Dale Wasserman Papers, 1946-1983

Contents List

Container Title
U.S. Mss 67AN
Series: Part 1, Original Collection, 1946-1963
American Primitive, October 26, 1956
Box   1
Clipping; contract; notes; rehearsal schedule; script A, first draft original, annotated, May 1, 1956; script B, first draft, annotated, , October 17, 1956; script C, final, , October 17, 1956
Barbizon Tuesdays, 1946
Box   1
Contracts; correspondence, 1946, April 30-Sept. 26; ephemera; programs; and publicity
Beggar's Holiday, 1947
Box   1
Budget; business records; cast list; clippings; contract; correspondence, 1945, May 9-22; notes; programs; outlines; and prospectus
The Blue Angels, September 26, 1960
Box   1
Clippings; contract; research; outlines; script, annotated; and script revisions
Boys Will Be Boys, January 26, 1955
Box   1
Script, final
Brotherhood of the Bell, January 6, 1958
Box   1
Clippings; contract; correspondence, 1957, December 12; synopsis; treatment; script A, annotated; and script B, final
Buttrio Square, 1952
Box   2
Clippings; correspondence, 1952, June 20; notes on the script; production notes; programs; and set designs
Cafe Crown, 1949
Box   2
Bills; box office statements; business records; clippings; press releases; contracts; and programs
Package   1
Poster
Circle of Death, September 30, 1962
Box   2
Article on which script was based; clippings; correspondence, 1962, July 11; notes; outlines; and script, final
The Citadel, February 19, 1960
Box   2
Clippings; contracts; script revisions; script, first draft, January 13, 1960; script, revised, , January 26, 1960; and script, final
Cleopatra, 1963
Box   3
Clippings; notes; script, first draft, January 11, 1960; and script portions
Collision!, 1956
Box   3
Script, annotated
Drop on the Devil, undated
Box   3
Script
Eichmann: Engineer of Death, October 12, 1960
Box   3
Clippings; contract; preliminary notes; outline; and research
Box   4
Script, original of first draft, annotated, September 1, 1960; script, first draft, , September 2, 1960; script, final, , October 6, 1960; and revised pages
Elisha and the Long Knives, Feb. 4, 1954
Box   4
Clippings; correspondence, 1953, Jan. 5 - 1958, Dec. 30; outlines; press release; script, final (Kraft Television Theatre version); script, annotated NBC Matinee Theatre version); and script, as published in Australian Journal, , July, 1955
Fiddlin' Man, April 28, 1954
Box   4
Script, original; script, final; and rehearsal schedule
The Fog, September 27, 1956
Box   4
Clippings; correspondence, 1956, Oct. 11 - 1961, Aug. 4; ephemera; notes; press releases; research.
Box   5
Script, original, annotated, Aug., 1956; script, draft, , August, 1956; script, second revision, , September 17, 1956; script, third revision, , September 19, 1956; and miscellaneous revisions
The Fool Killer, undated
Box   5
Clippings; correspondence, 1959, January 15; and script, original
The Forger, March 31, 1955
Box   5
Clippings; correspondence, 1955, March 18 - 1960, Aug. 19; script used for adaptation; script, first draft; and final script, annotated
The Gentle Grafter, April 25, 1956
Box   6
Script, second draft; and script, final
High Time, 1953
Box   6
Budget; cast list; clippings; contract; production notes; and script, director's
Holiday Special, 1947
Box   6
Box office statements; clippings; correspondence, 1947, October 7 - 1948, January 7; notes; and programs
International Festival of Ballet, 1955
Box   6
Clippings; correspondence, 1954, November 11 1955, May 16; and programs
Kabuki Dancers and Musicians, 1954
Box   6
Cast list; clippings; correspondence, 1954, June 20 - 1959, April 20; Programs; stage plans; production notes; and lighting and scenery plots
The Lincoln Murder Case, February 18, 1961
Box   6
Cast list; clippings; correspondence, 1960, November 7 1961, November 2; research; notes on script; rehearsal schedule; review; script, second draft, , January 17, 1961
Box   7
Script, third draft, February 2, 1961; and script director's copy, , February 13, 1961
Livin' the Life, 1957
Box   7
Article; audit; cast list; clippings; programs; rehearsal schedule; lyrics; outlines; revisions; script, Bruce Geller and Jack Urbont version; script, original, entitled Bend o' the River, annotated; script., first draft, new version.
