Samuel and Bella Spewack papers, 1920-1980

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Series IX: Productions

The productions are alphabetical by title. Some productions have working titles different from their actual titles: see the title list below.

Within each production the material is in this order: correspondence (ordered chronologically by year if a lot); background information; worksheets; summaries; scripts (if more than one version, the scripts are lettered arbitrarily A-F or whatever. Some scripts are annotated.); legal (includes contracts, etc.); financial (includes box office receipts, budget information, etc. Information re royalties of many the productions are in the separate general file Financial of the collection); photographs (includes photos of rehearsals, live productions, some photos of Spewacks working with cast); playbills (in English and foreign); clippings (includes advertisements, reviews, etc.); other (song lyrics, production information,miscellaneous); printed material (includes scripts printed in magazines, scripts in book form). The scrapbooks, sheet music, and posters for each production are in separate general files, as are audio-visual materials (record albums, audio tapes, films).

If there is not much information on a production (usually because it was never produced) then it is in one of the Miscellaneous boxes at the end of the production file. Also please note that sometimes a production was produced at different times under different titles, but one title--the most famous one--is used as a collective heading. For example, Leave it to Me is the collective heading for information about Clear All Wires and Sweeney, two earlier non-musical versions of the same basic storyline, later rewritten with Cole Porter as the musical Leave it to Me.

The titles in bold are the actual titles or collective headings.


