Includes materials related to television and film scripts, books, articles, plays,
short stories and other projects either written and/or produced by Ann Zane Shanks
and/or Bob Shanks. Contains manuscripts, proposals, scripts, and related
correspondence, research materials, etc. Arranged alphabetically by title,
followed by projects developed for specific companies or product sponsorship,
various undeveloped ideas and projects, and writings by others.
Subseries:
Writings by Ann Zane and/or Bob Shanks
Box 3
AABC's Silver Anniversary Celebration (TV
program).
Production book,
1977
Abel Baker--Private Eye--and Ear (short story;
unpublished?).
Draft typescript; carbon typescript
The Aborted Pick-Up (short story;
unpublished?).
Typescripts
Adventures of Gilda, A Really Super Person (TV
series; for CBS).
Proposal; outline; script for Episode 1: The Macho Majority,
1985-1986.
Alias James A. McQuinn (short story;
unpublished?).
Typescript and carbon,
Spring 1959
All Together Now
(Australian TV sitcom; rewritten weekly from New York; sold
internationally to Select-TV, London). Correspondence,
1991-1993;
script revisions. (7 folders)
The Alma Mater Tapes (series of home videos on
major universities for Oldsmobile).
Proposal.
America in the 21st Century (TV program; aka:
50 Years from Now: Personal Life in the American
Future; hosted by George McGovern).
Proposal
The American Automobile: Love at First Sight
(TV special).
Proposal
American Families and Their Fortunes (TV
series).
Proposal for series; proposal for
The
Guggenheims
;
letter,
1982
American Life Style
(TV documentary series, 1970-1986. Hosts: #1-#19 - E.G. Marshall,
#20-#31 – Hugh Downs, #32-#34 – Cliff Robertson. Great Americans through
their homes; syndicated to 150 TV markets. ABC Cable, then the Disney
Channel also bought runs).
Adams, John. Love, Liberty & the Pursuit of
Conscience: John Adams & His Massachusetts
America.
2 copies of script
Armstrong, Louis. Louis Armstrong: The Gentle Black Giant
of Jazz.
2 scripts
Bell, Alexander Graham.
2 copies of script, contact sheet, travel info
Bryan, William Jennings. The Common People's Uncommon
Man.
2 copies of script
Buck, Pearl S. Pearl Buck: The Woman, The Word, and Two
Good Earths.
Original typescript and 2 copies of script, subject index to
script
Byrd, Richard E. Richard E. Byrd: Admiral of the Ends of
the Earth.
2 original typescripts and 2 copies of script
Carnegie, Andrew. Andrew Carnegie: The Original Man of
Steel.
3 copies of script, contact sheet, locations, shooting schedule,
releases (2 folders)
DeMille, Cecil B.
Research only, including some correspondence
Eastman, George. George Eastman: One Man's Vision, Images
for All.
Original typescript and copy, correspondence, license agreement,
releases, research
Edison, Thomas Alva. Thomas Alva Edison's
Glenmont.
Original typescript and 3 copies of script
Ford, Henry. The Model T Man from Michigan, America: Henry
Ford & His Horseless Carriage.
Copy of script
Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin: Citizen-Sage of a
New Age.
Two original typescripts (one is incomplete) and 2 copies of
script
Gehrig, Lou. Lou Gehrig: In a League by
Himself.
3 copies of script subject index to script
Hearst, William R. William Randolph Hearst's San
Simeon.
1 copy of script, research materials
Houston, Sam. A Giant Man for a Giant Land: Sam Houston
& Texas.
1 copy of script
Box 4
Jackson, Andrew. Andrew Jackson's
Hermitage.
2 copies (1 is incomplete), 1 finalized copy (incomplete) of
script
Jefferson, Thomas.
Research
Keller, Helen. Helen Keller: Voice and Vision in the
Soul.
2 copies, 1 heavily annotated copy of script
Lee, Robert E. Stratford Hall & Robert E.
Lee.
2 copies, 1 finalized copy of script
Marshall, George C. George C. Marshall: The Determined
Victor.
Holograph, original typescript, 5 copies of script, contact
sheets, releases, research (3 folders)
Revere, Paul. Paul Revere: The Messenger of
Liberty.
Original typescript and 5 copies of script (1 is incomplete),
letter, licenses, releases
Rickenbacker, Eddie. Pilot, Patriot & 20th Century
Pioneer: Eddie Rickenbacker's Machine Age America.
Original typescript and 3 copies of script
Ringling, John. John Ringling's Ca' d'
Zan.
1 copy of script
Rockne, Knute. Knute Rockne: A Coach for all
Seasons.
Original typescript and copy of script, letter, license,
releases
Rogers, Will. Will Rogers' California
Ranch.
1 copy of script
Roosevelt, Theodore. Theodore Roosevelt's Sagamore
Hill.
1 copy of script
Sandburg, Carl. Carl Sandburg: Poet of the People.
Original typescript and 3 copies of script, letter, production
schedule, materials concerning photographs, production schedule and
releases (3 folders)
Sarnoff, David.
Research, including 15 photographs
Smith, Joseph.
