, 1969-1976, has been arranged into incoming and outgoing correspondence, with the former subdivided into business correspondence, and personal communications and fan mail. The business correspondence includes requests for donations for various schools and causes; invitations for Douglas to produce the film Blue Collar and a Rolling Stone television special; requests for guest appearances at various functions; congratulatory letters for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest; and sporadic legal correspondence regarding the affairs of Bigstick Productions, Ltd. The personal correspondence includes letters from friends and family, particularly his mother, Diana Dill. A partial list of correspondents includes:

Business October 15, 1974 Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Business April 21, 1975 Cesar E. Chavez
Business August 22, 1975 Irving Paul Lazar
Business May 24, 1976 Arthur B. Krim
Business June 10, 1976 Paul Schrader
Business June 26, 1976 Tom Hayden
Personal April 14, 1975 Kirk Douglas
Personal January 2, 1976 Betty Ford
Personal August 16, 1976 Tom Hayden

The Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center files include correspondence, financial statements, newsletters, and pamphlets. Douglas spent three years in summer residence at the Center when he began his career and later financially supported its work. The Press clippings are from various magazines and newspapers and focus on Douglas's career from his student days at the University of California at Santa Barbara through his production of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. The Scrapbook, 1969-1972, contains reviews and clippings about several productions with which Douglas was involved. Among these are Adam at Six A.M., “The Experiment,” Hail, Hero, Pinkville (8), The Streets of San Francisco, and When Michael Calls. Miscellaneous correspondence and photos are also included. The Story Outlines are composed of brief synopses and some recommendations regarding the production possibilities of various story ideas.

The Motion Picture subseries contains research materials, synopses, variant scripts, production notes, correspondence, reviews, and promotional materials. The amount of documentation for each film varies. Among the motion pictures are Adam at Six A.M., Hail, Hero, Napoleon and Samantha, One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Summertree. There is also research and production material for Faded Glory, a proposed film based on the 1976 Israeli raid at Entebbe to free hostages of an airplane hijacking. These files reveal the efforts of several studios and production companies to be “first” in producing a film on the Entebbe raid. The most extensive amount of material exists for One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Of special interest are the variant scripts, which reveal the involved script writing process for this film. Scripts range from the original play adaptation by Dale Wasserman to the final shooting script. Also included is the original screenplay as written by Ken Kesey, author of the novel on which the film was based. In addition, extensive promotional materials document the studio's and Douglas's efforts to mount a major sales campaign for the film.

The majority of the Television subseries consists of scripts for episodes of The Streets of San Francisco, a series in which Douglas co-starred for five years. Occasionally, a revised script is also included for an individual episode. There is also a script for When Michael Calls, a made-for-TV movie in which Douglas starred.

Scripts plus occasional related materials for The City Scene, Love Is a Time of Day, and Pinkville (8), productions in which Douglas starred, are included in the Theater subseries.

In addition there is a script for Muzeeka, a play Douglas directed while at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Part 2: 1980 Additions, 1934-1980

The 1980 ADDITIONS to the collection are composed almost entirely of scripts for films, television, and theater, and have been organized into five subseries: Motion Pictures, Television, Theater, Books, and Miscellany. Many of the scripts apparently were sent to Douglas for his consideration as an actor or producer.

The Motion Picture subseries contains scripts, synopses, treatments, and some research materials. Most of the subseries is devoted to scripts, treatments and synopses sent to Douglas from authors requesting his participation in producing their works. Many of the films were never produced. Among the motion pictures are Altered States, Running, Tilt, Slap Shot, Soldier Blue, and The China Syndrome. The materials for The China Syndrome include variant scripts dating from 1975 to 1977, and research materials, including magazine articles, pamphlets from Pacific Gas and Electric and The Union of Concerned Citizens, engineering drawings of a nuclear power plant, and a few photographs.

The Television subseries consists of scripts from different programs, scripts from television movies, and synopses of Nero Wolfe mystery novels dating from 1934 to 1968.

The Theater subseries is comprised of scripts from various plays for which no production information is known.

The Books subseries are manuscripts or copies of novels and non-fictional works; no additional information is known.

The Miscellany subseries includes a small amount of correspondence, an untitled script, and a catalogue of screen and television properties sent to Douglas from James E. Colaneri.

The Audio Recordings subseries includes 4 tape recordings.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by Michael Douglas, Beverly Hills, California, 1977 (on deposit); and Burbank, California, 1980. Accession Number: MCHC77-63, MCHC80-95


Processing Information

Processed by L. Knapp and Christine Rongone, April 1978; and by Menzi Behrnd-Klodt and Matthew Alexander, July 1983.


