Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Papers, 1909-1980
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Container Title
Series: Lindsay-Crouse Collaborative Works
Theatre
Anything Goes
Scope and Content Note: NY: Alvin, 21 November 1934
Box   6
Folder   5
Miscellany, 1934-1935, 1954.
Box   6
Folder   6
Scenario, by Guy Bolton, 1934.
Box   6
Folder   7
Script, by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, revised by Lindsay and Crouse, 1934.
“Anything Goes” (Unproduced revival)
Box   6
Folder   8
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, based on a play by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, 26 March 1953.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Note: NY: Fulton, 10 January 1941
Box   7
Folder   1
Contracts, 1939-1943.
Box   7
Folder   2
Correspondence with investors, 1941-1945, 1954.
Box   7
Folder   3
Miscellany, ca. 1941-1946.
Box   7
Folder   4
Script history note, 1961.
Box   7
Folder   4
Script, “Bodies in Our Cellar,” by Joseph Kesselring, 1940.
Box   7
Folder   5
Second Draft, by Joseph Kesselring, n.d.
Box   7
Folder   6
Script, by Joseph Kesselring, annotated, and accompanied by costume, light, and property plots, 1941.
Call Me Madam
Note: NY: Imperial, 12 October 1950
Box   8
Folder   1
Clippings and reviews, 1950.
Box   8
Folder   2
Correspondence, [1949?]-1956.
Box   8
Folder   3
Playbills and miscellany, ca. 1950-1956.
Box   8
Folder   4
Very early script, by Irving Berlin, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse, n.d.
Box   8
Folder   5
Revisions, ca. 1950-1952.
Box   8
Folder   6
Rehearsal script, by Irving Berlin, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse, annotated, 14 August 1950.
Box   8
Folder   7
Final script, book by Lindsay and Crouse, music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, 1950.
Detective Story
Note: NY: Hudson, 23 March 1949
Box   8
Folder   8
Script, by Sidney Kingsley, 1949.
The Great Sebastians
Note: NY: ANTA, 4 January 1956
Box   8
Folder   9
Casting: interview schedules and correspondence, 1955-1956.
Box   8
Folder   10
Clippings and Miscellany, 1955-1956.
Box   8
Folder   11
Correspondence, 1953-1957.
Box   8
Folder   12
Suggestions by the Lunts, ca. 1956.
Box   8
Folder   13
First draft, Act I, “The Great Zandeks,” annotated, n.d.
Box   8
Folder   14
Second draft, Acts I and II, annotated, n.d.
Box   9
Folder   1-2
Script notes and discarded pages, ca. 1955.
Box   9
Folder   3
Third draft, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   9
Folder   4
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   9
Folder   5
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   9
Folder   6
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
“Greek to You“ (Unproduced)
Box   9
Folder   7
4 script outlines commissioned by Vinton Freedley, book by Lindsay and Crouse, 1932.
Happy Hunting
Note: NY: Majestic, 6 December 1956
Box   9
Folder   8
Miscellany, 1956.
Box   9
Folder   9
Script, revised version, n.d.
Box   9
Folder   10
Script, 7 August 1956.
Box   10
Folder   1
Script, annotated, n.d.
Box   10
Folder   2
Script, book by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   10
Folder   3
Script, book by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   10
Folder   4
Director's script, book by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated by Abe Burrows [?], n.d.
The Hasty Heart
Note: NY: Hudson, 3 January 1945
Box   10
Folder   5
Contracts, 1944.
Box   10
Folder   6
Script, by John Patrick, 1945.
Hooray for What?
Note: NY: Winter Garden, 1 December 1937
Box   10
Folder   7
Clippings and telegrams, 1937.
Box   10
Folder   8
Script, annotated, n.d.
Box   10
Folder   8
Script, book by Lindsay and Crouse, April 1938.
Life with Father
Note: NY: Empire, 8 November 1939
Box   11
Folder   1
Clippings, 1927-1956.
Box   11
Folder   2
Contracts, 1939, 1947.
Box   11
Folder   3
Correspondence, 1939-1954.
Box   11
Folder   4
Miscellany, 1943-1947, n.d.
Box   11
Folder   5
Playbills, 1939-1941, 1980
Box   11
Folder   6
Souvenir book for New York and Chicago productions, ca. 1940.
Box   11
Folder   7
4 Synopses, n.d.
Box   11
Folder   7
Script fragment, n.d.
Box   11
Folder   7
Notes, n.d.
Box   11
Folder   8
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, 1939.
Life with Mother
Note: NY: Empire, 20 October 1948
Box   11
Folder   9
Contracts, correspondence, and miscellany, 1948-1952.
Box   11
Folder   10
Notes as suggestion for play, made by Howard Lindsay during Life with Father, ca. 1945.
Box   11
Folder   11
Scenario, ca. 1948.
Box   11
Folder   12
Working notes, ca. 1948.
Box   12
Folder   1
Original script, annotated, n.d.
Box   12
Folder   2
Early script, by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
Box   12
Folder   3
Later draft pages, annotated, n.d.
Box   12
Folder   4
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
Box   12
Folder   5
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, prepared for publication, annotated, n.d.
Box   12
Folder   6
Dorothy Stickney's rehearsal script with her own corrections, annotated, by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
Box   12
Folder   7
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, July 1948.
Box   12
Folder   8
Script, prompt copy, annotated, July 1948.
Box   13
Folder   1
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
Box   13
Folder   2
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
“London Bridge” (Unproduced)
Box   13
Folder   3
Script, Act I, annotated, n.d.