Subseries IX.1: Alphabetic List


An Act of Virtue -- -- And the Angels Sang SEE My Three Angels -- -- At Rise SEE Misc. -- -- Big Boy SEE Misc. -- -- Better than Ever SEE Boy Meets Girl -- -- Black Stemmed Cherries SEE Misc. -- -- Blinski SEE Leave it to Me under Sweeney -- -- Borrowed Love SEE Misc. -- -- Boy Meets Girl -- -- Can Can SEE Misc. -- -- Cat and the Fiddle SEE Misc. -- -- Child's Play SEE Festival -- -- Clear All Wires SEE Leave it to Me -- -- A Comedy with Music SEE Misc. -- -- Comfort with Apples -- -- Comrade X SEE Leave it to Me UNDER Clear All Wires -- -- Countess and Conductor SEE The Orient Express -- -- La Cuisine des Anges SEE My Three Angels -- -- Dear Mr. Sweeney SEE Leave it to Me UNDER Sweeney -- -- Deus Anges Sont Venus SEE My Three Angels -- -- Eine Schoene Bescherung SEE My Three Angels -- -- The Enchanted Nutcracker -- -- An English Play SEE Misc. -- -- Ex-Lover SEE Once There was a Russian -- -- Ex-Officer SEE Solitaire Man -- -- Ex-Officer X SEE Solitaire Man -- -- Female Human Being SEE Of Human Bondage -- -- Festival -- -- Gambling SEE Misc. -- -- The Gay Bride SEE Misc. -- -- A Gentleman's Gentleman SEE Misc. -- -- The Golden State -- -- Happy SEE Boy Meets Girl -- -- Hizzoner SEE Papa -- -- How to make a Woman Happy SEE Two Blind Mice -- -- I've Got a Book SEE Miss Swan Expects -- -- Kiss Me Kate -- -- A Kiss for Tomorrow SEE Misc. -- -- Kuess Mich Kaetchen SEE Kiss Me Kate -- -- Lady Liz SEE Mrs. A. -- -- The Lamplighter SEE Comfort with Apples -- -- Lawyer Lady and Thief SEE The Night is Young -- -- Leave it to Me -- -- Leo McCrary #2 SEE My Favorite Wife -- -- Liebe=x SEE Under the Sycamore Tree -- -- Life with the Wooleys SEE Misc. -- -- Look to the Ant SEE Under the Sycamore Tree -- -- The Lost Soldier SEE Misc. -- -- Manna Falls for Moses SEE The Shyster -- -- Manhatten Miracle SEE The Night is Young -- -- Meet the Wife SEE My Favorite Wife -- -- Miracle in Manhatten SEE The Night is Young -- -- Miss Swan Expects -- -- Move Over Darling SEE My Favorite Wife -- -- Mr. Broadway -- -- Mr. Jennings SEE Solitaire Man -- -- Mr. Jenkins SEE Solitaire Man -- -- Mr. King's Case -- -- Mrs. A. -- -- My Favorite Wife -- -- My Three Angels -- -- The Night is Young -- -- Nucleus SEE Out West it's Different -- -- Nize Baby SEE Misc. -- -- Of Human Bondage -- -- Once there was a Russian -- -- One Man's Venus -- -- The Orient Express -- -- Out West it's Different -- -- Perfect Pitch SEE Festival -- -- Pincus SEE Poppa -- -- Play it by ear SEE Festival -- -- The Play's the Thing SEE Misc. -- -- Pleasures and Palaces SEE Once there was a Russian -- -- Poppa -- -- Portrait of Boy with Ladder SEE Out West it's Different -- -- Potemkin SEE Once there was a Russian -- -- Pousse Toi Cherie SEE My Favorite Wife -- -- The Prince and Mr. Jones SEE Once there was a Russian -- -- The Princess and the Pauper -- -- Private Jones SEE Once there was a Russian OR War Song -- -- Eine Schoene Bescherung SEE My Three Angels -- -- The Shyster -- -- Sister Carrie SEE Misc. -- -- Sisters SEE Misc. -- -- Sky Trapped SEE Misc. -- -- The Solitaire Man -- -- Something's Got to Give SEE My Favorite Wife -- -- Spring Song -- -- Spring Song SEE Misc. (this short script seems unrelated to the above--has different plot, different characters) -- -- Swing High Sweeney SEE Leave it to Me UNDER Sweeney -- -- Sweeney SEE Leave it to Me -- -- Theodora SEE Misc. -- -- There Goes the Ballgame SEE An Act of Virtue -- -- Trousers to Match SEE Miss Swan Expects -- -- Trousers to Match SEE Short Stories and Articles, Bella (this story seems unrelated to the play of the same name) -- -- Twisting the Law SEE The Shyster -- -- Two Acts of Virtue SEE An Act of Virtue -- -- Two Angels Have Come SEE My Three Angels -- -- Two Blind Mice -- -- Under the Sycamore Tree -- -- Unmarried Father SEE Misc. -- -- Vogues SEE Misc. -- -- The War Song -- -- The Way of a Hen SEE Festival -- -- Weekend at the Waldorf -- -- White Girl -- -- Wings SEE The Solitaire Man -- -- Woman Bites Dog -- -- Woman Overboard SEE My Favorite Wife -- -- Young Man with a Ladder SEE Out West it's Different -- -- You're Only Young Twice SEE Misc. -- -- Zwei Blinde Huener SEE Two Blind Mice


Subseries IX.2: An Act of Virtue



Box 8 Correspondence -- Background (clippings about nuns) -- Worksheets (2 folders) -- Scripts: version A (2 copies); version B (2 copies); version C -- Financial (estimated production budget


Subseries IX.3: Boy Meets Girl



Box 9 Correspondence, 1935-1956, 24 folders,

[Includes opening night telegrams, correspondence re. printed book]



Box 10 Correspondence, 1957-1980, 21 folders,


Worksheets, 2 folders,


Scripts: -- --Script A/2 (prompt script, annotated) -- --Script A (2 copies) -- --Script B



Box 11 Script C -- Script D (film) -- Script E (film) -- Script F (film, final) -- Script E (Italian, annotated) -- Script G (German, annotated) -- Script H (German)


Legal: -- --contracts [includes contracts r.e. BMG game, re. legal protection afforded title]



Box 12 Financial, 7 folders,

[Includes financial information for British production, box office receipts from tour, misc.)]



