http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft738nb31z No online items Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell Collection, 1939-1964 Processed by Performing Arts Special Collections staff. University of California, Los Angeles, Library Performing Arts Special Collections, Room A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Phone: (310) 825-4988 Fax: (310) 206-1864 Email: [email protected] http://www2.library.ucla.edu/specialcollections/performingarts/index.cfm ©2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell 239 1 Collection, 1939-1964 Finding Aid of the Paul Sawtell Collection, 1939-1964 Collection number: 239 UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Processed by: UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections staff Date Completed 2004 Encoded by: UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections staff ©2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Paul Sawtell Collection, Date (inclusive): 1939-1964 Collection number: 239 Creator: Sawtell, Paul Extent: 247 boxes(123.5 linear ft.) Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: Music scores for film and television by Paul Sawtell, and other documents and photographs relating to his life and career. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact Performing Arts Special Collections for paging information. Language: English. Access Collection is open for research. Collection is stored off-site and advance notice is required for access. Publication Rights Property rights in the physical objects belong to the UCLA Music Library. 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 Collections does not hold the copyright. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Paul Sawtell Collection, 239, Performing Arts Special Collections Special Collections, University of California, Los Angeles. Processing Information Processed by: Performing Arts Special Collections staff, 2004 Biography Born February 3, 1906 in Poland, Paul Sawtell started his career at RKO studios, then moved to Universal, where his first assignment was The Pearl of Death, part of the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes series. He returned to RKO during the second half of the 1940s and also worked for various independent producers, such as Aubrey Schenk at Eagle Lion, and Harry Sherman at United Artists. In 1951 he began a relationship with producer/director Irwin Allen when he scored the Oscar-winning documentary The Sea Around Us. Begining in the late '50s, Sawtell became extremely busy scoring science fiction films such Kronos, It! The Terror From Beyond Space, The Black Scorpion, and The Fly, amid his usual spread of Westerns and dramas. He joined Irwin Allen's production team, scoring films such as The Story of Mankind, The Big Circus, The Lost World, Five Weeks in a Balloon, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. During the 1960s, he Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell 239 2 Collection, 1939-1964 remained busy in features, co-writing the music for such familiar science fiction titles as the Italian-made The Last Man on Earth starring Vincent Price, but by the middle of the decade he had largely moved to television, working on Allen's series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, for which he wrote the well-known title theme. He died on August 1, 1971. Scope and Content Music scores for film and television by Paul Sawtell, and other documents and photographs relating to his life and career. Series 1. Music cues and scores Box 1 Black scorpion Note Folders 1-7 Box 2 Black scorpion Note Folder 1-5 Box 3 Black scorpion Note Folders 1-11 Box 4 Black scorpion Note Folders 1-3 Box 5 Black scorpion Note Folders 1-8 Box 6 Black scorpion Note Folders 1-7 Box 7 Black scorpion Note Folders 1-9 Box 8 Machete Note Folders 2-7 Box 8, Item 1 Tama-Tangi Box 8, Item 8 Cattle king Box 8, Item 9 Man of the plains Box 9, Item 1 Five days of terror Box 9, Item 2 Cattle king Box 10 Pawnee Note Folders 1-12 Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell 239 3 Collection, 1939-1964 Series 