Dore Schary Papers, circa 1920-1980

Container Title
Subseries: Production Files
Motion Pictures
Act One, 1963
Box   188
Folder   1
Script, including photographs, 1963 April 3
Battleground
HA 898-HA 903
Film
GA 116
Promotion film including scenes of production and premieres, 1950
Physical Description: 896 feet; black and white; sound; 35 mm; archival positive 
GA 115
Newsreel segment of presentation of Photoplay award by Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, 1951 February 13
Crossfire
DD 324-DD 325
Film (segment), 1947
Scope and Content Note: Film noir in which the hunt for a homicidal ex-soldier becomes a forum for examining anti-Semitism and bigotry.
Farmer's Daughter
DD 329-DD 330
Film, 1947
Scope and Content Note: The story of a simple farm girl whose honesty and intelligence make her a successful candidate for Congress, and help her find romance with the man she loves.
Flicker Flashbacks
CA 775
Film, 1946-1947
Scope and Content Note: A compilation of two films from the series that uses early films and adds a voiceover narration.
U.S. Mss 37AN
I'll Be Seeing You (also “Double Furlough”)
Box   188
Folder   2
Musical score by Daniele Amfitheatrof, 1944
FF 050-FF 052
Film
U.S. Mss 37AN
“I'll See You Again” (released as Adam Sample)
Box   188
Folder   3-4
Research material, 1942-1953
Next Voice You Hear
HA 783-HA 786
Film
GA 114
Picture-of-the-year award ceremony, Hollywood Foreign Correspondents Association, 1950 July 27
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
DD 307-DD 309
Film, 1948
Scope and Content Note: The difficulties encountered by the city-bred Blandings in building a house in Connecticut are chronicled in this comedy.
Our American Heritage
AC 140
Film, 1947
Scope and Content Note: Public service for the American Heritage Foundation. Looks at American citizens and their future now that the war is over, encouraging citizens to be active and use their talents for the good of the country.
U.S. Mss 37AN
“The Sentries” (Unproduced)
Box   188
Folder   5
Correspondence, 1967, 1974
So Long, Mac
AC 259-AC 260
Film, 1959
Scope and Content Note: Promotional film follows the routine in the life of a Marine from boot camp through discharge. Includes a brief history of Marine battles.
Spiral Staircase
FE 408-FE 410
Film, 1945
Scope and Content Note: A Hitchcock-like thriller in which Dorothy McGuire is a mute servant in an eerie turn-of-the-century household which may be harboring a homicidal maniac.
Westward the Women
HA 768-HA 773
Film, 1951
Scope and Content Note: The story of 150 women who make the dangerous trek from Chicago to California in 1851 and meet their mail-order husbands at the end of the journey.
GA 113
Preproduction Title Card to run before showing first cuts
Scope and Content Note: Single title card reads: “Dear Friends: We hope that you will understand that all sound effects, dubbed voices, and music are missing from this film. Even the actors are tentative -- and we hope that you will bear with us. Apologetically, Dore Schary.”
GA 839
Screen snapshots / theatrical intermission snipe
GA 190
Soundtrack for Mr. Schary
U.S. Mss 37AN
Television
“The Big Apple” (Unproduced)
Box   188
Folder   6
Proposal, undated
Theater
Affectionately, A. Lincoln
Box   188
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1975-1977
Box   188
Folder   8
Mimeo script and revised mimeo script by Herbert Mitgang, 1975, undated
“Casus Belli”
Box   189
Folder   1
Script by Melvin I. Cooperman, undated
F.D.R. (Seattle, 1977?)
Box   189
Folder   2
Correspondence, 1975-1980
Research
Box   189
Folder   3
FDR correspondence, 1944-1945
Box   189
Folder   4
Notes, 1940s
Box   189
Folder   5
Quotations, 1933-1944
Scripts
Box   189
Folder   6-7
Original script, Act I and II, undated
Box   189
Folder   8
Draft with revisions, 1976
Box   189
Folder   9
Draft with revisions, 1976
Box   190
Folder   1
Draft with revisions, 1976
Box   190
Folder   2
Working copy with revisions, 1976
Box   190
Folder   3
Working copy, slightly revised, 1976
Box   190
Folder   4
Final copy with revisions, 1976
Box   190
Folder   5
Program and publicity, 1977
“For Special Occasions” (Unproduced)
Box   190
Folder   6
Notes and outline, 1975
Herzl, 1976
Box   190
Folder   7
Advertising, 1976
Box   190
Folder   8
Clippings, 1975
Box   190
Folder   9
Correspondence, 1975-1979
Box   190
Folder   10
Financial file, 1975-1978
Legal file
Box   190
Folder   11
Agreements, 1975-1976
Box   191
Folder   1
General partnerships, 1976
Limited partnerships
Box   191
Folder   2
Agreements, 1975-1976
Box   191
Folder   3
Signed contracts, 1976
Box   191
Folder   4
Production contracts, 1975
Box   191
Folder   5
Manuscript, incomplete, undated
Box   191
Folder   6
Manuscript, scenes 2-12, undated
Box   191
Folder   7
Notes (“Original notes from Italy and NY”), 1975
Box   191
Folder   8
Notes and articles, 1975, undated
Box   191
Folder   9
Opening night address by DS, 1976
Box   191
Folder   10
Opening night reception, 1976
Box   191
Folder   11
Playbill draft, 1976
Box   191
Folder   12
Production outline, including budget, staff, scene, costume, and prop lists, 1976, undated
Box   191
Folder   13
Promotion, 1975, undated
Box   191
Folder   14
Readings based on the play, 1979, undated
Box   191
Folder   15
Reviews, 1976
Scripts
Box   191
Folder   16
“The Quest,” with revisions, undated
Box   191
Folder   17
“The Quest,” undated
Box   191
Folder   18
Incomplete script, undated
Box   192
Folder   1
Copyrighted script, 1976
Majority of One, 1959
1010A/2
Recorded reviews, 1959
U.S. Mss 37AN
Mutuality, 1976
Box   192
Folder   2
Program and script, 1976 May 4
One by One
Box   192
Folder   3
Script including photographs, 1964 December 1
“Sabbatical” (Unproduced)
Box   192
Folder   4
Outlines by Mofie Block, undated
“Storm in the West” (Unproduced)
Box   192
Folder   5
Casting and production,“Way Out West,” undated
Box   192
Folder   6
Correspondence and legal papers, 1979-1980
Script
Box   192
Folder   7
Original script “Way Out West,” with additions, undated
Box   192
Folder   8
Script “Out Where the West Begins,” with revisions, undated