I. A. L. Diamond Papers, 1941-1981

Contents List

Container Title
Series: Theatre - Produced
Hit the Road (Columbia Varsity play, April 1941)
Box   1
Folder   1
Script, final draft, 1941, March
Box   1
Folder   1
Program
Series: Theatre - Unproduced
Box   1
Folder   2
“Easy Does It,” script, c. 1945
Box   1
Folder   3
“Some of the People,” script, c. 1946
Series: Television
Box   1
Folder   4
“Give Them This Day,” script, c. 1953
Series: Writings
Box   1
Folder   5
Articles and poem for The Screenwriter, 1947, June-Dec.
Series: Motion Pictures - Produced
Road to Utopia (Par, 1945)
Box   1
Folder   6
Two treatments entitled “Road to Nome,” 1942, March-May
Never Say Goodbye (WB, 1946)
Box   1
Folder   7
Temporary script entitled “Don't Ever Leave Me,” 1945, April 20
Box   1
Folder   8
Revised temporary script entitled “Don't Ever Leave Me,” 1945, June 2
Two Guys from Milwaukee (WB, 1946)
Box   1
Folder   9
Temporary script entitled “A Guy from Milwaukee,” 1945, Oct. 31
Box   1
Folder   10
Script, 1945, Nov. 15
Always Together (WB, 1947)
Box   1
Folder   11
Script entitled “A Cool Million”
Box   2
Folder   1
Script, 1947, May 17
Two Guys from Texas (WB, 1948)
Box   2
Folder   2
Script
Box   2
Folder   3
Script
Box   2
Folder   4
Script, 1946, Feb. 18
Box   2
Folder   5
Script, 1946, June 28
Box   2
Folder   6
Script, 1947, Jan. 3
Box   2
Folder   7
Script, 1947, Feb. 7
Romance on the High Seas (WB, 1948)
Box   2
Folder   8
Script, 1947, April 19
Box   2
Folder   9
Script, 1947, May 8
The Girl from Jones Beach (WB, 1949)
Box   2
Folder   10
Script, 1947, Sept. 30
Box   3
Folder   1
Script
Box   3
Folder   2
Script, 1948, March 31
Box   3
Folder   3
Script
It's a Great Feeling (WB, 1949)
Box   3
Folder   4
Treatment entitled “The Gay Nineties”
Box   3
Folder   4
Script entitled “The Gay Nineties”
A Millionaire for Christy (Fox, 1951)
Box   3
Folder   5
Script entitled “The Golden Goose,” 1949, April 11
Box   3
Folder   6
Script entitled “The Golden Goose,” 1949, April 11
Love Nest (1951, Fox)
Box   3
Folder   7
Correspondence and conference notes, 1950, June - 1951, Feb.
Box   3
Folder   8
Treatment entitled “The Reluctant Landlord,” 1950, Aug. 3
Box   3
Folder   9
Script, first draft continuity of “The Reluctant Landlord,” 1950, Sept. 26
Box   3
Folder   10
Script, first draft continuity of “The Reluctant Landlord,” 1950, Nov. 6
Box   4
Folder   1
Temporary script of “The Reluctant Landlord,” 1950, Dec. 11
Box   4
Folder   2
Final script of “The Reluctant Landlord,” 1951, Jan. 9
Box   4
Folder   3
Revised final script of “A WAC in his Life,” 1951, Feb. 28
Let's Make It Legal (Fox, 1951)
Box   4
Folder   4
Correspondence and conference notes, 1951, Feb-May
Box   4
Folder   5
Script, 1951, Mar. 27
Box   4
Folder   6
Script entitled “Grandma Was a Golddigger”
Box   4
Folder   7
Script entitled “Don't Call Me Mother”
Box   4
Folder   8
Second revised final script of “Don't Call Me Mother,” 1951, March 28
Box   4
Folder   9
Shooting final script of “Don't Call Me Mother,” 1951, April 26
Monkey Business (Fox, 1952)
Box   4
Folder   10
Story outline and Zanuck's comments, 1951, Oct. 9
Box   4
Folder   11
Writer's working script of “Darling - I Am Growing Older,” 1951, Oct. 9
Something for the Birds (Fox, 1952)
Box   5
Folder   1
Step sheet treatment and conference notes, 1951, Nov. - 1952 April
Box   5
Folder   2
Writer's working script, 1952, Jan. 5
Box   5
Folder   3
Revised writer's working script, 1952, March 27
Box   5
Folder   4
Temporary script entitled “Old Sailors Never Die,” 1952, April 21
The I Don't Care Girl (Fox, 1953)
Box   5
Folder   5
Treatment and conference notes, 1949, Nov-Dec
Box   5
Folder   6
First draft continuity, 1949, Nov. 28
Box   5
Folder   7
Revised first draft continuity, 1950, Feb. 20
Box   5
Folder   8
Revised first draft continuity, 1950, March 21
There's No Business Like Show Business (Fox, 1954)
Box   5
Folder   9
Correspondence and conference notes, 1952, Dec-1953, Jan.
