Dale Wasserman Papers, 1946-1983

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Series: Part 3, 1984 Additions, 1966-1983
“Burden of Proof”
Note: An NBC-commissioned television movie based on the Juan Corona multiple murder case in Yuba City, California. The film was never produced because NBC lawyers feared possible lawsuits.
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Folder   1
First Draft Script, by Wasserman, February 8, 1977, with revised pages
“Conquest”
Note: An unproduced feature film on the conquest of Mexico.
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First Draft Master Scene Script, by Wasserman, April 1980, annotated
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Xeroxed First Draft Master Scene Script, April 1980
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Step Outline, December 31, 1979
“Dracula: the True Story”
Note: An original television movie; unproduced because of the network's decision that it was “too gruesome.”
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First Draft Script, by Wasserman and Winfred Blevins, July 12, 1978
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Xeroxed Script, July 12, 1978, with revisions of , October 1978
Man of La Mancha
Note: A film produced by United Artists in Rome, 1972; based on Wasserman's stage musical. Directed and produced by Arthur Hiller, starring Peter O'Toole, Sophia Loren, and James Coco.
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Master Scene Script, by Wasserman, June 15, 1970, with revisions and notes from discussions between Wasserman and director-producer Arthur Hiller
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Final Draft Script (Shooting Script), October 25, 1971
“Montparnasse”
Note: An unproduced musical play. First versions in collaboration with Maurice Jarre, composer and Arnold Sundgaard, lyricist. Later drafts with Michel Legrand, composer and Charles Burr, lyricist. Held under option by Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C. for several years.
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Lyrics for Michel Legrand's Songs
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First Draft Script, by Wasserman, March 1968
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Script, March 1970
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“Work” Script and Lyrics, December 1972
Tape 1095A
Songs and Music, August 11, 1969
U.S. Mss 67AN
“Mozart: In Quest of the Man”
Note: An unproduced work proposed as a multi-segment movie for television. Research conducted in Austria, Germany, and Czechoslovakia, following in Mozart's footsteps.
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Concept and Outline as Commissioned by the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, May 1977
Play with Fire
Note: A stage play based on the Czechoslovakian play I Shall Return to Prague by Oldrich Danek. First produced at Westwood Playhouse, Los Angeles, October 1978. Staged readings in Los Angeles and at the O'Neill Theater Center. Produced by Texas Christian University, February 1980.
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First Draft Script (“I'll Be There”), by Wasserman, 1977
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Draft Scripts (“We'll All Be There”), November 1977
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Revised Draft Script, April 1978
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Revised Script, April 1979
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Rehearsal Script (Texas Christian University production, February 1980), circa January 1980
“Running”
Note: An unproduced independent film venture, story based on novelette “Flight and Pursuit” by Frank O'Rourke.
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First Draft Script, by Wasserman, March 1975
“Scaramouche”
Note: An unproduced half-hour pilot script for a television series written by MGM.
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First Draft Script (Pilot), by Wasserman, August 31, 1974
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First Draft Script (Pilot, as run by MGM), September 11, 1974
“Scheherazade”
Note: An unproduced film commissioned by Universal Studios, intended as a high budget X-rated film. Studio changed its mind about the X-rating and film never produced. Based loosely on A Thousand and One Nights.
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First Draft Script, by Wasserman, circa June 1976
The Shining Mountains
Note: A stage version of Dale Wasserman's first television play, “Elisha and the Long Knives.”
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Printed Play, by Wasserman, copyright 1977
“Survivors”
Note: An original 3-hour television movie commissioned by CBS through Paramount Pictures Corp. Production suspended due to controversy over the similar subject material of Arthur Miller's Playing for Time.
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First Draft Script, by Wasserman, August 1, 1979, with later revisions
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Second Draft Script, September 25, 1979
“V-J Day”
Note: An unproduced multi-part television movie commissioned by Alan Landsburg Productions. Underwritten by CBS but considered “too unconventional” in form for Movie of the Week.
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Outline, by Wasserman, September 15, 1974, with revisions to , October 10, 1974
A Walk With Love and Death
Note: A film produced in Austria, 1969, distributed by 20th Century-Fox; John Huston was director, Dale Wasserman was associate producer.
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First Draft Script, by Wasserman, from the novel by Hans Koningsberger, April 11, 1966
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Folder   1
First Draft Script, April 11, 1966, with revisions of , June 1967
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Typed Script, June 1967
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Revised Script, May 1968
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Final Script (“File Copy”), July 1968
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Final Shooting Script, July 1968, with revisions to , September 1968
“Wait For Me, World”
Note: An unproduced television musical commissioned by ABC in 1975. A musical account of Horatio Alger. Score by John Kander and Fred Ebb.
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Second Draft Script, with lyrics, by Wasserman, undated
“Truth and Illusion”
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“The Reality of Illusion,” Printed Brochure Containing Honors Convocation Address, by Wasserman, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with address by Michael T. Brody, May 17, 1980.
Association of Cinematograph, Television and Allied Technicians (Britain)
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Annual Reports, 1981-1983
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FTT (Film and Television Technician), Newsletter, June 1982, October 1982-April 1983