Package   1
Poster
Long After Summer, February 5, 1956
Box   7
Correspondence, undated; outlines; revised pages; original script
Box   8
Script, second revision; and final script
Look What's Going On, March 19, 1958
Box   8
Correspondence, 1957, December 5 - 1958, February 20; clippings; outline; research; script, first draft, , January 15, 1958; first revision, , January 31, 1958; and script, final, , February 6, 1958
The Luck of Roaring Camp, 1956
Box   8
Reject pages of first draft
The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg, December 4, 1957
Box   8
Clipping; outline; script, first draft, and revisions, annotated; and script, final
The Medallion, [May 2?], 1957
Box   8
Correspondence, 1957, January 30; outline; and script, original
The Milwaukee Rocket, undated
Box   8
Contract; script used for adaptation; script, original, annotated
Box   9
Script, final
Mountain Hoe Down, 1951
Box   9
Clippings; correspondence, 1951, March 30; and programs
My L.A., 1951
Box   9
Cast list; clippings; photographs; programs; and script
Ouanga, 1950
Box   9
Correspondence, 1550, July 6 - October 4; clippings; photographs; programs; production notes; and stage plans
The Power and the Glory, October 29, 1961
Box   9
Clippings; correspondence, 1961, May 16 - 1962, Aug. 28; notes on novel and script; rehearsal schedule; revised pages; script, final, , May 10, 1961; and script, director's, , May 24, 1961
Sylvester, undated
Box   10
Clippings; programs; notes and revisions; script, original first draft; script, second draft, August 3, 1953; script, revised, annotated; script, revised, annotated; script, , January, 1955, annotated
Box   11
Script, entitled Silvestro, Italian translation
Time of the Drought, December 16, 1954
Box   11
Clipping; correspondence, 1954, December 20 1955, January 16; and script, final
The Vikings, 1958
Box   11
Clippings; contract; correspondence, 1958, May 12; publicity; outlines; notes; research; script, first draft original, annotated; script, working copy; and script, final
The Wind Blows Free, 1950
Box   12
Clippings; correspondence, 1950, July 31 - 1951, April 28; programs; lighting cues; music and lyrics; stage designs; notes and revised pages; script, annotated; script, director's, annotated; and watercolour paintings of sets
Package   1
Watercolor paintings of sets
Series: Part 2, 1967 Additions, 1953-1967
Subseries: Motion Pictures
Doctor, You've Got to be Kidding (Trident Productions, 1967. MGM)
Box   13
Folder   1
First Draft Script, “Three for a Wedding,” by Phillip Shuken, June 8-24, 1965
Box   13
Folder   2
Script, “Three for a Wedding,” by Phillip Shuken, December 28, 1965-January 10, 1966
Box   13
Folder   3
Final Script with Revision, “Three for a Wedding,” by Phillip Shuken, March 6-April 25, 1966
Box   13
Folder   4
Production and Script Notes, February 4-July 14, 1966, undated
Box   13
Folder   5
Miscellany, including revised pages, production communications, and subtitles, February 19-April 18, 1966, undated
Mr. Buddwing (DDD Productions, 1966. MGM)
Box   13
Folder   6
Novel, Buddwing, by Evan Hunter, annotated by Dale Wasserman, 1964
Box   13
Folder   7
First Draft Script, “Buddwing,” annotated, June 22- July 20, 1964
Box   13
Folder   8
Typescript of First Draft, “Buddwing,” June 22-July 20, 1964
Box   14
Folder   1
Script, “Buddwing,” August 10-17, 1964
Box   14
Folder   2
Script, “Buddwing,” August 10-November 10, 1964
Box   14
Folder   3
Final Script, February 3-15, 1965
Box   14
Folder   4
Revised Pages, June 22, 1964-February 5, 1965
Box   14
Folder   5
Plot Outlines and Notes, “Buddwing,” February 10, 1964-May 15, 1965, undated
Box   14
Folder   6
Miscellany, including correspondence and clippings, April 4, 1964-December 2, 1965
O Jangadeiro (Produced in Bahia, Brazil. 1961)
Box   14
Folder   7
First Draft Script, “The Sea and the Shadow,” annotated, November 11, 1960
Box   14
Folder   8
Second Draft Script, “The Sea and the Shadow,” annotated, January 5, 1961
Box   14
Folder   9
Treatment, “The Sea and the Shadow,” undated
Box   14
Folder   10
Notes, February 23, 1959-January 24, 1961
The Princess (Unproduced)
Box   14
Folder   11
First Draft Script, January 15, 1963
Box   14
Folder   12
Revised Pages, annotated, January 15, 1963
Box   15
Folder   1
Film Treatment, “The Beast of the Cave,” undated
Box   15
Folder   2
Miscellany, including plot outlines, notes, and casting lists, November 22, 1962, undated
Quick, Before It Melts (Biography Productions, 1965. MGM)
Box   15
Folder   3
Book, advance proofs, by Philip Benjamin, slightly annotated, Pre-December 10, 1963