2 photographs of paintings
Sousa, John Phillip. The Man, the Marine, and the Music:
John Phillip Sousa Marches to Greatness.
1 copy of script
Twain, Mark. Mark Twain's Hartford
Home.
2 copies of script
Vanderbilts. The Vanderbilts and Newport.
1 copy of script
Washington, Booker T. Slave and Statesman and the Back of
the Dream: Booker T. Washington's Tuskegee America.
Original typescript and 3 copies of script, consumer promo,
shooting schedule and index to voice-overs (2
folders)
Wilson, Woodrow. Peace & War and the Professor
President.
3 copies of script
Wright, Frank Lloyd. Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin
West.
Original typescript and 2 copies of script, 8 photographs
(2 folders)
Young, Brigham. Brigham Young's Beehive
House.
Original typescript and copy of script
AIMS Media
Book tie-in
Copyright
Harmony Gold, Ltd.
Hosts
List of programs and outline of series
Production/distribution
Box 5
Publicity
Release forms
Vansant Dugdale and Company, Inc.
Viacom Enterprises
American Rivers (6 one-hour
programs).
Proposal (2 copies)
America's Moment of Truth (TV
series).
Proposal
The Anatomy of a Television Film
(series of lectures given at the Beijing Film Academy, Sept. 10-12,
1990).
Outline of lectures; correspondence,
1990-1991;
brochures; miscellaneous
And the Rains Came (TV
movie).
Proposal
Ann Landers (pilot &
series).
Correspondence, pilot, research, financial (3
folders)
Arthur Miller's We'll Make A Killing
(film; based on op-ed piece "Get It Right. Privatize Executions," by
Arthur Miller).
Proposal,
1988;
notes; photocopy of article by Miller
The Auction Game (TV game
show).
Proposal, correspondence, financial (2
folders)
Australian Life Style (Australian TV
series, 1989).
Proposal
The Australians (book; aka Matilda's
Children).
Proposal; correspondence,
1990
(2 folders)
Australians at War (TV
documentary).
Proposal,
1990
The Avant-Garde in Russia, 1910-1930: New
Perspectives (TV documentary).
Proposal, 2 scripts, 3 revised scripts, revised pages, contact sheet
and shooting schedule, rehearsal and broadcast record, 8 photographs and 32
color slides, National Cable Television Association News, Nov. 15, 1982 and
1982 ACE Awards program (9 folders)
Aye, There is the Rubbish (short story;
unpublished?).
Draft carbon typescript,
Spring 1962;
typescript
Babycise (one hour video for Matchbox
Toys), 1985?
Script, revisions and budget
The Berkshire Institute (not-for-profit
corporation or foundation).
Proposal; correspondence,
1997-1998
Box 6
The Big Deal (aka Game, Set,
Match).
Contract file,
1988-1989
The Big Score (TV game show; aka Win,
Place or Show).
Proposal
Birthday Party (TV series).
Proposal
Blow Some My Way (article for "My
Turn", Newsweek, Feb. 22, 1993; aka Second Thoughts While
Smoking).
Facsimile typescript, photocopy from Newsweek; letters in response to
article, alphabetically arranged by correspondent. (3
folders)
Bridal Shower (game show;
1960s?).
Proposal
The Bright Young Man on the I.R.T.
(short story; published).
Typescripts,
1959?
Busted Lives, by Ann Zane Shanks
(book).
Correspondence, reviews, agreement, contract, production costs,
copies of illustrations, list of acknowledgements, epilogue and dust jacket
(3 folders)
Busted Lives (TV
documentary).
Proposal, materials on Corporation for Public Broadcasting
California Jam (rock concert for ABC,
1974).
Poster proof, press compilations, production book (4 folders)
(see also: Box 47 for two stamped empty binders)
Oversize 1
California Jam (cont.)
Ad proof for Variety,
May 8, 1974;
photocopy of ad proof for Los Angeles Times,
Feb. 17, 1974
Box 6
Cannon's Knights (TV series; aka
Kramer's Knights).
Proposal; correspondence,
1983
The Character of the Giver (short
story; unpublished?).
Typescript and 2 copies
Chloe's Magical Shrinking Parent (TV
movie).
Holograph and original typescript treatment, three copies of
typescript treatment, script, correspondence, contracts. (6
folders)
Clinton's Gilt (article -
unpublished).
Holograph and typescript copies, submission and rejection letters,
1997
Coco Chanel (screenplay).
1st typescript, later typescript, typescript copy, draft pages,
holograph casting list, correspondence, research (5
folders)
Box 7
Coco Chanel (cont.).
(7 folders)
The Collectors (TV series).
Proposal, letter,
Jan. 25, 1989
Come Happy December (play; first play
Bob wrote? at I.U. 1953 or 1954?).
2 typescripts (2 folders)
The Contender, by Bob Lipute (TV
movie).
Proposal; correspondence; "Lacrosse: All-American Game," article by
Bob Lipute.
The Cool Fire: Television and How to Make It
(book by Bob Shanks).