Box   5
Folder   10
Second revised temporary script, 1953, Feb. 4
Three Coins in the Fountain (Fox, 1954)
Box   5
Folder   11
Final script with revisions possibly by Diamond, 1953, July 2
Daddy Long Legs (Fox, 1955)
Box   5
Folder   12
Correspondence and treatment, 1953, July 22
That Certain Feeling (Par, 1956)
Box   6
Folder   1
Script, 1955, Sept. 19
Box   6
Folder   2
Final white script, 1955, Sept. 26
Love in the Afternoon (AA, 1957)
Box   6
Folder   3
Script Fragment
Box   6
Folder   4
Script
Box   6
Folder   5
Script
Me and the Colonel (Col, 1958)
Box   6
Folder   6
Script, fourth draft, entitled “Jacobowsky and the Colonel,” 1957, March 29
Box   6
Folder   7
Final draft of “Jacobowsky and the Colonel,” 1957, Sept. 4
Merry Andrew (MGM, 1958)
Box   6
Folder   8
Temporary incomplete script, 1957, April 10
Box   6
Folder   9
Incomplete script, 1957, June 3
Box   6
Folder   10
Incomplete script, 1957, June 24
Some Like It Hot (UA, 1959)
Box   7
Folder   1
Script
The Apartment (UA, 1960)
Box   7
Folder   2
Script fragment
Box   7
Folder   3
Script, 1960, May 19
One, Two, Three (UA, 1961)
Box   7
Folder   4
Script
Box   7
Folder   5
Script
Irma La Douce (UA, 1963)
Box   7
Folder   6
Script
Box   7
Folder   7
Script
Goodbye Charlie (Fox, 1964)
Box   7
Folder   8
Script, first draft, 1960, Aug. 12, and conference notes, , 1960, August 25
Box   7
Folder   9
Letter from MPAA re code certificate of approval and suggested revisions
Box   8
Folder   1
Revised first draft screenplay, 1960, Sept. 27
Kiss Me, Stupid (Lopert, 1964)
Box   8
Folder   2
Letter re Legion of Decency rating and suggested revisions, 1964, Nov. 9
Box   8
Folder   3
Script
Box   8
Folder   4
Script
Box   8
Folder   5
Script
The Fortune Cookie (UA, 1966)
Box   8
Folder   6
Temporary final incomplete script
Box   8
Folder   7
Script
Box   8
Folder   8
Script
Sweet Charity (UA, 1969)
Box   8
Folder   9
Step outline by Diamond, 1967, July 28
Box   8
Folder   10
Script, first draft by Diamond, 1967, Aug. 17
Cactus Flower (Col, 1969)
Box   9
Folder   1
Script, first draft, 1968, Jan. 11
Box   9
Folder   2
Revised first draft, 1968, Feb. 16
Box   9
Folder   3
Script, 1969, Jan. 2
Box   9
Folder   4
Final draft, 1969, Jan. 9
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (UA, 1970)
Box   9
Folder   5
Script
Box   9
Folder   6
Script
Avanti! , (1972)
Box   14
Folder   2
Revised Script, by Billy Wilder and Diamond, ca. April 1972 (annotated)
Forty Carats (Columbia, 1973)
Box   15
Folder   1
Revised First Draft Screenplay, by Diamond, September 11, 1970
Box   15
Folder   2
Second Draft Screenplay, November 12, 1970
The Front Page (Universal, 1974)
Box   15
Folder   3
Final Screenplay, by Wilder and Diamond, February 15, 1974
Box   15
Folder   4
Revised Final Screenplay, March 15, 1974
Box   15
Folder   5
Revised Final Screenplay, March 15, 1974, with later revisions
Fedora (United Artists, 1979)
Box   14
Folder   6
Screenplay, by Wilder and Diamond, based on a story from “Crowned Heads,” by Thomas Tryon, n.d.
Box   14
Folder   7
Screenplay, n.d.
Box   14
Folder   8
Screenplay, n.d.