Box 13 Photos -- Playbills -- Clippings -- Other (includes menu from Hollywood dinner, list of places BMG was performed, misc.) -- Softcover printed books: 2 copies version 1; 2 copies version 2 (includes Spring Song); 1 copy version 2 with inscription and annotations -- Hardcover printed books: 2 copies version 1; 3 copies version 2 (includes Spring Song) all inscribed


Subseries IX.4: Comfort Me with Apples



Box 14 Correspondence -- Worksheets (2 folders) -- Scripts: -- -- Script A ("The Lamplighter") -- -- Script B (2 copies) -- -- Script C (2 copies)


Subseries IX.5: The Enchanted Nutcracker



Box 15 Correspondence -- Background information (playbill from Nutcracker ballet) -- Summaries (2 copies) -- Worksheets -- Scripts: Script A (2 copies); Script B (revision 9/5/61, 2 copies); Script C (revision 9/28/61, 2 copies) -- Legal (includes contracts, legal correspondence) -- Financial (includes income statements) -- Photos (includes photos of rehearsals, of production with printed descriptions) -- Clippings -- Other (includes blocking and taping schedules, piece of tape)


Subseries IX.6: Festival



Box 16 Correspondence r.e. Perfect Pitch -- Correspondence--opening night telegrams -- Correspondence 1950-1970 (3 folders) -- Worksheets for Perfect Pitch (2 folders) -- Worksheets -- Summary -- Scripts: -- -- Script A ("The Way of a Hen," 2 copies) -- -- Script B ("Perfect Pitch," annotated) -- -- Script C ("Perfect Pitch")



Box 17 Script D ("Perfect Pitch," 5 copies, 3 annotated) -- Script E (2 copies, both annotated) -- Script F (2 copies, 1 annotated) -- Script G (incomplete, annotated)



Box 18 Script H (incomplete) -- Script I (2 copies, 1 annotated) -- Legal: -- --Contracts for Way of a Hen -- -- Contracts for Perfect Pitch; Contracts -- Financial -- Photos (of finished production) -- Playbills: Perfect Pitch; Festival -- Clippings: Way of a Hen; Perfect Pitch; Festival; Typewritten reviews -- Other (includes scene design, audience survey, interview questions, misc.) -- Printed Material: Printed scripts--"Play it by Ear"


Subseries IX.7: The Golden State



Box 19 Correspondence -- Scripts: Script A (3 copies, 1 annotated); Script B (3 copies, i annotated) -- Financial: Box office statements; Book sale receipts; Budget; Production fees; Prop information; Financial correspondence; Manager's account statements; Cashbooks; Income tax information



Box 20 Financial--vouchers, etc. (2 folders) -- Legal (contracts) -- Photos (includes rehearsal photos, Spewacks at rehearsal, finished production) -- Clippings -- Other (company information, misc.) -- Printed Material: Softcover printed scripts (2 copies)


Subseries IX.8: Kiss Me Kate



Box 21 Correspondence, 1948-1958

[Includes opening night telegrams,13 folders]



Box 22 Correspondence, 1959-1962, 8 folders,



Box 23 Correspondence, 1963-1965, 8 folders,



Box 24 Correspondence, 1966-1968, 9 folders,



Box 25 Correspondence, 1969-1981, 16 folders,



Box 26 Background Material: The Taming of the Shrew in hardback, 2 copies; The Taming of the Shrew, typescript; Hallmark Hall of Fame t.v. script of Shrew, annotated, 2 copies; Worksheets for Hallmark script (non-Spewack) -- Worksheets (2 folders) -- Summaries -- Song lyrics -- Song lyrics revisions -- Script fragments



Box 27 Scripts--bound: Script A (5 copies, 2 annotated, 1 labeled British); Script B (2 copies, 1 annotated); Script C (3 copies, 1 annotated, 1 labeled Final)



Box 28 Scripts--for television: Script D (2 copies, both incomplete); Script E (Hallmark Hall of Fame, 3 copies, 2 annotated); Script F (BBC, 2 copies, 1 annotated)



Box 29 Scripts--foreign: Script G (Danish); Script H (French); Script I (Icelandic); Script J (Italian, 2 copies); Script K (Swedish)



Box 30 Script in Braille



Box 31 Legal: -- --contracts: -- Hurok Attractions -- Hallmark Hall of Fame -- Scholastic Book Services -- Knopf -- Film -- Argentina -- Australia -- Belgium (Brussels) -- Czechoslovakia -- England (BBC) -- England (Sadler's Wells Opera, London) -- England (St. Subber and Samuel Ayers) -- England (director's) -- France (translation) -- France (Paris) -- France (Societe des Auteurs) -- Germany-Austria Switzerland -- Greece -- Holland (SEBA) -- Italy -- Japan -- Mexico -- Norway-Sweden-Denmark-Poland -- Yougoslavia -- Poland -- Yugoslavia -- -- Financial (3 folders misc.)


