Dan Bessie Papers, 1966-2006

Container Title
Mss 1200
Subseries: Unproduced
Baby Face.
Box   8
Folder   5-10
Scripts, concept, and budget, circa 1979-1991
Note: Also called Working Girls and Off the Ropes.
Cinar Films, Montreal, Canada
Box   1
Folder   46
Correspondence, notes, outlines, concepts, and script drafts for Barnaby's Birthday Cake, 1990
Note: Written in collaboration with Todd Flinchbaugh for Cinar Films of Montreal, Canada. Most likely unproduced.
Box   1
Folder   46a
Correspondence with proposals for various films, 1993
Hokusai. Dann Films,
Box   8
Folder   11-13
Proposals, scripts, grant application, budget, and notes, circa 1977
Note: Written by Ann Vracin and Dan Bessie.
John Henry. Wakeford-Orloff,
Box   9
Folder   5-6
Scripts and contract, circa 1977
The Learning Garden
Box   9
Folder   2-4
Scripts, outlines, proposals, research and correspondence for Beyond the Birds and Bees, “The Story Story,” and Working, circa 1971-1977
Mr. Goodbody and His Magic Egg. Circus Films,
Box   9
Folder   1
Proposal and budget, undated
Note: Unproduced animated film.
Nobody's Boy. Shire Films,
Box   6
Folder   12-14
Outlines and synopsis, circa 1987-1997
Box   7
Folder   1-7
Scripts, circa 1987-1997
Box   7
Folder   8-9
Correspondence, circa 1987-1997
Box   8
Folder   1-4
Preproduction materials, circa 1987-1997
Note: Contact list, location scouting, casting ideas, budgets, and funding.
1805A/1-4
Recordings of songs by Ernie Sheldon, undated
Physical Description: Cassette 
Note: /1 contains all the songs from Nobody's Boy (19 minutes), /2 is a workshop of the songs (29 minutes), /3 contains the song “In This City” (7 minutes), and /4 contains “It's Time To Go” (2 minutes). All recordings have been digitized.
Mss 1200
Shire Films
Box   9
Folder   7-19
Scripts, outlines, proposals, correspondence, notes, research, and budgets for Alcoholism Film, A Child's Christmas in Wales, Hocus, The Microbe Hunters, The Musicians, physiology films, Punch and Judy, The Sorcerer's Apprentice, Stress, Tom Sawyer's Whitewash Job, A Visit, and You Can Save a Life, circa 1982-1993
Note: Includes collaborations with Andrew Silver, Todd Flinchbaugh, Thom Smitham, Paul DeKruif, Barr Films, Mallory Pearce, the Ray Bolger series, and Helen Garvy.
Tony Plana
Box   6
Folder   6-11
Panchostein: A Love Story, scripts, concepts, notes, and correspondence, circa 1994-1995
Note: Written by Dan Bessie for Tony Plana. Sometimes called Pancho Stein.
Box   10
Folder   1-4
Outlines, scripts, notes, and correspondence for Fiorello, Kids and Cubs, King Tiger, and miscellaneous projects, circa 1994-1995
Note: Includes collaborations with Ann Vracin and Sarah Phelan.
Box   16
Folder   6
Kids and Cubs, photographs, one 3.5 x 5-inch black-and-white photo labeled on the back, circa 1994-1995
Note: Unproduced film for Tony Plana.
Very Special People. Bandelier Films,
Box   1
Folder   45
Concept and treatment for a film on customer relations, circa 1975-1998
Note: Prepared for the Celotex Corporation by Bandelier Films.
Miscellaneous films
Box   10
Folder   5-9
Scripts, correspondence, contracts, and research for Bijou, The Chickenbone Special, Colombino, and The Cougar Hunt, circa 1974-1990
Note: Mike Bizzarri, Larry Yust, Dwayne E. Walls, Alfonso Arua, and Tony Plana.
Box   11
Folder   1-19
Outlines, agreements, correspondence, storyboard, notes, budgets, scripts, and research for Danny Deever; Dragonwings; Extra Innings; First Violin; Harmoniuos Flight; The House with a Clock in its Walls; I Ain't Marching Anymore; Judy Montell projects; Knee-Knock Rise; Life… and Death/About Death (Original Alvah Bessie Script); Mankato; Mother Jones; Moving Day; Museum; Musical Saw; The Queen Against Defoe; Rapid Transit; and Rembrandt, Shakespeare, Beethoven, circa 1975-1995
Note: Richard Brand, Laurence Yep, Walt Disney Productions, Red Herring Pictures, Alvah Bessie, Christopher Palermo, Natalie Babbitt, David Nichols, Judy Montell, Ronnie Gilbert, Rose Kuras Bessie, Helen Garvy, Irving Lerner, Stefan Heym, Judith Perez, Ann Vracin, and Harry Robin.
Box   12
Folder   12
Correspondence, outlines, notes, research, and scripts for Almost a Famous Person; Films on auto safety (Ballad of the Roadside Derelicts, Precious Cargo, Tow-Truck Blues); The Bicycle Thief; Breaking the Mold; Burmese Days; The California Feeling; The Carp in the Bathtub; Castles; Chinatown My Chinatown; Complain; Deliver Us; film about elections; films about Elkhorn Slough and wetlands; Fishermen; Freeze Frame; Friendship is ...; God Give Me Utterance; The Golden Chain; and Golden Planet, circa 1970-1987
Note: Includes collaborations with Helen Garvy, Herb Michelson, Noel Osheroff, Lily Tomlin, Barbara Cohen, Jerry Minton, The Learning Garden, and Shire Films.
Box   12
Folder   13
Outlines, notes, scripts, and correspondence for Goldie in Wonderland, Greenhouse, Gulliver, Keep It Simple, The Learning Garden, Library, The Lost Cyclist, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Moonlight on the Ganges, an animated film about music, A Nice Korean Boy, and Oof Ba Ik, circa 1970-1987
Note: Includes collaboration with Goldie Hawn, Helen Garvy, and The Learning Garden.
Box   12
Folder   1-11
Notes, outlines, correspondence, research, and scripts for The Road to San Miguel, Robbing You Blind, Sasha Alyson projects, Sherlock's Home, Sirhan Sirhan, Sleepy Lagoon, Sylvia Beach, Wheels of Summer, and The Woman in the Case, circa 1974-1995
Note: Les Goldman, Sasha Alyson, Judith Perez, Donald Freed, Jack Kimbrough, Margaret Rose Schultz, and Maude Meehan.