Box   15
Folder   4
First Draft Script, annotated, December 10, 1963
Box   15
Folder   5
Revised First Draft Script, January 15, 1964
Box   15
Folder   6
Shooting Script, slightly annotated, February 10, 1964
Box   15
Folder   7
Revision Notes, January 6-June 16, 1964, undated
Box   15
Folder   8
Wasserman's Notes, July 20, 1963-July 25, 1964
Box   15
Folder   9
Interoffice Memoranda, January 22-June 11, 1964
Box   15
Folder   10
Daily Production Sheets, March 31-May 6, 1964
Box   15
Folder   11
Reviews and Clippings, August 19, 1963-April 1, 1965
Box   15
Folder   12
Miscellany, including memoranda and articles, September 17, 1963-April 29, 1965, undated
Box   15
Folder   13
Preview Reports, July 17-24, 1964
Box   16
Folder   1
Research Material, undated
Two Faces to Go (Unproduced)
Box   16
Folder   2
First Draft Script, “Cities of the Night,” October 6, 1958
Box   16
Folder   3
First Revision, “Cities of the Night,” annotated, November 18, 1958
Box   16
Folder   4
Second Draft Script, “Cities of the Night,” undated
Box   16
Folder   5
Outline, “Cities of the Night,” August 18, 1958
World of Strangers (Unproduced)
Box   16
Folder   6
First Draft Script, “The Larsen Story,” slightly annotated, June 20, 1953
Box   16
Folder   7
First Draft Script, “The Larsen Story,” June 20, 1953
Box   16
Folder   8
First Revision with Revised Pages, “The Larsen Story,” slightly annotated, January 1, 1954
Box   16
Folder   9
Revised Pages, undated
Box   16
Folder   10
Wasserman's Notes and Outlines, circa January 25-May 1, 1953
Subseries: Television
The Bequest (Four Star Productions, May 1, 1954, network unknown)
Box   17
Folder   1
Script, co-authored by Jack Balch, undated
Box   17
Folder   2
Plot Outlines, co-authored by Jack Balch, undated
The Commuters (Unproduced)
Box   17
Folder   3
First Draft Pilot Script, “Perchance to Dream,” October 12, 1962
Box   17
Folder   4
Second Draft Pilot Script, “Perchance to Dream,” undated
Box   17
Folder   5
Final Pilot Script, “Perchance to Dream,” December 5, 1962
Box   17
Folder   6
Notes and Character Outlines, August 1-October 19, 1962
Cress Delahanty (Unproduced)
Box   17
Folder   7
First Draft Pilot Script, “Rite of Spring,” August 20, 1962
Box   17
Folder   8
Pilot Script and Story Outlines, “You Don't Have to Wipe the Noses of Your Dreams,” circa 1962
Box   17
Folder   9
Miscellany, including clippings, series outlines, and revised pages, “Birthday Girl,” circa 1962
The DuPont Show of the Month (Talent Associations, Inc., 1957-1962, original telecast on CBS)
“I, Don Quixote” (air date: November 9, 1959)
Box   17
Folder   10
First Draft Script, “Men of La Mancha,” annotated, June 1, 1959
Box   17
Folder   11
Revised Script, slightly annotated, September 25, 1959
Box   17
Folder   12
Revised Script, slightly annotated, September 25, 1959
Box   17
Folder   13
Third Revision, slightly annotated, October 22, 1959
Box   18
Folder   1
Final Draft Script, October 28-30, 1959
Box   18
Folder   2
Clippings and Reviews, August 12, 1959-January 11, 1960, undated
The Monster (Unproduced)
Box   18
Folder   3
First Draft Script, annotated, circa August, 1957
Box   18
Folder   4
First Draft Script, slightly annotated, undated
Box   18
Folder   5
Revised Pages, annotated, undated
Box   18
Folder   6
Outlines with Notes, February 5, 1957, undated
The Richard Boone Show (Classic Films, Inc., 1963-1964, original telecast on NBC)
“Stranger” (air date: October 22, 1963)
Box   18
Folder   7
First Draft Script, June 15, 1963
Box   18
Folder   8
Final Script, June 21, 1963
Box   18
Folder   9
Miscellany, including clippings, revisions, and outline, April 19-October 30, 1963
Subseries: Theater
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (NY: Cort Theatre, November 13, 1963)
Box   18
Folder   10
First Draft Script, April 20, 1962
Box   18
Folder   11
First Draft Script, annotated, April 20, 1962
Box   18
Folder   12
First Draft Script, annotated by Ken Kesey, April 20 - May 3, 1962
Box   19
Folder   1
Revised First Draft Script, annotated, November 27, 1962
Box   19
Folder   2
Second Draft Script, slightly annotated, February 25, 1963
Box   19
Folder   3-4
Rehearsal Scripts, annotated, September 9-October 31, 1963
Box   19
Folder   5
Final Script, annotated, March 31, 1964
Box   19
Folder   6
Final Script, post-March 31, 1964
Box   19
Folder   7
Revised Pages, circa September-October, 1963, undated
Box   19
Folder   8
Wasserman's Production Notes, October 23, 1963- January 9, 1964
Box   19
Folder   9
Clippings, February 6, 1962-July 29, 1964
Box   19
Folder   10
Playbills, October 24, 1963-circa January, 1964
