Hal Kanter Papers, 1937-1977

Container Title
U.S. Mss 147AN
Series: Part 2 (U.S. Mss 147AN, Audio 1036A): 1985 Additions, 1960-1983
Physical Description: 35.6 c.f. (90 archives boxes) and 66 tape recordings 
Scope and Content Note

The 1985 Additions to the Joseph McBride Papers primarily document his career as a critic and writer in film, television, and theater during the years 1977-1982, and consist of script drafts and revisions, source material, storyboards, notes, correspondence, and interview transcripts, from more than 90 projects. Also, included are drafts from a number of books he authored, as well as newspaper and magazine articles. The audio tapes primarily contain interviews conducted by McBride with numerous actors and actresses concerning specific Hollywood personalities. The tapes are RESTRICTED, however, and may not be listened to without the written consent of Joseph McBride.

The additions are divided into eight subseries: GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, BOOKS, MAGAZINE ARTICLES, NEWSPAPERS, SCRIPTS (FILM, TELEVISON, and THEATER), UNRELATED COMPOSITIONS, SCRIPT PROJECTS, and AUDIO RECORDINGS.

The GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE subseries contains both personal and professional correspondence, mostly incoming and dating from 1960 to 1982. The bulk of the personal correspondence is from McBride's immediate family. One folder consists of letters from his wife, Linda Detra McBride (whom he divorced in 1973) and daughter, Jessica. Another contains letters from his father, Raymond McBride. A third folder consists of correspondence, 1960-1964, to McBride's mother Marian, from well-known politicians and statesmen.

The BOOKS subseries contains scripts, drafts, galleys, edited manuscripts, promotion, and other papers concerning nine books McBride authored from 1972 to 1983, arranged chronologically by publication date. The majority of this material covers the 1980 publication of High and Inside: The Complete Guide to Baseball Slang, which underwent numerous revisions over the years. First entitled “Baseballese,” it was subsequently known as “The Language of Baseball,” “Baseball Talk,” “Speaking of Baseball,” and “The Complete Book of Baseball Slang.” There are also several boxes of material on the book Hawks on Hawks, published in 1982.

The MAGAZINE ARTICLES subseries is comprised of notes and information on nearly 35 pieces on television and film, written by McBride from 1960 to 1982. The articles are arranged chronologically by publication date.

The NEWSPAPERS subseries consists primarily of material collected by McBride during his years on Daily Variety and Variety, roughly from 1974 to 1981, including press releases; obituaries; general news and features; and film, television, theater, and concert reviews. Only the general news, feature articles, and reviews, however, were written by McBride. In addition, there are some drafts, unpublished articles, and research notes produced by McBride during his years on the University of Wisconsin's Daily Cardinal, the Wisconsin State Journal, and the Riverside Press-Enterprise. The material is arranged chronologically.

The SCRIPTS subseries provides a detailed look at the steps involved in the creation of a working script (in the media of film, television, and theater) and includes source material, treatments, outlines, interview transcripts, page proofs, galleys, and drafts. The series is sub-divided into Scripts-Film, Scripts-Television, and Scripts-Theater, although the majority of the scripts were written for film. However, only three film scripts actually were produced: Blood and Guts (1978), Rock 'n' Roll High School (1979), and Prom Night (1980). The television script material concerns McBride's involvement with The American Film Institute's salutes to Jimmy Stewart (1980), Fred Astaire (1981), Frank Capra (1982), and John Huston (1983), which he wrote or co-wrote. It also documents the production Let Poland Be Poland, which was broadcast by satellite around the world in January 1982. The theater scripts include American National Theatre and Academy Tribute to James Stewart (1981), plus some unproduced pieces. It is important to note that although scripts often underwent title changes during the draft stages, they are listed according to final titles.

The UNRELATED COMPOSITIONS subseries contains articles, notes, reviews, and the like written by McBride from 1962-1977, arranged chronologically. Most concern films and filmmakers.

The SCRIPT PROJECTS subseries contains undated notes, sketches, and ideas for more than 60 potential scripts written by McBride. They are arranged alphabetically by title.

The AUDIO RECORDINGS subseries contains 66 tape recordings, most of which are interviews conducted by McBride during the early 1980s. They include sessions with Frank Capra, Billy Wilder, Jimmy Stewart, Jacqueline Bisset, Donna Reed, Audrey Hepburn, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, and Robert Mitchum, among others. As many of the interviews were conducted over the telephone, the audio may be of inferior quality.

Access Restrictions: The audio tapes may not be listened to without the written consent of Joseph McBride.