Publicity, reviews, related clippings (see also: Love is Not
Enough... Ideas)
The Day After Tomorrow (short story;
unpublished?).
Corrected typescript,
Fall 1958
A Day in the Country: Impressionism and the
French
(TV documentary; aka Eyes of Light: The French
Impressionist Painters).
Draft pages; complete scripts; clips - clearances; contacts;
contracts; correspondence - general,
1980-1984;
credits; Douglas, Kirk (host); "A Day in the Country: Impressionism
and the French landscape" exhibition, Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
June 28-September 16,
1984;
"Eyes of Light: The French Impressionist Painters - television hour,
proposal; France - correspondence, etc.; French consulate: art films;
galleries - checklist; Harmony Gold; Lloyd Enterprises, Inc - distributor;
locations and personnel clearances; paintings - checklist; post-production;
production; proposal; publicity; research; shooting/taping schedules; shot
sheets; clippings (22 folders)
Box 8
A Day in the Country:...
(cont.)
(12 folders)
The Day the Earth Died (TV
movie).
Draft pages; finished first draft script; proposal; research;
treatment - American version; treatment - Australian version (6
folders)
Devereaux's Gil (novel;
unpublished).
Photocopy of typescript
Dirt (movie).
Proposal, notes, correspondence, etc.
The Distant Brag (short story;
published in Swank).
Carbon typescripts,
1958-1959?
Dr. Jonathan Miller (TV
special).
Proposal, correspondence, Saturday Review featuring article about
Miller
The Draft and Other Hot Air
(article).
Typescript, photocopy
Drop-Out Father (TV movie).
Script (4/9/81); cast and crew list; party materials; press release
and clippings (4 folders)
Drop-Out Mother (TV movie; aired CBS
1987).
Scripts; cast; correspondence; credits; outline; proposal and budget;
sets; title graphics; treatment; clippings (see also: Box 47 for stamped
empty binder) (7 folders)
Box 9
Drop-Out Mother (cont.)
(17 folders)
The Duke and I (TV series).
Proposal
Eden High (TV series for Nine Network,
Australia).
Proposal; notes, research, etc. (2
folders)
Enemies (TV movie).
Proposal
Epilogue (TV drama; co-written with
John Corry).
Script
The Established Order (short story;
unpublished?).
Carbon typescripts,
Fall 1958;
revised Apr. 1963
Eulogy for Dr. Lee Salk
(eulogy).
Drafts and typescript copies, delivered May
6, 1992; printed material concerning Salk Institute
An Evening at Monticello
(play).
Scripts
Every Month of May (TV drama about the
Indianapolis 500; co-written with John Corry; aired in Richmond, VA on local
TV station).
1st draft script
The Exposers (TV series).
Proposal, related material
Eyes of Light: The French Impressionist
Painters
(TV program; aka 12 Impressionists of The Museum of the
Jeu de Paume).
Proposals
Family's Where You Find It (TV comedy
series).
Proposal
Featureach (TV daily feature
service).
Proposal, budget, bios of potential featured personalities, research
(2 folders)
First Ladies (TV special).
Proposals for one-hour and two-hour versions, correspondence, 1988,
1992,
2001-2004, miscellaneous
(6 folders)
First Person (TV series proposed to
PBS, hosted by George McGovern).
Proposal; includes proposal for several programs to be hosted by
George McGovern and related 1983 correspondence (see also: America
in the 21st Century and See How They Run:...)
Box 10
The Flying Doctors (TV
series).
Script for Episode 173
Focus Group (TV program).
Proposal, 1993
For Ed Spitzer (eulogy).
Draft and typescript copy, July 11,
1996
Forbidden Love: Pocahontas and John Smith
(screenplay).
Extended treatment, draft pages, scripts, correspondence, contracts
(10 folders)
Forever Is Now (screenplay - American
version).
Treatment - early version, draft and final; draft pages of script and
final (July 1991); casting (7
folders)
Forever Is Now (screenplay - Australia
version).
Treatment - American to Australian, draft and final; script (2002?)
(3 folders)
The Day the Earth Died (TV
movie).
Draft pages; finished first draft script; proposal; research;
treatment - American version; treatment - Australian version (6
folders)
Devereaux’s Girl (novel;
unpublished).
Photocopy of typescript
Dirt (movie).
Proposal, notes, correspondence, etc.
The Distant Brag (short story;
published in Swank).
Carbon typescripts, 1958-1959?
Dr. Jonathan Miller (TV
special).
Proposal, correspondence,
Saturday
Review
featuring article about Miller
The Draft and Other Hot Air
(article).
Typescript, photocopy
Drop-Out Father (TV movie).
Script (4/9/81); cast and crew list; party materials; press release and
clippings (4 folders)
Drop-Out Mother (TV movie; aired CBS
1987).
Scripts; cast; correspondence; credits; outline; proposal and budget;
sets; title graphics; treatment; clippings (see also:
Box 47 for stamped empty binder) (7
folders)
Box 9
Drop-Out Mother (cont.)
(17 folders)
The Duke and I (TV series).
Proposal
Eden High (TV series for Nine Network,
Australia).