Buddy Buddy (MGM, 1981)
Box   14
Folder   3
First Draft Screenplay, by Wilder and Diamond, July 8, 1980
Box   14
Folder   4
Final Draft Screenplay, August 8, 1980
Box   14
Folder   5
Shooting Script, October 19, 1981
Series: Motion Pictures - Unproduced
“Miss Robin Hood”
Box   9
Folder   7
Treatment, 1941, Sept. 5
“Amateur Admiral”
Box   9
Folder   8
Four treatments and a short sequence, 1941, Oct. 11
“The People's Choice”
Box   9
Folder   9
Treatment and sequences A-D, 1941, Nov-1942, Feb.
“Henry Aldrich Takes the Count”
Box   9
Folder   10
Treatment, 1942, June 17
“This Way Lies Danger”
Box   9
Folder   11
Two treatments, 1942, Oct. 19; n.d.
“Head Over Heels”
Box   10
Folder   1
Treatment, 1942, Nov. 23
“Road to Rome”
Box   10
Folder   2
Treatment, 1942, Dec. 17
“Holiday in Mexico”
Box   10
Folder   3
Two treatments, 1944, May 11 - July 27
Box   10
Folder   4
Script, 1944, May 22
“Crazy to Dance”
Box   10
Folder   5
Script, 1944, Dec. 5
“Spring Is in the Air”
Box   10
Folder   6
Treatment, 1945, Aug. 3
“Happiness”
Box   10
Folder   7
Story outline, 1945, Aug. 30
“And Be My Love”
Box   10
Folder   8
Story, c. 1945
“Has Anybody Seen Kelly?”
Box   10
Folder   9
Script fragment, c. 1945
“Russian Dressing”
Box   10
Folder   10
Story, c. 1945
“Take It from There”
Box   10
Folder   11
Story, c. 1945
“Honeymoon Freight”
Box   10
Folder   12
Script, 1946 Nov. 6
“Rise Above It”
Box   10
Folder   13
Script, 1948, Jan. 9
Box   11
Folder   1
Script, 1948, Jan. 27
“East of Fifth”
Box   11
Folder   2
Treatment, 1948, May 5
Box   11
Folder   3
Script, 1948, July 12
Box   11
Folder   4
Script, 1948, July 15
“Working Our Way Through College”
Box   11
Folder   5
Treatment
Box   11
Folder   6
Script, 1949, June 31
Box   11
Folder   7
Script, 1949, Aug. 29
“Everything Happens To Me”
Box   11
Folder   8
Story, c. 1950
“The Scoutmaster”
Box   11
Folder   9
Treatment, c. 1950
“Stand Up and Cheer”
Box   11
Folder   10
Treatment, c. 1950
“The Loud Red Patrick”
Box   11
Folder   11
Treatment, 1951, May 8
“The W. C. Fields Story”
Box   11
Folder   12
Treatment, 1951, July 17
“Pink Tights” I
Box   11
Folder   13
Treatment entitled “The Bowery,” 1952, July 21
Box   11
Folder   14
Script entitled “The Bowery Nightingale,” 1952, July 21
Box   12
Folder   1
Step sheet entitled “Belle of the Bowery,” 1952 Aug. 14
Box   12
Folder   2
Writer's working script of untitled musical, 1952, Aug. 27
Box   12
Folder   3
Conference notes including Zanuck's reaction to script, 1952, Aug. 20-1955, April 12
Box   12
Folder   4
First draft continuity, 1952, Dec. 16
Box   12
Folder   5
New first draft continuity, 1953, Sept. 25
Box   12
Folder   6
Step sheet, 1954, April 15
Box   12
Folder   7
Musical breakdown and writer's working script, 1954, May 5
“Pink Tights” II
Box   12
Folder   8
Writer's working script, 1954, Nov 3
Box   12
Folder   9
First draft continuity, 1955, Feb. 17
“From Under My Hat”
Box   12
Folder   10
Outline, c. 1952
“The Form Devine”
Box   12
Folder   11
Writer's working script, 1953, May 29
“McCluskey Gives the Word”
Box   12
Folder   12
Step sheet
Box   12
Folder   13
Writer's working script, 1954, Feb. 18
“Knock on Silk”
Box   13
Folder   1
Diamond's notes and conference notes for “Far East Story,” 1955, Nov. 1 - 1956, Jan. 13
Box   13
Folder   2
Script entitled “Far East Story,” 1955, Dec. 23
Box   13
Folder   3
Script, 1956, March 5
“Just One of Those Things”
Box   15
Folder   6
Screenplay, by Diamond, 1980 (updated version of “Love and Other Disasters,” , 1972)
“Tinseltown”
Box   15
Folder   7
Screenplay, by Diamond, 1975, based on “Lord Arthur Saville's Crime,” by Oscar Wilde
“Around the World in Eighty Hours”
Box   14
Folder   1
Treatment, by I.A.L. Diamond and Herbert Baker, 1978