Subseries: General Correspondence
Personal
Box   16
Folder   1-3
1969-1981
Box   16
Folder   4-5
undated
Box   16
Folder   6
From Linda Detra McBride and Jessica McBride, undated
Box   17
Folder   1
From Raymond McBride, undated
Box   17
Folder   2
To Marian McBride, 1960-1964
Professional
Box   17
Folder   3-7
1964-1982, undated
Subseries: Books
Orson Welles (1972)
Box   18
Folder   1
“Bright Lucifer”: script, 1933
Box   18
Folder   2
“The Other Side of the Wind”: script, undated
John Ford (1974)
Box   18
Folder   3
Chapter One: “Bringing in the Sheaves”
Box   18
Folder   4
Chapter Two: “Half Genius, Half Irish”
Box   18
Folder   5
Galleys, undated
Box   18
Folder   6
Page proofs, undated
Box   18
Folder   7
Publicity
Box   18
Folder   8
Revisions, undated
Box   18
Folder   9-14
Source material
Kirk Douglas (1976)
Box   19
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1975-1976
Box   19
Folder   2-3
Source material
Box   19
Folder   4-5
Notes, 1976
Box   20
Folder   1
Draft fragments, undated
Box   20
Folder   2
Draft, complete, undated
Box   20
Folder   3
Edited manuscript, undated
Box   20
Folder   4
Galleys, undated
Orson Welles: Actor and Director (1977)
Box   20
Folder   5
Correspondence, 1976-1978
Box   20
Folder   6-9
Source material
Box   21
Folder   1-2
Notes, undated
Box   21
Folder   3
Draft fragments, undated
Box   21
Folder   4
Draft fragments, pp. 1-15, undated
Box   21
Folder   5
Draft, incomplete, pp. 1-131, undated
Box   21
Folder   6
Draft, complete, undated
Box   21
Folder   7
Galleys, undated
Box   21
Folder   8
Page proofs, undated
Box   21
Folder   9
Promotion
Box   21
Folder   10
Review, 1977
High and Inside: The Complete Guide to Baseball Slang (1980)
Box   22
Folder   1-2
Correspondence, 1964-1980
Box   22
Folder   3
Notes, 1978
Box   22
Folder   4
Potential publishers
Box   22
Folder   5
Royalty estimates
Box   22
Folder   6
References
Box   22
Folder   7-16
Source materials
“Baseballese”
Box   22
Folder   17
“Words”: first draft, 1963-1964
Box   23
Folder   1
“Quotes”: first draft, undated
Box   23
Folder   2
“Nicknames”: first draft, undated
“The Language of Baseball”
Box   23
Folder   3
Second draft, pp. 1-118, 1964-1965
Box   23
Folder   4
Second draft, pp. 1-93, 1964-1965
Box   23
Folder   5
Third draft, pp. 1-217, 1965-1966
Box   23
Folder   6
Fourth draft, 1966
Box   24
Folder   1
Fifth draft, 20 June 1967
Box   24
Folder   2
Draft fragments, undated
Box   24
Folder   3
“Baseball Talk,” pp. 1-217, 1978-1979
“Speaking of Baseball”
Box   24
Folder   4
First draft, pp. 1-242, 1978-1979
Box   24
Folder   5
Second draft, pp. 1-242, 1978-1979
Box   25
Folder   1
Third draft, pp. 1-242, 1978-1979
Box   25
Folder   2
Fourth draft, 1979 May 3
“The Complete Book of Baseball Slang”
Box   25
Folder   3
First draft, pp. 194-268, 1979 May 3
Box   25
Folder   4
First draft, revised, 1979
Box   26
Folder   1-2
Second draft, 1979 September 12
Box   26
Folder   3-4
Third draft, 1979 November
Box   26
Folder   5
Author's replies to queries, 1979 November
Box   27
Folder   1-8
Revisions, undated
Box   28
Folder   1
Revisions (continued)
Box   27
Folder   2
Galleys, pp. 9-254, undated
Box   27
Folder   3
Nickname index, pp. 1-66
Box   27
Folder   4
Promotion
Private Parts (unpublished)
Box   27
Folder   5
Correspondence, 1980-1982
Box   27
Folder   6
Research and clippings
Box   27
Folder   7
Notes and draft fragments, undated
Box   29
Folder   1
First draft, 1980 March-May
Box   29
Folder   2-3
Second draft, 1980 May 16
Box   29
Folder   4-5
Third draft, 1980 October 13
Box   29
Folder   6
Fourth draft, undated
Hawks on Hawks (1982)
Box   30
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1974-1982
Box   30
Folder   2-3
Source material
Box   30
Folder   4-10
Interviews with Hawks, 1970-1977
Box   30
Folder   11-12
Article on Hawks, by McBride, in Film Comment, 1978
Box   31
Folder   1
Organizational notes, undated
Box   31
Folder   2-8
Draft fragments, undated
Introduction
Box   31
Folder   9
Draft fragments, undated
Box   31
Folder   10
Draft, complete, undated
Box   31
Folder   11
Illustrations
Box   32
Folder   1
Filmography, notes, and drafts, undated
Box   32
Folder   2
Bibliography, notes, and drafts, undated
Box   32
Folder   3-4
Typescript #1, undated
Box   32
Folder   5-6
Typescript #2, undated
Box   32
Folder   7-8
Typescript #3, undated
Box   33
Folder   1-2
Final typescript, undated
Box   33
Folder   3
Galleys, undated
Box   33
Folder   4
Corrections
Box   33
Folder   5
Dummy
Box   33
Folder   6
Index, notes, and drafts, undated
Box   33
Folder   7
Final photocopy, undated
Box   33
Folder   8
Promotion
Filmmakers on Filmmaking, Volumes I and II (1983)
Box   34
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1979-1983, undated
Box   34
Folder   2-3
Notes, undated
Box   34
Folder   4-5
Volume I, annotated typescript, undated
Box   34
Folder   6
Volume II, typescript, pp. 1-147, undated
Box   34
Folder   7
Introduction, edited page proofs, undated
Subseries: Magazine Articles
Box   34
Folder   8
“The Lightfeet Top 'Em All,” 1960 May
Note: On Warren Spahn's son.
Box   34
Folder   9
“Shaw Impersonated,” 1967 Spring-Summer
Note: On Bramwell Fletcher.