Proposal; notes, research, etc. (2 folders)
Enemies (TV movie).
Proposal
Epilogue (TV drama; co-written with
John Corry).
Script
The Established Order (short story;
unpublished?).
Carbon typescripts, Fall 1958; revised Apr. 1963
Eulogy for Dr. Lee Salk
(eulogy).
Drafts and typescript copies, delivered May 6, 1992; printed material
concerning Salk Institute
An Evening at Monticello
(play).
Scripts
Every Month of May (TV drama about the
Indianapolis 500; co-written with John Corry; aired in Richmond, VA on local
TV station).
1st draft script
Every Month of May (TV drama about the
Indianapolis 500; co-written with John Corry; aired in Richmond, VA on local
TV station).
1st draft script
The Exposers (TV series).
Proposal, related material
Eyes of Light: The French Impressionist
Painters
(TV program; aka
12
Impressionists of The Museum of the Jeu de Paume
).
Proposals
Family's Where You Find It (TV comedy
series).
Proposal
Featureach (TV daily feature
service).
Proposal, budget, bios of potential featured personalities, research
(2 folders)
First Ladies (TV special).
Proposals for one-hour and two-hour versions, correspondence, 1988,
1992,
2001-2004, miscellaneous (6 folders)
First Person (TV series proposed to
PBS, hosted by George McGovern).
Proposal; includes proposal for several programs to be hosted by
George McGovern and related 1983 correspondence (see also: America
in the 21st Century and See How They
Run:...)
Box 10
The Flying Doctors (TV
series).
Script for Episode 173
Focus Group (TV program).
Proposal, 1993
For Ed Spitzer (eulogy).
Draft and typescript copy, July 11, 1996
Forbidden Love: Pocahontas and John Smith
(screenplay).
Extended treatment, draft pages, scripts, correspondence, contracts
(10 folders)
Forever Is Now (screenplay - American
version).
Treatment - early version, draft and final; draft pages of script and
final (July
1991); casting (7 folders)
Forever Is Now (screenplay - Australia
version).
Treatment - American to Australian, draft and final; script (2002?) (3 folders)
Box 11
Forever Is Now (screenplay - Australia
version) (cont.)
(2 folders)
41 Reasons to Vote Against Bob Dole
(article – Berkshire Eagle, Friday, September 27, 1996).
Correspondence, 1996; holograph; typescript; photocopy of printed article
Frank Lloyd Wright (TV
movie).
Proposal, Mar. 10, 1982; letter, Jan. 31, 1985
Funny Business (movie for Jackie Mason,
1988).
Proposal, outline script, treatment - draft and final (2
folders)
G’day, Beverly Hills (Australian film;
see also American version: Once Upon a Beverly
Hills).
Scripts; draft pages; miscellaneous: budget, characters, notes,
clippings (9 folders)
G'day, Beverly Hills (Australian TV
series; see also: American version: Hey--It's Beverly Hills
and American feature-length film: Once Upon a Beverly
Hills).
Scripts of Episode 1: Crocodile Sheila (4
folders)
The Genesis Scroll (TV
movie).
Treatment
A Gift of Time, by Garson Kanin (TV
film; unproduced).
Script; correspondence, Apr. 1988-Feb.
1989, including letters from actors Kirk Douglas, Gregory Peck and
John Forsythe
Golden Beach (TV soap opera for Nine
Network Australia; see also:
Love
County
).
Series: story outline and treatment - drafts and final; Episode 1:
story outline and treatment - draft and final; Episode 1: draft and final
script; Episode 2: treatment, draft and final script (3
folders)
Box 12
Golden Beach (cont.)
(3 folders)
Good Afternoon America (TV talk
show).
Proposal
Good Afternoon Detroit (TV talk show.
Five-a-week show Ann & Bob created for ABC-owned
stations).
Script #82-008 (Oct. 26, 1982); photograph; list of
interviews; clippings (2 folders)
Good Morning America (TV talk
show).
Production book; Neilsen ratings, 1975-1977
(3 folders)
Good Morning Britain (TV talk show
adopted from Good Morning America. Bob
consulted).
Script format; correspondence, 1988,
1992-1993;
agreement with CBS; notes; "Some Acquired Breakfast Wisdom," by Bob;
run-down (5 folders)
Gore Vidal’s American Presidency
(three-part TV series).
Proposals; outlines; scripts; drafts; Hugh Downs version;
correspondence, 1991-1996; Optomen Television correspondence,
1992-1996; reviews; miscellaneous (16
folders)
Box 13
Gore Vidal’s American Presidency
(cont.)
(12 folders)
Great and Terrible Land Battles (TV
series for ABC; aka Great Battlefields; not
produced).
Proposal; correspondence, 1988-1989; research (3
folders)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (TV
series).
Proposal; correspondence, 1988
Half-Time (short story;
unpublished?).
Carbon typescripts, Fall 1958
Hello? (op-ed piece).
Autograph and typescripts, correspondence, 2003
He’s Fired, She’s Hired (TV movie; aka
Paper Castles).