Financial, 3 (misc.) folders,



Box 32 Financial, 8 misc. folders,



Box 33 Photos: -- --negatives -- --Cole Porter and Bella -- --Ingrid Bergman, Bella, Bob Wright -- --Broadway production -- --Wagner College production -- --North Shore Music Theater production -- --Seattle production -- --Century Theater production -- --Misc. -- --The Taming of the Shrew (non-Spewack)



Box 34 Photos--foreign productions: -- --Posters for foreign productions: -- --Argentina, Buenos Aires -- --Austria, Vienna -- --Belgium, Brussels -- --Canada, Toronto -- --Czechoslovakia, Prague -- --Denmark, Copenhagen -- --England, Sadler's Wells Opera, London -- --England, BBC -- --Germany, Frankfurt -- --Germany -- --Holland -- --Hungary -- --Iceland, Reykjavik -- --Israel -- --Italy, Trieste -- --Japan, Tokyo -- --Norway, Oslo -- --Poland, Warsaw -- --Sweden, Malmo -- --Turkey, Ankara -- --Yugoslavia, Zagreb



Box 35 Playbills (in English)



Box 36 Playbills (in foreign languages)



Box 37 Clippings (reviews and references--includes printed articles, ads, typescripts): -- Anta Album references -- ABC t.v. productions reviews -- Bergman, Wright, Bella--interview typescript -- Century Theater reviews -- Civic Light Opera reviews -- Hallmark Hall of Fame t.v. production reviews -- Kabuki Theater reviews -- Elizabeth Larner clippings -- "Much Ado About Kate" article by Bella -- "My Life with Shakespeare" article by Bella -- New York City Center reviews -- Playboy article mentioning KMK -- Cole Porter clippings, etc. -- Shubert Theater reviews -- The Taming of the Shrew film reviews (some mention KMK) -- Theater Arts cover -- "We've Been There Before" article by Bella -- "Woman Behind Girl Scout Cookies and Kiss Me Kate" -- Misc. references -- Misc. reviews -- Misc. reviews--financial (box office intake lists) -- Misc. typescripts of reviews -- Misc. typescripts of reviews by Bella -- Misc. retrospective reviews



Box 38 Clippings--foreign: -- --Argentina (Buenos Aires) (typescript) -- --Austria (Vienna) -- --Belgium (Brussels) (typescript and printed) -- --Czechoslovakia -- --England (BBC) -- --France -- --Germany (typescript and printed) -- --Holland (typescript) -- --Hungary (Budapest) -- --Israel (typescript and printed) -- --Italy (Trieste) -- --Italy (Verona) -- --Poland (typescript and printed) -- --Soviet Union -- --Sweden (Malmo) -- --Turkey -- --Yugoslavia (typescript and printed)


Other: -- --Publicity package -- --"Under Discussion: Shakespeare" script -- --KMK tour information -- --New York Public Library Exhibit -- --Production information -- --Misc.



Box 39 Printed Material: -- --Knopf script (1 copy, 1 photocopy) -- --German script ("Kuess Mich Kaetchen") (2 copies) -- --Dutch script (2 copies) -- --Japanese script -- --Script printed in Theater Arts Magazine -- --Book jackets for Knopf edition


Subseries IX.9: Leave it to Me as Clear All Wires



Box 40 Correspondence -- Worksheets -- Scripts: -- --Script A (annotated) -- -- Script B (annotated) -- --Script C (annotated) -- --Script D -- --Script E (incomplete) -- --Script F (2 copies, both incomplete) -- Legal--contracts -- Financial--box office statements, misc. -- Photos--Spewacks and cast members -- Playbills -- Clippings -- Printed Material--photocopy of printed script


Subseries IX.10: Leave it to Me as Sweeney



Box 41 Correspondence -- Worksheets -- Scripts: Script A ("Dear Mr. Sweeney"); Script B ("Swing High Sweeney"); Script C ("Swing High Sweeney," annotated); Script D (2 copies); Script E; Script F (2 copies) -- Financial--misc. -- Playbills -- Clippings -- Other: Summary for "Blinski," an adaptation of "Sweeney" for the Marx Brothers--4 copies, 2 annotated.


