Finding Aid for the Television Scripts for Programs Sponsored by Alcoa, 1959-1963

Processed by Performing Arts Special Collections Staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Cheryl E. Clayton and Julie Graham

University of California, Los Angeles, Library

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Finding Aid for the Television Scripts for Programs Sponsored by Alcoa, 1959-1963

Collection number: 078

UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections

Los Angeles, CA

Processed by:: UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Staff
Encoded by:: Cheryl E. Clayton and Julie Graham (with special thanks to C. Cube), March 3, 2004

Descriptive Summary

Title: Television Scripts for Programs Sponsored by Alcoa,

Date (inclusive): 1959-1963

Collection number: 078

Creator: Aluminum Company of America

Extent: 9 boxes (4 linear ft.)

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

Los Angeles, California 90095-1575

Abstract: Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) sponsored various television programs during the 1950s and early 1960s. This collection includes scripts from some of those programs, which included Alcoa Premiere, One Step Beyond, and Fred Astaire Presents.

Language: English.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

Copyright has not been assigned to the Performing Arts Special Collections, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Performing Arts Special Collections Librarian. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Performing Arts Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Restrictions on Access

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Provenance/Source of Acquisition

Gift

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Television Scripts for Programs Sponsored by Alcoa (Collection 078). Performing Arts Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles.

Biography

The Aluminum Corporation of America sponsored various television programs during the 1950's and early 1960's. The sponsor started with The Alcoa Hour, a 60 minute live anthology drama in the fall of 1955. The 1956/57 television season brought a trend to replace live broadcasts with pre-recorded film. The Alcoa Hour went off the air in September 1957 and became a thirty minute filmed program. Other Alcoa shows followed in the late 1950s and early 1960s: Alcoa Premiere, Alcoa Presents, and Alcoa Theatre.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of various script drafts and production credits related to Alcoa Presents, Alcoa Premiere, One Step Beyond, and Fred Astaire Presents television programs.

Indexing Terms

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

Alcoa presents. Alcoa premiere.

Television producers and directors--Archival resources.

Television scripts.

Container List

ALCOA PREMIERE

Box 6

Boy Who Wasn't Wanted

Note

2 items June 5, 1962

Box 6

It Takes a Thief

Note

3 items June 10, 1962

Box 6

Time of the Tonsils

Note

4 items June 26, 962

Box 6

Cake Baker (The)

Note

4 items Jan. 2, 1962

Box 6

Man with the Shine on His Shoes

Note

5 items Feb. 20, 1962

Box 6

Doctor (The)

Note

6 items Feb. 27, 1962

Box 6

All My Clients are Innocent

Note

4 items April 17, 1962

Box 6

Very Custom Special (The)

Note

5 items April 10, 1962

Box 7

Cry Out in Silence

Note

3 items May 15, 1962

Box 7

Family Outing

Note

3 items Nov. 14, 1961

Box 7

Witch Next Door (The)

Note

3 items Nov. 28, 1961

Box 7

Breaking Point (The)

Note

4 items Dec. 5, 1961

Box 7

A Place to Hide

Note

3 items May 22, 1962

Box 7

Delbert, Texas

Note

3 items Dec. 12, 1961

FRED ASTAIRE PRESENTS

Box 7

Ordeal in Darkness

Note

4 items Nov. 15, 1962

Box 7

End of a World (The)

Note

3 items Dec. 19, 1961

Box 7

Long Walk Home

Note

3 items Oct. 18, 1962

Box 7

Rules of the Game

Note

2 items May 1, 1962

Box 7

Potentate (The)

Note

4 items Dec. 20, 1962

Box 7

Contenders (The)

Note

3 items Dec. 6, 1962

Box 7

Mr. Lucifer

Note

2 items Nov. 1, 1962

Box 7

People Need People

Note

5 items Oct. 10, 1961

Box 8

Hour of the Bath

Note

4 items Jan. 16, 1962

Box 8

Pattern of Guilt

Note

4 items Jan. 9, 1962

Box 8

Moment of Decision

Note

4 items Nov. 7, 1961

Box 8

Fortress (The)