Script, final draft, May 13, 1984; revised final script, June 19, 1984;
credits; invitation to viewing, publicity, reviews, Nielsen ratings
(4 folders)
Hey--It's Beverly Hills (TV series; see
also: Australian version: G'day, Beverly Hills and American
feature-length version: Once Upon a Beverly
Hills).
Scripts of Episode 1: Teenage Lifeguards; proposal to CBS (2
folders)
Hiroshima (TV movie; based on book by
John Hersey).
Correspondence, 1985 and Newsweek (July 29, 1985)
History 101 (TV pilot for ABC, with
Robert Wahl; pilot aired Summer 1980?).
Revised script, Feb. 4, 1980; 3rd revised script, Feb. 28, 1980;
undated script; photographs, negatives, short rundown and staff contact
sheet (4 folders)
The Holiday Visitor (short
film?).
Script
Hoosier Hysteria (TV
program).
Holograph and typescript proposal
A House Divided (TV movie).
Proposal and related letter, 1985
The Hugh Hefner Story (TV
movie).
Proposal; correspondence, 1985; research
Human Relations (TV series for ABC,
hosted by Lee Salk; aka Relationships).
Proposal and budget; correspondence and contracts, 1981-1982; ideas for minute spots; releases (3
folders)
I Am Woman, I Am King (TV
series).
Proposal
I Can Make It Without You (screenplay
of novel Love is Not Enough).
Three scripts; proposal, Mar. 14, 1983; treatment (2
folders)
Box 14
I Can Make It Without You
(cont.)
(3 folders)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
(movie).
Proposal
Idiot’s Delight (musical adaptation of
play by Robert Sherwood; not produced).
Bob's version of script for Phillip and Marilyn Langner, 1964 or 1965; Robert Arthur’s
version of script, Jan. 24, 1964
In Concert From London. Empty script
binder only
The Interview (short story;
unpublished?).
Corrected typescripts, Sept. 1961
It's a Man's World (TV movie and TV
comedy series).
Proposals
Iwo Jima (TV mini-series,
3-hour).
Treatment: draft pages, corrections, drafts and finished treatment;
correspondence, 1992; clipping (8 folders)
Jane’s Weapons of War (series of TV
specials).
Holograph and typescript proposal, receipts, 1989
The Johnny Carson Show (TV talk
show).
Proposal to move from NBC to ABC
The Johnny Carson Show Figleaf
Follies
(show routine). Outline
KAL 007.
Holograph and typescript proposal; correspondence, 1984-1986; research (3 folders)
Kreutzer's Sonata (narration for
"Close Encounters With Music"
concert, Feb. 7,
1998).
Holograph and typescript script; letter, 1998
Lady Doctor Wings (TV drama
series).
Proposal: proof copy, Aug. 20, [1985] and revised copy, Sept. 10,
1985
Lillian, by William Luce
Scripts; correspondence, 1992; flyer for Dec. 1, 1992 performance; photocopy
of notes on
"Lillian"
from Hellman; resume
of actress Marian Seldes; review/clippings; miscellaneous (2
folders)
Oversize 2
Lillian (cont.)
Review; title for Barrymore Theatre marquee
Box 15
Lip Service (movie?).
Proposal by Marilyn Anderson & Renee Orin-Hague, produced by
Ann Shanks
Livin’ the Dream TV series; aka
Movin’ Up; partner Julian Fowles, Pilot script
deal only via MGM & CBS).
Scripts: Oct.-Nov. 1983, Sept. 1985 and draft pages; contracts;
correspondence; short outline of scenes; story lines, cast and set lists;
treatment (10 folders)
Looking for Elvis (TV movie; aka
Wanted:
Elvis Alive).
Proposal; correspondence, 1988
Love County (TV late night soap opera
for CBS; see also:
Golden Beach).
Proposal for series; proposal for 2-part, 2-hour pilot; scripts and
drafts for pilot, 1980; scripts and drafts for Episode 2, 1980; 2nd draft of
Episode 3; various notes and draft pages; correspondence, 1979-1981,
1987; credits
(13 folders)
Box 16
Love County (cont.)
(6 folders)
Love Is Not Enough (novel; see also:
I Can Make it Without You).
Correspondence, 1981-1982; corrections; ideas (notebook; also
contains drafts of blurbs for
The Cool Fire);
promotion; "Questions and Answers About…"; reviews (6
folders)
Love is Sleeping Together (short story;
unpublished?).
Carbon typescript, Fall 1958
Maggie Kuhn: Wrinkled Radical (movie;
Gray Panthers project).
Correspondence, photographs, research
The Magic Room (TV series with Keshia
Knight Pulliam).
Agreements only, 1988
Makelita: Margaret Mead (movie; aka
Coming of Age and
Rites of Passage).
Treatments: Jan.-Feb. 1990; scripts: Apr.-Dec.
1990; script: draft pages and notes; general correspondence, 1989-1992; casting/personnel; contracts; funding applications;
production: locations, scene breakdown, etc.; research; rights and funding;
miscellaneous (15 folders)
Box 17
Makelita: Margaret Mead (cont.)