Subseries IX.11: Leave it to Me as Leave it to Me



Box 42 Correspondence -- Summary (2 copies) -- Scripts: -- --Script A (3 copies, 1 annotated) -- --Script B (2 copies, 1 annotated) -- Financial--box office statements, misc. (2 folders) -- Legal -- Photos--of performance -- Playbills -- Clippings -- Other--production information, misc.


Subseries IX.12: Miss Swan Expects



Box 43 Correspondence -- Worksheets -- Summary (2 copies) -- Scripts: -- --Script A -- --Script B (3 copies, 1 annotated) -- Financial--box office statements, misc. -- Playbills -- Clippings -- Printed Material: Printed script Trousers to Match, 2 copies


Subseries IX.13: Mr. Broadway



Box 44 Correspondence -- Worksheets (2 folders) -- Summary -- Scripts: -- --Script A -- --Script B (2 copies, both annotated) -- Legal--contracts -- Financial--misc. -- Clippings -- Other--rehearsal schedules, misc.


Subseries IX.14: Mr. King's Case



Box 45: Correspondence -- Script--4 copies, 2 annotated


Subseries IX.15: Mrs. A.



Box 46 Correspondence (2 folders) -- Background--clippings re. Gertrude Lawrence -- Worksheets (2 folders) -- Summary ("Lady Liz") -- Scripts: -- --Script A (2 copies, both annotated) -- -- Script B (2 copies)



Box 47 Scripts: -- --Script C (2 copies) -- --Script D (3 copies, 1 annotated) -- Legal--contracts (2 folders) -- Financial--misc. -- Photos--possible actresses to play leading role -- Clippings : re. Julie Andrews; re. production -- Other: Notes toward production; Song lyrics


Subseries IX.16: My Favorite Wife



Box 48 Correspondence -- Background: -- --Script A ("Move Over Darling" by Hal Kanter and Jack Sher) -- Scripts: -- --Script B (McCarey #2 or "Woman Overboard") -- --Script C (incomplete, out of order) -- --Script D -- Legal--contracts -- Clippings


Subseries IX.17: My Three Angels



Box 49 Correspondence, 1952-1985, 33 folders,

[Includes correspondence with Hugh "Binkie" Beaumont 1953-1954]



Box 50 Background: -- --Subber translation of Husson's play -- --Millington translation of Husson's play -- --Pierre's adaptation of Husson's play (French) -- --Translation of Pierre's adaptation (2 copies) -- Worksheets (2 folders) -- Summary (2 copies, 1 annotated)



Box 51 Scripts: -- --Script A -- --Script B -- --Script C -- --Script D "And the Angels Sang" 3 copies, 1 annotated



Box 52 Scripts: -- --Script E ("We're No Angels" film) -- --Script F (for t.v. 2 copies, 1 annotated) -- --Script G (for BBC radio 2 copies) -- --Script H (Hebrew) -- --Script I (Spanish)



Box 53 Legal: -- --Contracts (3 folders) -- --Paramount squabble: -- -- Trial transcript -- --Background for case -- --Misc. (correspondence, etc.) -- --Misc.



