Research Catalog

Title

[Collection of studio critiques and plot summaries, and two screenplay outlines by Terry Southern, accompanied by inter-office memos and related correspondence by Terry Southern to John Calley regarding Southern screenplays and treatments; including letters and telegrams from Southern to Calley; a telegram from Calley to Southern; and an undated note by Jack Warner, signed, to Calley]

Author

Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )

Publication

New York : Creative Management Associates ; Burbank, Calif. : Warner Bros., 1966-1975.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Calley, John.
• Schatzberg, Jerry, 1927-
• Southern, Terry.
• Warner, Jack, 1894-1981.

Description

7 manuscript folders; 36 cm

Summary

• Two photocopied typescripts, Warner Bros. synopses, each one page, of Southern’s story outlines for Double-Date and God is Glove, to which was stapled: Jeffrey Berg (Creative Management Associates). Photocopy typescript letter, signed, to John Calley, Mar. 8, 1971.; and Warner Bros. inter-office memo typescript on yellow paper from Geoffrey Sanford to John Calley, Mar. 10, 1970 [i.e., 1971], 1 p.; with typescript Warner Bros. inter-office memo to Geoff Sanford, Mar. 10, 1971, 1 p., and photocopy of Jeffrey Berg-to-John Calley letter of Mar. 8, 1971; with photocopy typescript of Double-Date, Outline for an Original Screenplay by Terry Southern, Dec. 20, 1970, 12 p. (12 leaves), and with photocopy typescript of God is Glove, Outline for an Original Screenplay by terry Southern and Addison G. Walsh, Jan. 10, 1971, 10 p. (10 leaves).
• Jack Warner note to Calley, in pencil on ragged-edged scrap of paper, formerly attached by paper clip to photocopy of publioshed facsimile of typewritten letter by Terry Southern, Jan. 25, 1972, to Michael O’Donoghue, editor of National Lampoon, and published there, in response to O’Donoghue’s request for a satiric piece on the Vietnam War; published under heading #1 in a Series of Correspondence with Distinguished Authors; letter purports to be eye-witness account of gruesome form of necrophilia practiced by U.S. soldiers on Viet Cong corpses; in note, Warner rejects idea (proposed as prank?) that this could be basis for a suitable film.
• Warner Bros. inter-office memos: Bob Solo. Typescript on yellow paper, signed, to John Calley, Sep. 13, 1974, 1 p. (originally accompanied by Southern’s screenplay for The Break-In, not present); David Gorton. Photocopied typescript, signed, to Peter Knecht, Oct. 31, 1974, 2 p. (2 leaves), comprising terms of contract with Terry Southern for screenplay Paris Musician’s Story (possibly early title of Thriving on a Riff) with first copy stamped with reception date of Nov. 7, 1974, and copy 2 stamped Dec. 11, 1974.
• John Calley. Typed telegram to Terry Southern, Feb. 4, 1975, 1 p. (News of the grandest variety); typed telegram to Judy Feiffer (Warner Bros.), Feb. 16, 1975, 1 p. (first class transportation arrangements for Southern round-trip to Los Angeles). 500: Willie Hunt (Warner Bros.) Typescript synopsis, on green paper, of Terry Southern and Jerry Schatzberg screenplay A Cool Million, Mar. 6, 1975, 6 p. (6 leaves); Harry Seaberly (Warner Bros.) Photocopy typescript synopsis of Terry Southern Treatment for Thriving on a Riff, Mar. 6, 1975, 2 p. (2 leaves).
• Terry Southern to John Calley correspondence: Typed letter (script font), signed (Captain Midnight), June 15, 1966, 2 p. (1 leaf), with Calley’s annotation on back, in blue pen; typed telegram carbon on yellow paper, Oct. 5, 1966, 1 p.; typed letter (Maldoror, Inc. letterhead), signed in type, Dec. 5, 1966, 1 p.; typed letter, signed (L), [1967], 1 p., with clipping of dance band leader Artie Shaw photograph formerly appended to letter with paper clip; typed telegram, signed, [late 1960s?], 1 p.; typed telegram, signed in type, May 8, 1970, 1 p.; typed letter, signed, Sept. 9, 1974, 1 p., with 2 photocopied typescript pages of revisions for A Piece of Bloody Cake, 2 p. (2 leaves); typed telegram, signed, Nov. 5, 1974, 1 p.; typed letter, signed, Dec. 30, 1974, 1 p.; typed letter, signed, Feb. 18, 1974, 1 p.; typed telegram, signed, Mar. 11, 1975, 1 p.; typed letter, signed, Ap. 20, 1975, 1 p., with photocopies, referred to in letter, of 2 letters to Southern: Ernest R. Field (Southern accountant). Typed letter, signed, Jan. 14, 1975, 1 p., regarding taxes owed IRS, with photocopy of Delinquent Tax Notice, 1 p.; Vicko J. Melada (The Dalton School ). Typed letter, signed, Ap. 4, 1975, 1 p. regarding unpaid bill for son, Nile Southern, with copy of bill.

Subjects

• Motion picture plays > United States > Sources
• Motion picture industry > Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Correspondence

Note

• Purchased Dec. 5, 2014, at Julien’s Auctions (Beverley Hills, Calif.), Lot 219; from the personal files of film producer John Calle. ; with four other screenplays and one screenplay treatment cataloged as a separate collection.

Access (note)

• Restricted access ;

Indexed In (note)

• John Calley’s file folder for Terry Southern.

Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Southern S37 1966

OCLC

• 990787526
• 990787526

Author

Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )

Title

[Collection of studio critiques and plot summaries, and two screenplay outlines by Terry Southern, accompanied by inter-office memos and related correspondence by Terry Southern to John Calley regarding Southern screenplays and treatments; including letters and telegrams from Southern to Calley; a telegram from Calley to Southern; and an undated note by Jack Warner, signed, to Calley]

Imprint

New York : Creative Management Associates ; Burbank, Calif. : Warner Bros., 1966-1975.

Indexed In:

John Calley’s file folder for Terry Southern.

Access

Restricted access ; request permission in holding division.

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Request access to this item in the Berg Collection

Added Author

Calley, John.

Schatzberg, Jerry, 1927-

Southern, Terry.

Warner, Jack, 1894-1981.

Research Call Number

Berg Coll m.b. Southern S37 1966