Charles E. Brown Papers, 1889-1945

Container Title
Plays
Box   1
Folder   19
Original Dialogue for Plays in Which Holm Performed
Box   1
Folder   20-21
Playbills for Plays in Which Holm Performed
Box   1
Folder   22
Radio Plays and One-Act Plays
Banjo Eyes (musical comedy, premiered December 25, 1941)
Box   1
Folder   23
Typescript Carbon Script, from a book by Quillan and Elinson, from a play by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, 1941, and News clippings
Box   1
Folder   24
Playbills from Banjo Eyes, Best Foot Forward, Brighten the Corner, and Sweethearts
Best Foot Forward (musical comedy)
Box   1
Folder   25
Typescript Carbon Script of “Young Man's Fancy” (early version of Best Foot Forward), by John Cecil Holm, circa 1948(?)
Box   2
Folder   1
Outlines and Notes, Typescript Carbon Script (annotated) of “And One for the Lady” (early version of Best Foot Forward), by John Cecil Holm, undated
Box   2
Folder   2
Mimeo Script, undated
Box   2
Folder   3
Revised Mimeo Script (First Draft for Off-Broadway Production at Stage 73, April 1963, New York), book by Holm, music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane (annotated), circa 1963
Box   2
Folder   4
Prompt Book for Stage 73 Production, April 1963
Box   2
Folder   5
News Clippings and Reviews
“The Boy Who Saw Tomorrow” (dramatization by Holm of the book by Ian Niall)
Box   2
Folder   6
Draft Script, copyright 1966
Box   2
Folder   7
Draft Script, circa 1966
Brighten the Corner (comedy)
Box   2
Folder   8
Typescript Carbon Script of “Here Comes Harvey” (early version of Brighten the Corner), by John Cecil Holm
Box   2
Folder   8
Mimeo Script, undated
Box   2
Folder   9
Changes in Published Version and News Clippings
“Charley Woodson and the Three Gumberts” (comedy, unproduced?)
Box   2
Folder   10
First Draft(?), typescript Carbon of “The Widows' Friend” (early version of “Charley Woodson and the Three Gumberts”), by John Cecil Holm, 1963
Box   2
Folder   11
Outline of Second Rewrite (Third Draft), February 14, 1963
Box   2
Folder   12
Revised Second Draft, Typescript, circa March 7, 1963
Box   2
Folder   13
Mimeo Script, circa 1964
Box   2
Folder   14
Typescript Carbon and Revised Mimeo Script, circa August 31, 1965
“The Filly from Flatbush” (unproduced comedy)
Box   2
Folder   15
Typescript “Finished Draft,” by John Cecil Holm and Charles K. Peck, Jr., copyright 1946
“Forever Yesterday” (unproduced)
Box   2
Folder   16
Typescript Carbon Script, by John Cecil Holm, copyright 1941
“Four Cents a Word” (production cancelled during rehearsals, later made into the film Blonde Inspiration)
Box   2
Folder   17
Two Drafts (typescript and carbon), both labeled “Final Draft,” by John Cecil Holm, January 27, 1938
“Golden Harvest” (unproduced?)
Box   2
Folder   18
Mimeo Script, by John Cecil Holm, undated
Gramercy Ghost (comedy)
Box   2
Folder   19
Typescript Carbon Script, by John Cecil Holm, undated; Outline and Notes, , 1946; Program, , 1971; Playbill; Newsclippings
Box   2
Folder   20
Playbills from Gramercy Ghost and Southwest Corner
“Growing Weather” (unproduced)
Box   2
Folder   21
Typescript Script, by John Cecil Holm, circa 1945
Box   2
Folder   21
Typescript Carbon Script, circa 1945
Box   3
Folder   1
Typescript Script, circa 1945
“Play That Tune” (unproduced)
Box   3
Folder   2
Typescript, by John Cecil Holm, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson, circa February 17, 1937
The Southwest Corner
Box   3
Folder   3
Mimeo Script, by John Cecil Holm, based on the book by Mildred Walker
Box   3
Folder   3
Revised Mimeo Script, September 1954
Box   3
Folder   3
Typescript Carbon of Act III, January 30, 1955
Box   3
Folder   3
Notes by Holm
Box   3
Folder   3
Reviews and News Clippings
Sweethearts (operetta; New York, Shubert Theater, January 21, 1947)
Box   3
Folder   4
Typescript Carbon Script, book by Harry B. Smith and Fred de Gresac, rewritten by John Cecil Holm, circa 1947; and Newsclippings
Three Men on a Horse (comedy)
Box   3
Folder   5
Typescript Carbon Script (First Draft) of “Hobby Horses” (early version of Three Men on a Horse), by John Cecil Holm, circa 1934
Box   3
Folder   6
Early Drafts of “Hobby-Horses”
Box   3
Folder   7
Two Early Drafts of “Hobby-Horses,” and Typescript Carbon of Act II, Scene 2
Box   3
Folder   8
Later Typescript and Typescript Carbon Versions of “Hobby Horses”
Box   3
Folder   9
Typescript, Typescript Carbon, and Outline for Changes of “Hobby Horses”
Box   3
Folder   10
Typescript Carbon (“Rough Copy of Final Revised”), by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, December 12, 1934
Box   3
Folder   10
Typescript Carbon of Three Men on a Horse, by John Cecil Holm and George Abbott, (possibly that used for Washington, D.C. rehearsals and New York opening, January 30, 1955)
Box   3
Folder   11
Typescript Carbon (work script with cues and directions, probably for summer stock)
Box   3
Folder   11
Mimeo Script
Box   3
Folder   11
Holm's Notes and Summary of Productions
Box   3
Folder   12
News Clippings
Box   3
Folder   13
Playbills
Box   5
Volume   1
Scrapbook, 1934-1979
Box   3
Folder   14
Television Adaptation, Script by John Cecil Holm, George Abbott, with Elliott Sullivan, for The Prudential Family Playhouse, aired November 2l 1950