Box 54 Financial: -- --Information re. audit -- --British production -- --Australian production -- --Misc. (3 folders)



Box 55 Photos--of various performances -- Playbills: English and Foreign -- Clippings: Reviews of Film; Reviews of t.v. production; Misc.; Misc. foreign -- Other: Production information--list of cities for road tour, press releases, etc. -- Printed Material: -- --Husson play "La Cuisine des Anges" in French -- --German version of Husson play: "Eine Schoene Bescherung" -- --Script of My Three Angels in Theater Arts Magazine (2 copies) -- --Printed scripts of My Three Angels in book form: Uncorrected proof with annotations; Edition A (2 copies); Edition B (2 copies); Edition C (3 copies, 1 inscribed and annotated)


Subseries IX.18: The Night is Young



Box 56 Correspondence -- Worksheets (2 folders) -- Scripts: -- --Script A (2 copies:"Lawyer, Lady and Thief" and "Miracle in Manhattan") -- --Script B -- --Script C (screenplay, first draft) -- --Script D (screenplay, final draft, incomplete, 2 copies) -- Legal--contracts -- Clippings


Subseries IX.19: Of Human Bondage



Box 57 Correspondence -- Background--information re. historical London -- Worksheets (3 folders) -- Scripts: -- --Script A ("Female Human Being," 2 copies) -- --Script B (2 copies) -- --Script C -- Other--song lyrics -- Clippings


Subseries IX.20: Once There Was a Russian



Box 58 Correspondence 1928-1975 (17 folders) -- Background--historical information about John Paul Jones, etc. -- Worksheets (1-3 of 6 folders)



Box 59 Worksheets (4-6 of 6 folders) -- Summary ("A Russian Story" 2 versions) -- Scripts: -- --Script A ("Ex-Lover" 2 copies, both annotated) -- --Script B ("Pleasures and Palaces" 2 copies, 1 annotated) -- --Script C ("Pleasures and Palaces" annotated)



Box 60 --Script D (2 copies, both annotated, 1 labeled "Ex-Lover") -- --Script E ("Ex-Lover," annotated) -- --Script F ("Ex-Lover," annotated) -- --Script G (untitled, annotated) -- --Script H (untitled, annotated, 2 copies, 1 incomplete) -- --Script I ("The Prince and Mr. Jones," copies 1-2 of 7, 1 annotated)



Box 61 Script I ("The Prince and Mr. Jones," copies 3-7 of 7, 3-5 annotated)



Box 62 Legal: Contracts; Misc. -- Financial--box office statements, etc. -- Photos: -- --Posters, Performance with Walter Matthau -- --negatives -- --Ari Kutai, Israeli actor trying for role -- Playbills: -- --The Prince and Mr. Jones -- --Once There Was a Russian -- Clippings -- Other--rehearsal schedule, actors' phone list, etc. -- Printed Material: "The Prince and Mr. Jones" script in book form


Subseries IX.21: One Man's Venus



Box 63 Correspondence -- Background: -- --"The Tinted Venus" story by F. Ansley, 2 copies -- --Untitled script by Perelman/Nash/Weill, 2 copies -- --"One Touch of Venus" script by Kunitz -- Worksheets -- Scripts: -- --Script A (annotated, not in order) -- --Script B (3 copies, 2 annotated) -- --Script C (2 copies) -- Legal--contracts -- Clippings


Subseries IX.22: The Orient Express



Box 64 Correspondence -- Summary: -- --Version A (2 copies) -- --Version B (3 copies, 1 annotated, "for the Astaires") -- Script (3 copies, 2 labeled "The Countess and the Conductor") -- Clippings--typescript review


Subseries IX.23: Out West it's Different



Box 65 Correspondence -- Worksheets (3 folders ) -- Scripts: -- --Script A ("Young Man with a Ladder" 2 copies, 1 annotated) -- --Script B ("Portrait of Boy with Ladder" 2 copies) -- --Script C (2 copies)



Box 66 --Script D (untitled) -- --Script E (annotated) -- --Script F (untitled) -- --Script G -- --Script H (2 copies) -- Legal--contracts -- Financial--report -- Playbills -- Clippings


Subseries IX.24: Poppa



Box 67 Correspondence -- Worksheets -- Summary -- Scripts: -- --Script A (2 copies) -- --Script B -- --Script C ("Hizzoner" 2 copies, 1 incomplete) -- --Script D (Italian) -- Legal--contracts -- Financial--box office statements -- Playbills -- Clippings--Italian review, typescript translation -- Printed Material--script in book form, 2 copies


