The Inventory

of the

George Baxt

Collection

#606

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center

Box 1

Folder l

Folder 2

Folder 3

Box 2 Folder 1

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Box 3 Folder 1

Folder 2

Box 4 Folder 1

Folder 2

A) Plays

BAXT, GEORGE

Gift of 1969

1. 11 The Shadow of the Cat". Original story of screenplay. Typescript, 93pp

2. 11 The Possessors" a) First draft screenplay, no date. 2 carbon

typescrips, l.i2 pp. each. indl letter from

Rembrandt films.

b) Carbon typescript, 50 PP•

3. 11 The Screaming Wheels". Original screenplay. Carbon typescript, 49 PP•

4. 11 C±Jl'.cus of Horrovs 11 Original screenplay. October 14, 1959. Typescript,

119 pp.

1140 Weeks of Uncle Tomll Screenplay for Kraft Television Theatre, July

22, 1954.

a) Typescript 99 pp.

b) 2 typescripts, two acts each, 79 pp. each.

6., "Laughter of Ladies" Typescript, 102 pp. no date.

7 • Jt,•Reflections in an Evil Eye 11

a) First revision. Carbon typescript, 73 PP•

b) Second draft screenplay, July 21, 1964. 2 typescripts with

holograph corrections, 75 pp. each.

c) Typescript with holograph corrections, 76 PP•

8. 11Les Miserables" First draft screenplay, parts l & II. December 1,

1960. Typescript 216 PP•

9. 11 The Smallest Town" 2 typescripts, 112 PP• each.

10. 11Not in the Stars" ~ typescripts with holograph corrections, 108 pp.

each.

11. 11The Unprofessional Spy" no date.

a) Second draft screenplay, carbon typescript, 105 pp.,

b) Typescript, 124 PP•

c) TYPescript 113 PP•

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12. 11That Was No Lady" Screenplay, no date. Carbon typescript, 80 pp.

13. 11The Mystery Club11

a) Revised screenplay, ca. 12,/23/64. Carbon typescript, 61 pp.

b) Xerox of typescript, 60 pp. Dec. 23, 1964. Revised.

14., 11The ~an Who U11nghs" Second revision screenplay. August, 10, 1959.

Typescript, 104 pp.

1.5. "The Curse of the Golem 11 Revised draft script, July 1958 .. Typescript

with holo. corr, 77 PP•

16. 11Strangler 's Web"

a) First draft screenplay. Carbon typescript, 51 PP• Jan.5,1965.

b) Revised. Carbon typescript, 6.5 pp., January 2.5, 196.5.

c) Outline. Carbon typescript, 8 pp.

17. 11The Way Things Happen" Screenplay, no date. Carbon typescript, 83

18. 11 The Three Musketeers" Parts I and II, final revision screenplay.

November 1.5, 1960. Typescript, 17.5 PP•

19. 11 The Personal Touch" Original screenplay. October 10, 1954.

~script with holograph corrections, 90 pp.

20. 11Honey West" Pilot script for TV. No date. Typescript, 40 pp.

21. 11 The Look of the Haunted" Original screenplay, no date. 1,

a) Typescript, 10a PP•

b) Carbon typescript, 69 PP•

c) 2 carbon typescripts, 103 pp.

22. 11 The Scarlet Pimpernel" Revised screenplay. Parts L and LL

September 26, 1960. Typescript, 179 PP•

23. "Meet Me in St. Louis" Final draft screenplay, signed.. August 10,

1959. Typescript, 152 PP•

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24. 11The Bough Broke" Comedy. August 1, 1941. Typescript, 65 PP•

25. "Death is Our Companion" Carbon typescript., 8t3 PP• 1942.

26. 11The First Men in the Moon 11 • Screenplay. November 10, 1958. Typescr:pt

44 PP•

27. 11Little Girls Grow Up11 a)No date. Carbon typescript, 125 PP•

b) 3 carbon typescripts, 100 pp. each.

c) Carbon typescript, 100 PP• October 1955. Old version.

28. "A Sweet Shy Thing" Carbon typescript. 72 PP• Screenplay.

29. 11The Suicide Club" Revised screenplay, March 19, 1960. Typescript,

95 PP•

30. 11Not in Her Stars" a) Typescript, 112 pp., no date ..

b) 2 typescripts with halo. corr., 112 pp. each.