Contents List
Series: Part 1: Original Collection, 1967-1976
U.S. Mss 176AN
Subseries: Subject File
Correspondence
Incoming
Box   1
Folder   1-3
Business, 1973 April 13-1976 December 29
Box   1
Folder   4
Personal, 1973 April 28-1976 December 1
Box   1
Folder   5
Fan Mail, 1969 September 22-1976 February 21
Box   1
Folder   6-7
Outgoing, 1973 April 24-1976 December 15
Eugene O'Neill Memorial Theatre Center Inc.
Box   2
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1974 October 11-1976 August 19
Box   2
Folder   2
Financial Statement, 1974 June 30
Box   2
Folder   3
National Playwrights Conference, 1976 July 18-August 15
Box   2
Folder   4
Newsletter, 1976 July 18-August 13
Box   2
Folder   5
Promotional Literature and Press clipping, 1976 August 9, undated
Box   3
Folder   1
Miscellany, 1967-1977, undated
Press clippings
Box   3
Folder   2
U.S. and England, 1967-1976
Box   3
Folder   3-4
Foreign, circa 1976
Box   22A
Folder   1
Scrapbook, 1969-1972
Micro 717
Microfilm Copy of Scrapbook
U.S. Mss 176AN
Box   3
Folder   5
Story Outlines and Recommendations, 1974, undated
Subseries: Motion Pictures
Adam at Six A.M.
Note: Solar Productions, 1970. National General Films.
Box   3
Folder   6
Script, Third Draft, by Stephen and Elinor Karpf, 1969 August 20
Box   3
Folder   7
Script, Third Draft, Revised, annotated, by Stephen and Elinor Karpf, 1969 August 20-September 10
Box   3
Folder   8
Daily Set Breakdown and Script Notes, 1969 September 9, undated
The American Revolution
Note: Production information unknown. Educational film.
Box   3
Folder   9
Script, Second Revised, Parts I and II, by David Wilts and Robert Saudek Associates, 1971 March 24
Faded Glory
Note: Appendagez Inc., unproduced. Other working titles include “From These Lions” and “Flight 139.”
Box   4
Folder   1
Research Material, 1976 August-September
Box   4
Folder   2
Research Material regarding Georgia, clipping, circa 1975-1976
Box   4
Folder   3
Synopsis, “Flight 139,” by Pat Kelly, 1976 August 16
Box   4
Folder   4
Screenplay, “Flight 139,” 1976 August 17
Box   4
Folder   5
Script, First Draft, “From These Lions,” by Don Carpenter, undated
Box   4
Folder   6
Production Notes, Step Outline, undated
Box   4
Folder   7
Shot Breakdown Cards, undated
Hail, Hero
Note: Cinema Center Films, 1969. National General Films.
Box   5
Folder   1
Script, by David Manber, circa 1969
Half-Way Cross the River
Note: Winters/Rosen Production, unproduced.
Box   5
Folder   2
Script, by Larry Alexander and Peter Dichter, undated
The Lot
Box   5
Folder   3
Script, by Phillip Carlson, circa 1969
Napoleon and Samantha
Note: Walt Disney Productions, 1972. Buena Vista Distribution Company.
Box   5
Folder   4
Script, Final, Part I and II, by Stewart Raffill, 1971 April 30
Oliver Petty
Note: Red Lion Productions, Production information unknown.
Box   5
Folder   5
Script, by Lowell Hjermstad, undated
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
Note: Fantasy Films, 1975. United Artists.
Box   5
Folder   6
Playscript, by Dale Wasserman, undated
Script
Box   5
Folder   7
First Draft, by William Peter Blatty, undated
Box   6
Folder   1
By Howard B. Kreitsek, undated
Box   6
Folder   2
By Ken Kesey, 1972
Box   6
Folder   3
First Draft, by Lawrence Hauben, 1973 November 1
Box   6
Folder   4
Second Draft, by Lawrence Hauben, 1973 December 12
Box   6
Folder   5
Second Draft, Revised, by Lawrence Hauben, 1974 January 3
Box   7
Folder   1
Final Draft, by Lawrence Hauben, 1974 March 18
Box   7
Folder   2
Final Draft, Revised, by Lawrence Hauben, 1974 June 21
Box   7
Folder   3
Revisions, assorted pages, by Lawrence Hauben, 1974 July 12
Box   7
Folder   4
Final Draft, Revised, by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman, 1974 July 26
Box   7
Folder   5
Final Draft, Revised, annotated, by Lawrence Hauben and Bo Goldman, 1974 December 5
Box   8
Folder   1
Annotated, undated
Box   8
Folder   2
Excerpts, annotated, undated
Box   8
Folder   3
Translation for Dubbing in German, undated
Box   22A
Folder   2
Story Outline Breakdown by Scene, undated
Box   8
Folder   4
Production File, circa 1974-1975
Box   8
Folder   5
General Correspondence, 1974 May 6-1976 April 24
Box   8
Folder   6
Comparative Gross Receipt Statement, 1975 December 17-25
Promotional Materials
Box   8
Folder   7
Preliminary Studio Materials, 1975
Box   8
Folder   8
Cast Biographies, undated
Box   8
Folder   9
Studio Press Kits, U.S. and Foreign, circa 1975
Box   8
Folder   10
World Tour Itineraries, 1975
Reviews
Box   9
Folder   1
Belgium, 1976
Box   9
Folder   2
Denmark, 1976
Box   9
Folder   3
England, 1976
Box   9
Folder   4-5
Foreign, General, 1976
Box   9
Folder   6
Germany, 1976
Box   9
Folder   7-8
United States, 1975-1976
Box   9
Folder   9
Interviews, 1975-1976
