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Finding Aid for the CBS Inc. Film and Television Collection 1955-1983
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Description
The collection consists of music manuscripts, books,
printed music, sound recordings and business papers relating to CBS productions.
Also included are logs, music manuscripts, books, and printed music related to
four types of CBS productions: features films, television series, television
specials, and television movies, The productions fall under the CBS Television
Network, CBS Entertainment Division, CBS Productions Network, and, in a few
cases, earlier manifestations of these divisions. The collectoin includes
materials in the form of: manuscript scores, parts, and a few Ozalid masters of
both scores and parts for film and television productions; printed sheet music
and folios of popular music; publishers catalogs, brochures; published books
about music; and published silent film music. The collection includes materials
by composers such as Jeff Alexander, Bill "Rocky" Conti, Jerry Goldsmith,
Bernard Herrmann, Henry Mancini, Lyn Murray, Alex North, Fred Steiner, Dimitri
Tiomkin, Franz Waxman, and John Williams. Productions represented include TV
series such as Gilligan's Island, Gunsmoke, Have Gun Will Travel,Hawaii 5-0,
Perry Mason, Rawhide, Twilight Zone, and Wild Wild West. Also included is music
for feature films such as The April Fools, Little Big Man, The Reivers, Rio
Lobo, and Table For Five. A highlight of the collection are many scores for live
Playhouse 90 dramas. The collection is currently being processed. The finding
aid will be updated periodically.
Background
CBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS) is one of the largest radio and television
networks in the United States. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia
Broadcasting System, its former legal name.
Restrictions
Publication Rights
Property rights in the physical objects belong to the UCLA 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 if the Performing Arts Special Collectionsdoes not hold the copyright.