31. 11Make Momma Happy" Typescript with holo. corr., 103 pp • .,no date.

32. 11 The Moment Before Us. 11 Original screenplay, no date. Carbon

typescript, 103 PP•

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33. 11 The Hidden Fury" Screenplay, 1964. Typescript, 74 PP•

B Untitled Plays and Parts of Plays:

1. Play. Characters: Bridget, Jenny, Sharon. Carbon typescript, 104 PP•

2. Screenplay. Characters: Julia, Lol)4s, Cass. Typescript, 98 pp.

3,. Play. Characters: Sheldon Thackeray, Donald Crossell. Carbon

typescript, 71 PP•

4. Miscellaneous parts of plays. a) Typescript, 165 PP•

b) Carbon typescript, 14 PP•

S. Holograph notes, 12 pp.

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C) Printed Items

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1. Bibliographic Survey The Negro in Print. Vol. 2, no. 4. The Negro

Bibliographic and Research Center, Inc., Washington, D. c.

p. 11 lists GB 1s book A QUEER KIND OF DEATH.

2. ~ Citta Dei Marti vol. IV, no. 43. August 1964.

3. Xerox reviews of John Osborne's play 11A Patriot For Me 11 9 PP•

D Photographs.

Three contact sheets consisting of 43 pictures of GB.

4 8 x 1011 photos of GB

E Book Manuscripts

1. TOPSY AND EVIL

1968

a) Carbon typescript, 153 PP•

b) Typescript with halo. corr., 153 PP•, 1967.

and layout for trademark page.

2o I SAID THE DEMON Typescript with holo. corr., 157 pp., 1969.

Box 11 Folder 1 3. A PARADE OF COCKEYED CREATURES OR DID SOMEONE MURDER OUR WANDERING

BOY? a) Typescript with holo. corr., 163 pp. 1967. Setting

copy.

Folder 2

b) Layout, 12 pp.

4) SOMEONE MISSING a) First draft. Carbon typescript with holo. corr,

132 pp.

b) Carbon typescript, 133 PP•

5. A QUEE! KIND OF DEATH Simonand Schuster 1966.

Typescript with halo. corr, 183 PP• 1965.

6. SWING LOW, SWEET HARRIET. Typescript with holo. corr., 153 PP•

February 8, 1966.

Layout for preliminary pages, 5 pp.

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15. 11The Invitation" Synopsis for screenplay. Typescri.pt, 5 pp.

16., 11 The Celluloid Monument" Synopsis of screenplay.

a) 2 typescripts, 4 PP• each.

b) Typescript, 2 PP•

c) i carbon typescripts, 4 PP• each.

c) Carbon typescript, 3 pp., revised.,

17. 11 A Game of Cat and Mouse" Carbon typescript, 3 PP•

18. "Swing Low, Sweet Harriet" Tearsheets from magazine version.

2 copies.

19. 11 Laredo, A Medal for Reese" Xerox of typescript, 64 pp.,

November 4, 1965. Revised screenplay.

20. 11The Worlds of Catherine Corey"

a) Typescr,pt, 44 pp. May 20, 1965.

b) 11The Dividing Line" Carbon typescript with holo. corr.,

10 pp.

Folders 5 & 6 21. Newspaper and Xerox reviews of GB 1s work. 167 items.

H) Letters

Business and personal letters to Geo-('ge Baxt. 34 items

Includes: Stout., Rex 3 TLS, i w:i.th date torn off, Jan 25, and

March 13, 1968

Gam., Rita ALS, n.d.

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Box 12 F) Galleys

Folder 1 1. A QUEER KIND OF DEATH 1966. l set.,

2. I SAID THE DEMON 1969. 2 sets.

Folder 2 3o A PARADE OF COCKEYED CREATURES OR DID SOMEONE MURDER OUR WANDERING BOY.

a) Bound uncorrected proofs, incl. Sanf,ord., Jay TLS Nov. 16, 1967.

b) Layouts for 5 preliminary pages.

c) Proofs of 5 preliminary pages.

Box 13 Folder 1 d) Two sets of galleys

Box 14 G) Outlines

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1. 11 Romeo and Juliet Carry On" Typescript, 7 PP•

2. "Babe in the Square" (A Sketch) Typescript, 8 pp.

