Finding Aid for the Warren Duff scripts, 1951-1972

Processed by Arts Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Elizabeth Graney and Julie Graham.

UCLA Library Special Collections

Performing Arts Special Collections

Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575

spec-coll@library.ucla.edu

URL: http://www2.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/performingarts/index.cfm

Descriptive Summary

Title: Warren Duff scripts,

Date (inclusive): 1951-1972

Collection number: 229

Creator: Duff, Warren, 1904-1973

Extent: 7 boxes (3.25 linear ft.)

Abstract: Warren Duff participated in multiple aspects of the entertainment industry including acting, producing and writing for both film and television. The collection consists of scripts related to the career of writer Warren Duff.

Language: Finding aid is written in English.

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Warren Duff scripts (Collection 229). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Biography

There is currently very little biographical information available about Warren Duff. Born May 17, 1904 in San Francisco CA, Duff participated in multiple aspects of the entertainment industry including acting, producing and writing for both film and television. Perhaps best known for his work as a writer, Duff garnered an Edgar Allen Poe Award nomination for his film Chicago Deadline in 1950. Warren Duff died of cancer in in Los Angeles, CA on August 5, 1973.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of scripts related to the career of writer Warren Duff. The collection includes various versions of television and motion picture scripts. The bulk of the scripts are related to his television career and include writings for The FBI, Mannix, The Rogues, and others.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Correspondence
Motion Picture Projects
Television Projects
Unidentified Projects

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Duff, Warren, -- 1904-1973 -- Archives.

Television writers -- Archival resources.

Genres and Forms of Material

television scripts.

Film scripts.

Container List

Correspondence

Box 7, Folder 9

Letter from Warren Duff to Lee Rosenberg 1967 Sep 1

Motion Picture Projects

Box 5, Folder 15

Appointment With Danger 1949 Jul 18

Note

Revised final written by Richard Breen and Warren Duff.

Box 7, Folder 6

This Is Dynamite 1951 Aug 21

Note

Final white script written by Warren Duff.

Television Projects

Amos Burke, Secret Agent

Box 1, Folder 2

Operation Long Shadow 1965 May 14

Note

Script written by Albert Beich and William H. Wright.

Box 1, Folder 3

Password to Death 1965 May 17

Note

Script dated written by Marc Brandel.

Box 1, Folder 4

Steam Heat 1965 Jun 24

Note

Work run script written by Marc Brandel.

Box 1, Folder 5

Whatever happened to Adriana and why won't she stay dead? no date

Note

Revised script written by Warren Duff.

Box 1, Folder 6

Whatever happened to Adriana and why won't she stay dead? 1964 Jul 3

Note

Revised script written by Warren Duff.

Cade's County

Box 1, Folder 7

Shakedown no date

Note

Typescript copy script, written by Warren Duff.

Cannon

Box 1, Folder 1

Vendetta no date

Note

Typescript copy script written by Warren Duff.

Curious One (The )

Box 5, Folder 17

Case of the Two Sisters (The) no date

Note

Story prospectus

Dan August

Box 1, Folder 8

Passing Fair 1970 May 21

Note

Revised script final draft written by Warren Duff.

Box 1, Folder 9

Passing Fair 1970 Feb 12

Note

Revised second draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 1, Folder 10

Passing Fair 1970 Jan 12

Note

Script second draft written by Warren Duff.

Box 1, Folder 11

Passing Fair no date

Note

Photocopy of revised script outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 1, Folder 12

Passing Fair no date

Note

Script outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 1, Folder 13

Swingers (The) no date

Note

Typescript copy script written by Warren Duff.

F.B.I. (The)

Box 1, Folder 14

Caesar's Wife 1968 Nov 8

Note

Revised script final draft written by Warren Duff.

Box 1, Folder 15

Caesar's Wife no date

Note

Outline script written by Warren Duff.

Box 1, Folder 16

Caesar's Wife no date

Note

Revised outline script written by Warren Duff.

Box 1, Folder 17

Deadly Reunion 1969 Nov 24

Note

Final draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 1

Deadly Reunion 1969 Sept 15

Note

Story written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 2

Deadly Reunion 1969 Nov 17

Note

First draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 3

Death Of A Fixer 1968 Mar 13

Note

Photocopied story outline datedwritten by Robert Heverly.

Box 2, Folder 4

Game Of Chess (A) 1972 July 7

Note

Final draft script. Teleplay by Warren Duff Story by Mark Weingart.

Box 2, Folder 5

Game Of Chess (A) 1972 June 6

Note

First draft script. Teleplay by Warren Duff, Story by Mark Weingart.