Man of La Mancha (NY: Anta Washington Square Theatre, November 22, 1965)
Box   20
Folder   1
Script, slightly annotated, November 5, 1961
Box   20
Folder   2
First Draft Script, annotated, June 1, 1963
Box   20
Folder   3
First Draft Script, slightly annotated, June 1, 1963
Box   20
Folder   4
Script, “Highway to Glory,” November 15, 1964
Box   20
Folder   5
Rehearsal Script with Revisions, annotated, circa June 3-August 5, 1965 (Tryout production at the Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut)
Box   20
Folder   6
New York Rehearsal Script, annotated, October, 1965
Box   20
Folder   7
Rehearsal Working Script, annotated, December, 1965
Box   20
Folder   8
Script, annotated, December, 1965
Box   20
Folder   9
Final Script, circa December, 1965
Box   21
Folder   1
Script for Publication, copy-edited, circa 1965-1966
Box   21
Folder   2
Published Script, 1966
Box   21
Folder   3
Published Music, circa 1966
Box   21
Folder   4
Lyrics by W. H. Auden, undated
Box   21
Folder   5
Sections of Working Scripts, undated
Box   21
Folder   6
Notes from Wasserman to Director during Tryout, November 6-28, 1965
Box   21
Folder   7
Playbills and Souvenir Programs, June, 1965-November, 1967
Box   21
Folder   8
Newspaper Advertising, October 17, 1965-circa early April, 1967
Miscellaneous Clippings
Box   21
Folder   9
1965, October 20-circa December
Box   21
Folder   10
1966, January 1-December 13
Box   21
Folder   11
1967, January 4-November 24, undated
Box   21
Folder   12
Reviews, November 23, 1965-July 1, 1966
Box   21
Folder   13
Variety's Weekly Grosses, December 1, 1965-August 9, 1967
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.
Box   22
Folder   1
First Draft Script, by Wasserman, February 8, 1977, with revised pages
“Conquest”
Note: An unproduced feature film on the conquest of Mexico.
Box   22
Folder   2
First Draft Master Scene Script, by Wasserman, April 1980, annotated
Box   22
Folder   3
Xeroxed First Draft Master Scene Script, April 1980
Box   22
Folder   4
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.”
Box   22
Folder   5
First Draft Script, by Wasserman and Winfred Blevins, July 12, 1978
Box   22
Folder   6
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.
Box   22
Folder   7
Master Scene Script, by Wasserman, June 15, 1970, with revisions and notes from discussions between Wasserman and director-producer Arthur Hiller
Box   22
Folder   8
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.
Box   22
Folder   9
Lyrics for Michel Legrand's Songs
Box   22
Folder   10
First Draft Script, by Wasserman, March 1968
Box   22
Folder   11
Script, March 1970
Box   22
Folder   12
“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.
Box   22
Folder   13
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.
Box   22
Folder   14
First Draft Script (“I'll Be There”), by Wasserman, 1977
Box   22
Folder   15-16
Draft Scripts (“We'll All Be There”), November 1977
Box   22
Folder   17
Revised Draft Script, April 1978
Box   22
Folder   18
Revised Script, April 1979
Box   22
Folder   19
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.
Box   22
Folder   20
First Draft Script, by Wasserman, March 1975
“Scaramouche”
Note: An unproduced half-hour pilot script for a television series written by MGM.
Box   22
Folder   21
First Draft Script (Pilot), by Wasserman, August 31, 1974
Box   22
Folder   22
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.
Box   22
Folder   23
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.”
Box   22
Folder   24
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.
Box   22
Folder   25
First Draft Script, by Wasserman, August 1, 1979, with later revisions
Box   22
Folder   26
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.
Box   22
Folder   27
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.
Box   22
Folder   28
First Draft Script, by Wasserman, from the novel by Hans Koningsberger, April 11, 1966
Box   23
Folder   1
First Draft Script, April 11, 1966, with revisions of , June 1967
Box   23
Folder   2
Typed Script, June 1967
Box   23
Folder   3
Revised Script, May 1968
Box   23
Folder   4
Final Script (“File Copy”), July 1968
Box   23
Folder   5
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.
Box   23
Folder   6
Second Draft Script, with lyrics, by Wasserman, undated
“Truth and Illusion”
Box   23
Folder   7
“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)
Box   23
Folder   8
Annual Reports, 1981-1983
Box   23
Folder   9
FTT (Film and Television Technician), Newsletter, June 1982, October 1982-April 1983