3. "Wedding Day Sketch" Carbont.typescript, 7 pp.

4. 11Into Thin Air" 2 carbon typescripts, 5 pp. each.

5o 11 0ccupation: Angel" a'f eTypescript, 6 pp. (Outline for musical comedy)

b) Carbon typescript, 6 pp.

6. 11Topsy and Evil" Holograph outline, 12 pp.

11Along Came A Spider" Holograph, 9 PP•

8., "Friends Walk The Night" Carbon typescript., 2 pp.

9. 11The Motorcycle" Typescript, 3 PP• Outline for teleplay.

10. 11 1 Hear It" Typescript, 3 PP•

11. 11I Don't Want to Kill 11 Synopsis. Carbon typescript., 3 PP• May B,1962. I.)

12. SWING LOW, SWEET HARRIET Outline for corrections to be made on the "

book. Carbon typescript, 3 PP•

13. "Unprofessional Spy" Carbon typescript, 36 pp. labelled 11Sagalyn

Inserts\/ and carbon typescript 7 pp. labelled 11Sagalyn Notes"

14. "The Secret House" Synopsis for screenplay. 2 carbon typescripts,

4 PP• each.

Manuscripts

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Addenda: August, 1972

1. BURNING SAPPHO (unpublished)

Typescript, 183 p.

2. SATAN IS A WOMAN (unpublished)

Typescript, 202 p.

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Preliminary Listing

I. Manuscripts

Box 16 A. Drafts of plays

1. Laughter of Ladies (2 copies)

2. Bottle Party

3. Not in the Stars

4. I=m Singing the Blues

5. Spine Chiller (4 copies)

6. Make Momma Happy

7. The Smallest Town (3 copies)

B. Treatments for screenplays/stories

1. Stagecoach to Hell (2 copies)

2. I Hear It.

3. The Alfred Hitchcock Murder Case (2 copies)

4. Invasion of the Vampires (4 copies)

5. Dudes, Dolls and Daffy Ditties

6. A Feast for the Vultures

7. The Smiling Medusa (pgs. 1 and 4 only)

8. Once Upon A Murder

9. The House Where Horror Dwells

10. AOlga Brenner@ 11. A Journey of Strangers

12. The Covered Wagon Family - 1980

13. Proceed with Caution

14. Behind the Golden Door

15. Mirror Image

16. Remember Evelyn Pierce

17. The Angry Ladies

18. Where are You (2 copies)

19. Shirley the Spy

C. Screenplays, T.V. Plays, Radio Plays

1. The Possessors

2. The Professor (4 copies)

3. Which Way Did They Go

4. Mrs. W.

5. A Journey of Strangers

6. Meet Me in St. Louis (T.V.)

7. Beacon Hill: The Test (T.V.)

8. The Suicide Club (4 copies)

9. Van Larsen Rarely Smiles (2 copies)

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10. Love Story: Where Are You (T.V.)

11. Windjammer

Box 17 12. Who=s Next? (3 copies)

13. Letters from the Grave

14. Quickie #1

15. Untitled - Sebastian Fox

16. The Drop In (TV treatment) (2 copies)

17. Shirley the Spy (TV treatment) (2 copies)

18. Annabel=s (TV treatment)

19. Van Larsen (TV treatment)

20. The Wicked and the Evil (TV treatment)

21. Hanging In (TV treatment)

22. Mad Mad Madcap Millie (TV treatment)

23. Katie, Kween of the Kitchen (TV treatment) (2 copies)

24. Busy Signal (3 copies)

25. Windjammer

26. A Parade of Cockeyed Creatures

27. It Sometimes Happens Twice

28. On the Lam (2 copies)

29. The Night of the Maniacs (3 copies)

30. Murder at the Last Party (4 copies)

D. Novels

1. Process of Elimination (2 copies)

2. Satan Is a Woman

3. Knowing Them When If Not Well (10 pages)

4. So Much Like Me (17 pages)

5. The Neon Graveyard (2 copies)

Box 18 6. Who=s Next (3 copies)

7. The Dorothy Parker Murder Case

E. Holograph Notebooks

II. Printed material

A. Clippings

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