Collection comprises papers of American screenwriter and producer
Richard Collins and includes motion picture scripts, scenarios,
screen plays, outlines and treatments by Collins and others;
television scripts, including scripts for the Breaking point and
Chrysler theatre series; and professional correspondence. Major
correspondents are Marjorie Cantor, Frank Dorsey, Arnaud d'Usseau
and Ned Russell.
Repository:
University of Oregon Libraries
Special Collections & University Archives
Funding for encoding this finding
aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the
Humanities.
Biographical Note
Richard J. Collins is a writer and producer born in New York City on July 20, 1914.
He attended Stanford University and became a junior writer at 20th Century Fox during
the years 1936 and 1937. He was a one of the producers of Bonanza at the National Broadcasting
Company in the 1960s.
Content Description
The collection consists of motion picture and television scripts by both Collins and others.
In addition, there is correspondence, contracts, production material and notes on script ideas.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Access :
Collection is open to the public.
Collection must be used in Special Collections & University Archives Reading Room.
Restrictions on Use :
Property rights reside with Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries.
Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the
Manuscripts Librarian in Special Collections & University Archives. The
reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation :
[Identification of item], Richard Collins Papers, Ax 691, Special Collections & University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries, Eugene, Oregon.
Administrative Information
Arrangement :
Collection is organized into the following series:
Motion picture scripts, scenarios, screenplays, outlines, treatments by Richard Collins
Motion picture scripts, and screenplays by others
Television scripts and related materials
Processing Note :
Collection processed by processing staff.
Detailed Description of the Collection
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in
the collection.
Motion picture scripts, scenarios, screenplays, outlines, treatments by Richard Collins
Container(s)
Description
Dates
Box
Folder
1
1
The Adventures of Hajji Baba, scenario and shooting schedule
1953
1
2
The Badlanders, screen treatment, script and revised script
1957
1
3
The Bob Mattias Story, screenplay and shooting schedule
1954
1
4
The Bucking String (with Silvia Richards), screen story
1950
1
5
City That Never Sleeps, screen treatment
1952
1
6
The Comedian, original script, first shooting script
1954
1
7
Cult of the Cobra (with Cecil Maiden), final screenplay
1954
1
8
The Dancing Bucket, screenplay (by Marion Hargrove), revised final draft screenplay, second revised final draft screenplay, final screenplay
1959
1
9
The Dark Wood, screenplay
1946
1
10
Deborah, outline and original script with corrections
1947
1
11
Deborah, script
1947
1
12
Don’t be a Sucker (originally “Quit Shoving”), original script, script (US Signal Corps training film project 6107)
1945
1
13
Every Now and Then (with Arnaud d’Usseau), script (adapted from Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies)
1935
1
14
Flamenca (originally “Spanish Affair”), first preliminary script and final script
1956
1
15
Flamenca (originally “Spanish Affair”), correspondence and production schedule
1956
1
16
Freckles (with Arnaud d’Usseau), story outline
1940
1
17
Hudson’s Bay Company (with Michael Jacoby), revised screen treatment, notes (produced in 1941 as “Hudson’s Bay” by 20th Century Fox)
1937
1
18
In Place of Splendor, story outline and notes
1946
2
1
In Place of Splendor, screenplay
1946
2
2
Lady Scarface (originally “An Untitled Story”; with Arnaud d’Usseau), story outline, estimating script and final script (produced in 1941 by RKO Pictures, Inc.)
1941
2
3
The Man from Snake River, screen treatments
1955
2
4
The Man from Snake River, first screenplay
1955
2
5
The Man from Snake River, second screenplay
1955
2
6
The Mexican Story, story outline and screen treatment
2
7
Miss Susie Slagle’s, story outline (produced by Paramount Pictures, Inc., 1946)
1939
2
8
99 Women, first draft screenplay
1960
2
9
Once Around the Clock (with Arnaud d’Usseau), estimating script
1940
2
10
Operation 16-Z, first estimating draft script
1952
2
11
Pay or Die, script
1959
2
12
Return to Love (with Arnaud d’Usseau), estimating script
1940
2
13
Riot in Cell Block 11 (originally “Riot”), first draft screenplay, revised screenplay, final shooting script, shooting schedule, memos from Walter Wanger on script
1953
2
14
Rose and the Flame, screenplay
1954
2
15
Ruler of the Seas, outline and script
1938
2
16
Ruler of the Seas, script and log of the steamship, Savannah, 1819
1938
3
1
The Sage of Onion Valley, story outline
3
2
See What I Mean?, original and revised screenplays
3
3
Song of Russia (originally “Russia”)(with Paul Jarrico), script
1942
3
4
Song of Russia (originally “Russia”)(with Paul Jarrico), notes and reviews
1942
3
5
Suffragette (with Paul Jarrico), story outline
1937
3
6
Until They Sail, screen treatment, step outline and research material
1955
3
7
Will o’ the Wisp, synopsis by Katherine Anne Porter, outline, original screenplay
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