Box   34
Folder   10
“Mr. Macdonald, Mr. Kauffmann, and Miss Kael,” 1967 Summer
Box   34
Folder   11
“Campus '69: The Quiet Year--So Far,” 1969 December
Note: On the University of Wisconsin.
Box   35
Folder   1
“A Long Way from Home,” 1969-1970 Winter
Note: On The Emigrants and The New Land.
Box   35
Folder   2
“Topaz,” 1969-1970 Winter
Box   35
Folder   3
“The Arrangement,” 1970 Summer
Box   35
Folder   4
“The Private Life of Billy Wilder,” 1970 Summer
Box   35
Folder   5
“The Ugliness of Belle de Jour,” 1970 November
Box   35
Folder   6
“The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes,” 1971 Spring
Box   35
Folder   7
“The Director as Superstar,” 1972 Spring
Note: On Fellini: A Director's Notebook.
Box   35
Folder   8
“Running, Jumping, and Standing Still: An Interview with Richard Lester,” 1973 Spring
Box   35
Folder   9
“What Price Hollywood?,” 1973 May-June
Box   35
Folder   10
“The Importance of Being Ernst,” 1973 Summer
Note: On Avanti!
Box   35
Folder   11
“Stepin Fetchit Talks Back,” 1974 Summer
Box   35
Folder   12
“Shooting The Front Page: Two Damns and One By God,” 1974 July
Box   35
Folder   13
“Coppola, Inc.,” 1975 November
Box   35
Folder   14
“George Cukor: The Blue Bird,” 1975 November-December
Box   35
Folder   15
“The Glory That Was Hollywood,” 1975 December
Box   35
Folder   16
The Bad News Bears,” 1975-1976 Winter
Box   36
Folder   1
“Life in the Snake Pit: Val Lewton,” 1976 January-February
Box   36
Folder   2
“Aren't You ... Jimmy Stewart?,” 1976 June
Box   36
Folder   3
“Mr. and Mrs. Hitchcock,” 1976 Fall
Box   36
Folder   4
“Kid Stuff: François Truffaut on Small Change,” 1976 September-October
Box   36
Folder   5
“Song for Woody,” 1976 November-December
Note: On Bound for Glory.
Box   36
Folder   6
“The Wild Party: On the Arbuckle Case,” 1977 December-January
Box   36
Folder   7
“The Most Powerful Movie Actor in the World: He'll Blow Your Head Clean Off,” 1977 April
Note: On Clint Eastwood.
Box   36
Folder   8
“Olly Olly Oxen Free: On the Set with Katharine Hepburn,” 1977 August
Box   36
Folder   9
“Going for Extra Innings,” 1979 January-February
“A Piece of the Rock: George Stevens,” 1979
Box   36
Folder   10
Research material
Box   36
Folder   11
Notes
Box   36
Folder   12-13
Interview transcript
Box   36
Folder   14
Drafts
Box   36
Folder   15
Galleys, undated
“Bombshell Days at MGM,” 1980 March-April
Box   36
Folder   16
Interview transcript
Box   36
Folder   17
Drafts, undated
Box   37
Folder   1
“O'Toole Ascending,” 1981 March-April
“Carry On, Cukor,” 1981 September-October
Box   37
Folder   2
Interview transcript
Box   37
Folder   3
Drafts, undated
Box   37
Folder   4
Photographs: copies
Box   37
Folder   5
“Jacqueline Bisset on Rich and Famous,” 1981 September-October
Box   37
Folder   6
“Interview with Richard Sylbert,” 1982 January-February
Note: On Reds.
Subseries: Newspapers
Box   38
Folder   1
Daily Cardinal, 1967-1971, undated
Wisconsin State Journal
Box   38
Folder   2
Drafts and published articles, 1969-1972, undated
Box   38
Folder   3
Article on Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker, 1971
Riverside Press-Enterprise
Box   39
Folder   1
Memo, 1972
Box   39
Folder   2-6
Research notes and drafts, 1973-1974
Box   40
Folder   1-4
Research notes and drafts, 1973-1974 (continued)
Box   41
Folder   1-3
Research notes and drafts, 1973-1974 (continued)
Box   41
Folder   4
Unpublished article on Charles Ashman, 1974
Box   41
Folder   5
Published articles, 1973-1974
Daily Variety and Variety
Box   42
Folder   1
Correspondence and memoranda, 1974-1981, undated
Box   42
Folder   2-4
Telephone messages, 1974-1980, undated
Box   42
Folder   5-6
Tickets and screening invitations, 1974-1979
Box   43
Folder   1-4
Tickets and screening invitations, 1974-1979 (continued)
Press releases collected by McBride
Box   44
Folder   1-9
1974 January-November
Box   45
Folder   1-6
1974 December-1975 April
Box   46
Folder   1-7
1975 May-November
Box   47
Folder   1-6
1975 December-1976 January
Box   48
Folder   1-5
1976 February-March
Box   49
Folder   1-5
1976 April-May
Box   50
Folder   1-4
1976 June-July
Box   51
Folder   1-5
1976 August-October
Box   52
Folder   1-3
1976 October-November
Box   53
Folder   1-5
1976 December-1977 February
Box   54
Folder   1-5
1977 February-April
Box   55
Folder   1-4
1977 April-June
Box   56
Folder   1-6
1977 June-1978 March
Box   57
Folder   1-6
1980 January-1981 January
Box   58
Folder   1
1980 December-1981 January
General news and features
Box   58
Folder   2
1974 July-October
Box   59
Folder   1-5
1975 January-April
Box   60
Folder   1-8
1975 May-November
Box   61
