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Series 8. Ranch Files, 1927-1977 (bulk 1950-1970) (continued) | |||||||||||||
Unions, 1951-1969 | |||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 3 | American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), 1963-1968 | ||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 4 | Authors League of America, 1955 | ||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 5 | Dramatists Guild, 1956 July-1966 June | ||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 6 | Miscellaneous, 1952 June-1955 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 7 | Screen Directors Guild, 1951 October-1969 March | ||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 8-9 | Writers Guild, 1954 March-1969 May | ||||||||||||
"V" miscellaneous, 1953-1955 | |||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 10 | Variety, 1953 December-1955 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 11 | "Y" miscellaneous, 1965 January-April | ||||||||||||
"W-Y-Z" miscellaneous, 1953-1967 | |||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 12 | 1953-1967 | ||||||||||||
BOX 189 FOLDER 13 | Ward, Kathleen, 1959 September-1960 December | ||||||||||||
Series 9. Scripts, 1933-1993 and undated | |||||||||||||
70 linear feet (168 boxes) | |||||||||||||
RPA 00659-00825 (boxes 190-356); RPB 00110 (box OS 3); RPC 00083 (box OS 2); RPE 00005 (box OS 1); RPU 00020 (box 363) | |||||||||||||
The largest series in the Oboler papers, the Scripts series showcases Oboler’s
work at his creative best and at the height of his popularity, when he wrote and
directed numerous works for radio shows such as Lights Out, Arch Oboler’s Plays, Everyman's Theater, To the President, Plays for Americans, and Free World Theatre. Most scripts are retained in the collection in multiple copies of various versions, including original, corrected, revised, edited, and as broadcast. Oboler apparently maintained at least two separate collections of his scripts, the “Fire” file (possibly at his residence) and the “Town” file (possibly at his long-time office at 4119 St. Clair Avenue, Studio City, California). All versions of scripts from the Fire and Town files and from other locations are grouped together and arranged alphabetically by title. The Scripts series contains virtually all of Oboler’s pre-war work in the horror, humor, romance, and drama genres, as well as early anti-war radio plays and scripts of his wartime broadcasts supporting American and Allied war efforts against global totalitarianism. Oboler’s trademark stream-of-conscious narration is evident in many of the scripts, as is his penchant for reworking, re-recording, and re-titling story lines. Ever seeking new opportunities, Oboler proposed a number of new radio series during his career, and the Scripts series contains summaries of these proposals, which he attempted, in many cases without success, to sell to radio networks. |
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Indexes and summaries, 1934-1958 and undated | |||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 1 | Arch Oboler's Plays series, 1939-1940, 1954 | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 2 | Arch Oboler's Plays series, town file, 1939-1940 | ||||||||||||
Everyman's Theater series | |||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 3 | Country file, 1940-1941 | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 4 | Town file, 1940-1941 | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 5 | Everything for the Boys series, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 6 | Free World Theatre series, 1943 | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 7 | Grand Hotel series, 1934-1940 | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 8 | Mark Twain series, 1944 | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 9 | Mark Twain series, town file, 1944 | ||||||||||||
BOX OS 1 FOLDER 8 | NBC and Mutual radio series promotional posters, 1945, undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 10 | Plays for Americans series, 1942 | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 11 | Script indexes, 1957-1958 , undated | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 12 | To the President series, 1942 | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 13 | Your Hollywood Parade series, 1937-1938 | ||||||||||||
BOX 363 | Card index of Oboler's radio series and episodes, undated | ||||||||||||
RPU 00020 | |||||||||||||
Card box containing two indexes, each arranged alphabetically by program and episode title. | |||||||||||||
Free World Theatre, 1943 | |||||||||||||
A series of radio plays that were produced, directed, and in part written by
Arch Oboler and broadcast February 21-June 27, 1943, on the NBC Blue
Network. As part of his support of American involvement in World War II, Oboler requested statements intended for the American people from various world leaders and thinkers, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Thomas Mann, and Aldous Huxley. These were then dramatized for radio by Oboler and others. Stars of the broadcasts included Orson Welles, Fred MacMurrary, Judy Garland, Joseph Cotten, James Cagney, Lena Horne, Jackie Cooper, and others. The series was funded by the U.S. Office of War Information. Published in: Arch Oboler and Stephen Longstreet, editors. Free World Theatre: Nineteen New Radio Plays, with an introduction by Thomas Mann and a preface by Arch Oboler. New York: Random House, 1944. |
