Kenyon Nicholson Papers, 1915-1960

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 22AN
Series: Subject File
Box   1
Folder   1-3
Correspondence, 1915-1960, n.d.
Financial Records,
Box   1
Folder   4
General, ca. 1927-1951.
Box   1
Folder   5
Bucks County Theatre Financial Reports, 1940-1941.
Box   1
Folder   6-7
Legal Records, ca. 1923-1936.
Box   1
Folder   8
Miscellany, 1925, 1940, n.d.
Box   1
Folder   9
Playbills, ca. 1915-1951.
Box   2
Folder   1
Reviews and Clippings, ca. 1927-1955.
Micro 695
Scrapbooks,
Reel   1
Frame   1
1926-1930.
Reel   1
Frame   111
1927-1928.
Reel   1
Frame   231
1933-1934.
U.S. Mss 22AN
Series: Motion Pictures - Produced
Laughing Sinners (1931, MGM)
Box   2
Folder   2
Script, “Torch Song,” by Bess Meredyth, 97 pp., November 12, 1930.
Sinner's Holiday (1930, Warner Brothers)
Box   2
Folder   3
Synopsis, “Penny Arcade,” 12 pp., 1929.
Skyline (1931, Twentieth Century Fox)
Box   2
Folder   4
Working Script, 100 pp., May 12, 1931.
Taxi (1932, Warner Brothers)
Box   2
Folder   5
Treatment, “The Frail,” co-authored by Charles Knox, 25 pp., August 4, 1927.
Box   2
Folder   6
Script, “Taxi, Please,” by Kubec Glasmon and John Bright, based on a play by Kenyon Nicholson, 101 pp., September 14, 1931.
Thirteen Hours by Air (1936, Paramount)
Box   2
Folder   7
Continuity and Dialogue, “Twenty Hours by Air,” 145 pp., n.d.
Union Depot (1932, First National)
Box   2
Folder   8
Continuity Treatment, original story by Walter DeLeon and Kenyon Nicholson, annotated by Darryl Zanuck, 44 pp., n.d.
Series: Motion Pictures - Unproduced
“Away from It All”
Box   2
Folder   9
Scenario, co-authored by Alis De Sola, 25 pp., n.d.
“The Barbary Coast”
Box   2
Folder   10
Rough Treatment, 10 pp., January 29, 1934.
“Big Night in Happy Hollow”
Box   2
Folder   11
Treatment for Animated (Film) Cartoon, 31 pp., n.d.
“Fair Exchange”
Box   2
Folder   12
Synopsis, 15 pp., ca. 1934.
“Fisherman's Luck”
Box   2
Folder   13
Scenario, 33 pp., n.d.
Box   2
Folder   14
Synopsis, 33 pp., n.d.
“Fly-by-Night”
Box   2
Folder   15
Working Plot Outline, co-authored by Charles Robinson, 22 pp., November 8, 1936.
“The Flying Gerardos”
Box   3
Folder   1
Script, 135 pp., ca. 1955.
“Gasoline Gypsies”
Box   3
Folder   2
Script, 27 pp., May 6, 1929.
“God's Country”
Box   3
Folder   3
Synopsis, 9 pp., n.d.
“Love for Sale”
Box   3
Folder   4
Synopsis, 41 pp., June 24, 1931.
“Love, Imported”
Box   3
Folder   5
Synopsis, annotated, 5 pp., May 2, 1934.
“A Man's Castle”
Box   3
Folder   6
Synopsis, co-authored by Richard Dwenger, 11 pp., ca. 1938.
“On the Up and Up”
Box   3
Folder   7
Script, Second Draft, 138 pp., November 20, 1930.
“Our Miss Riley”
Box   3
Folder   8
Scenario, 68 pp., May 22, 1931.
“Spanish Omelet”
Box   3
Folder   9
Script, co-authored by Richard Schayer, 153 pp., May 5, 1937.
“Yours Sincerely”
Box   3
Folder   10
First Draft Continuity, 197 pp., May 16, 1933.
Box   3
Folder   11
Untitled, Series of Story Ideas, 3 pp., January 15, 1934.
Series: Radio
The Cavalcade of America
Note: Sponsored by DuPont. Aired on CBS, 1935-1939, and on NBC, 1939-1953.
Box   3
Folder   12
Study of Audience Reaction to The Cavalcade of America, 1948-1949.
“Heard `Round the World”
Box   3
Folder   13
Script, Dress Rehearsal, by Halsted Welles, 38 pp., May 9, 1949.
“Honest John Gaminski and the Thirteen Uncle Sams”
Box   3
Folder   14
Script, Second Rehearsal, by Frank Gabrielson, 29 pp., April 14, 1949.