Folder   1-4
1975 circa July-November
Box   62
Folder   1-2
1976 April-May
Box   63
Folder   1-6
1976 July-December
Box   64
Folder   1-6
1977 January-June
Box   65
Folder   1-2
1977 July-August
Box   65
Folder   3
circa 1977
Box   65
Folder   4-6
circa 1980-1981
Box   66
Folder   1-6
Film and television reviews, 1974 August-1980 December, undated
Box   66
Folder   7-10
Theater and concert reviews, 1975 July-1977 July, undated
Box   67
Folder   1-5
Film production charts, 1975 December-1977 August
Box   68
Folder   1-3
Obituaries, 1974-1981
Box   69
Folder   1-2
Business news, circa 1980-1981
Box   69
Folder   3
Stock market reports, circa 1980-1981
Subseries: Scripts
Scripts-Film
A Moveable Feast (unproduced)
Box   70
Folder   1
Notes and correspondence, 1966 September
Box   70
Folder   2
Story boards
Box   70
Folder   3
First draft, 1966 August 26
Box   70
Folder   4
Script, undated
Box   70
Folder   5
Revisions, undated
Box   70
Folder   6
Final draft, undated
To Build a Fire (unproduced)
Box   70
Folder   7
Notes and draft fragments, undated
Box   70
Folder   8
First draft, 1967 January 8
Box   70
Folder   9
Second draft, 1967 January 9
Diamond (unproduced)
Box   70
Folder   10
Notes, circa 1967 March-May
Box   70
Folder   11
Treatment, 1967
Box   70
Folder   12
Source material
Box   70
Folder   13
First draft, 1967 September 12
Box   70
Folder   14
Second draft, 1967 October 2
Box   70
Folder   15
Script, undated
Silverheels (unproduced)
Box   71
Folder   1-3
Notes and draft fragments, undated
Box   71
Folder   4
First draft, 1968 January 14
Box   71
Folder   5
Second draft, 1968 March 3
Box   71
Folder   6
Draft, revised, undated
Box   71
Folder   7
Final draft, undated
Hell (unproduced)
Box   71
Folder   8
Correspondence, 1969 September-October, undated
Box   71
Folder   9
Source material
Box   71
Folder   10-12
Notes, undated
Box   71
Folder   13
Synopsis, undated
Box   71
Folder   14-15
Notes and draft fragments, circa 1970
Box   71
Folder   16
Partial draft, undated
Box   72
Folder   1
Draft, undated
Box   72
Folder   2
Draft, revised, undated
Box   72
Folder   3-4
Rough story board, undated
Box   72
Folder   5
Novel notes, circa 1970
Box   72
Folder   6
Novel fragment, circa 1970
Man Bites Dog (unproduced)
Box   73
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1973 March-September
Box   73
Folder   2
Source material
Box   73
Folder   3
Notes, undated
Box   73
Folder   4
Draft, pp. 1-24, 114-130, undated
Box   73
Folder   5
First draft, undated
Box   73
Folder   6
Second draft, undated
Box   73
Folder   7
Third draft, undated
Box   73
Folder   8
Final draft, undated
The Authentic Life of Cheyenne Harry (unproduced)
Box   74
Folder   1
Script registrations and work schedules
Box   74
Folder   2
Correspondence, 1974 April-November, undated
Box   74
Folder   3
Source material
Box   74
Folder   4-7
Notes, undated
Box   74
Folder   8-9
“The Last Outlaw”: treatment, undated
Box   74
Folder   9
“The True Story of Cheyenne Harry”: treatment, undated
Box   74
Folder   10-11
Draft fragments, undated
“California Here I Come”
Box   74
Folder   12
Draft, undated
Box   75
Folder   1
Draft, revised, undated
“The Buffalo Picture Company”
Box   75
Folder   2
First draft, undated
Box   75
Folder   3
Second draft, undated
Box   75
Folder   4
Third draft, undated
Box   75
Folder   5
Fourth draft, undated
“The Extra”
Box   76
Folder   1
Script, undated
Box   76
Folder   2
Draft, revised, undated
Box   76
Folder   3
Draft, complete, 1974
Box   76
Folder   4
Manuscript corrections, undated
Box   76
Folder   5
Suggested revisions by Gerald Peary, undated
Rock City (unproduced)
Box   77
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1977 February-1978 July
Box   77
Folder   2-3
Source material
Box   77
Folder   4
Treatments, undated
Box   77
Folder   5
Notes, undated
Box   77
Folder   6
Outlines, undated
Box   77
Folder   7-10
Notes and draft fragments, undated
Box   77
Folder   11
Draft, undated
Box   77
Folder   12
Second draft, 1976 October 18
Box   78
Folder   1
Third draft, pp. 1-56 and 64-124, 1976 October 25
Box   78
Folder   2
Fourth draft, 1976 December 5
Box   78
Folder   3
Fourth draft, revised, 1976 December 5
Box   78
Folder   4
Final draft, undated
Hard Time Aces (unproduced)
Box   79
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1977 December-1979 September, undated
Box   79
Folder   2
Diary notes, 1977 November-December
Box   79
Folder   3
Notes, undated
Box   79
Folder   4
Potential directors and cast
Box   79
Folder   5
Source material
Box   79
Folder   6
Outline by Cirio Santiago, undated
Box   79
Folder   7