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BOX 190 FOLDER 14 | "The People March," broadcast 1943 February 21 | ||||||||||||
Arch Oboler | |||||||||||||
Written by Arch Oboler | |||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 15 | "Tomorrow," broadcast 1943 February 28 | ||||||||||||
Budd Schulberg and Jerome Lawrence | |||||||||||||
Written by Budd Schulberg and Jerome Lawrence | |||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 16 | "Your Day Is Coming," broadcast 1943 March 7 | ||||||||||||
Allan Scott | |||||||||||||
Written by Allan Scott | |||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 17 | "Rip von Dinkel of Nuremberg" and "I Have No Prayer," broadcast 1943 March 14 | ||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 18 | "White House Kitchen," broadcast 1943 March 21 | ||||||||||||
B.C. Schoenfeld | |||||||||||||
Written by B.C. Schoenfeld | |||||||||||||
BOX 190 FOLDER 19 | "Music for Freedom," broadcast 1943 March 28 | ||||||||||||
Don Quinn, Ira Greshwin, Jay Gorney, Henry Myers, and Edward Eliscu | |||||||||||||
Written by Don Quinn, Ira Greshwin, Jay Gorney, Henry Myers, and Edward Eliscu | |||||||||||||
BOX 191 FOLDER 1-2 | "The Fountain of Dancing Children," broadcast 1943 April 4 | ||||||||||||
Fanya F. Lawrence | |||||||||||||
Written by Fanya F. Lawrence | |||||||||||||
BOX 191 FOLDER 3 | "Night Flight," broadcast 1943 April 11 | ||||||||||||
Arch Oboler | |||||||||||||
Written by Arch Oboler | |||||||||||||
BOX 191 FOLDER 4-5 | "Fiesta," broadcast 1943 April 18 | ||||||||||||
Richard Collins and Everett Tomlinson | |||||||||||||
Written by Richard Collins and Everett Tomlinson | |||||||||||||
BOX 191 FOLDER 6-7 | "S.S. Middletown," broadcast 1943 April 25 | ||||||||||||
Hector Chevigny, Anne Anthony, and Jerome Lawrence | |||||||||||||
Written by Hector Chevigny, Anne Anthony, and Jerome Lawrence | |||||||||||||
BOX 191 FOLDER 8-9 | "China to America," broadcast 1943 May 2 | ||||||||||||
Pearl Buck | |||||||||||||
Written by Pearl Buck | |||||||||||||
BOX 191 FOLDER 10-11 | "Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith," broadcast 1943 May 9 | ||||||||||||
Stephen Longstreet | |||||||||||||
Written by Stephen Longstreet | |||||||||||||
BOX 191 FOLDER 12-13 | "My Mothers Never Weep," broadcast 1943 May 16 | ||||||||||||
William Kozlenko | |||||||||||||
Written by William Kozlenko | |||||||||||||
BOX 192 FOLDER 1-2 | "Something about Joe," broadcast 1943 May 23 | ||||||||||||
Milton Merlin and Clarence Muse | |||||||||||||
Written by Milton Merlin and Clarence Muse | |||||||||||||
BOX 192 FOLDER 3-4 | "Man with a Beard," broadcast 1943 May 30 | ||||||||||||
Talbot Jennings | |||||||||||||
Written by Talbot Jennings | |||||||||||||
BOX 192 FOLDER 5-6 | "General Armchair," broadcast 1943 June 6 | ||||||||||||
Samuel Raphaelson | |||||||||||||
Written by Samuel Raphaelson | |||||||||||||
BOX 192 FOLDER 7-8 | "The Second Battle of Warsaw," broadcast 1943 June 13 | ||||||||||||
Irving Ravetch | |||||||||||||
Written by Irving Ravetch | |||||||||||||
BOX 192 FOLDER 9-10 | "In Memory of a Hero," broadcast 1943 June 20 | ||||||||||||
Howard Estabrook | |||||||||||||
Written by Howard Estabrook | |||||||||||||
BOX 192 FOLDER 11-12 | "V-Day," broadcast 1943 June 27 | ||||||||||||
Arch Oboler | |||||||||||||
Written by Arch Oboler | |||||||||||||
Radio, 1933-1981 and undated | |||||||||||||
"About My Mother" | |||||||||||||
BOX 193 FOLDER 1 | Fire file, 1942 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 193 FOLDER 2 | Town file, 1942 November | ||||||||||||
"Acrophobia" | |||||||||||||
BOX 193 FOLDER 3 | Fire file, 1937 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 193 FOLDER 4 | Town file, 1937 February | ||||||||||||
BOX 193 FOLDER 5 | Miscellaneous file, undated | ||||||||||||
"Across the Gap (Neanderthal Man)" | |||||||||||||
BOX 193 FOLDER 6-7 | Fire file, 1942 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 193 FOLDER 8 | Town file, 1942 November | ||||||||||||
BOX 193 FOLDER 9 | Miscellaneous file, undated | ||||||||||||
"Adam's Weak Rib" | |||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 1 | Fire file, 1937 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 2 | Town file, 1937 September | ||||||||||||
"Adolph and Mrs. Runyon" | |||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 3 | Fire file, 1942 February-March, June | ||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 4 | Town file, 1942 June | ||||||||||||
"Adults Only" | |||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 5 | Fire file, 1937 October, December, 1941 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 6 | Town file, 1937 December, 1941 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 7 | "Adventure," 1946 April | ||||||||||||
Weekly series. | |||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 8 | "Adventure in Tomorrow," 1950-1951 | ||||||||||||
Radio series proposal. | |||||||||||||
"Adventure Postponed" | |||||||||||||
See also "Finale" | |||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 9-10 | Fire file, 1937 December, 1939 September | ||||||||||||
BOX 194 FOLDER 11-12 | Town file, 1939 September | ||||||||||||
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" | |||||||||||||
BOX 195 FOLDER 1 | Fire file, 1944 January | ||||||||||||
BOX 195 FOLDER 2 | Town file, 1944 January | ||||||||||||
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