Note

4 items Oct. 24, 1962

Box 8

Jail

Note

5 items Feb. 6, 1962

Box 8

Of This Time, of This Place

Note

4 items March 6, 1962

Box 8

Mr. Easy

Note

4 items Feb. 13, 1962

Box 8

Seven Against the Sea

Note

3 items April 3, 1962

Box 8

Second Chance

Note

3 items March 13, 1962

Box 8

Flashing Spikes

Note

3 items Oct. 4, 1962

Box 8

Fugitive Eye (The)

Note

3 items Oct. 17, 1961

Box 9

Impact of a execution

Note

4 items Jan. 3, 1963

Box 9

Will Kill You

Note

4 items April 11, 1963

Box 9

Jeeney Ray

Note

6 items March 14, 1963

Box 9

Town That Died (The)

Note

2 items April 25, 1963

Box 9

Of Struggle and Fight

Note

4 items March 28, 1963

Box 9

Hornblower: Gate of Heaven

Note

1 item Feb. 28, 1963

Box 9

Arena

Note

2 items Jan. 17, 1963

Box 9

Blow High, Blow Clear

Note

4 items Feb. 14, 1963

ONE STEP BEYOND

Box 1

Premonition

Note

3 items March 10, 1959

Box 1

Captain's Guests (The)

Note

3 items May 26, 1959

Box 1

Devil's Laughter

Note

2 items March 31, 1959

Box 1

Bride Possessed (The)

Note

2 items Jan. 20, 1959

Box 1

Night of April 14th

Note

2 items Jan. 27, 1959

Box 1

Emergency Only

Note

2 items Feb. 3, 1959

Box 1

Dark Room (The)

Note

3 items Feb. 10, 1959

Box 1

Twelve Hours to Live

Note

2 items Feb. 17, 1959

Box 1

Epilogue

Note

3 items Feb. 24, 1959

Box 1

Dream (The)

Note

4 items March 3, 1959

Box 1

Burning Girl (The)

Note

3 items May 5, 1959

Box 1

Vision (The)

Note

3 items March 24, 1959

Box 1

Return of Mitchell Campion (The)

Note

4 items April 7, 1959

Box 1

Navigator (The)

Note

4 items April 14, 1959

Box 1

Secret (The)

Note

6 items April 21, 1959

Box 1

Aerialist (The)

Note

3 items April 28, 1959

Box 1

Image of Death (The)

Note

2 items May 19, 1959

Box 1

Haunted U-boat (The)

Note

4 items May 12, 1959

Box 1

Dead Part of the House

Note

2 items March 17, 1959

Box 2

Open window

Note

3 items Nov. 3, 1959

Box 2

Message from Clara

Note

4 items Nov. 10, 1959

Box 2

Forked Lightening

Note

3 items Nov.17, 1959

Box 2

Dead Ringer

Note

3 items Dec. 1, 1959

Box 2

Emmy

Note

4 items Dec. 22, 1959

Box 2

Reunion

Note

4 items Nov. 24, 1959

Box 2

Hand (The)

Note

2 items Dec. 29 1959

Box 2

Father Image

Note

3 items Dec.15, 1959

Box 2

Echo

Note

4 items June 2, 1959

Box 2

Night of the Kill

Note

7 items Oct. 20, 1959

Box 2

Doomsday

Note

3 items Oct. 13, 1959

Box 2

Brainwave

Note

3 items Oct. 6, 1959

Box 2

Ordeal on Locust Street

Note

4 items Sept. 22, 1959

Box 2

Delusion

Note

3 items Sept. 15, 1959

Box 2

Riddle (The)

Note

3 items June 16, 1959

Box 2

Front Runner

Note

3 items June 9, 1959

Box 2

Stone Cutter

Note

4 items Dec. 8, 1959

Box 2

Inheritance

Note

3 items Oct. 27, 1959

Box 3

Clown (The)

Note

3 items March 22, 1960

Box 3

Explorer (The)

Note

3 items March 15, 1960

Box 3

Haunting (The)

Note

2 items March 8, 1960

Box 3

Mask (The)

Note

2 items March 1, 1960

Box 3

Vanishing Point

Note

4 items Feb. 23, 1960

Box 3

I Saw You Tomorrow

Note

4 items April 5, 1960

Box 3

Day the World Wept

Note

4 items Feb. 9, 1960

Box 3

Gypsy

Note

5 items May 17, 1960

Box 3

Who AreYou?