Revised outline by McBride, 1977 December 27
Box   79
Folder   8
Treatment, undated
Box   79
Folder   9
Treatment fragments, undated
Box   79
Folder   10-12
Draft fragments, undated
Box   79
Folder   13
Second draft of script by James Watkins and David Osterhout, undated
Box   79
Folder   14
First draft of rewrite by McBride, 9 March 1978
Box   79
Folder   15
Aviation action sequence, 19 December 1978
Big Money (unproduced)
Box   80
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1978 October-1981 August, undated
Box   80
Folder   2
Source material
Box   80
Folder   3
“The Face of Fame”: synopsis of story by Patrick McGilligan, Debra Weiner, and Bob Taylor
Box   80
Folder   4
Notes, undated
Box   80
Folder   5
First draft, 1978 October 23
Box   80
Folder   6
First draft, revised, 1978 November 1
Box   80
Folder   7
Second draft, undated
Box   80
Folder   8
Second draft, revised, 1979 April 1
The Broken Places (unproduced)
Box   81
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1978 August-1981 February
Box   81
Folder   2
Notes and source material
“Disembodied Voices”
Box   81
Folder   3
First draft, 1978 May 30
Box   81
Folder   4
Draft fragments and revisions, undated
Box   81
Folder   5
Final draft, undated
Box   81
Folder   6
Final draft, revised, undated
Blood and Guts (Melvin Simon Productions, 1978)
Box   82
Folder   1-2
Correspondence, 1975 September-1980 February, undated
Box   82
Folder   3
Related material
Box   82
Folder   4-5
Notes, undated
Box   82
Folder   6
“Gorgeous George”: treatment, 1975
Box   82
Folder   7
Script pages by Paul Lynch, undated
Box   82
Folder   8
Early draft pages, undated
Box   82
Folder   9
Notes for first draft, undated
Box   82
Folder   10
First draft, pp. 1-44, undated
Box   82
Folder   11
Revised pages, 1975
Box   82
Folder   12
Early second draft pages, undated
Box   82
Folder   13
Second draft, undated
Box   82
Folder   14
Second draft, retyped, undated
Box   83
Folder   1
Second draft, revised, undated
Box   83
Folder   2
Third draft, circa 1975
Box   83
Folder   3
Third draft, retyped, undated
Box   83
Folder   4
Notes for semi-final revision, 1977
Box   83
Folder   5
Semi-final draft, revised, 1977
Box   83
Folder   6
Draft, revised, 1977
Box   83
Folder   7
Draft by William Gray and John Hunter, undated
Box   83
Folder   8
Notes on McBride's draft and on draft by Gray and Hunter, undated
Box   83
Folder   9
Draft by McBride, William Gray, and John Hunter, undated
Box   84
Folder   1-2
Draft, revised, by McBride, William Gray, and John Hunter, pp. 1-119, 1977 August 12
Box   84
Folder   3
Draft, revised, pp. 2-119, 1977 September 2
Box   84
Folder   4-6
Revised draft pages, undated
Box   85
Folder   1
Journal, 1977 August
Box   85
Folder   2
Notes, shooting schedules, and call sheets, 1977 August
Box   85
Folder   3
Publicity
Box   85
Folder   4
Reviews and clippings, 1977-1982, undated
Box   85
Folder   5
Transcript of interview with Paul Lynch and Joseph McBride, 1978 February
Box   85
Folder   6
Programs, 1978
Rock 'n' Roll High School (New World Pictures, 1979)
Box   85
Folder   7
Correspondence, 1979 January-1981 September, undated
Box   85
Folder   8
Source material
Box   85
Folder   9
Notes and treatments, undated
Box   85
Folder   10
Outlines, undated
Box   85
Folder   11
Notes on McBride's drafts and on drafts by Allan Arkush and Joe Dante, undated
“Girls' Gym”
Box   85
Folder   12
First draft by Allan Arkush and Joe Dante, undated
Box   86
Folder   1
First draft by McBride, 1977 July 31
Box   86
Folder   2
Second draft scene breakdown, undated
Box   86
Folder   3
Second draft, 1977 September 1
“California Girls”
Box   86
Folder   4
Third draft, 1977 October 13
Box   86
Folder   5
Third draft, revised, undated
Box   86
Folder   6
Fourth draft, 1977 October 19
Box   87
Folder   1
Fifth draft, 1977 October 25
Box   87
Folder   2
Final draft, 1977 October 25
Box   87
Folder   3
Final draft, retyped, pp. 1-40, 110, 112, 1977 October 25
Box   87
Folder   4-5
Revised pages, undated
Box   87
Folder   6
Draft by Richard Whitley and Russ Dvonch, undated
Box   87
Folder   7
Shooting schedules, 1978 November-December
Box   87
Folder   8
Press kit
Box   87
Folder   9
Clippings and reviews, 1976 August-1982 July, undated
No More Mr. Nice Guy (unproduced)
Box   88
Folder   1
Script, undated
Box   88
Folder   2
Final script, undated
Don't See the Doctor (unproduced)
Box   89
Folder   1
Notes from Paul Lynch, 1979 January
Box   89
Folder   2
Notes by McBride, undated
Box   89
Folder   3
Treatment fragments by Paul Lynch, undated
Box   89
Folder   4
Draft treatment by Paul Lynch, undated
Box   89