Subseries IX.25: The Princess and the Pauper



Box 68 Correspondence -- Background: Story by Lynn Root and Frank Fenton -- Worksheets -- Scripts: -- --Script A (annotated, incomplete) -- --Script B (film, incomplete) -- --Script C (film, 2 copies) -- Clippings


Subseries IX.26: The Solitaire Man



Box 69 Correspondence -- Summaries: -- --Summary A (2 copies, 1 annotated) -- --Summary B (2 copies) -- --Summary C (German, 2 copies) -- --Summary D (annotated) -- Scripts: -- --Script A (annotated, incomplete) -- --Script B (annotated, incomplete) -- --Script C (annotated, incomplete) -- --Script D (2 copies, both annotated, 1 incomplete) -- --Script E -- --Script F (2 copies) -- --Script G (2 copies) -- Financial--misc. -- Playbills -- Clippings--includes typescript report, annotated


Subseries IX.27: The Shyster



Box 70 Correspondence -- Background: "Manna Falls for Moses," a play by Aaron Hoffman -- Worksheets -- Scripts: -- --Script A (2 copies) -- --Script B -- --Script C (2 copies) -- --Script D (2 copies) -- Legal--contracts -- Playbills


Subseries IX.28: Spring Song



Box 71 Correspondence -- Summary (film, 2 copies) -- Worksheets -- Scripts: -- --Script A -- --Script B (3 copies, 2 annotated) -- --Script C (annotated) -- --Script D -- --Script E (2 copies)



Box 72 --Script F (2 copies) -- --Script G (annotated, incomplete) -- --Script H (2 copies, both incomplete) -- --Script I (2 copies) -- --Script J -- Legal--contracts -- Financial--misc. -- Playbills -- Clippings -- Other: Radio ad script; Mailing list -- Printed Material: The script in book form is bound with and filed under Boy Meets Girl.


Subseries IX.29: Two Blind Mice



Box 73 Correspondence (3 folders) -- Worksheets ("How to Make a Woman Happy") -- Summaries: Summary A ("How to Make a Woman Happy, 2 copies); Summary B (film, 2 copies) -- Scripts: -- --Script A -- --Script B (British adaptation) -- --Script C ("How to Make a Woman Happy" film 3 copies, 1 annotated)



Box 74 Legal--contracts -- Financial--box office statements, misc. -- Playbills -- Clippings: In English; Foreign -- Other--Columbia University donation slip, not filled out, used as a book mark in printed script, saved for humor value -- Printed Material: -- --Script printed in Theater Arts Magazine (2 copies) -- --Script in book form (3 editions, 2 copies of one) -- --Script in book form (Zwei Blinde Huehner, German)


Subseries IX.30: Under the Sycamore Tree



Box 75 Correspondence 1950-1976 (26 folders) -- Worksheets -- Scripts: -- --Script A ("Look to the Ant" annotated) -- --Script B ("look to the Ant" 2 copies, 1 annotated)



Box 76 --Script C (3 copies, 1 annotated) -- --Script D (Italian) -- Legal--contracts (2 folders) -- Financial--misc.



Box 77 Photos--performance with Alec Guiness, other performances -- Playbills -- Clippings -- Other: Production information; Alec Guiness information; Bella's introduction to play, annotated manuscript; Misc.--includes menu of honorary dinner -- Printed Material: -- --Script in Italian printed in Sipario magazine -- --Script in book form--American edition (2 copies); British edition (2 copies); German edition ("Liebe=X")


Subseries IX.31: The War Song



Box 78 Correspondence -- Background: "Private Jones," one act play by E. Richard Schayer -- Scripts: -- --Script A (2 copies, both incomplete, 1 annotated) -- --Script B (incomplete) -- --Script C (2 copies, both incomplete) -- Legal--contracts -- Financial--misc. -- Playbills -- Clippings


Subseries IX.32: Weekend at the Waldorf



Box 79 Correspondence -- Background--timeline, historical information about the Ritz and the Waldorf) -- Worksheets -- Script (2 copies) -- Photo--Sam and Bella in front of curtain with woman -- Clippings