One Bright Day
Note: NY: Royale, 19 March 1952
Box   13
Folder   4
Early script, by Sigmund Miller, annotated, ca. 1952.
Box   13
Folder   5
Rehearsal script, by Sigmund Miller, ca. 1952.
The Prescott Proposals
Note: NY: Broadhurst 16 December 1953
Box   13
Folder   6
Correspondence, 1953-1955.
Box   13
Folder   7
Miscellany, ca. 1953-1954.
Box   13
Folder   8
Original script, by Lindsay and Crouse, 30 September 1953.
Box   13
Folder   9
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
Box   13
Folder   10
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   14
Folder   1
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   14
Folder   2
Script, acting edition prepared for publication, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Red, Hot, and Blue
Note: NY: Alvin, 29 October 1936
Box   14
Folder   3
Congratulatory telegrams, 1936.
Box   14
Folder   4
Original scenario, --but Millions!, n.d.
Box   14
Folder   5
Script, fragment, n.d.
Box   14
Folder   5
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   14
Folder   4
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, ca. 1936.
Remains to be Seen
Note: NY: Morosco, 31 October 1951
Box   14
Folder   6
Clippings and Playbill, 1951.
Box   14
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1951-1960.
Box   14
Folder   8
First draft, “Opus Number Nine,” by Lindsay and Crouse, 7 March 1951.
Box   14
Folder   9
Script, Act I, Scene I, “The Helpcat and the Canary,” by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
Box   14
Folder   10
Second draft, by Lindsay and Crouse, 10 May 1951.
The Sound of Music
Note: NY: Lunt-Fontanne, 16 November 1956
Box   14
Folder   11
Correspondence, 1959-1961.
Box   15
Folder   1
Miscellany, 1959-1961.
Box   15
Folder   2
Script and rehearsal notes, ca. 1956.
Box   15
Folder   3
2 Scenarios, “The Singing Heart,” 3 March 1958.
Box   15
Folder   3
Scenario, “Love Song,” n.d.
Box   15
Folder   4
Original script, annotated, n.d.
Box   15
Folder   5
Second draft script, book by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   15
Folder   6
Script, book by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
Box   15
Folder   7
Script, for publication by Random House, annotated by Crouse, Lindsay, and Oscar Hammerstein, n.d.
Box   15
Folder   8
Corrected proof pages, n.d.
State of the Union
Note: NY: Hudson, 14 November 1945
Box   15
Folder   9
Clippings, 1945-1946.
Box   15
Folder   10
Contracts, 1945-1946.
Box   15
Folder   11
Correspondence, 1945-1949.
Box   15
Folder   12
Miscellany, ca. 1945-1949.
Box   16
Folder   1
Plagiarism suit, 1943, 1948-1950.
Box   16
Folder   2
Synopsis and notes, n.d.
Box   16
Folder   3
Original script, “I'd Rather be Left,” by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
Box   16
Folder   4
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   16
Folder   5
Second draft, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   16
Folder   6
Third draft, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   16
Folder   7
Rehearsal script, by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
State of the Union
Note: Buck County Playhouse, Summer 1960
Box   16
Folder   8
Stage manager's script, revised version, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, Summer, 1960.
Strip for Action
Note: NY: National, 30 September 1942
Box   17
Folder   1
Contracts, clippings, playbill, 1942.
Tall Story
Note: NY: Belasco, 29 January 1959
Box   17
Folder   2
Notes and letter, ca. 1958.
Box   17
Folder   3
Early scenario, by Lindsay and Crouse, n.d.
Box   17
Folder   4
First unrevised script, by Lindsay and Crouse, suggested by “The Homecoming Game,” 5 July 1958.
Box   17
Folder   5
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   17
Folder   6
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Box   17
Folder   7
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, February 1959.
Box   17
Folder   8
Script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, n.d.
Motion Pictures
Life with Father
Note: Warner Brothers, 1947
Box   18
Folder   1
Contract, 1942.
Box   18
Folder   1
Financial statements, 1948-1953.
Box   18
Folder   2
Souvenir booklet, n.d.
Box   18
Folder   3
Final script, from play by Lindsay and Crouse, by Donald Ogden Stewart and Robert Buckner, 6 February 1946.
State of the Union
Note: MGM-Liberty Films, 1948
Box   18
Folder   4
Estimating script, 30 April 1947.
A Woman's World
Note: Twentieth Century Fox, 1954
Box   18
Folder   5
Conference notes with Darryl Zanuck re dialogue and continuity changes, 20 March 1954.
Box   18
Folder   6
Revised writer's working script, by Claude Binyon, 18 November 1953.
Box   18
Folder   7
Final script, by Lindsay and Crouse, based on a script by Claude Binyon, 20 April 1954.
Television
The Best of Broadway
Note: Production information unknown. Air date: 5 January 1955
“Arsenic and Old Lace”
Box   19
Folder   1
Script, by Joseph O. Kesselring, adapted for TV by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, 2 December 1954.
Box   19
Folder   2
Script, by Joseph O. Kesselring, adapted for TV by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated, 2 December 1954.
Box   19
Folder   3
Final air script, by Joseph O. Kesselring, adapted for TV by Lindsay and Crouse, 30 December 1954.
Producer's Showcase
Note: NBC, 1954-1957. Air date: 1 April 1957
“The Great Sebastians”
Box   19
Folder   4
Revised script, by Lindsay and Crouse, annotated. 25 February 1957.
Box   19
Folder   5
Correspondence, Clippings, and Miscellany, ca. 1934-61.