Folder   5
Treatment by McBride and Paul Lynch, 1979 March 7
Prom Night (Avco Embassy Pictures, 1980)
Box   89
Folder   6
Draft by William Gray, June 1979
Box   89
Folder   7
Press kit, clippings, and reviews, 1979-1981
Box   89
Folder   8
“Remember Bobby”: correspondence and story drafts, 1978
Catman and the Kid (unproduced)
Box   90
Folder   1
Notes, undated
Box   90
Folder   2
First draft by William Gray and Jacob Barnes (McBride's pseudonym), 1978 December 4
Box   90
Folder   3
“Catman,” First draft, undated
Box   90
Folder   4
Notes and revised pages, undated
Box   90
Folder   5
Draft, undated
Box   90
Folder   6
Script by William Gray, undated
Box   90
Folder   7
Script by McBride, undated
The Hurricane (unproduced)
Box   91
Folder   1
Source material
Box   91
Folder   2-3
Notes and draft fragments, undated
Box   91
Folder   4
Partial draft, undated
Box   91
Folder   5
Draft, undated
Red Gold (unproduced)
Box   91
Folder   6
Draft, incomplete, pp. 1-36, 1979
Box   91
Folder   7
Synopsis, 1981
Box   91
Folder   8
Navajo Story (unproduced), partial draft, 1981 March 16
Television
The American Film Institute Salute to James Stewart (CBS, March 16, 1980)
Box   92
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1979 December-1980 March
Box   92
Folder   2-6
Source material
Box   92
Folder   7
Draft fragments, undated
Box   92
Folder   8
Final draft, 1980 February 27
Box   92
Folder   9
Final script, 1980 March 16
Production
Box   92
Folder   10
Film sequences and rundowns, 1980 February
Box   92
Folder   11
Notes, undated
Box   92
Folder   12
Tribute book and guest seating
The American Film Institute Salute to Fred Astaire (CBS, April 10, 1981)
Box   93
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1980 November-1981 June, undated
Box   93
Folder   2
Source material
Box   93
Folder   3
Transcripts of interviews with Astaire, 1976, 1981
Box   93
Folder   4
Transcripts and interview notes with Barrie Chase, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cyd Charisse, Bob Fosse, Gene Kelly, undated
Box   93
Folder   5
Transcripts and interview notes with Hermes Pan, Eleanor Powell, Ginger Rogers, undated
Box   93
Folder   6
Clippings and articles on Astaire, 1935-1937, 1951-1983
Box   93
Folder   7
Lists of Astaire's credits and film clip selection
Box   93
Folder   8
Program, 1973
Box   93
Folder   8 (continued)
American Film Institute Annual Report, 1979-1980
Box   93
Folder   9
Notes, undated
Box   93
Folder   10
Draft fragments, undated
Box   94
Folder   1-2
Speech drafts, undated
Box   94
Folder   3
Production notes
Box   94
Folder   4
Production records
Box   94
Folder   5-8
Tribute book
Box   94
Folder   9-10
Clippings, 1981
Box   95
Folder   1
Draft, 1981 April
Box   95
Folder   2
Final draft by George Stevens Jr. and McBride, 1981 April 10
Let Poland Be Poland (United States International Communication Agency, January 31, 1982)
Box   96
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1982 January
Box   96
Folder   2
USICA notes, memoranda, and reports, 1981-1982
Box   96
Folder   3-4
Source material
Box   96
Folder   5
Magazine articles
Box   96
Folder   6
Notes, undated
Box   96
Folder   7
Draft, undated
Box   96
Folder   8
Draft, revised, 1982 January 28
Box   96
Folder   9
Additions to script, 1982 January 30
Box   96
Folder   10
Pasetta productions, contact lists and production schedules
Box   96
Folder   11
Rundown of segments, 1982 January 17-24
Box   96
Folder   12
McBride's expenditures
Box   96
Folder   13
Press releases
The American Film Institute Salute to Frank Capra (CBS, April 4, 1982)
Box   97
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1981 June-1982 April, undated
Box   97
Folder   2
Transcripts and interview notes with Donna Reed and Jimmy Stewart, 1982
Box   97
Folder   3
Transcripts of unpublished interviews with Capra, 1941, 1982
Box   97
Folder   4
Writings by Capra, 1917-1975, undated
Box   97
Folder   5
Miscellaneous material
Box   97
Folder   6
Transcripts of seminars with Capra, 1968-1978
Box   97
Folder   7-8
Articles and clippings on Capra, 1932-1982
Box   97
Folder   9
Capra's film credits
Box   97
Folder   10
Notes and draft fragments regarding Jimmy Stewart, undated
Box   98
Folder   1
Draft fragments
Box   98
Folder   2
Revisions
Box   98
Folder   3
Final draft for awards dinner by George Stevens Jr. and McBride, notes and schedules, undated
Box   98
Folder   4
Final draft for telecast by George Stevens Jr. and McBride, undated
Production
Box   98
Folder   5
Notes and rundowns, undated
Box   98
Folder   6
Still and film lists
Note: Including key to photocopies of stills.
