Title: David Shaw Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1965-1969

Creator:

• Shaw, David, 1916-

Call Number: U.S. Mss 187AN

Quantity: 1.2 c.f. (3 archives boxes)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society Archives / Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
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Abstract:

Papers of David Shaw, writer-executive producer of the television series Shane (ABC), consisting almost entirely of variant scripts, shooting schedules, reports, and other production material for this program, plus variant scripts for the motion picture If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.

Note:

There are restrictions on use of this collection; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-us0187an

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Writer David Shaw was born August 27, 1916 in New York City. He studied art at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and later at the Art Students League. During World War II he served with the Air Force where he saw active duty as a radar specialist in Africa, Italy, and Corsica.

Shaw has worked in all fields of entertainment: radio, motion pictures, theater, and television. He began his professional writing career in radio where he worked prior to World War II. He wrote the original story for A Foreign Affair (1946), a film starring Marlene Dietrich and Jean Arthur, and the screenplay for If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium, a film starring Bob Hope. During the “Golden Age” of television Shaw's credits included the Philco-Goodyear Playhouse, Playhouse 90, and Studio One. He was also a story editor for The Defenders and later a writer and executive producer for Shane. Among his Broadway works are the musicals Redhead and Tovarich and the farce, They Shoulda Stood in Bed.

Although the collection includes some documentation of Shaw's activities as a writer and producer, the papers are fragmentary and narrowly focused. They have been organized in two series -- Television and Motion Pictures -- reflecting the media for which Shaw has worked.

The majority of TELEVISION consists of scripts and related production material, including cast lists, shooting schedules, production reports, and call sheets for the program Shane. An outline and variant scripts for “Mirror, Mirror, Off the Wall” (Prudential on Stage) complete the series.

Similarly, MOTION PICTURES includes just a treatment and variant scripts for If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.

Use Restrictions

Mr. Shaw retains the literary rights.

Acquisition Information

Presented by David Shaw, New York, New York, 1966-1969. Accession Number: MCHC66-123, MCHC69-160

Processing Information

Processed by D. Lindner and Christine Rongone, June 1979.

U.S. Mss 187AN	Series: Television
	Shane (Titus Productions, 1966, Original telecast on ABC)
	“The Distant Bell” (Pilot)
Box   1 Folder   1	First draft, “Gun Duel at the Schoolhouse,” by David Shaw, 1965 August 10
Box   1 Folder   2	Second Draft, “Gun Duel at the Schoolhouse,” by David Shaw, 1965 September 16
Box   1 Folder   3	Second Draft, by David Shaw, annotated, 1966 May 16
Box   1 Folder   3	Production material, 1966 May-June
	“The Bitter, The Lonely” #2
Box   1 Folder   4	Fifth Draft, by John Tanner, annotated, 1966 June 2
Box   1 Folder   4	Production material, 1966 June
	“Poor Tom's A-Cold!” #3
Box   1 Folder   5	Second draft, by Ernest Kinoy, annotated, 1966 June 23
Box   1 Folder   5	Production material, 1966 June-July
	“Killer in the Valley” #4
Box   1 Folder   6	Second draft, by Ellen M. Violett, annotated, 1966 July 29
Box   1 Folder   6	Production material, 1966 August
	“The Echo of Anger” #5
Box   1 Folder   7	Second draft, “The Farm,” author unknown, annotated, 1966 July 19
Box   1 Folder   7	Production material, 1966 July-August
	“The Big Fifty” #6
Box   1 Folder   8	Third draft, by Phil Reisman Jr., annotated, 1966 September 14
Box   1 Folder   8	Production material, 1966 September
	“The Wild Geese” #7
Box   1 Folder   9	Third draft, by Richard McDonagh, 1966 June 15
Box   1 Folder   9	Production material, 1966 June
	“Day of the Hawk” #8
Box   1 Folder   10	Second draft, by Robert Sabaroff, annotated, 1966 August 9
Box   1 Folder   10	Production material, 1966 August
	“The Silent Gift” #9
Box   2 Folder   1	Third draft, “The Boom-Tail,” by Ronald M. Cohen, annotated, 1966 September 7
Box   2 Folder   1	Production material, 1966 September
	“The Hant” #10
Box   2 Folder   2	Second draft, by Ernest Kinoy, annotated, 1966 June 30
Box   2 Folder   2	Production material, 1966 July
	“The Other Image” #11
Box   2 Folder   3	Third draft, “Make Sure the Glass is True,” by Ellen M. Violett, annotated, 1966 July 12
Box   2 Folder   3	Production material, 1966 July
	“Blue Organdy” #15
Box   2 Folder   4	First draft, by William Blinn, annotated, 1966 August
Box   2 Folder   4	Production material, 1966 August
	“The Day the Wolf Laughed” #16
Box   2 Folder   5	First draft, by Denne Bart Petitclerc, annotated, 1966 August 29
Box   2 Folder   5	Production material, 1966 September
	“The Great Invasion”
	Part I, #18
Box   2 Folder   6	Third draft, by Ernest Kinoy, annotated, 1966 October 3
	Part II, #19
Box   2 Folder   7	Third draft, by Ernest Kinoy, annotated, 1966 October 3
Box   2 Folder   7	Production material, 1966 October
	“A Long Night of Mourning” #20
Box   2 Folder   8	First draft, by David Shaw, annotated, 1966 September 26
Box   2 Folder   8	Production material, 1966 October
	“A Man' d be Proud” #22
Box   2 Folder   9	First draft, by Denne Bart Petitclerc and William Blinn, annotated, 1966 October 24
Box   2 Folder   9	Production material, 1966 November
	Prudential on Stage (Production company and dates unknown, Original network NBC)
	“Mirror, Mirror Off the Wall” (1969 November 21)
Box   3 Folder   1	Outline, by David Shaw, undated
Box   3 Folder   2	First draft, by David Shaw, undated
Box   3 Folder   3	Second draft, by David Shaw, 1968 October 17
Box   3 Folder   4	Revised air script, by David Shaw, 1969 August 7
	Series: Motion Pictures	⇧
	If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (Wolper Pictures, Ltd., 1968. United Artists)
Box   3 Folder   5	Treatment, “Europe, U.S.A.,” by David Shaw, undated
Box   3 Folder   6	First draft, by David Shaw, 1968 May 1
Box   3 Folder   7	Second draft, by David Shaw, 1968 June 26
Box   3 Folder   8	Final draft, by David Shaw, 1968 June 26