Subseries IX.33: White Girl



Box 80 Correspondence -- Scripts: -- --Script A (3 copies, 2 annotated) -- --Script B; Script C -- Legal--contract


Subseries IX.24: Woman Bites Dog



Box 81 Correspondence -- Scripts: -- --Script A (2 copies) -- --Script B -- --Script C (2 copies, 1 annotated) -- --Script D (annotated) -- --Script E (annotated) -- --Script F (2 copies) -- Legal--contracts -- Financial--closing statement -- Playbills -- Clippings -- Other: Bella's response to WBD criticism--annotated manuscript -- Printed Material: Script in book form (2 copies)


Subseries IX.35: Miscellaneous Spewack Productions



Box 82 At Rise by Bella. Worksheets, Script (2 copies) -- Big Boy by Bella and Sam. Summary -- Black Stemmed Cherries by Bella. Synopsis of play by Hunyady -- Borrowed Love by Bella Cohen and Sam. Summary (2 copies) -- Can Can by ? Involves Cole Porter. Correspondence, Legal--contracts -- Cat and the Fiddle Clipping -- A Comedy with Music by Bella and Sam. Summary (2 copies) -- An English Play Worksheets -- Gambling by Sam and George M. Cohan Correspondence, Script (annotated), Legal--transcription of examinations before trial -- The Gay Bride Photo with Bella's note on back



Box 83 A Gentleman's Gentleman by Bella and Sam. Script (2 copies) -- A Kiss for Tomorrow by Bella and Sam. Correspondence, Script (2 copies) -- Life with the Wooleys by Bella. Involves Billie Burke. Correspondence, Worksheets, Script (2 copies) -- The Lost Soldier by Bella Cohen and Sam. Summary (version A 2 copies, version B 2 copies) -- Meet the Wife by Bella. Adapted from play by Lynn Starling. -- Nize Baby by Bella and Milt Gross. Script, Clipping -- The Play's the Thing by Bella and Sam. Script (film, 2 copies) -- Sister Carrie by Bella and Sam. Correspondence, Background, Script (film) -- Sisters by Bella (and maybe Sam) Summary (3 copies, 1 annotated) -- Skipper by ? Summary (incomplete)



Box 84 Sky Trapped by ? Script (annotated) -- Spring Song by Bella. Seems unrelated to more famous play. Summary (version A 2 copies, version B 2 copies) -- Theodora by ? Script -- Vogues by ? Correspondence, Clippings -- Unmarried Father by Bella. Summary (2 copies) -- You're Only Young Twice by Bella and Sam. Summary (3 copies, 1 annotated), Script (2 copies) -- Untitled works: -- -- #1: worksheets for play in postwar Germany -- --#2: correspondence, background on Anton Dvorak -- --#3: "#59" Summary--WWII propaganda -- --#4: comedy for Cary Grant and Irene Dunne, by Bella and Leo McCary. Summary (3 copies, 1 annotated) -- Misc. notes and worksheets--some notebooks of shorthand (2 folders) -- Misc. lists of plays -- Misc. clippings re. more than one play


Subseries IX.36: Miscellaneous Non-Spewack Productions



Box 85 Anne Frank Correspondence -- The Best Butter Correspondence, Legal--contract -- A Death of No Importance (Une Mort Sans Importance) by Yvan Noe. Correspondence, Translation, Printed French Script -- The Fabrizzi System by Albert Husson. Correspondence, Translation (version A, version B 2 copies), Printed French Script -- Ghost Goes West by Arthur Loew. Correspondence, Background, Summary (2 copies) -- Les Girls Correspondence, Legal--contract -- Les Hussards by P. A. Breal. Translation, Printed French Script



Box 86 The Immortal Idler by Bruno Frank. Translation by Jerome Lachenbruch -- An Old Wive's Tale by Arnold Bennett. Correspondence -- Reunion in Vienna by Robert E. Sherwood. Correspondence, Script -- Send Me No Flowers by ? Notes, Clippings -- The Torch Bearers by George Kelly. Script -- Misc. playbills