(24 folders)
Box 18
Makelita: Margaret Mead (cont.)
(4 folders)
Making Movies: Australian-Style ("term
paper": analysis and plan of film-making in Australia written for Kerry
Packer, 1991 or 1992?).
Typescript and research (2 folders)
Matters of Necessity (short story;
published in
Swank).
Carbon typescripts, Fall 1961
Me, Myself, and Murder (screenplay by
Leonard Britton).
Treatment, script, act outline (3 folders)
Merv Griffin Show (CBS, 1969/1970).
Booking, including binder stamped "The Master Booker Bob Shanks
Producer..." given to Bob by Merv Griffin; staff contact sheets;
Trans-American Video letter and article; press release and printed
items(5 folders)
Midday (TV talk show for Nine Network
Australia).
Draft of analysis for Kerry Packer
The Middle Age of Daniel Ellsberg
(article for
California
magazine).
4 drafts; correspondence, 1985; photocopy of article; miscellaneous
(6 folders)
The Millionaire's Guide To... (TV
series).
Proposal; letter June 5, 1981
Miss Bannister's Girls
(musical, based on book by Louise Tanner; aka
The Class of '39 or
We're All Getting
Younger
). Two scripts (2 folders)
The Modern Art Collection of the Georges
Pompidou Centre
(TV program).
Proposal
The Morning Program (CBS, 1986-87)
(8 folders)
Correspondence:
General. Arranged chronologically
(3 folders)
"Choice" letters
Congratulatory letters. Arranged alphabetically
(2 folders)
Administration
(2 folders)
Box 19
The Morning Program
Affiliates:
Correspondence; script for demo (4 folders)
Booking
Booking schedule
Cancellation
Contacts
Formats
Guests/segments:
Actresses roundtable
Babbit, Bruce
Blount, Roy
Bostwick, Barry
Brooks, Mel
Caan, James
Carter, Rosalynn
Culver, Senator John
"Dallas"
TV show
Dawber, Pam
Deluise, Dom
Denver, John
Dreams of Ada, book by Robert
Mayer
Fitzgerald, Ernest
Graceland
The Grammys
Haig, Alexander
Hartman, Ambassador Arthur A.
Hepburn, Katharine
Hill, Benny
Horne, Lena
Jillian, Ann
KAL (Korean Air Lines) 007
London
Millionaire's Club
New Orleans
Newman, Fred
Nureyev, Rudolf
Personals
Philadelphia
Platoon
Savannah
Segal, George
Shopping
USSR
Box 20
Wallace, Irving
What Do Single Women Want?
Miscellaneous
Moller, Carl/Inventive Center
On-air talent
Organization and re-organization
Personnel:
Goldman, Rudi
Hartley, Mariette
Herman, Danette
Hill, Sandy
Hoffman, Craig
Kirgo, George
Leahy, Thomas F.
Saget, Bob
Tindiglia, Ron
Press clippings
Publicity
Ratings
Shanks, Bob.
Contract for walk-on; closed circuit speech to affiliates, April
1987
Start up
TV-am (England)
The Morning Show (ABC).
Proposal; press (4 folders)
Mousie Baby (movie; Ann’s 1st film as
director, produced and financed by the Shankses).
Treatment; actors and production staff; correspondence and
agreements, 1978-1985; promotion and study guide;
royalties (5 folders)
Murder in the Park (movie; screenplay
by Donald MacDonald; aka
The Park and
Shadows in the Park).
Scripts, 1988,
1990-1991; application - Australia; correspondence, 1991-1993; personnel; production (6
folders)
Box 21
Murder in the Park (cont.)
(3 folders)
My Father, Josef Stalin
(movie).
Proposal; correspondence, 1983; articles
Name Droppers (game show).
Proposal; correspondence, 1961-1962
The National Cultural Test: What Every
Australian Needs To Know
(2-hour TV special).
Proposal
The Necessary Man: James K. Polk &
America's Emerging Empire
(book by Bob Shanks).
Typescript of book; draft pages; correspondence and agreements with
Tom Wallace (17 folders)
Box 22
The Necessary Man: (cont.)
(8 folders)
Nights of a Full Moon (short story;
unpublished?).
Holograph, typescript, carbon typescript, Fall 1958
The 1954 Jordan River Revue: "Welcome to
France"
(musical comedy, by Bob Shanks and Donald
Glancy).
Bill Kinzer's script (presented to Shanks at 1988 performance of "Perelman" - see
accompanying note from Mary Kinzer), program, cast list rehearsal schedule,
song times, order of music, clipping
The 1977 Tony Awards.
Empty script binder
No Cure in Sight (play).
Scripts: early, Mar. 18, 2002, rev. Mar. 18, 2002, undated; playwright's
script book; draft pages; general correspondence, 1997-2004; actors;
New York reading; Bennington, Vermont production; miscellaneous (10
folders)
Box 23
No Cure in Sight (cont.)
(24 folders)
Novelas (TV series).
Correspondence and agreements towards getting rights from Central and
South America for Asia and English-speaking adaptations
Box 24
Numbers (TV movie).
