Mildred Freed Alberg Papers, 1938-1978 (bulk 1953-1978)
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Series: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Scope and Content Note: Television drama series sponsored by Hallmark Cards Inc., and broadcast by National Broadcasting Corporation from 1951 to 1978. Mildred Freed Alberg was associated with the series, first as an assistant producer from 1953 to 1956, then as Executive Producer from 1956 to 1959, during which time the programs were produced by Milberg Enterprises. Materials are organized into a general section, consisting mostly of contracts for the series, and then program by program in chronological order of broadcasting. See also scrapbooks in Box 19-20.
General
Box   2
Folder   5
Contract between Milberg Productions and NBC, 1957 June 14
Note: For six television programs to be broadcast between October 17, 1957, and April 25, 1958.
Box   2
Folder   6
TV adaptations, original property contracts, 1954-1959
Box   2
Folder   7
TV adaptations, production idea man, script editor, contracts, 1955-1958
Box   2
Folder   8
TV directors, musical directors, choreographers, contracts, 1956-1958
Box   3
Folder   1
TV composers and arrangers contracts, 1955-1957
Box   3
Folder   2
TV standard forms, miscellaneous, motion picture releases, contracts, 1955-1958
Hamlet (broadcast April 26, 1953) / NBC presents Maurice Evans' production of William Shakespeare's Hamlet / adapted for television by Mildred Freed Alberg and Tom Hughes Sand
Box   3
Folder   3
Script
Box   3
Folder   4
Script, press clippings and reviews, 1953 April
Box   3
Folder   5
Photographs: black and white, photocopies
Note: One photograph of Solver Alberg?, Mildred Freed Alberg, and Maurice Evans? in his Hamlet costume mostly concealed by a striped dressing gown, and one photograph of a drawing of a much younger Evans in the role.
Box   3
Folder   5 (continued)
Souvenir programs for stage versions of Hamlet with Maurice Evans, 1938, 1945
Box   3
Folder   5 (continued)
NBC Trade news handouts about the 1953 broadcast
Box   3
Folder   5 (continued)
NBC package program promotion, broadcast 1953 February 26
Macbeth (broadcast November 28, 1954) / Maurice Evans and Judith Anderson in Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Box   3
Folder   6
Review clippings: copies
Box   3
Folder   6 (continued)
Cast, crew, settings, and prop lists
Box   3
Folder   6 (continued)
Rehearsal schedules
Box   3
Folder   6 (continued)
Script, revised 1954 October 18
Alice in Wonderland (broadcast October 23, 1955) / Maurice Evans Productions, by Lewis Carroll, from the stage play by Le Gallienne and Friebus, adapted for television by Florida Friebus
Box   3
Folder   7
Script: copy
The Devil's Disciple (broadcast November 20, 1955) / by George Bernard Shaw, adapted for television by S. Mark Smith
Box   4
Folder   1
Script, acts 1, 2, and 3
Dream Girl (broadcast December 11, 1955) / by Elmer Rice, adapted for television by S. Mark Smith
Box   4
Folder   2
Script
The Corn is Green (broadcast January 8, 1956) / by Emlyn Williams, adapted for Television by Arthur Arent, Maurice Evans Productions
Box   4
Folder   3
Script: copy
The Good Fairy (broadcast February 5, 1956) / by Ferenc Molnár, adapted for television by Jean Kerr, Maurice Evans Productions
Box   4
Folder   4
Script
Cradle Song (broadcast May 6, 1956) / by Gregorio and Maria Martinez Sierra, translated by John Garrett Underhill, written for television by James Costigan
Box   4
Folder   5
Script: copy
Born Yesterday (broadcast October 28, 1956) / by Garson Kanin
Box   4
Folder   6
Script: copy
Man and Superman (broadcast November 7, 1956) / by George Bernard Shaw, adapted for television by Joseph Schrank
Box   5
Folder   1
Script
The Little Foxes (broadcast December 16, 1956) / by Lillian Hellman
Box   5
Folder   2
Script
The Lark (broadcast February 10, 1957) / by James Costigan, based on the play by Jean Anouilh, adapted for the stage by Lillian Hellman
Box   5
Folder   3
Script
There Shall Be No Night (broadcast March 17, 1957) / by Robert Sherwood, adapted for television by Morton Wishengrad
Box   5
Folder   4
Production schedules
Box   5
Folder   4 (continued)
Script, acts 1, 2, and 3
The Yeomen of the Guard (broadcast April 10, 1957) / by Sir William Gilbert and Sir Arthur Sullivan, adapted for television by William Nichols
Box   5
Folder   5
Script: copy
The Green Pastures (broadcast October 17, 1957) / written and adapted for television by Marc Connelly
Box   5
Folder   6
Scene and lighting sequence
Box   5
Folder   6 (continued)
Script
On Borrowed Time (broadcast November 17, 1957) / by Paul Osborn, adapted for television by James Costigan
Box   6
Folder   1
Script: copy
Twelfth Night, or, What You Will (broadcast December 15, 1957) / by William Shakespeare, adapted for television by William Nichols
Box   6
Folder   2
Script: copy
Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates (broadcast February 9, 1958) / by Sally Benson
Box   6
Folder   3-6
Scripts: four
Little Moon of Alban (broadcast March 24, 1958) / by James Costigan
Box   6
Folder   7
Script
Dial “M” for Murder (broadcast April 25, 1958) / written and adapted for television by Frederick Knott
Box   7
Folder   1
Scene and lighting sequence
Box   7
Folder   1 (continued)
Script
Johnny Belinda (broadcast October 13, 1958) / by Theodore Apstein, from the play by Elmer Harris
Box   7
Folder   2
Budget; cast and crew lists
Box   7
Folder   2 (continued)
Rehearsal schedules
Box   7
Folder   2 (continued)
Prop list
Box   7
Folder   2 (continued)
Scene and lighting sequence
Box   7
Folder   2 (continued)
Time sequences
Box   7
Folder   2 (continued)
Advertisement scripts
Box   7
Folder   2 (continued)
Program script
Kiss Me Kate (broadcast November 20, 1958) / by Sam and Bella Spewack, music and lyrics by Cole Porter
Box   7
Folder   3-5
Cast lists
Box   7
Folder   3-5 (continued)
Rehearsal schedules
Box   7
Folder   3-5 (continued)
Script, 1958 November 13
Box   7
Folder   3-5 (continued)
Script, amended, after 1958 November 13
Box   7
Folder   3-5 (continued)
Script in manila envelope labeled “'Kiss Me Kate' Revised,” after 1958 November 13
The Christmas Tree (broadcast December 14, 1958) / by Helen Deutsch
Box   7
Folder   6
Script: “The Hallmark Christmas Tree”
Box   8
Folder   1
Script
Box   8
Folder   1 (continued)
Rehearsal schedules
Berkeley Square (broadcast February 5, 1959) / by John L. Balderston, adapted for television by Theodore Apstein
Box   8
Folder   2
Script, acts 1, 2, and 3, 1959 January 24
The Green Pastures (broadcast March 23, 1959) / written and adapted for television by Marc Connelly
Box   8
Folder   3
Script
Ah, Wilderness! (broadcast April 16, 1959) / by Eugene O'Neill, adapted for television by Robert Hartung
Box   8
Folder   4
Script
Box   8
Folder   4 (continued)
Production schedule