Stills: photocopies
Box   98
Folder   7
Unnumbered, 51-105
Box   98
Folder   8
106-227
Box   98
Folder   9
Expenses
Box   98
Folder   10-12
Tribute book
The American Film Institute Salute to John Huston (CBS, May 3, 1983)
Box   99
Folder   1
Correspondence, 1982-1983, undated
Box   99
Folder   2
Interview notes and quotations, undated
Box   99
Folder   3-4
Articles and clippings, 1937, 1950-1983, undated
Box   99
Folder   5
Transcript of AFI Seminars with Ray Bradbury, 1969 October
Box   99
Folder   6
Program, Film Society of Lincoln Center Tribute to John Huston, 1980 May
Box   99
Folder   6 (continued)
AFI Annual Report, 1981-1982
Box   99
Folder   7
Draft fragments, undated
Box   99
Folder   8
Drafts, undated
Box   99
Folder   9
Drafts of Lauren Bacall's script, undated
Box   99
Folder   10
Revisions, 1983 March 2
Box   100
Folder   1
Final draft by George Stevens Jr. and McBride, 1983 March 3
Production
Box   100
Folder   2
Notes, 1982-1983
Box   100
Folder   3
Film sequence selection
Box   100
Folder   4
Rehearsal schedules and rundowns
Box   100
Folder   5
Financial records, 1982-1983
Box   100
Folder   6-11
Tribute book
Theater
The Mess in the Kitchen (unproduced)
Box   101
Folder   1
Notes, 1966-1967
“James Twice”
Box   101
Folder   2
First draft, 1966 November 27
Box   101
Folder   3
Second draft, 1967 January 16
Box   101
Folder   4
Final draft, undated
Chessman (unproduced)
Box   101
Folder   5
Notes and first draft, undated
Box   101
Folder   6
Second draft, 1968 January 15
Box   101
Folder   7-8
Second draft, revised, undated
Box   101
Folder   9
Final draft, revised, undated
Box   101
Folder   10
Final draft, revised and retyped, undated
American National Theatre and Academy Tribute to James Stewart (November 13, 1981)
Box   102
Folder   1
Correspondence and clippings, 1981 November
Box   102
Folder   2
Notes, undated
Box   102
Folder   3
Draft fragments, undated
Box   102
Folder   4
Drafts of host's introduction, undated
Box   102
Folder   5
Drafts of the Tevye sketch, undated
Box   102
Folder   6
Drafts of the Kowalski sketch, undated
Box   102
Folder   7-8
Drafts of the Hamlet sketch, undated
Box   102
Folder   9
Script draft, undated
Box   102
Folder   10
Draft, revised, 1981 November 6
Box   102
Folder   11
Invitation, program, and souvenir journal
Subseries: Unrelated Compositions
Television and Motion Picture Projects and Scripts by Others
Box   107
Folder   1
Because of the Cats, undated
Box   107
Folder   2
Police Story, “Line of Fire”: revised final script by E. Arthur Kean, 1973 October 23
Box   107
Folder   3
Rich and Famous: final draft by Gerald Ayres, 1980 April 9
Box   107
Folder   4
Rolling Thunder: revised script by Paul Schrader, 1973 December 28
Box   107
Folder   5
Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy: first draft by Isaac Bashevis Singer, undated
Box   107
Folder   6
Wyatt Earp in Hollywood: outline, undated
Box   103
Folder   1
Baseball articles, 1962-1963
Box   103
Folder   2-3
High school and college essays, undated
Box   103
Folder   4
Translations from Latin, 1965-1966
Box   103
Folder   5
The Tragedie of MacHale, King of Atlanta: script drafts, circa 1964
Box   103
Folder   6
Cicero: research notes, summary, and incomplete script, pp. 1-30, circa 1964
Box   103
Folder   7
Wisconsin Film Society, Studio Film, and Wisconsin Union Film Committee: notes, undated
Box   103
Folder   8
Roger Corman in a Nickelodeon: correspondence, notes, and drafts, circa 1968
Box   104
Folder   1-2
Film reviews, histories, and criticisms, undated
Box   104
Folder   3
“The Private World of Fahrenheit 451”: correspondence, notes, and drafts, 1973
Box   104
Folder   4
Milwaukee Journal articles by McBride, 1969, undated
Box   104
Folder   5
The Late Great Planet Earth: preface to movie edition, undated
Box   104
Folder   6
Two Cheers for Hollywood: notes, circa 1976
Box   104
Folder   7
“The McCarey Treatment”: source material, notes, and drafts, undated
Box   104
Folder   8
“The Original Ending Sequence” of Exorcist II: The Heretic, 1977 September-October
Box   104
Folder   9
“The Other Side of Orson Welles,” drafts, undated
Note: On The Other Side of the Wind.
