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BOX 161-171; 248; 261 Business Papers, 1925-1997
Advertisements, agreements, budgets, contracts, correspondence, financial reports and invoices, music, programs, reports, routines, and telegrams.
Arranged alphabetically into eight file units: Comedy Software, Contracts, Financials, Licensing Agreements, Paid Invoices, Production Files, Representation, and Song Management. Within each, file units are arranged alphabetically or chronologically as appropriate.
Comedy Software
BOX-FOLDER 161/1 Agreements, 1990-1994
BOX-FOLDER 161/2 Miscellaneous, 1992-1996
BOX-FOLDER 161/3 Publicity, undated
BOX-FOLDER 161/4 Taxes, 1992-1996
Contracts
BOX-FOLDER 161/5 Berle, Miscellaneous, 1925, 1948-1949, 1993-1994
BOX-FOLDER 161/6-10 Berle Performances, 1932-1951, 1960-1963, 1983-1995
BOX-FOLDER 161/11 Playboy Club, Atlantic City, 1983 June
BOX-FOLDER 161/12 Windmill Dinner Theatre, 1983
BOX-FOLDER 161/13 Rivers, Joan, La Cage aux Folles, 1986
BOX-FOLDER 161/14 Talent, 1935, 1948, 1953
Financials
BOX-FOLDER 162/1 Cyclohm Motor Corp., 1947
BOX-FOLDER 162/2-8; 248/4 Milton Berle Enterprises - Moe Morris & Company Accounting, 1945-1954
BOX-FOLDER 162/9 Off to Buffalo Company, 1939, undated
BOX-FOLDER 163/1 Richard Killman Productions, "Early to Bed," 1943-1944
BOX-FOLDER 163/2-4; 248/5 Sagebrush Enterprises, Inc., 1951-1953, 1989
BOX-FOLDER 163/5 Seventeen & Company, 1951, 1953
BOX-FOLDER 163/6 Top Banana Company, 1951-1954
Licensing Agreements
BOX-FOLDER 163/7 Direct to Retail - Texaco Star Theatre, 1992-1993
BOX-FOLDER 163/8 The Last Supper - Name Credit, 1997
BOX-FOLDER 163/9 Miscellaneous, 1949, 1991-1997
BOX-FOLDER 164/1-2 NBC-Berle Show, 1982-1992
BOX-FOLDER 164/3 TV Clips, Miscellaneous, 1995-1997
Paid Invoices
BOX-FOLDER 164/4-12, 165/1-9 Invoices, A-Z, 1953
Production Files
BOX-FOLDER 166/1 Film: Always Leave Them Laughing, 1949-1950
BOX-FOLDER 166/2 The Tomato King, 1996
BOX-FOLDER 166/3 Radio: Stop Me If You've Heard This One, 1939, 1940
Stage Appearances
BOX-FOLDER 166/4-5 Loews State, New York, 1938, November 3 and 10
Includes routine material
BOX-FOLDER 166/6 Palace, Chicago, 1938, November 18
Includes routine material
BOX-FOLDER 166/7 Chez Paree Cafe, Chicago, 1938, December 23
Includes correspondence and routine material
BOX-FOLDER 166/8 Loews State, New York, 1939, March 2
Includes routine material
BOX-FOLDER 166/9 International Casino, New York, 1939, May 24
Includes "Luke Warm Mikado" routine and others
BOX-FOLDER 166/10 Loews State, New York, 1940, April 27
Includes routine material
BOX-FOLDER 166/11 Hartford, Connecticut, 1940, May 3-5
Includes routine material
BOX-FOLDER 166/12 Oriental Theatre, Chicago, 1940, May 17
Includes routine material
BOX-FOLDER 166/13 Hippodrome, Baltimore, 1940, June 14
Photograph
BOX-FOLDER 166/14 Loew's State, New York, 1940, September 19-25
Includes routine material
BOX-FOLDER 166/15 Adams Theatre, Newark, New Jersey, 1940, October 4
BOX-FOLDER 166/16 Diplomat Hotel, Hollywood, Florida, 1983, January 14
Includes correspondence
BOX-FOLDER 166/17 Rochester, Michigan/Hyannis, Massachusetts, 1989 July
Theatrical
BOX-FOLDER 166/18 Heavenly Express, 1940
BOX-FOLDER 166/19 I'll Take the High Road, 1943
Program
BOX-FOLDER 166/20 Milton Berle and the Texaco Star Theatre, 1993-1995
BOX-FOLDER 166/21 Same Time, Next Week, 1944
Manuscript music and program
BOX-FOLDER 166/22 Seventeen, 1951
TV
BOX-FOLDER 167/1 B & B Productions, 1959
BOX-FOLDER 167/2 Best of Berle, 1983-1988, undated
BOX-FOLDER 167/3 Buick-Berle Show, 1953-1954
BOX-FOLDER 167/4-6 The Milton Berle Show Special, 1959 October-November
BOX-FOLDER 167/7 The Milton Berle Show Special, 1962, March 9