Press clippings, General
Box   9
Folder   10
Britain, 1976
Box   22A
Folder   3
Finland, 1976
Box   9
Folder   11
Foreign, 1976
Box   10
Folder   1
United States, 1975-1976
Press clippings, Specific
Box   10
Folder   2
Dourif, Brad and Sydney Lassick, 1975-1976
Box   10
Folder   3
Fletcher, Louise, 1975-1976
Box   10
Folder   4
Forman, Milos, 1976
Box   10
Folder   5
Kesey, Ken, 1975-1976
Box   10
Folder   6
Nicholson, Jack, 1975-1976
Box   10
Folder   7
Press clippings, Advertisements, 1975-1976
Box   22A
Folder   4
Press clippings, Advertisements, 1976
AB 974
Film, Michael Douglas in Rio
Physical Description: 1 reel; 433 feet; sound; color; 16 mm archival positive 
Note: TV Globo [1976?]
Scope and Content Note: Rough-cut of documentary on Michael Douglas in Rio de Janeiro for the Brazilian opening of One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. Footage of Douglas dancing with costumed women at a festival, interviews of audience reactions after film screening, interviews of Douglas discussing the film and its success, silent footage of Douglas walking through parking lot and departing in limousine.
U.S. Mss 176AN
Red Lion Affair
Box   10
Folder   8
Script, First Draft, by Lowell Hjermstad, undated
Summertree
Note: Byrna Productions, 1971. Columbia Pictures.
Box   10
Folder   9
Script, First Draft, by Ron Cowen, 1968 May
Box   10
Folder   10
Script, First Draft, by Stephen Yafa, undated
Box   10
Folder   11
Script, by Ed Hume, undated
Box   10
Folder   12
Script, Final Draft, by Ed Hume, undated
Box   11
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Edward Hume, 1970 March 13
Box   11
Folder   2
Shooting Schedule and Notes, 1970 March-May
The Terrible Crimes of Chester Fume
Note: Production information unknown
Box   11
Folder   3
Script, undated
Subseries: Television
As Berlin Goes (So Goes Europe)
Note: Production information unknown
Box   11
Folder   4
Script, by George Menzies and Roy Wright, and Miscellany, circa 1962
The Streets of San Francisco
Note: Quinn Martin Productions, 1972-1977. Original telecast on ABC.
“The Thirty-Year Pin,” #186227
Box   11
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, by Robert Lewin, 1972 June 6
“Forty-five Minutes from Home,” #186228
Box   11
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by Robert I. Holt, 1972 June 19
“In the Midst of Strangers,” #186229
Box   11
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, by Del Reisman, 1972 July 7
“Hall of Mirrors,” #186230
Box   11
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, by Walter Black, 1972 June 26
“Tower beyond Tragedy,” #186232
Box   11
Folder   9
Script, by Mort Fine, 1972 July 17
“Bitter Wine,” #186233
Box   11
Folder   10
Script, Final Draft, by Hal Sitowitz, 1972 July 27
“Whose Little Boy Are You?,” #186234
Box   11
Folder   11
Script, Final Draft, by Cliff Gould and Donn Mullaly, 1972 August 9
“A Trout in the Milk,” #186235
Box   12
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, by Robert Malcolm Young, 1972 August 16
Box   12
Folder   2
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Robert Malcolm Young, 1972 August 16-17
“Timelock,” #186236
Box   12
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, by Charles A. McDaniel, Cliff Gould, John Wilder, 1972 August 22
“The Takers,” #186237
Box   12
Folder   4
Script, Final Draft, by Guerdon Trueblood, John Wilder, and Cliff Gould, 1972 September 5
“A Collection of Eagles,” #186238
Box   12
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, by Robert I. Holt, 1972 September 7
“The Set-Up,” #186239
Box   12
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by William Roberts, 1972 September 21
“The Year of the Locusts,“ #186241
Box   12
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, by Theodore J. Flicker, 1972 October 6
“A Room with a View,” #186242
Box   12
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, by Del Reisman and Cliff Gould, 1972 October 19
“Act of Duty,” #186243
Box   12
Folder   9
Script, Final Draft, by Robert Malcolm Young, 1972 October 23
“Deathwatch,” #186244
Box   12
Folder   10
Script, Final Draft, by Harry Kronman, John Groves, and Cliff Gould, 1972 October 31
“Shattered Image,” #186245
Box   12
Folder   11
Script, Final Draft, by Guerdon Trueblood and John Wilder, based on a story by Guerdon Trueblood, Jack Guss, and Roland Wolpert, 1972 November 14
“The Unicorn,” #186246
Box   13
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, by Jerry Ziegman and Mort Fine, based on a story by Jerry Ziegman, 1972 November 27
“Deadline,” #186247
Box   13
Folder   2
Script, Final Draft, by David Friedkin, Cliff Gould and John Wilder, 1972 November 30
“Trail of the Serpent,” #186248
Box   13