Subseries: Script Projects
Box   105
Folder   1
List of projects, undated
Box   105
Folder   2
After Many a Summer Dies the Swan, undated
Box   105
Folder   3
Brouhaha, undated
Box   105
Folder   4
Burn, Baby, Burn!, circa 1967
Box   105
Folder   5
Can a Martian Help It If He's Colored Green?, undated
Box   105
Folder   6
The Captain Hates the Sea, undated
Box   105
Folder   7
Civil War Project, undated
Box   105
Folder   8-9
Close But No Cigar: notes and storyboards, 1968
Box   105
Folder   10
Close Call, undated
Box   105
Folder   11
Coitus Interruptus, undated
Box   105
Folder   12
Commercial, undated
Box   105
Folder   13
Concentration Camp Project, undated
Box   105
Folder   14
Donner Lake, undated
Box   105
Folder   15
The End of a Perfect Day (Lazy Afternoon), undated
Box   105
Folder   16
L'Étranger: first draft, 1966 December
Box   105
Folder   17
Everybody Loves a Parade, undated
Box   105
Folder   18
The Executioner: notes and treatment, 1967 November
Box   105
Folder   19
The Family Tree, undated
Box   105
Folder   20
The FBI Story, undated
Box   105
Folder   21
Happiness, undated
Box   105
Folder   22
Helter Skelter, undated
Box   105
Folder   23
Hitler's Mustache, undated
Box   105
Folder   24
I'm Nobody, undated
Box   105
Folder   25
Indian Giver, undated
Box   105
Folder   26
Jessica, undated
Box   105
Folder   27
Lady Under Glass, undated
Box   105
Folder   28
The Last Tycoon, undated
Box   105
Folder   29
The Legion, undated
Box   105
Folder   30
The Little Red Book, undated
Box   105
Folder   31
Lysistrata: notes, undated
Box   105
Folder   32
A Man in the Way, undated
Box   105
Folder   33
Mental Hospital: short film, undated
Box   105
Folder   34
The Million-Dollar Face, undated
Box   105
Folder   35
The Missionary Position, undated
Box   105
Folder   36
Montgomery, undated
Box   105
Folder   37
Ms. America, undated
Box   105
Folder   38
The Next President of the United States, undated
Box   105
Folder   39
One Fine Morning, undated
Box   105
Folder   40
One Moment, Please, undated
Box   105
Folder   41
The Party's Over, undated
Box   105
Folder   42
Plastic Man, undated
Box   105
Folder   43
“Playboy”: notes, undated
Box   106
Folder   1
Politics Is Applesauce, undated
Box   106
Folder   2
Ramblin' Around, undated
Box   106
Folder   3
Revolution for the Hell of It, undated
Box   106
Folder   4
The Second Coming, undated
Box   106
Folder   5
Snowball, undated
Box   106
Folder   6
So Long, It's Been Good to Know You, undated
Box   106
Folder   7
Space Invaders: synopsis and notes, circa 1982
Box   106
Folder   8
Untitled projects, undated
Box   106
Folder   9
Vibrator script, undated
Box   106
Folder   10
The Walking Curse, undated
Box   106
Folder   11
What Kind of Man Reads Playboy?, undated
Box   106
Folder   12
Where Is Anybody?, undated
Box   106
Folder   13
Worst Foot Forward, undated
Box   106
Folder   14
Wrong-Way Corrigan, undated
Audio 1036A
Subseries: Audio Recordings
Access Restrictions: The audio tapes in Audio 1036A may not be listened to without the written permission of Joseph McBride.
1036A/1-2
Billy Wilder interview, undated
1036A/3-4
Frank Capra at La Quinta, 1981 November
1036A/5
Cyd Charisse interview, 1981 Febuary
1036A/6-8
Jimmy Stewart interview, 1983 July
1036A/9-13
Hank Worden interview, 1983 July-August
1036A/14-15
“Hurricane,” undated
1036A/16
Ginger Rogers interview, 1981 April
1036A/17
[Unidentified], 1981 March
1036A/18-19
“Good Sam,” 1981 March
1036A/20
Eleanor Powell interview, 1981 March
1036A/21
Mikhail Baryshnikov interview, 1981 April
1036A/22
Rich Little impersonations of Frank Capra characters, undated
1036A/23-24
Jacqueline Bisset interview, undated
1036A/25
Donna Reed interview, 1982 January
1036A/26
Jimmy Stewart interview, undated
1036A/27
David Niven and Ginger Rogers interviews, 1981 March
1036A/28
Dolores Del Rio interview, 1981 March
1036A/28 (continued)
Audrey Hepburn interview, 1981 April
1036A/29
Audrey Hepburn and David Niven interviews, 1981 March
1036A/30
Barbara Walters interviews Fred Astaire, ABC-TV, 1980 March
1036A/30-31
Fred Astaire interview, 1981 January
1036A/32
Gene Kelly interview, 1981 Febuary
1036A/33-34
Hermes Pan interview, 1981 March, undated
1036A/35
Robert Mitchum interview, 1982 November
1036A/36-39
George Cukor interview, 1981 August
1036A/40-41
Richard Sylbert interview, 1981 November
1036A/42
Bud Yorkin interview, 1981 March
1036A/43
Chuck Hayward interview, undated
1036A/44
Discussion by Abraham Polonsky on Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here, at Filmex, 1980 March
1036A/45
“Directed by John Ford, Parts I and II,” undated
1036A/46
John Lee Mahin interview, undated
1036A/47
Chuck Hayward interview, undated
1036A/48
Neil Simon interview, undated
1036A/49
Sherman Beck interview, undated
1036A/50
Interview with unidentified stuntman, undated
1036A/51
Fredric March interview, undated
1036A/52
J. Hart and B. Laird interviews, undated
1036A/53
Claudette Colbert interview, undated
1036A/54
Billie Wallace interview of Billy Wilder, circa 1970
1036A/55
Howard Hawks interview, undated
1036A/56-59
Joseph McBride, Howard Hawks, and Peter Bogdanovich on works of Hawks, undated
1036A/60-62
Howard Hawks interview, undated
1036A/63
Barrie Chase interview, 1981 March
1036A/64
“Dyke--Taxes, Budget, Daycare”: interview by a woman reporter with Madison Mayor Bill Dyke, undated
1036A/65
“What Price Hollywood”: interview with Howard Hawks and part of the film The Great Race, undated
1036A/66
Speeches regarding a Madison program to hire Vietnam veterans
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