Series: Works  

Scope Note: 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  

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Abel Baker--Private Eye--and Ear (short story; unpublished?).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The Aborted Pick-Up (short story; unpublished?).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Alias James A. McQuinn (short story; unpublished?).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

 

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  

The Disney Channel 

Harmony Gold, Ltd.  

Hosts  

List of programs and outline of series  

Production/distribution  

Publicity

Release forms  

Storage  (4 folders)

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

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)

California Jam (cont.) Ad proof for Variety, May 8, 1974; photocopy of ad proof for Los Angeles Times, Feb. 17, 1974

 

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)

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)

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)

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:...)

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)

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:... )

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

Lillian (cont.)  Review; title for Barrymore Theatre marquee

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)

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)

Makelita: Margaret Mead (cont.)   (24 folders)

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)

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  

Comedians  (4 folders)

Culver, Senator John  

Dallas TV show  

Dawber, Pam  

Deluise, Dom  

Denver, John  

Disneyland  (2 folders)

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  

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  

Research  (2 folders)

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)

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)

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)

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

 

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

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)

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)

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

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)

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

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

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"

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)

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  

Reference.   (2 folders)

Subseries: Writings by others  

(Alphabetical by author)

Berstein, Richard and John Allen, music by Victor Ziskin; lyrics by Joan Javits. Young Abe Lincoln.  Script, correspondence, chorus vocal book, programs, brochures, etc.

Black, Shane. The Last Boy Scout.   Script

Chemers, Michael (IU grad). Mommy Abula's Miraculous Traveling Carnival of Wonders.   >Letter, Apr. 12, 1997; script, 1996

Ephron, Nora. Harry, This is Sally.   Script - 12th revision (aka When Harry Met Sally )

Felshman, Neil. Pasternak Speaks.   Corrected typescript

Felshman, Neil. The Twisted Road to Democracy.   Corrected typescript, Feb. 25, 1994; letter from BS, Mar. 1, 1994

Goldsmith, Gloria. Imminent Danger.   Film script - 1st draft, Mar. 1987

Goncharov, Ivan. Son of Oblomov.   Script of Spike Milligan play

Goulet, Robert. The Violent Season.   Photocopy of book

Hecht, Ben and Charles MacArthur, music by Rodgers and Hart. Jumbo.   Script, undated

Holbrook, Hal. Mark Twain Tonight.   Tape transcript

Kalisher, David. Never Surrender.   Film script, Sept. 1995

Kasdan, Lawrence and Meg Kasdan. Grand Canyon.   Script, Dec. 12, 1990

Kirgo, George. Priceless.  Two scripts of play, 1983

Luce, William. Luce Women.   Script, 1985

Luedtke, Kurt. Out of Africa.   Notes and summary of screenplay

Margulies, Donald. What’s Wrong With This Picture?   Script

O’Malley, Thomas and Renee Orin. Three Part Harmony.   Script of screenplay

Orin, Renee and Albert Haig. Teacher, Teacher.   Musical adaptation of The Corn Is Green. Letter, 1993; script

Perelman, Adam W. (son of S.J. Perelman). The Flute I Could Not Hear.   Letter, 1985; corrections; synopsis; typescript of book

Puzo, Mario and Francis Coppola. The Godfather, Part III.   Copy of first draft of script, May 10, 1989

Rintels, David W. Clarence Darrow, starring Henry Fonda.   Script, 1974

See, Carolyn and Jackie Joseph. The Silent Accuser, episode of Barnaby Jones TV drama.   Final draft of script, Sept. 6, 1979

Richards, Gary. Butch and Kiki.   Film script, 1995

Sahl, Benjamin ( I.U. grad). The Weight of Breath.   Undated letter; corrections by Bob; play script, 1996

Unknown author and title, script of unknown origin: "Bob did not write"