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, by Cliff Gould and John Wilder, 1972 December 8
“The House on Hyde Street,” #186250
Box   13
Folder   4
Script, Final Draft, by John Wilder, based on the story by Cliff Osmond, 1972 December 28
“Betrayed,” #5002
Box   13
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, by Mark Wangart, 1973 May 18
“Most Feared in the Jungle,” #5003
Box   13
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by Jerome Coopersmith, 1973 May 25
“A Wrongful Death,” #5004
Box   3
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, by Edward DeBlasio, 1973 May 29
“The Twenty-Four Karat Plague,” #5005
Box   13
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, by Robert Malcolm Young, 1973 June 4
“Going Home,” #5006
Box   13
Folder   9
Script, Final Draft, by Jack B. Sowards, 1973 June 6
“Before I Die,” #5007
Box   13
Folder   10
Script, Final Draft, by Albert Ruben, 1973 June 15
“For the Love of God,” #5008
Box   14
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, by Rick Husky, 1973 July 12
“Crossfire,” #5009
Box   14
Folder   2
Script, Final Draft, by Jerry McNeely, 1973 July 12
“The Stamp of Death,” #5010
Box   14
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, by Robert I. Holt, 1973 August 12
“Harem,” #5011
Box   14
Folder   4
Script, Final Draft, by John D.F. Black, 1973 August 9
“No Badge for Benjy,” #5012
Box   14
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, by George Bellack, 1973 August 17
“Shield of Honor,” #5013
Box   14
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by Dorothy Fontana, 1973 August 22
“Save the Children,” #5014
Box   14
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, by Robert Malcolm Young, 1973 September 6
“The Victims,” #5015
Box   14
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, annotated, by Jerome Coopersmith, 1973 September 17
“Winterkill,” #5016
Box   14
Folder   9
Script, Final Draft, by Jack B. Sowards, 1973 September 20
“Blockade,” #5017
Box   14
Folder   10
Script, Final Draft, by James Menzies, based on the story by Adrian Spies, 1973 October 1
“Commitment,” #5018
Box   15
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, by John D. F. Black, 1973 October 9
“The Hard Breed,” #5019
Box   15
Folder   2
Script, Final Draft, by Jim Byner, based on the story by Ron Bishop, 1973 October 22
“Chapel of the Damned,” #5020
Box   15
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, by Robert Schlitt, 1973 October 28
“A String of Puppets,” #5021
Box   15
Folder   4
Script, Final Draft, by Mark Wiengart, based on a story by James Schmerer, 1973 November 15
“Inferno,” #5022
Box   15
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, by James M. Miller, 1973 November 14
“Death and the Favored Few,” #5023
Box   15
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by Gene L. Coon, 1973 December 5
“Rampage,” #5024
Box   15
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, by Albert Ruben, 1973 December 6
“One Last Shot,” #5051
Box   15
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, by Jack B. Sowards, 1974 April 19
“Target: Red,” #5052
Box   15
Folder   9
Script, Final Draft by Rick Husky, 1974 April 19
“Solitaire,” #5054
Box   15
Folder   10
Script, Final Draft, by Dorothy C. Fontana, 1974 May 8
“Birds of Prey,” #5055
Box   16
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, by Guerdon Trueblood, 1974 August 22
“The Gun,” #5056
Box   16
Folder   2
Script, Final Draft, by Tony Kaden and Michael Russnow, 1974 June 2
“Mask of Death,” #5057
Box   16
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, by Robert Malcolm Young, 1974 June 11
“One Chance to Live,” #5058
Box   16
Folder   4
Script, Final Draft, by David Friedkin, 1974 June 12
“Flags of Terror,” #5060
Box   16
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, by Jerry Ziegman, 1974 August 16
“Jacob's Boy,” #5061
Box   16
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by Paul Savage, 1974 July 1
“For Good or Evil,” #5062
Box   16
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, by Mort Fine, 1974 July 9
“Cry Help,” #5065
Box   16
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, by Larry Brody, based on a story by Leonardo Bercouici, 1974 August 15
“Mister Nobody,” #5066
Box   16
Folder   9
Script, Final Draft, by Robert Sherman, 1974 September 9
“False Witness,” #5067
Box   17
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, by Mort Fine, 1974 September 25
“Letters from the Grave,” #5068
Box   17
Folder   2
Script, Final Draft, by Tom Cannan, 1974 October 3
“Labyrinth,” #5069
Box   17
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, by Del Reisman, 1974 October 10
“Endgame,” #5070
Box   17
Folder   4
Script, Final Draft, by Albert Ruben, 1974 October 11
“The Programming of Charlie Black,” #5072