Proposal
Omnibus (TV program).
1979-1980, including correspondence, contract, ideas for future
programs, news release, photographs, show staff list, clippings
Once Upon a Beverly Hills (film; aka
Rodeo High; see also: Australian version:
G'day Beverly Hills and TV series
versions:
Hey, It's Beverly Hills and
G'day Beverly Hills).
Scripts; draft pages; correspondence for Australian version, and
American and Australian TV series, 1988-1992; proposal to ITV (British
network); synopsis (20 folders)
One-Eyed Kings (TV
mini-series).
Proposal
The One Minute Work of Art (short
story; unpublished?).
Corrected typescripts, Fall 1958
Box 25
Only the Best (TV shopping show;
developed for Harrod's and Bloomingdale's in collaboration with Burt Wolfe -
pilot shot for Warner-Amex, 1981; aka
Shop
America
).
Proposal; Shop America artwork; Shop America script; artwork; budget;
correspondence, 1988-1989; marketing options for
Bloomingdale's; miscellaneous (10 folders)
Our Fourth-Rate Fourth Estate, by Jack
Paar (article for
Esquire; ghost-written by
Bob Shanks).
Letter from
Esquire, Dec. 11, 1961;
typescript
Oxford: The Mother of Universities (TV
documentary).
Proposal; correspondence, 1989; research
The People Puzzle (quiz
show).
Proposal
The People Show with Ann Shanks (radio
show, 13 weeks, June-Aug. 2000).
Format
Primal Screen (book).
Correspondence, 1984-1987,
1989; reviews
(2 folders)
Re-building America
(article).
Corrected typescript, photocopy
The Red Leather Chair (short story;
unpublished?).
Typescript, corrected typescript
Reflections: Profiles of Great American
Photographers
(six half-hour TV programs).
Proposal; correspondence, 1979-1981
(2 folders)
The Right to Die (movie).
Proposal; correspondence, 1985; research
The Ringling Brothers
(mini-series).
Proposal for 1980-1981
S.J. Perelman in Person
(play).
Scripts, including Ann’s director’s production book; actors
(proposed); "Commentary by the Playwright"; contracts; correspondence, 1981-1997; Kanin, Garson - letters and article; notes by
unidentified author; Performance - June 18, 1985, Orson Bean, Los Angeles, CA;
Performance - 1988,
Indiana University Theatre; Performance - Cherry Theatre, New York City;
research; reviews; reviews and publicity; Stadlen, Lewis J.; miscellaneous
(19 folders)
Box 26
S.J. Perelman in Person
(cont.)
(13 folders)
See How They Run: Racing to be President
(TV program; hosted by George McGovern).
Proposal
1787: A Nation Born. (TV
movie).
Proposal; correspondence, 1985
(2 folders)
Shared America (article).
Letter, 1996; photocopied typescript
Shtuss (comedy series).
Proposal
Sister Ruthie (musical comedy; aka
Rusty and
We Want
Rusty
).
Scripts; draft pages
Skyscraper (movie; based on novel
Skyscraper, by Robert Byrne).
Proposal
Small World (TV special for NBC or
Playboy channel; possible series).
Scripts, 1981; credits (5 folders)
Stages (arts magazine for CBS Cable;
produced one show, 1980, city cancelled the network).
Proposal; correspondence, 1980-1981; contracts and release
forms; miscellaneous (4 folders)
Startalk (TV talk show).
Publicity; agreement, 1988; contact sheet; credits; draft scripts
of pilot with guests Boy George and Charleton Heston; photographs;
miscellaneous (2 folders)
Story of Civilization (TV series; aka
Will and Ariel Durant's "The Story of
Civilization"
).
Proposal; correspondence, 1992-1993
The Story of Joseph (TV
movie).
Proposal
Strange World (TV series; aka
Strange But True!,
The
Enigma File
, and
It's a Strange
World
; hosted by William Shatner, 1988).
Proposal; script; shooting scripts/production books; general
correspondence, 1988; edit decisions; footage logs; ideas; press release;
production materials; release forms; rundowns; Saltman, David; Shatner,
William; shooting schedule; title suggestions and report; miscellaneous
(3 folders)
Box 27
Strange World (cont.)
(17 folders)
Studs Terkel's Race (adaptation for TV
documentary).
Proposal; annotated pages from book; script and drafts;
correspondence, 1994; contract (10 folders)
Sunday at the Center (Oldcastle Theatre
Company talk).
Program, announcement and clipping for Jan. 20, 2002 talk
Take Stock (game show).
Proposal; letter from SEC, Sept. 15, 1961
Tell Us Where It Hurts (daily advice
program; aka
Tell Me Where It
Hurts
).
Proposal
30 Minutes (comedy news
show).
Proposal
Thomas Hoving’s Lives of the Artists
(13 one-hour TV series).
Proposal
The Thorn Birds (stage
musical).
Correspondence, 1991, concerning acquiring rights
Thoughts About Political Correctness
(article).
Corrected typescript
Three Childhoods: Cesar Chavez, Alexander
Graham Bell, Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
(movie for PBS’s
"Wonderworks"
).