Note

3 items Feb. 2, 1960

Box 3

Lovers (The)

Note

3 items Fe. 16, 1960

Box 3

Encounter

Note

4 items April 12, 1960

Box 3

Peter Hurkos story (Part 1)

Note

2 items April 19, 1960

Box 3

Peter Hurkos story (Part 2)

Note

2 items April 25, 1960

Box 3

Visitor (The)

Note

3 items May 10, 1960

Box 3

Forest of the Night

Note

4 items Jan. 19, 1960

Box 3

Earthquake

Note

4 items Jan. 12, 1960

Box 3

Justice Tree

Note

3 items Jan. 5, 1960

Box 3

Call from Tomorrow

Note

5 items Jan. 26, 1960

Box 3

Delia

Note

8 items May 3, 1960

Box 4

Key (The)

Note

2 items April 11, 1961

Box 4

Face (The)

Note

2 items March 14, 1961

Box 4

That Room Upstairs

Note

3 items March 21, 1961

Box 4

Executioner (The)

Note

5 items Jan. 3, 1961

Box 4

Signal Received

Note

3 items April 4, 1961

Box 4

Justice

Note

4 items March 7, 1961

Box 4

Stranger (The)

Note

2 items Feb. 28, 1961

Box 4

Night of Decision

Note

4 items Feb. 21, 1961

Box 4

Person Unknown

Note

3 items Feb. 7, 1961

Box 4

Gift (The)

Note

3 items Jan. 31, 1961

Box 4

Last Round (The)

Note

4 items Jan. 10, 1961

Box 4

Sacred Mushroom

Note

2 items Jan. 24, 1961

Box 4

Dead Man's Tale

Note

3 items Jan. 17, 1961

Box 4

Tidal Wave

Note

1 item Feb. 14, 1961

Box 4

Avengers (The)

Note

3 items April 25, 1961

Box 5

Legacy of Love

Note

4 items Dec. 20, 1960

Box 5

Trap (The)

Note

4 items Nov. 15, 1960

Box 5

Voice (The)

Note

4 items Nov. 22, 1960

Box 5

Promise (The)

Note

3 items Nov. 29, 1960

Box 5

Where Are They

Note

4 items Dec. 13, 1960

Box 5

Rendezvous

Note

3 items Dec. 27, 1960

Box 5

To Know the End

Note

3 items Nov. 1, 1960

Box 5

Tidal Wave

Note

6 items Aug. 30, 1960

Box 5

Tonight at 12:17

Note

3 items Dec. 6, 1960

Box 5

Lonely room (The)

Note

4 items May 31, 1960

Box 5

Return (The)

Note

4 items Oct.11, 1960

Box 5

Contact

Note

4 items May 24, 1960

Box 5

Moment of Hate

Note

5 items Oct.25, 1960

Box 5

House of the Dead (The)

Note

4 items June 7, 1960

Box 5

Goodbye, Grandpa

Note

4 items June 14, 1960

Box 5

Storm (The)

Note

4 items June 21, 1960

Box 5

Anniversary of a Murder

Note

2 items Sept. 27, 1960

Box 5

Death Waltz (The)

Note

4 items Oct. 4, 1960

Box 5

If You See Sally

Note

3 items Oct. 18, 1960

Box 6

Blood Flower

Note

3 items May 16, 1961

Box 6

Sorcerer (The)

Note

2 items May 23, 1961

Box 6

Villa (The)

Note

2 items June 6, 1961

Box 6

Tiger (The)

Note

3 items June 20, 1961

Box 6

Nightmare

Note

2 items June 27, 1961

Box 6

Eye witness

Note

3 items July 4, 1961

Box 6

Prisoner (The)

Note

2 items May 2, 1960

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