Box   17
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, by Richard Danus, 1974 November 5
“Asylum,” #5073
Box   17
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by Larry Brody, 1974 November 15
“I Ain't Marchin' Anymore,” #165
Box   17
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, by Albert Ruben, 1974 May 7
“Trail of Terror,” #185
Box   17
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, by Jim Byrnes, 1975 April 14
Box   17
Folder   9
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Jim Byrnes, 1975 April 14-July 9
“Murder by Proxy,” #186
Box   18
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, by Eugene Price, 1975 May 7
“Poisoned Snow,” #187
Box   18
Folder   2
Script, Final Draft, by Paul Savage, 1975 April 9
Box   18
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Paul Savage, 1975 April 9-May 15
“Men Will Die,” #188
Box   18
Folder   4
Script, Final Draft, by Shirl Hendrix, 1975 May 27
“School of Fear,” #189
Box   18
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, by Brad Radmitz, 1975 May 12
“Deadly Silence,” #190
Box   18
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by John W. Block, 1975 April 11
“Web of Lies,” #191
Box   18
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, by Leonard Cantor, 1975 June 13
Box   18
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Leonard Cantor, 1975 June 13-July 22
“The Glass Dartboard,” #192
Box   18
Folder   9
Script, Final Draft, by Sean Baine, 1975 April 18
“Prelude to Terror,” #193
Box   18
Folder   10
Script, Final Draft, by Robert Malcolm Young, 1975 April 24
Box   19
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Robert Malcolm Young, 1975 April 24-May 28
“Dead Air,” #195
Box   19
Folder   2
Script, Final Draft, by Marvin Paul Kupfer, 1975 July 14
Box   19
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Marvin Paul Kupfer, 1975 July 14-August 5
“Merchants of Death,” #196
Box   19
Folder   4
Script, Final Draft, by Joseph Polizzi, 1975 June 19
Box   19
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Joseph Polizzi, 1975 June 19-July 2
“Most Likely to Succeed,” #197
Box   19
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by John Hess, 1975 August 1
Box   19
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by John Hess, 1975 August 1-14
“Alien Country,” #198
Box   19
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, by Larry Brody, 1975 August 13
“Requiem for Murder,” #200
Box   19
Folder   9
Script, Final Draft, by James J. Sweeney, 1975 September 25
“Superstar,” #202
Box   19
Folder   10
Script, Final Draft, by Mort Fine, 1975 July 7
“Spooks for Sale,” #203
Box   19
Folder   11
Script, Final Draft, by Albert Ruben, 1975 August 19
Box   20
Folder   1
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Albert Ruben, 1975 August 19-September 4
“Judgment Day,” #204
Box   20
Folder   2
Script, Final Draft, by Ron Buck, 1975 October 24
“Runaway,” #206
Box   20
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, by Paul Savage, 1975 September 5
“The Cat's Paw,” #5113
Box   20
Folder   4
Script, Final Draft, by Dorothy C. Fontana, 1975 August 11
Box   20
Folder   5
Script, Final Draft, Revised, by Dorothy C. Fontana, 1975 August 11-20
“The Honorable Profession,” #5120
Box   20
Folder   6
Script, Final Draft, by Paul Robert Coyle, 1975 October 16
“Underground,” #5122
Box   20
Folder   7
Script, Final Draft, by Sean Baine, based on a story by Philip Stazman, 1975 October 29
“Clown of Death,” #5123
Box   20
Folder   8
Script, Final Draft, by Arthur Rowe, 1975 November 6
“The Jury is Out,” #9010-7601
Box   20
Folder   9
Script, Final Draft, by Cliff Gould, 1976 May 20
When Michael Calls
Note: Twentieth Century Fox Television, February 5, 1972. Originally shown on ABC Movie of the Weekend
Box   20
Folder   10
Script, First Draft, Revised, by James Bridges, 1971 November 8-17
Subseries: Theater
The City Scene
Note: New York: 1968, Fortune Theatre.
Box   21
Folder   1
Script, by Frank Gagliano, undated
Henry IV
Note: Santa Barbara: November 13, 1976, Main Theatre on the University of California at Santa Barbara campus.
Box   21
Folder   2
Announcement, Reviews, 1967 November 13-18
Love Is a Time of Day
Note: Paramus, New Jersey: July 1, 1969, Playhouse on the Mall.
Box   21
Folder   3
Script, annotated, by John Patrick, undated
Box   21
Folder   3
Music, “The Incinerator Hour,” by Mildred Kayder, undated
Box   21
Folder   4
Playbill, Correspondence, Reviews, 1969 July 1-13
Muzeeka
Note: Santa Barbara: [1969?], University of California at Santa Barbara campus.
Box   21
Folder   5
Script, by John Guare, undated
Pinkville (8)
Note: New York: March 17, 1971, American Place Theater.
Box   21
Folder   6
