Television scripts collection 1957-1960

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Television scripts collection 1957-1960

The collection consists of typescript copies of scripts for television programs produced by the Columbia Broadcasting System and United States Steel Hour from 1957 to 1960. Included are scripts written by Rod Serling, Tad Mosel, Leonard Spigelgass, Aaron Spelling, and George Bellak, among others. The scripts seem to have been compiled for a class on television writing which was taught by David Davidson in the Yale School of Drama beginning in the mid-1960s.

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Mosel, Tad

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Playwright and biographer Tad Mosel was born George Ault Mosel, Jr. on May 1, 1922 in Steubenville, Ohio to Margaret and George Ault Mosel. With his older brother, James, he was raised in Larchmont and New Rochelle, New York. Mosel attended Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts and New Rochelle High School and knew from the age of sixteen that he wanted to write for the theater. From 1940 to 1943, he attended Amherst College, where he majored in English and wrote his firs...

Reisman, Philip, Jr.

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Monash, Paul, 1917-2003

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Monash served as a producer for the television shows "Peyton Place," "Judd, for the Defense" and "The Untouchables" among many others. He also produced the motion pictures "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," "Slaughterhouse-five" and "Deadfall." From the description of Papers, 1962-1972. (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 31307856 ...

De Felitta, Frank

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American screenwriter. From the description of Second sight, 1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122551281 ...

McGreevey, John

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Spelling, Aaron

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Coneybeare, Rod

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Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc., 1966

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Yale School of Drama

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In 1924, Yale established the first department of drama in the country with a generous contribution from Edward S. Harkness (B.A. 1897). As part of the School of Fine Arts, the Department of Drama offered a Master of Fine Arts in Drama, first conferred in 1931. The department was headed by George Pierce Baker, formerly of the well-known English "47 Workshop" at Harvard. By vote of the Yale Corporation in 1955, the Department of Drama separated from the School of Fine Arts and became the Yale Sch...

Hailey, Arthur

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Brandel, Marc, 1919-1994

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Marc Brandel (born Marcus Beresford) was an internationally known novelist and television writer. Born in London, England on March 28, 1919, Brandel attended St. Catherine's College, Cambridge and Westminster College, then served in the British Merchant Marine during World War II. He started writing in his twenties and published a number of novels throughout his life, including "Rain Before Seven" (1945), "The Lizard's Tail" (1979), and "A Life of Her Own" (1985). From the 1950s to the 1970s, Br...

Browne, Howard, 1907-1999

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American author, television writer, and screenwriter. From the description of Howard Browne collection, 1956-1992. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70960122 ...

Spies, Adrian

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Bellak, George (George J.)

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Blacker, Irwin R.

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Irwin R. Blacker (1919-1985) was an American author during the twentieth century. He was born in Cleveland and earned a Ph.D. from Case-Western Reserve in 1983. Blacker wrote a number of novels between the 1950s and 1970s, including "Westering" (1958), "Taos" (1959), "Standing on a Drum" (1968), and "The Middle of the Fire" (1971). He also wrote a number of non-fiction works, including "Behind the Lines: Twenty-Eight Stories of Irregular Warfare" (1956), "The Old West in Fact" (1961...

Serling, Rod, 1924-1975

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Rodman Edward Serling was born Dec. 25, 1924 in Syracuse, NY; served as paratrooper in 11th Airborne Division during WWII; discharged as a result of a shrapnel wound, 1946; attended Antioch College and began writing, directing, and acting in local radio plays; sold first television script in 1949; married wife Carol in 1948 and had two daughters; moved to Hollywood to write teleplays in mid-1950s; won 6 Emmy awards with scripts for Patterns, Requiem for a heavyweight, and The comedian, among oth...

Spigelgass, Leonard

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Sproat, Ronald.

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