ZIV-TV Production Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 7.7, circa 1949-1958


Summary Information
Title: ZIV-TV Production Files: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 7.7
Inclusive Dates: circa 1949-1958

Creators:
  • ZIV Television (Firm)
  • United Artists Corporation
Call Number: U.S. Mss 99AN/7.7

Quantity: 23.6 cubic feet (10 records center cartons and 36 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Production files for several ZIV television series syndicated by United Artists, variously including daily filming reports, shooting schedules, cost lists, contracts, breakdowns, producers' notes and memoranda, and special material such as extended comments prepared by Herbert Philbrick for I Led Three Lives and by the United States Military Academy Film Board for West Point. This series does not include production information for all of the programs for which the collection includes scripts as part of Series 7.2.

Note:

Forms part of the United Artists Corporation collection.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-99an0077
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Arrangement of the Materials

The production files are arranged alphabetically by title and thereunder (as they were by ZIV) either by four-digit post-production number (for example, 1001) by pre-production number (for example, IB), or sometimes by a combination of these two schemes.

Contents List
U.S. Mss 99AN/7.7
Adventures at Scott Island
Box   1
Folder   1-5
1001-1026
Box   1
Folder   6-8
Correspondence, notes, outlines
Bat Masterson
Box   1
Folder   9-12
1B-14B
Box   1
Folder   13
Miscellany
Boston Blackie
Box   1
Folder   14-16
1B-5B
Box   2
6B-23B
Box   3
24B-41B
Box   4
Folder   1
42B-44B
Box   4
Folder   2-7
46B-58B
Cisco Kid
1949
Cycle 1
Box   5
Folder   1
Chapter 1-2, Production file
Box   5
Folder   2
Chapters 1-13, Completion file
1950
Cycle 1
Box   5
Folder   3
Pickups
Box   5
Folder   4
Miscellany
Box   5
Folder   5
Chapters 3, 5-8, 10-13, Production file
Box   5
Folder   6
Chapters 4 and 9, Production file
Cycle 2
Box   5
Folder   2
Chapters 14, 21-26, Production file
Box   5
Folder   8
Chapters 14-26, General folder
Box   5
Folder   9
Chapters 14-26, Completion file
Box   5
Folder   10
Chapters 14-26, Miscellany
Box   5
Folder   11
Chapters 15-20, Production file
1951-1955
Box   6
27B-42B
Box   7
43B-60B
Box   8
61B-78B
Box   9
79B-100B
Box   10
101B-121B
Box   11
122B-144B
Box   12
Folder   1-3
145B-156B
Box   12
Folder   4
Agreements
Box   12
Folder   5
Comic strip publicity
Box   12
Folder   6
Expenditure reports
Box   12
Folder   7
Guild contracts and daily production reports for cast
Box   12
Folder   8
Memoranda, 1951-1955
Shooting schedules
Box   12
Folder   9
Chapters 1-2
Box   13
Chapters 14-26
Dr. Christian
Box   14
Folder   1-39
1B-39B
Box   14
Folder   40
Memoranda, 1955-1956
Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre
Box   14
Folder   42-47
1B-8B
Box   16
9B-24B
Box   15
25B-39B
Box   17
Folder   1
Musical folder
Box   17
Folder   2
Memoranda, 1954-1955
Favorite Story
Box   17
Folder   3
Memoranda
Box   17
Folder   4-10
1B-7B
Box   18
8B-25B (10B-13B missing)
Box   19
26B-38B
Box   20
40B-48B
Box   20A
49B-63B
Box   21
64B-78B
Harbor Command
Box   22
Folder   1-15
1B-39B
Box   22
Folder   16
Memoranda and correspondence, 1956-1958
Highway Patrol
Box   22
Folder   17-22
1001-1018
Box   23
1019-1025
Box   24
1026-1047
Box   25
1048-1072
Box   26
Folder   1-15
1073-1139
I Led Three Lives
Box   26
Folder   16-17
1001-1009
Box   27
1010-1072
Box   28
Folder   1-8
1073-1117
Box   28
Folder   9-10
Memoranda and correspondence
Box   28
Folder   11
Pilot material
Box   28
Folder   12-14
Ideas and information from Philbrick
Man Called X
Box   29
Folder   1-10
1001-1039
Box   29
Folder   11
Correspondence and memoranda
Martin Kane
Box   29
Folder   12
Correspondence, 1957
Meet Corliss Archer
Box   29
Folder   13-14
1001-1010
Box   30
Folder   1-4
1011-1039
Box   30
Folder   5-6
Preproduction files for 27-28B, 32-33B, 35B, 39B
Box   30
Folder   7
Correspondence and story outlines
Men of Annapolis
Box   30
Folder   9
Outlines, breakdowns, and treatments
Box   30
Folder   10-12
2B-11B
Box   30
Folder   13-20
1011-1038
Box   31
Folder   1
36B-39B
Box   31
Folder   2-3
Correspondence, memoranda, notes and outlines
Mr. District Attorney
Box   31
Folder   4-17
1001-1045
Box   32
Folder   1-11
1046-1078
Box   32
Folder   12
Memoranda and outlines
Science Fiction Theatre
Box   32
Folder   13-24
1001-1036
Box   33
1037-1063
Box   34
Folder   1-4
1064-1078
Box   34
Folder   5
Notes and pickups
Sea Hunt
Box   34
Folder   6
Silver Springs first year file
Box   34
Folder   7
1001
Box   35-36
1002-1066 (not in precise post-production number order)
Target
Box   39
Folder   1-3
2B-4B
Box   39
Folder   4-14
6B-16B
Box   39
Folder   15
18B
Box   39
Folder   16-19
21B-24B
Box   39
Folder   20-21
26B-27B
Box   39
Folder   22-25
31B-34B
Box   40
Folder   1
35B
Box   40
Folder   2-3
38B-39B
Box   40
Folder   4
Format pickups
Tombstone Territory
Box   40
Folder   5
Pilot 500
Box   40
Folder   6
2B
Box   40
Folder   7
3B
Box   40
Folder   8
4B
Box   40
Folder   7
5B
Box   40
Folder   8
6B
Box   40
Folder   9-11
7B-11B
Box   41
Folder   6
12B
Box   40
Folder   10-16
13B-18B
Box   40
Folder   12,16
19B
Box   41
Folder   1-2
20B-21B
Box   40
Folder   16
22B
Box   41
Folder   3-4
23B-25B
Box   41
Folder   1
26B
Box   41
Folder   5-11
27B-39B
Unexpected
Box   41
Folder   12-16
#9-#13
Box   42
Folder   1-16
#14-#29
Box   43
Folder   1-10
#30-#39
West Point
Box   43
Folder   11
#1 (Pilot)
Box   43
Folder   12-14
#2-#9
Box   44
Folder   1-8
#10-26
Box   45
Folder   1-2
#27-#28
Box   44
Folder   7
#29
Box   45
Folder   3
#30
Box   45
Folder   2
#31
Box   45
Folder   4-5
#32-#35
Box   45
Folder   6-7
#36-#38
Box   45
Folder   5
#39
Box   37
Correspondence and notes, 1955-1958
Box   38
Folder   1
Breakdowns
Box   38
Folder   2-3
U.S.M.A. Script Board comments
Box   38
Folder   4
Outlines
Box   38
Folder   5
Miscellany
Unproduced Pilots
I Love a Mystery
Box   45
Folder   8
1B (Pilot)
Series 509
Box   45
Folder   9
1B (Pilot)
Series 514
Box   45
Folder   10
1B (Pilot)