BOX-FOLDER 168-169/1-4 RCA/Sunbeam/Whirlpool Berle Show, 1955-1956
Shows 1-12
BOX-FOLDER 169/5-9 Returned Material, 1950-1954
BOX-FOLDER 169/10 Second Time Around, 1986-1987
BOX-FOLDER 169/11 Video: Buick-Berle Show, 1994-1995
BOX-FOLDER 169/12 Video: Milton Berle's Low Impact/High Comedy Video Workout, 1994-1997
Representation
BOX-FOLDER 170/1 Arthur Pine Associates, Inc., 1990-1992
BOX-FOLDER 170/2 Cunningham, Escott, Dipene, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 170/3 Media Artists Group, 1995
BOX-FOLDER 170/4 Lenhoff/Robinson, 1994
Song Management
BOX-FOLDER 170/5 American Guild of Authors and Composers, 1977-1978
BOX-FOLDER 170/6 American Society of Composer, Authors & Publishers, 1950, 1975, 1980
BOX-FOLDER 170/7 Assignments, 1939-1940
BOX-FOLDER 275 Buick-Berle Show Music, 1954-1955, undated
BOX-FOLDER 170/8-10 Copyright Renewals, 1959-1979, 1988-1991
BOX-FOLDER 170/11-13 Correspondence, Contracts, Agencies, etc., 1942-1954, 1960-1962
Correspondents include: Al Capp and Rudy Vallee
BOX-FOLDER 170/14 Embee Music/Melanie Music/Victoria Music, 1954-1955
BOX-FOLDER 170/15 "I Am Living In the Past," 1962-1963
BOX-FOLDER 170/16 Melanie Music, 1955 September-1956 June
BOX-FOLDER 170/17 Milbud, 1979-1980
BOX-FOLDER 170/18 Music Publishers, 1958-1962, 1976
BOX-FOLDER 170/19 Record of the Works of Milton Berle, undated
BOX-FOLDER 170/20-171/1 Royalty Statements 1945-1977
BOX-FOLDER 171/2 Songs Published, 1954-1955
BOX-FOLDER 171/3 Songwriters Contracts, 1934-1956
BOX-FOLDER 171/4 Victoria Music, 1953-1954
BOX-FOLDER 171/5 "We Are the Men of Texaco," 1979-1986
BOX 188-246; 262-267; 269-271 Music, 1940s-1980s
Chiefly full scores, piano-conductor scores, and parts for music used in Berle radio and/or television programs or for other personal appearances and special events. Includes piano-vocal scores or lead sheets with lyrics by Berle, as well as a small quantity of songs by other composers.
Berle Shows and Appearances
Full scores, piano-conductor scores, and parts for songs and incidental music used in Berle radio shows and/or television programs, stand-up comedy appearances, and other events.
Arranged alphabetically by title. The container list indicates the range of titles that may be found throughout the specified boxes, as many selections do not have corresponding full scores. Researchers are advised to request all boxes listed under a given heading to ensure that they have everything pertaining to a desired title.
BOX-FOLDER 189/1-12, 262/1-4 The 1980 election -- Air Corps utility
BOX-FOLDER 190/1-12, 262/5-7, 269/1 Alabamy bound -- Audience
BOX-FOLDER 191/1-9, 262/8-10, 269/2-3 B. K. Xmas -- Baubles bangles
BOX-FOLDER 192/1-8, 262/11-12 Beautiful lady -- Berle march
BOX-FOLDER 193/1-5 Berle overture
BOX-FOLDER 194/1-8, 262/13-14 Berle overture -- Berle-Buttons comedy medley
BOX-FOLDER 195/1-10, 262/15-16 Berle-Davis routine -- Black magic intro
BOX-FOLDER 196/1-10, 262/17-23 Blue Danube -- Cantor baby medley
BOX-FOLDER 197/1-12, 262/24-26 Carolina moon -- Comedy tonight chaser
BOX-FOLDER 198/1-11, 263/1-8, 269/4 Comedy tonight TV tag -- Dennis Day intro
BOX-FOLDER 199/1-10, 263/9-10, 269/5 Dixon and Dean -- Eddie Cantor play-on
BOX-FOLDER 200/1-9, 263/11-12, 269/6 Eleven o'clock addition -- Erl king
BOX-FOLDER 201/1-5, 263/13-15 Esther Williams production -- Every thing I've got
BOX-FOLDER 202/1-13, 263/16-21 Everything's coming up roses -- Gallagher and Sheen (Mr. "B")
BOX-FOLDER 203/1-11, 263/22-25 Gary Berle -- Gun slinger
BOX-FOLDER 204/1-10, 263/26, 264/1-2, 269/7 Happy days play-on -- High and mighty
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