Script, Rehearsal, by George Tabori, 1970 December 15
Box   21
Folder   7
Music, 1970
Series: Part 2: 1980 Additions, 1934-1980
Subseries: Motion Pictures
Ain't Misbehavin
Box   22B
Folder   1
Synopsis, by Jack Weinstein and Pacy Markham, undated
Altered States
Note: Simcha Productions Inc., 1980. Warner Bros.
Box   22B
Folder   2
Script, by Paddy Chayefsky, 1978
And Like That
Box   22B
Folder   3
Treatment, by James E. Colaneri and Ronald P. Johannes, 1976
... And Nothing But The Truth
Note: Inter Planetary Productions Corporation. Production information unknown.
Box   22B
Folder   4
Script, First Draft, by Jeremy Paul Kegan, 1980 January 16
Anna
Box   22B
Folder   5
Script, by Ralph DeVito, undated
April 17th 1961
Box   22B
Folder   6
Script, by Charles Eastman, undated
Badlands
Note: 1973, Warner Bros.
Box   22B
Folder   7
Script, Third Draft, by Terrance Malick, 1972 June
A Beginning At Parsons Mill
Box   22B
Folder   8
Script, by Claude Traverse, undated
Big Shad's Revenge
Box   22B
Folder   9
Script, by Max Evans, undated
The Braden Ordeal
Note: Palamino Productions Inc. Production information unknown.
Box   22B
Folder   10
Script, by Robert Mann, undated
The Brave
Note: Prologue Productions. Production information unknown.
Box   22B
Folder   11
Script, First Draft, by Alvin Bortez and Edward Adler, undated
The Candy Factory
Box   22B
Folder   12
Script, author unknown, undated
Cheap Labor (Jaun sin tierra)
Box   22B
Folder   13
Screenstory, by Alfonso Arau and Jorge Bustemante, 1977 January
Cheek-To-Cheek
Note: Weston Productions, undated. MGM Studios.
Box   22B
Folder   14
Script, Second Draft, by Bob Merrill, undated
China Syndrome
Note: Michael Douglas/IPC Films, 1979. Columbia.
Box   22B
Folder   15
Script, Third Draft, by Mike and Carol Gray, 1975 October 26
Box   22B
Folder   16
Script, First Draft, “Eyewitness,” by James Bridges, 1977 November 11
Box   22B
Folder   17
Script, First Draft with revisions, “Eyewitness,” by James Bridges, 1977 December 3
Box   22B
Folder   18
Story Outline, Second Draft, “Eyewitness,” 1977 December 29
Research Materials
Box   22B
Folder   19
Pamphlets printed by The Union of Concerned Citizens, 1974-1976
Box   22B
Folder   20
Magazine Articles, 1974-1976
Box   22B
Folder   21
Pamphlet, Nuclear Power From Diablo Canyon, published by Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 1976 May
Box   22B
Folder   22
Newspaper clippings about Nuclear Power Plants, 1973, 1974, undated
Box   22B
Folder   23
Pencil set design drawings of nuclear power plant; Engineering drawings of Diablo Canyon Power Plant Units 1 and 2
Box   22B
Folder   24
Engineering drawings of Trojan Nuclear Power Plant control boards
Box   22B
Folder   25
Engineering drawings of a nuclear power plant
Box   22B
Folder   26
Photographs of a nuclear power plant control panel; the inside of a nuclear plant under construction; and the control room of Commonwealth Edison's Dresden Station
Comeback
Note: Hall Bartlett Films, Production information unknown.
Box   22B
Folder   27
Script, by Hall Bartlett, undated
Computer Slip
Box   23
Folder   1
Film treatment, by Laura Hart, 1977
Convoy
Note: Layton Productions, 1978. United Artists.
Box   23
Folder   2
Script, First Draft, by B.W.L. Norton, 1976 May 27
Cruise
Box   23
Folder   3
Script, by Kenny Solms and Gail Parent, 1975 September 10
The Day The Clown Cried
Box   23
Folder   4
Script, by Joan O'Brien and Charles Denton, undated
Dead Line
Box   23
Folder   5
Script, First Draft, Larry Alexander and Marc B. Ray, undated
Double Dare
Box   23
Folder   6
Film treatment, by Laura Hart, 1977
Easy Money
Note: Aspen Film Society, undated. Paramount.
Box   23
Folder   7
Revised First Draft, by Steve Martin and Carl Gottlieb, 1977 April
Emeralds
Box   23
Folder   8
Screen Treatment, by James E. Colaneri, 1977 January
Escape
Box   23
Folder   9
Script, Second Draft, by Michael Zagor, 1979 March 14
The Evangelist
Note: Jay Weston Productions, undated. MGM.
Box   23
Folder   10
Script, by Chuck Ashman, undated
Box   23
Folder   11
Script, Revised First Draft, by Chuck Ashman, 1978 October 10
Fifty-Fifty
Box   23
Folder   12
Script, by Eric Roth, 1972 June 20
The Finish Line
Box   23
Folder   13
Script, by Glen Olson and Rod Baker, undated
Footprints
Note: Laurel Ledge Films Inc. Production information unknown.
Box   23
Folder   14
Script, by William Darrid, undated
Full Tilt Fever
Box   23
Folder   15
Script, Second Draft, by Anthony Foutz, 1971 May 4
Gas Pains
Note: Nelvana Ltd. Production information unknown.
Box   23
Folder   16
Script, Second Draft, by Larry Mollin, 1979
Going Back
Box   23
Folder   17
Script, by Allan C. Hubbard, 1977
Grass Land
Note: Max L. Raab Productions. Production information unknown.
Box   23
Folder   18
Revised First Draft, by Leo Garen, 1971 May