“Opening Night in Springfield”
Box   3
Folder   15
Script, by Frank Gabrielson, 29 pp., April 22, 1949.
“Lady on a Mission”
Box   4
Folder   1
Script, Dress Rehearsal, by Margaret Lewerth, 36 pp., April 25, 1949.
“When We're Green We Grow”
Box   4
Folder   2
Script, Dress Rehearsal, adapted by Virginia Radcliffe, 36 pp., May 2, 1949.
“Hearing Is Believing”
Box   4
Folder   3
Script, Revised, by Morton Wishengard, 29 pp., May 20, 1949.
“Woman with a Sword”
Box   4
Folder   4
Script, Dress Rehearsal, by Virginia Radcliffe, 34 pp., May 23, 1949.
“Ridin' Shotgun”
Box   4
Folder   5
Script, Dress Rehearsal, by Arthur Arent, 37 pp., June 20, 1949.
The Theatre Guild on the Air
Note: Sponsored by U. S. Steel. Aired on ABC, 1945-1949, and on NBC, 1949-1953. Known as The United States Steel Hour on NBC.
“Ned McCobb's Daughter”
Box   4
Folder   6
Script, Third Revised, by Sidney Howard, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 88 pp., December 9, 1945.
“The Barker”
Box   4
Folder   7
Script, Revised, 72 pp., March 10, 1946.
“Pygmalion”
Box   4
Folder   8
Script, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 72 pp., April 14, 1946.
“They Knew What They Wanted”
Box   4
Folder   9
Script, by Sidney Howard, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 77 pp., May 19, 1946.
“Accent on Youth”
Box   4
Folder   10
Script, Second Revised, by Samson Raphaelson, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 67 pp., October 27, 1946.
“A Bill of Divorcement”
Box   4
Folder   11
Script, Fourth Revision, by Clemence Dane, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 71 pp., December 1, 1946.
“A Farmer Takes a Wife”
Box   4
Folder   12
Script, Fourth Revision, by Frank Elser and Marc Connelly, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 68 pp., January 27, 1947.
“The Admirable Crichton”
Box   4
Folder   13
Script, Dress Rehearsal, by Sir James Barrie, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 74 pp., October 5, 1947.
“Apple of His Eye”
Box   5
Folder   1
Script, First Rehearsal, co-authored by Charles Robinson, 74 pp., October 15, 1947.
“Journey's End”
Box   5
Folder   2
Script, by R. C. Sherriff, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 69 pp., July 2, 1948.
Box   5
Folder   3
Script, Final Rehearsal, 83 pp., January 23, 1949.
“Carousel”
Box   5
Folder   4
Script, Second Revised, by Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 85 pp., November 21, 1950.
“The Heiress”
Box   5
Folder   5
Script, First Draft, by Ruth and Augustus Goetz, adapted by Kenyon Nicholson, 85 pp., June 14, 1951.
Series: Short Stories and Novels
Fame's Little Day
Box   5
Folder   6
Novel, Typescript, 83 pp., n.d.
“The Friends”
Box   5
Folder   7
Short Story, co-authored by S. N. Behrman, annotated, 20 pp., n.d.
“Marie's Lamb”
Box   5
Folder   8
Short Story, annotated, 17 pp., n.d.
“The Medicine Man”
Box   5
Folder   9
Short Story, Synopsis, 7 pp., n.d.
“Trust Albert”
Box   5
Folder   10
Short Story, 13 pp., n.d.
Untitled
Box   5
Folder   11
Novel, fragment, 54 pp., 1945.
Series: Television
“Delegates-at-Large”
Note: Unproduced?
Box   5
Folder   12
Script for TV Skit, “Stags at Bay,” 9 pp., n.d.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Note: Schlitz Brewing Company, 1951-1955, Original telecast on CBS
“Apple of His Eye”
Box   5
Folder   13
Script, co-authored by Charles Robinson, adapted by Robert Presnell, Jr., 127 pp., February 29, 1952.
Series: Theatre - Produced
Before You're Twenty-Five
Note: NY: Marine Elliott's Theatre, April 16, 1929
Box   6
Folder   1
Script, “Dearly Beloved...,” co-authored by S. N. Behrman, 1928.
Dance Night
Note: NY: Belasco Theatre, October 14, 1938
Box   6
Folder   2
Script, “June Night,” n.d.
The Flying Gerardos
Note: NY: The Playhouse, December 29, 1940
Box   6
Folder   3
Synopsis, First Revision, “Fly with Me,” co-authored by Charles Robinson, 34 pp., 1940.
Script, co-authored by Charles Robinson, 174 pp., 1940.
Box   6
Folder   4
Script, 146 pp., 1940.
