Abraham Polonsky Papers, 1936-1968

Container Title
Series: Motion Pictures
The Wayfarers, between 1945 and 1947
Note: Unproduced.
Box   6
Folder   7
Script, typescript
Body and Soul, 1947
Note

For draft of Body and Soul, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 18 (Box 5, Folder 4); for information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 39, 46-47, 52, 59.

Producer: Bob Roberts; Director: Robert Rossen; Script: Abraham Polonsky; Cast: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Anne Revere, Canada Lee.

Box   6
Folder   8
Magazine publicity, 1947
Box   6
Folder   8
Unity Award, circa 1948
Box   6
Folder   8
Fan magazine, 1948
Golden Earrings, 1947
Note

For information on writing Golden Earrings, see Diary, Volume 52 (Box 13, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.

Producer: Harry Tugend; Director: Mitchell Leisen; Author of novel: Yolanda Foldes; Script: Abraham Polonsky, Frank Butler, Helen Deutsch; Cast: Ray Milland, Marlene Dietrich.

Force of Evil, 1948
Note

For draft of Force of Evil, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 39, 46, 52, 59.

Producer: Bob Roberts; Director: Abraham Polonsky; Author of novel Tucker's People: Ira Wolfert; Script: Abraham Polonsky, Ira Wolfert; Cast: John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, Thomas Gomez, Roy Roberts.

I Can Get It For You Wholesale, 1951
Note

For more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 46, 52, 59 (Box 12, Folder 8; Box 13, Folder 4, 9).

Producer: Sol C. Siegel; Director: Michael Gordon; Author of novel: Jerome Weidman; Script: Abraham Polonsky; Cast: Susan Hayward, Dan Dailey, Sam Jaffe, George Sanders.

Box   6
Folder   9
Script, typescript
Boston Massacre, undated
Note: Unproduced. For draft of Boston Massacre, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 57 (Box 6, Folder 11); and for information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 20, 37, 39, 41, 51.
Season of Fear, after 1956
Note: Unproduced. For information on writing see Diaries, Volume 21, 39, 52; Novel reference Season of Fear. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Revival, undated
Note: Unproduced. For information on writing see Diaries, Volume 33-37, 39, 40, 42, 44, 46, 52, 54, 56, 59. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Start of the Hunt, undated
Note: Unproduced. For information on writing see Diaries, Volume 39, 40, 46, 49, 51, 52, 54, 56, 59, 61; Novel reference Start of the Hunt. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Gladiator, undated
Note: Unproduced. For information on writing see Diaries, Volume 41, 42, 46, 50-52, 54. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Oedipus Rex, 1957
Note

For information on production of Oedipus Rex see Diaries, Volume 35 (Box 11, Folder 7) and Volume 52 (Box 13, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.

Producer: Leonid Kipnis; Director: Tyrone Guthrie (and Abraham Polonsky, uncredited); Author of play: Sophocles; English translation: W.B. Yeats; Cast: Douglas Campbell, Eric House, Robert Goodier, Donald Davis.

Odds Against Tomorrow, 1959
Note

For more information on writing Odds Against Tomorrow see Diaries, Volume 41, 42, 46, 48, 50, 62. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.

Producer: Robert Wise; Director: Robert Wise; Script: John O. Killens (front for Abraham Polonsky), Nelson Giddings; Cast: Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame.