Greatamerica
Note: Bellisle Productions Inc. Production information unknown.
Box   23
Folder   19
Script, by Paul Young, undated
Guinea Pigs Die Every Day
Box   23
Folder   20
Script, by Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito, 1978 May 7
Hard East
Box   23
Folder   21
Script, by John Sherlock and David Westheimer, undated
Hart
Box   24
Folder   1
Script, by William Darrid, undated
High Road To China
Note: Paul Heller Productions, 1983. Warner Bros.
Box   24
Folder   2
Script, Revised, by Jonathan Hales, 1979 May 1
Higher Education
Box   24
Folder   3
Script, First Draft, by James R. Lance, 1977 October
Home Front
Box   24
Folder   4
Script, by William Darrid, 1976
The Hoodwink
Box   24
Folder   5
Script, by Bob Hyman and Laura Hart, 1973
The Innocent Killer
Box   24
Folder   6
Script, by Ed. E. Carroll, 1977
Inside Moves
Note: Goodmark/Richard Donner, undated. Production information unknown.
Box   24
Folder   7
Script, First Draft, by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson, 1979 October 12
Jeeney Ray
Box   24
Folder   8
Script by Arthur Mazzeo, undated
The Jim Crow Voodoo Patrol
Box   24
Folder   9
Script, by Stanley Weiser, 1975
The Last Countdown
Note: Bryna Company. Production information unknown.
Box   24
Folder   10
Script, Revised Draft, by David Ambrose and Gerry Davis, 1978 November 7
The Last Detail
Note: Acrobat Films, 1973. Columbia.
Box   24
Folder   11
Script, Revised First Draft, by Robert Towne, undated
Last Man At Arlington
Note: Kings Road Productions, Production information unknown.
Box   24
Folder   12
Script, by Tom Lazarus, undated
The Learning Process
Box   24
Folder   13
Script, by Charles M. Wilborn, undated
Lethal Gas
Note: Bub Yorkin Productions Inc., Production information unknown.
Box   24
Folder   14
Script, First Draft, by Darryl Ponicsan, 1977 August 1
Loophole
Note: Brent Walker Film Productions Inc. Production information unknown.
Box   24
Folder   15
Script, by Roger Marshall and Jonathan Hales, undated
Lost City
Box   24
Folder   16
Script, First Draft, by Leon Capetanos, undated
The Milkrun or The Aerodynamic Lovesong of Eddie Maclean
Box   24
Folder   17
Script, by Lawrence Hauben, undated
Mr. Horn
Note: Lorimar Productions Inc. Production information unknown.
Box   24
Folder   18
Script, by William Goldman, 1975 August
Monday
Note: Selznick/Glickman Productions. Production information unknown.
Box   25
Folder   1
Script, by Gerald DiPego, 1976
Mother Jones
Note: Filmways Inc. Production information unknown.
Box   25
Folder   2
Script, First Draft, by Joanna Jane Crawford, 1976 April
My Mother The General
Note: Oron Film Productions Ltd. Production information unknown.
Box   25
Folder   3
Script, by Eli Saghi, undated
Nathan Chang
Box   25
Folder   4
Script, by Thomas Y. Drake and Jon Edward Manson, undated
Night Rider
Box   25
Folder   5
Screen Treatment, by Jerrold Freedman, undated
Northways
Note: August Productions. Production information unknown.
Box   25
Folder   6
Script, by Ken Trevey, undated
Outlaw Blues
Note: Steve Tish Productions, 1977. Warner Bros.
Box   25
Folder   7
Script, Revised First Draft, by B.W.L. Norton, 1976 January 21
Owen Butler
Box   25
Folder   8
Script, by Joseph C. Gillette, undated
Pancho Villa and Ambrose Bierce
Box   25
Folder   9
Script, by Edwin Shrake, undated
Predictor
Box   25
Folder   10
Script, by John Groves, undated
The Prisoner
Box   25
Folder   11
Screen Treatment, by Neil Tardio, 1978
Prometheus One
Box   25
Folder   12
Script, by Denne Bart Petitclerc, undated
The Pull and the Puma
Box   25
Folder   13
Script, by Robin Hardy, 1976 September
Rabbit Hunt
Box   25
Folder   14
Script, First Draft, by Laura Hart, 1976
The Raping of Larry Young
Box   25
Folder   15
Script, by Clifford Strong, 1976
Red Alert
Note: Jozak Company, 1977. Paramount.
Box   25
Folder   16
Script, Second Draft, by Sandor Stern, 1976 September 27
Right in the Middle of Her Forehead
Box   25
Folder   17
Script, by Elizabeth Gill, 1972
Roots
Box   25
Folder   18
Script, by Thomas Rickman, 1970 November
Rosa's Park
Box   25
Folder   19
Script, by Ralph Waite, 1977
Running
Note: Buena Vista Film Productions Inc., 1979. Universal.
Box   26
Folder   1
Script, by Steven Hilliard Stern, undated
Shootout at the Royal Hotel
Box   26
Folder   2
Script, by Fred Freeman and Lawrence C. Cohen, 1974 August 29
Scalawag
Note: Bryna Company, 1973. Paramount.
Box   26
Folder   3
Script, Final Draft, by Sid Fleischman and Albert Maltz, 1971 December 17
The Second Stringer
Note: Gamut Enterprises. Production information unknown.
Box   26
Folder   4
Script, First Draft, by Paul Leslie Pell and Leo V. Gordon, undated
The Sidelong Glances of a Pigeon Kicker
Note: Laurel Ledge Films Inc., 1971. Plaza Pictures.
