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Clifford Odets papers, 1937-1964, bulk 1945-1963

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Series I: Plays and Screenplays, 1938-1963

Series I consists of original and copied plays and screenplays written or adapted by Clifford Odets. The works range in date from Waiting for Lefty from 1938 to the scripts he did for The Richard Boone Show in 1963. Present in this series are first, second, and third drafts as well as final versions of plays and screenplays.

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The Big Knife


Box 1 1948, undated, (2 folders)

Box 1 Third Draft, (copy) circa, 1948-1949, (3 folders)

Box 1 Partial (copy), undated

Box 1 Screenplay by James Poe (from the play by Clifford Odets), undated, (2 folders)

Box 1 The Children's Story (working title), 1945 May, 1945

Country Girl

Box 1 Second Draft, (copy), 1949, (2 folders)

Box 1 Third Draft (copy), 1949 October 25, 1949

Box 1 Third Draft (copy), undated, (2 folders)

Box 1 Fourth Draft (copy), 1950 August, 1950

Box 1 Fourth Draft (copy), undated, (2 folders)

Box 1 Final, As Being Played (copy), 1949, (2 folders)

Box 1 Uncut Version, 1949 October 17, 1949, (2 folders)


Box 2 Uncut Version (copy), 1949 October 17, 1949, (2 folders)

Box 2 Early Notes and Scenes (copy), 1949, (3 folders)

Box 2 Notes (copy), undated

Box 2 Production Notes (copy), 1950, (2 folders)

Box 2 Deadline at Dawn--Final Script, 1945 April 16, 1945, (2 folders)

The Greatest Gift

Box 2 1945 January 25, 1945, (2 folders)

Box 2 undated, (2 folders)

Box 2 Incomplete, 1945 February26, 1945

Joseph and His Brethren

Box 2 First Estimating Draft, 1954 May 10, 1954, (2 folders)

Box 2 Second Estimating Draft, 1954 December 30, 1954, (2 folders)

Box 2 The Murder Story (working title)--First Draft,, undated, (2 folders)

Box 2 Night Music , 1940, (3 folders)


Box 3 Night Music , 1940

Box 3 None but the Lonely Heart (adapted from Richard Llewellyn's novel)--Second Draft Continuity (revised), 1943 December 18, 1943, (2 folders)

North Star (The Richard Boone Show)

Box 3 1963 April 10, 1963

Box 3 First Revision, 1963 April 26, 1963

Box 3 The Olympian--Drafts, Notes, Typescript (copy),, 1963

Box 3 A Piece of the Action--Notes and Reviews (copy),, 1962

Box 3 Russian People by Constantine Simonov (acting version by Odets),, 1942

Box 3 The Show Must Go On-- Radio Original (copy),, 1939

The Story on Page One (temporary title)

Box 3 1958 October 1, 1958, (10 folders)

Box 3 1958 April 27, 1958, (2 folders)


Box 4 First Draft Revised, undated, (3 folders)

Box 4 Final Draft, circa, 1959, (2 folders)

Box 4 Waiting for Lefty , 1938

Walk on the Wild Side (from the novel by Nelson Algren)

Box 4 Final Draft, 1961 March 14, 1961, (3 folders)

Box 4 undated

The Way West

Box 4 First Draft, 1956 April, undated, 1956, undated, (3 folders)

Box 4 Notes on Treatment by Walter Newman, 1955 November 9, 1955

Box 4 Research Notebook, 1956-1957, (2 folders)

Box 4 Research Notebook (compiled by Lelia Alexander), undated, (2 folders)

Box 4 Section I, undated, (2 folders)

Box 4 Section II, undated, (2 folders)

Box 4 Step Outline by Walter Newman, 1955 December 12, 1955


Box 5 Typescript, 1957 September-October (11 folders), 1957

Box 5 Welcome to the City!, 1944 September 6, 1944, (3 folders)

Box 5 The Whispering Cup, 1947 January 10, 1947, (2 folders)

A Winter Journey

Box 5 Early Draft (copy), 1948, (2 folders)

Box 5 First Draft (copy), undated, (2 folders)

Box 5 Third Draft (copy), 1948