Proposal - draft Jan. 15, 1985; letters, 1985
Today Show (TV talk show for Nine
Network Australia).
Analysis (incomplete) for Kerry Packer of Channel 9
Today Show (TV talk show,
NBC).
Typescript of
New York Times, Jan. 20, 1952
article by Jack Gold; Typescript of
New York
Times
, Nov. 4, 1975 article by John O'Connor;
American Film magazine, Dec. 1986 containing article quoting Today
Show executive producer Stephen Friedman
Tom Swift, Jr. Adventures In Tomorrow
(TV serial).
Proposal; pilot script for part I of 5-part story: Tom Swift and the
Asteroid Pirates; schedule and proposed episodes (4
folders)
Track Down (TV series).
Proposal and research, 1988
Box 28
TV-am: Video Library Analysis.
Analysis; correspondence with Bruce Gyngell at TV-am; bio of
Gyngell
20/20.
Proposal; artwork; Chappaquidick segment; contracts; memos, from
Harold Hayes memo concerning first 3
20/20s,
from Roone Arledge, and from Bob Hughes concerning set; photograph of Hugh
Downs on set; press releases; Shanks speech before affiliates;
miscellaneous, including format, ad insert, printed (9
folders)
Under Oath (Australian TV series;
re-creation court program).
Proposal; background; "The Manly Murder" episode: draft, background,
notes, contract with writer (Chris Peacock); "Mr. Bubbles" episode: drafts,
draft pages, background, synopsis, notes, cast, contract with writer (Steve
Wright); general correspondence, 1990-1992; ideas for future episodes
(17 folders)
Upwind of Munich (short story;
unpublished?).
Typescript
Vet-nam – Post 87 (TV
series).
Proposal; letters, 1985
When Cinderella Married (film; aka
Cinderella Confidential).
cripts; drafts; draft pages; cast and notes; correspondence, 1991-1993,
2002-2003
(3 folders)
Box 29
When Cinderella Married
(cont.)
(7 folders)
When Jefferson Dined Alone
(play).
Scripts, 1994-1995, undated, author's proof; actors,
directors,...; background; Berkshire Theatre Festival, 1998; correspondence, 1995-2003; Indiana University staged reading, April 1996; notes;
script submissions; synopsis; miscellaneous (24
folders)
When Jefferson Dined Alone (cont.)
(16 folders)
When Jefferson Dined Alone (cont.)
Poster of stage reading, April 21, [1996]...Indiana University
Box 30
The White Mouse: The Nancy Wake Story
(film).
Treatment; notes on the treatment by John Misto; correspondence,
1990-1991
Winning Isn’t Everything
(movie-of-the-week).
Proposal
Winter Wonderland (short story;
unpublished?).
Corrected typescript, carbon typescripts, Spring 1962
Yearning to Breathe Free (TV movie;
true story--Vietnamese in U.S.).
Proposal; letters, 1986.
The Zodiac Tapes (12 home
videos).
Proposal
Box 47
Binders.
Empty binders for: 1) "
California Jam,
Ontario Motor Speedway, April 6, 1974, Public Relations,..."; 2) "In
Concert/
California Jam, Bob Shanks"; 3)
"
Drop-Out Mother, June 1, 1987,
Ann Shanks"
Box 30
Company- or product-sponsored projects:
American Express.
""Magazines: A
Television Show.""
Proposal; letters, Mar. 1989
Bloomingdale's.
""Only the
Best.""
see: Only the Best
Budweiser.
""The Budweiser Collegiate
Decathlon""
and
""The National
Homecoming Queen Pageant.""
Proposals
Chevrolet. Comedy show.
Proposal; letters, 1988
Chrysler.
""The National Homecoming
Queen Pageant.""
Proposal
Coca Cola. Comedy show.
Proposal; letters, 1988
Coors. Comedy show,
""Coors Collegiate
Decathlon,""
"
""Coors Presents the
National Homecoming Queen Pageant,""
"
"Hoosier Hysteria."
"
Proposals; letters, 1988; news clipping
Dr. Pepper.
""The Dr. Pepper Comedy
Show""
and
""Dr. Pepper's Comedy
Minute.""
Proposals
Ford.
""The Ford Collegiate
Decathlon""
and
""The National
Homecoming Queen Pageant.""
Proposals
Liberty Mutual (TV-America and Gordon Hyatt, Inc.).
Proposals; contracts, correspondence, etc. (2 folders)
Lipton. Comedy show and
""Lipton's
Comedy Minute.""
Proposals; letters, 1988
Pepsi.
""Pepsi's Comedy
Minute.""
Proposal
Slice. Comedy show.
Proposal; letters, 1988-1989
Ideas and projects.
Includes ideas for TV projects with Rita Rudner and Ennio
Marchetto(5 folders)
Box 31
Ideas and projects (cont.)
(9 folders)
Lyrics.
Pre-1960
Poetry.
Pre-1960 and undated.
(2 folders)
Short Stories (unpublished).
Untitled and/or fragments
Speech. Untitled