Box   26
Folder   5
Script, First Draft, by Ron Whyte, undated
Slap Shot
Note: Kings Road, 1977. Universal.
Box   26
Folder   6
Script, by Nancy Dowd, undated
Snowfall
Box   26
Folder   7
Script, by T.S. Cook, undated
Soldier Blue
Note: Katzka-Loeb Productions, 1970. Avco-Embassy.
Box   26
Folder   8
Script, by John Gay, 1969 July 28
Sometimes Life's Tough, Ain't It, Providence?
Box   26
Folder   9
Script, by Dean Craig, undated
Sophomores
Box   26
Folder   10
Script, by Allen Hubbard, 1976
A Spear in the Hand
Box   26
Folder   11
Script, by Antonio Santean, undated
Steel Meat
Box   26
Folder   12
Script, by Striblin Griffin and Mary Frank, undated
The Stray
Box   26
Folder   13
Script, by Robert Butler, undated
Tenderfoot
Note: Bryna Company, Production information unknown.
Box   26
Folder   14
Script, by Kenward Cosper, 1971
The Tiger Boys
Box   26
Folder   15
Screen Treatment, by William Darrid, undated
Tilt
Note: Rudy Durand Productions, Ltd., 1979. Warner Bros.
Box   26
Folder   16
Script, Final Draft, by Rudy Durand and Donald Cammell, 1976 April 15
The Tragedy of King Myron I
Box   26
Folder   17
Script, by Jack Raymond, 1977
The Treasure of El Sangay
Box   26
Folder   18
Script, by Bill and Jo LaMond, undated
Two-Penny Sparrow
Box   26
Folder   19
Script, by Thomas Rickman, 1971, July 30
The Ultimate Game
Box   26
Folder   20
Screen Treatment, by James E. Colaneri, 1976
Used Cars
Box   26
Folder   21
Script, Revised First Draft, by Zemeckis and Gale, 1979, June 29
The Virgin Pearl
Box   27
Folder   1
Script, by Ross Thomas, undated
The Window
Box   27
Folder   2
Script, no author, undated
Winter Kills
Note: 1979. Avco-Embassy.
Box   27
Folder   3
Script, by William Richert, undated
The Wounded Eagle
Box   27
Folder   4
Script, by Joseph Dryansky, undated
Young Man With a Horn
Note: Bryna Company, Production information unknown.
Box   27
Folder   5
Script, by Lonne Elder III, undated
Subseries: Television
Baretta
Note: 1975 - 1978, Original telecast on ABC.
“The Dippers,” #43432
Box   27
Folder   6
Script, Revised, by T.S. Cook, 1975 December 16
Days of Terror
Box   27
Folder   7
Six Episode Outline, by William Darrid, undated
Is That An Actor!
Box   27
Folder   8
Script, Second Draft, by Gary Cohen, 1979 February
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Note: MTM Enterprises, 1970 - 1977, Original telecast on CBS.
“A Girl Like Mary,” #7415
Box   27
Folder   9
Script, Second Draft, by Ann Gibbs and Joel Kimmel, 1974 September 22
Nero Wolfe
Box   27
Folder   10-12
Synopses of mysteries written by Rex Stout, 1934 July 30-1968 July 1
The Practice
Note: Danny Thomas Productions, 1976-1977. Original telecast on NBC.
“The Unsinkable Molly Gibbons,” #4809
Box   27
Folder   13
Script, Second Draft, by Ann Gibbs and Joel Kimmel, 1976 February 3
Revenge for Entebbe
Box   27
Folder   14
Outline, by James E. Colaneri, undated
Summer of My German Soldier
Note: 1971, NBC.
Box   27
Folder   15
Script, by Richard Chapman and Jeff Rubin, 1976 August 21
The Users
Note: 1978, ABC.
Box   27
Folder   16
Screen Treatment, by Brian Case, undated
We Won!
Box   27
Folder   17
Script, First Draft, by Nancy Sackett, 1974 December
Subseries: Theater
Bent
Box   27
Folder   18
Script, by Martin Sherman, 1977
A Circle on the Ground
Box   27
Folder   19
Script, by John Groves, 1969
The Gold of Cherry Mine
Box   27
Folder   20
Script, by David Wagoner, undated
The Happy Hunter
Box   27
Folder   21
Script, by Georges Feydeau, 1972 June
Love Is a Time of Day
Box   27
Folder   22
Script, by John Patrick, undated
Meanwhile Back in the Womb, or Inside Myrtle Sturdevant
Box   27
Folder   23
Script, by David Morgan, 1971
Operation Sidewinder
Box   27
Folder   24
Script, by Sam Shepard, 1969
A Place on the Magdelana Flats
Box   28
Folder   1
Script, by Preston S. Jones, 1975
Subseries: Books
The Appointment
Box   28
Folder   2-6
Novel, by Stephen J. Kasold, 1978
Levithan
Box   28
Folder   7-11
Uncorrected Manuscript, by John Gordon Davis, undated
The Moonstruck Mandate
Novel, by James L. Conway, undated
Box   28
Folder   12-13
pp. 1 - 132
Box   29
Folder   1-3
pp. 133 - 354
Young Men with Unlimited Capital
Box   29
Folder   4
Nonfiction, by Joel Rosenman, John Roberts, and Robert Pilpel, 1969
Subseries: Miscellany
Box   29
Folder   5
Correspondence, 1977, undated
Box   29
Folder   6
Catalogue of Screen and Television Properties by James E. Colaneri, Marvin Watnick, and Ronald P. Johannes, undated
Box   29
Folder   7
Untitled Script, by Charles N. Wilborn, undated
Audio 1169A
Subseries: Audio Recordings
1169A/1
Monologue
1169A/2
[number does not exist]
1169A/3
Mike Douglas, Entertainment West
1169A/4
Mike Douglas, Cuckoo's Nest
1169A/5
R.P. McMurphy, Nobody's Foul/Faces, I Sure As Hell Tried