Exoduster, undated
Note: Unproduced. For a draft of Exoduster, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 46-47, 52, 54, 56, 59.
Paul, undated
Note: Unproduced. For information on Paul, see Diaries, Volume 48-52, 56 (Box 12, Folder 10; Box 13, Folder 1-4, 7). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Childhood's End , after 1953
Note: Unproduced. For drafts of Childhood's End, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 50-52, 65 (Box 13, Folder 2-4; Box 14, Folder 6).
Out of This World, undated
Note: Unproduced. For drafts of Out of This World, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 51-52, 54, 56, 59, 65.
Box   6
Folder   10
Treatment
Fool Killer, undated
Note: Unproduced. For more information on Fool Killer, see Diary, Volume 52 (Box 13, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Frolic and Detour, undated
Note: Unproduced. For drafts of Frolic and Detour, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information see also Diaries, Volume 52, 54-56, 58-59, 61-63, 65.
Aphrodite, undated
Note: Unproduced. For drafts of Aphrodite, see Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53 (Box 8, Folder 5); for more information see also Diary, Volume 52 (Box 13, Folder 4).
King Fisher's Road, undated
Note: Unproduced. For more information on King Fisher's Road, see Diaries, Volume 54, 56, 63, 65. There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Amisted, undated
Note: Unproduced. For more information on Amisted, see Diaries, Volume 54, 56, 59 (Box 13, Folder 5, 7, 9). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Calypso, undated
Note: Unproduced. For more information on Calypso, see Diaries, Volume 56, 58-61 (Box 13, Folder 7-9; Box 14, Folder 1-2).
Box   6
Folder   11
Manuscript Notebook, Volume 57
Grand Piano, undated
Note: Unproduced. For more information on Grand Piano, see Diaries, Volume 59, 63 (Box 13, Folder 9; Box 14, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Switchback, undated
Note: Unproduced. For more information on Switchback, see Diary, Volume 63 (Box 14, Folder 4). There are no drafts of this work in the manuscript notebooks.
Sweet Land (also titled Mingo, No Place To Go, The Brothers), undated
Note: Unproduced. For manuscript drafts of Sweet Land, see also Manuscript Notebook, Volume 57 (Box 6, Folder 11); for more information on writing see also Diaries, Volume 37, 39, 49-52, 54-56, 58-60, 63, 65.
Script revisions, typescripts
Box   7
Folder   1
pp. 16 -163
Box   7
Folder   2
pp. 164-275
Box   7
Folder   3
Part I, 1968 March 14-April 11
Box   7
Folder   4
Part II, 1968 April 11
Box   7
Folder   5
Part I, 1968 March 21-26
Box   7
Folder   6
Part II, 1968 April 11-October 16
Box   7
Folder   7
Script, typescript, 1968 May 6
Script revisions, typescript
Box   7
Folder   8
Part I, 1968 August 17 and October 18
Box   7
Folder   9
Part II, 1968 August 9-October 17
Box   8
Folder   1
1968 October 15-1969 September 25
Box   8
Folder   2
Script, typescript, Part I, undated
Box   8
Folder   3
Script, typescript, Part II, undated
Box   8
Folder   4
Directing notes, typescript, undated
Box   8
Folder   5
Manuscript Notebook, Volume 53
Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, 1969
Note

For more information see also Diaries, Volume 63-65 (Box 14, Folder 4-6).

Producer: Phillip A. Waxman; Director: Abraham Polonsky; Author of novel: Harry Lawton; Script: Abraham Polonsky; Cast: Robert Redford, Katharine Ross, Robert Blake, Susan Clark, Barry Sullivan.

Box   8
Folder   6
Correspondence, 1967 August-1969 June
Box   8
Folder   7
Prospective cast list, 1967-1968
Box   8
Folder   8
Research material
Box   8
Folder   9
Treatment, revisions, circa 1967
Box   8
Folder   10
Partial script, revisions
Script revisions
Box   9
Folder   1
Part I, 1967 August
Box   9
Folder   2
Part II, 1967 August
Box   9
Folder   3
Script, 1968
Box   9
Folder   4
Script, 1968 January
Box   9
Folder   5
Script, final, 1968 May
Box   9
Folder   6
French subtitles and dialogue, 1969
Box   9
Folder   7
Technical Production: Revised continuity breakdown, 1968 April
Box   9
Folder   7
Continuity of scenes, 1968 September 25
Box   9
Folder   7
Camera shots, 1968
Box   9
Folder   7
Sound effects notes, 1968 November 18
Box   9
Folder   7
Loop (dubbing) notes, 1968
Box   9
Folder   8
Production notes, 1968 November 18
Call sheets
Box   9
Folder   9
1968 May 27-June 27
Box   9
Folder   10
1968 June 28-July 22
Box   10
Folder   1
Shooting call sheets, 1968 May 27-July 22
Box   10
Folder   2
Publicity, 1968-1969
Box   10
Folder   3
Miscellaneous photos and set map, 1968