Love Is Like That
Note: NY: Cort Theatre, March 18, 1927
Box   6
Folder   5
Script, co-authored by S. N. Behrman, 151 pp., 1925.
Box   6
Folder   6
Script, co-authored by S. N. Behrman, annotated, 132 pp., n.d.
A Lucky Strike
Note: Keith Circuit Vaudeville, ca. 1921-1922
Box   6
Folder   7
Script for Vaudeville Blackout, co-authored by S. N. Behrman, 4 pp., ca. 1921-1922.
Movie Madness or My Movie Maid
Note: Wabash College Varsity Show, 1916
Box   6
Folder   8
First Draft Script, 25 pp., 1916.
Out West of Eighth
Note: NY: Ethel Barrymore Theatre, September 20, 1951
Box   6
Folder   9
Script, “A Cowboy Called Curley,” 142 pp., ca. 1951.
Box   7
Folder   1
Script, annotated, 147 pp., ca. 1951.
Box   7
Folder   2
Script, 148 pp., ca. 1951.
Box   7
Folder   3
Script, annotated, 139 pp., ca. 1951.
Box   7
Folder   4
Script, “West of Eighth,” 151 pp., ca. 1951.
Step Daughters of War
Note: NY: Empire Theatre, October 6, 1930
Box   7
Folder   5
Second Draft Script, 149 pp., June, 1930.
Box   7
Folder   6
Script, 153 pp., n.d.
Sun-Kissed
Note: NY: Little Theatre, 1937
Box   7
Folder   7
Script, by Raymond Van Sickle, with Nicholson as “subrosa” collaborator, 133 pp., 1937.
Swing Your Lady!
Note: NY: Booth Theatre, October 18, 1936
Box   7
Folder   8
Synopsis, “Roman Holiday,” co-authored by Charles Robinson, 36 pp., May 4, 1934.
Box   7
Folder   9
Script, co-authored by Charles Robinson, 135 pp., n.d.
Torch Song
Note: NY: Plymouth Theatre, August 27, 1930.
Box   8
Folder   1
Synopsis, “Outpost,” 10 pp., n.d.
Script, “May Night,” 141 pp., February 8, 1930.
Series: Theatre - Unproduced
“Beginner's Luck”
Box   8
Folder   2
Synopsis, 8 pp., n.d.
“Big Business”
Box   8
Folder   3
Script, 120 pp., n.d.
“The Bird in the Gilded Cage”
Box   8
Folder   4
Script, “Theodore” and “Condition of Servitude,” co-authored by Charles Robinson, 144 pp., ca. 1947.
Box   8
Folder   5
Script, “The Soft Touch,” co-authored by Charles Robinson, 139 pp., ca. 1948.
Box   8
Folder   6
Script, “Rebel in the Parlor,” co-authored by Charles Robinson, 126 pp., 1948.
Box   8
Folder   7
Actors' Parts Book, “The Gilded Cage,” n.d.
“Boston Tea Party”
Box   8
Folder   8
Scenario, annotated, 42 pp., n.d.
Box   8
Folder   9
Script, co-authored by Charles Robinson, 69 pp., n.d.
“Death in the Spotlight”
Box   9
Folder   1-2
Script, by Paul Halvey, (pseudonym of Nicholson and Behrman), 121 pp., November 28, 1942.
“Egg on My Face”
Box   9
Folder   3
Script, annotated, 86 pp., n.d.
“Front”
Box   9
Folder   4
Character List and Scene Breakdown, co-authored by Ernest Culbertson, n.d.
“Front Families”
Box   9
Folder   5
Synopsis, 20 pp., 1927.
“God's Country”
Box   9
Folder   6
Synopsis, 5 pp., n.d.
“The Golden Tongue”
Box   9
Folder   7
Partial Scenario, 3 pp., n.d.
“The Goody-Good Girl”
Box   9
Folder   8
Script, 125 pp. n.d.
“Half Way to Heaven”
Box   9
Folder   9
Scenario, 9 pp., n.d.
“The People's Choice”
Box   9
Folder   10
Script, 162 pp., August, 1934.
“A Place in the Sun”
Box   9
Folder   11
Partial Script, Act III scenes, annotated, 69 pp., n.d.
Box   9
Folder   12
Script, “Promised Land,” annotated, 148 pp., n.d.
“Roll Call:
Box   9
Folder   13
Script, co-authored by Irwin Shaw, 31 pp., 1936.
“The Squirrel Cage”
Box   9
Folder   14
Scenario, ca. 1940.
“Tell Me Your Troubles”
Box   9
Folder   15
Synopsis, co-authored by Ernest Howard Culbertson, 54 pp., April 11, 1928.
“Transport”
Box   9
Folder   16
Script, annotated, co-authored by Alis De Sola, 113 pp., n.d.