Box 2, Folder 6

Minerva Tapes (The) no date

Note

Typescript copy script written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 7

Minerva Tapes (The) 1970 Aug 17

Note

First draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 8

Target Of Interest no date

Note

Outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 9

Target Of Interest 1969 June 4

Note

Final draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 10

Target Of Interest 1969 Mar 27

Note

Revised photocopy of outline and memorandum.

Box 2, Folder 11

Target Of Interest 1969 May 22

Note

First draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 7, Folder 2

Caeser's Wife 1968 Oct 14

Note

Writers first draft script written by Warren Duff.

Fourth Floor (The)

Box 6, Folder 1

Several Lives (The) of Judy Green 1961 Aug 9

Note

Pilot screenplay final draft script written by Warren Duff.

Girl From U.N.C.L.E (The)

Box 2, Folder 12

U.F.O. Affair (The) 1966 Oct 6

Note

Revised script written by Warren Duff

Box 2, Folder 13

U.F.O. Affair (The) 1966 June 13

Note

Script written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 14

U.F.O. Affair (The) 1966 May 24

Note

Script written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 15

U.F.O. Affair (The) no date

Note

Typescript of a first draft script, written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 16

U.F.O. Affair (The) 1966 Oct 5

Note

Script dated written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 17

U.F.O. Affair (The) no date

Note

Typescript outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 2, Folder 18

Curia Affair (The) 1966 July 6

Note

Outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 3, Folder 1

Curia Affair (The) 1966 Aug 2

Note

Script written by Warren Duff

Box 3, Folder 2

Curia Affair (The) 1966 Oct 31

Note

Script written by Warren Duff.

Box 3, Folder 3

Curia Affair (The) no date

Note

Typescript outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 6, Folder 15

U.F.O. Affair (The) 1966 Oct 6

Note

Script dated written by Warren Duff.

Box 7, Folder 1

U.F.O Affair (The) 1966 Oct 16

Note

Script dated written by Warren Duff.

Invaders (The )

Box 3, Folder 4

Believers (The) 1967 Sept 26

Note

First draft script written by Barry Oringer.

Box 3, Folder 5

Task Force 1967 Oct 6

Note

First draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 3, Folder 6

Task Force 1967 Oct 20

Note

Second draft script dated written by Warren Duff.

Box 3, Folder 7

Task Force: Communications no date

Note

Typescript draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 3, Folder 8

Task Force no date

Note

Story outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 3, Folder 9

Prophet (The) 1967 June 23

Note

Work copy script. Teleplay by Warren Duff. Story by Warren Duff and Jerry De Bono.

Box 6, Folder 13

Prophet (The) 1967 June 26

Note

First draft script. Teleplay by Warren Duff. Story by Warren Duff and Jerry De Bono.

Box 6, Folder 14

Task Force 1967 Oct 16

Note

First draft script written by Warren Duff.

Ironside

Box 3, Folder 10

World Premiere 1966 Nov 15

Note

Second draft screenplay script written by Collier Young and Don Mankiewicz.

Box 3, Folder 11

Quincunx (The) 1970 Sept 22

Note

Revised script written by Max Hodge and Albert Aley.

Box 3, Folder 12

People Against Judge McIntyre (The) 1970 Feb 26

Note

Revised script written by Liam O'Brien, Mark Rodgers and Albert Aley.

Box 3, Folder 13

Force of Arms no date

Note

Outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 3, Folder 14

Force Of Arms no date

Note

Typescript draft script

Box 3, Folder 15

Force Of Arms 1967 Nov 11

Note

Revised script written by Warren Duff, Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts.

Mannix

Box 4, Folder 1

Bang, Bang You're Dead no date

Note

Story outline written by Donald Johnson.

Box 4, Folder 2

Bang, Bang You're Dead. 1970 July 17

Note

Writers working copy script. Screenplay by Warren Duff. Story by Donald Johnson.

Box 4, Folder 3

Bang, Bang You're Dead no date

Note

Typescript draft script written by Warren Duff. Story by Donald Johnson.

Box 4, Folder 4

Black-Out! 1968 Aug 15

Note

Final draft script written by Jerome Ross.

Box 4, Folder 5

Merry-Go-Round For Murder 1968 Aug 12

Note

Final draft script written by John Meredyth Lucas and Arthur Dales.

Box 4, Folder 6

Mannix 1966 Dec 5

Note

Revised final script written by Bruce Geller.

Box 4, Folder 7

One Step To Midnight 1972 Apr 4

Note

Writer's working draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 4, Folder 8

One Step To Midnight 1972 May 12

Note

Third revised final draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 4, Folder 9

Pressure Point 1968 Mar 22

Note

Outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 4, Folder 10

Pressure Point 1968 Apr 17

Note

Typescript draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 4, Folder 11

Pressure Point 1968 May 2

Note

Second draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 4, Folder 12

Pressure Point 1968 May 15

Note

Revised final draft scriptwritten by Warren Duff.

Box 4, Folder 13

32 Friends of Gina Laradelli no date

Note

Revised photocopy and first draft script.

Box 4, Folder 14

To The Swiftest, Death 1968 May 15

Note

Revised final draft script written by John Meredyth Lucas.

Markham

Box 4, Folder 15

Forty-two on a rope. 1959 June 6

Note

Revised script written by Douglas Heyes.

Mission: Impossible

Box 4, Folder 16

Carriers (The) 1966 Oct 3

Note

Revised script written by William Read Woodfield and Allan Balter.

Box 4, Folder 17

Psychic (The) 1967 Mar 14

Note

Revised script written by Allan Balter and William Read Woodfield.

My Friend Tony

Box 6, Folder 4

Story prospectus no date

Box 6, Folder 5

Who, What, Where, When and Why no date

Note

Pilot script written by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts and Warren Duff.

Box 6, Folder 6

Who, What, Where, When And Why 1966 Nov 23

Note

Revised pilot script written by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts and Warren Duff.

Box 6, Folder 7

Who, What, Where, When And Why 1966 Nov 28

Note

Revised pilot script written by Ivan Goff, Ben Roberts and Warren Duff.

Project 120

Box 6, Folder 8

Girl Nobody Knew (The) 1966 June 8

Note

(Not clear which is series or episode title.) Revised pilot script written by Ronald MacDougall.

Rogues (The)

Box 5, Folder 1

Bless You, G. Carter Huntington no date

Note

Typescript outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 2

Bless You, G. Carter Huntington 1964 Feb 21

Note

Story Outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 3

Bless You, G. Carter Huntington 1964 Mar 26

Note

Another version script written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 4

Money Is For Burning 1964 Sep 3

Note

Revised work run script written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 5

Money Is For Burning no date

Note

Outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 6

Mr. White's Christmas 1965 Feb 19

Note

Revised script written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 7

Reluctant Mr. Crowe (The) 1964 July 9

Note

Story outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 8

Reluctant Mr. Crowe (The) no date

Note

Typescript draft script written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 9

Rescue Party 1964 Dec 7

Note

Work run script written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 10

Rescue Party 1964 Dec 22

Note

Revised script.

Box 5, Folder 11

Rescue Party no date

Note

Outline written by Warren Duff.

Box 5, Folder 12

Series prospectus no date

Box 7, Folder 3

Remarkable Rogues (The) 1964 Mar 23

Note

Work run script written by Warren Duff.

Streets Of San Francisco (The )

Box 5, Folder 14

In the midst of strangers. 1872 June 13

Note

Final draft script written by Del Reisman.

Three For Danger

Box 6, Folder 11

Pilot Script no date

Note

Pilot script created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts. Written by Warren Duff.

Box 6, Folder 12

Pilot Script 1965 Nov 1

Note

Revised pilot script created by Ivan Goff and Ben Roberts. Written by Warren Duff.

Wild, Wild West (The )

Box 5, Folder 13

Greatest Train Robbery (The) 1965 May 18

Note

Script written by Stephen Kandel.

Unidentified Projects

Box 5, Folder 16

Appointment with Jane no date

Note

Story script written by Oscar Millard.

Box 6, Folder 2

How To Completely Dominate A Young Lady no date

Note

Story script written by Warren Duff.

Box 6, Folder 3

Love Go 'Way no date

Note

Story script written by Warren Duff and Oscar Millard.

Box 6, Folder 9

Reluctant Mr. Scrooge (The) no date

Note

Story script written by Warren Duff.

Box 6, Folder 10

Scene Of The Crime no date

Note

Pilot film outline

Box 7, Folder 4

Papa Married A Mormon no date

Note

Script written by Warren Duff.

Box 7, Folder 5

Soft Cell (The) no date

Note

Script written by Warren Duff and Oscar Millard.

Box 7, Folder 7

Lover Go 'Way no date

Note

Story script written by Warren Duff and Oscar Millard.

Box 7, Folder 8

Lover Go 'Way no date

Note

Story script written by Warren Duff and Oscar Millard.

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