1.Music cues and scores Box 11 Five weeks in a balloon Note Folders 3-5 Box 11, Item 1 Operation bottleneck Box 11, Item 2 Pawnee Box 11, Item 6 Down three dark streets Box 12, Item 1 Power of the whistler Box 12, Item 2 Falcon's adventure, The Box 12, Item 3 Falcon in San Francisco Box 12, Item 4 Outlaw Valley Box 12, Item 5 Down three dark streets Box 12, Item 6 Down three dark streets Box 13 Diamond queen Note Folders 13-15 Box 13 Tarzan's magic fountain Note Folders 1-12 Box 14 Tarzan's magic fountain Note Folders 1-9 Box 15 Diamond queen Note Folders 3-8 Box 15 Tarzan's magic fountain Note Folders 1-2 Box 16 Diamond queen Note Folders 1-5 Box 17 Diamond queen Note Folders 1-7 Box 18 Counterplot or gunfight Note Folders 2-3 Box 18, Item 1 Another man's poison Box 18, Item 4 Wild harvest Box 19 Counterplot or gunfight Note Folders 1-10 Box 20 Wild harvest Note Folders 2-9 Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell 239 4 Collection, 1939-1964 Series 1.Music cues and scores Box 20, Item 1 Wild harvest Box 21 Wild harvest Note Folders 1-10 Box 22 Wild harvest Note Folders 1-8 Box 23 Havana story Note Folders 5-8 Box 23 Wild harvest Note Folders 1-4 Box 24 Havana story Note Folders 1-15 Box 25 Havana story Note Folders 1-12 Box 26 Havana story Note Folders 1-3 Box 26, Item 4 Scattergood swings it Box 27 Scattergood swings it Note Folders 1-7 Box 28 Scattergood swings it Note Folders 1-6 Box 28 Texas lady Note Folders 7-11 Box 29 Cattle empire Note Folders 1-7 Box 30 Cattle empire Note Folders 1-5 Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell 239 5 Collection, 1939-1964 Series 1.Music cues and scores Box 31 Texas lady Note Folders 1-7 Box 32 Animal world Note Folders 11-12 Box 32 The hunters Note Folders 2-10 Box 32, Item 1 Texas lady Box 33 Head hunters Note Folders 1-10 Box 33, Item 11 The monster Box 34 The monster Note Folders 1-17 Box 35, Item 1 Trail street Box 35, Item 2 Marshal or Pecos Box 35, Item 3 Treasure of Los Alamos Box 35, Item 4 It's a wonderful life Box 35, Item 5 Follow me quietly Box 35, Item 6 Hitler's children Box 35, Item 7 Rider from Tucson Box 35, Item 8 Badman's territory Box 35, Item 9 Box 36 Renegades Note Folders 2-3 Box 36, Item 1 Return of the Badmen Box 36, Item 4 Tarzan and the huntress Box 37 Tarzan and the huntress Note Folder 1-3 Box 37 Tarzan and the leopard women Note Folders 4-7 Box 37, Item 8 Tarzan and the leopard men Box 38 Animal world Note Folders 8-11 Box 38 Miracle of the western spring Note Folders 1-6 Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell 239 6 Collection, 1939-1964 Series 1.Music cues and scores Box 38, Item 7 Every day is Mother's Day Box 39 Every day is Mother's Day Note Folders 1-2 Box 39, Item 3 The Flea Box 39, Item 4 Boom-baal Box 39, Item 5 Magic moon Box 39, Item 6 Smile Box 39, Item 7 Magic moon Box 39, Item 8 I'm all grown up Box 39, Item 9 Lat'n da dall Box 40 Outcast Note Folders 8-11 Box 40, Item 1 Lat'n da da Box 40, Item 2 Peaches & cream Box 40, Item 3 Peaches & cream Box 40, Item 4 Lost dreams Box 40, Item 5 Animal world Box 40, Item 6 Animal world Box 40, Item 7 Diamond Queen Scope and Content Note + music cues for New Mexico Box 41 Outcast Note Folders 1-6 Box 42 Outcast Note Folders 1-10 Box 43 Diamond queen Note 1-13 Box 43, Item 7 Wanderer of the wastelands Box 44 Barney Ross story Note Folders 2-9 Box 44, Item 1 Diamond queen Box 45 Barney Ross story Note Folders 1-12 Box 46 Police dog story Note Folders 8-19 Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell 239 7 Collection, 1939-1964 Series 1.Music cues and scores Box 46 Tarzan triumphs Note Folders 1-7 Box 47 Diamond queen Note Folders 2-6 Box 47, Item 1 Police dog story Box 47, Item 7 Trazan's hidden jungle Box 48 Diamond queen Note Folders 1-10 Box 49 Another man's poison Note Folders 1-11 Box 50 Another man's poison Note Folders 1-13 Box 51 Jack and the giant killer Note Folders 1-13 Box 52 Jack and the giant killer Note Folders 1-13 Box 53 Cariboo trail Note Folders 1-4 Box 54 Cariboo trail Note Folders 1-7 Box 55 Cariboo trail Note Folders 1-3 Box 55 Tarzan's hidden jungle Note Folders 4-7 Box 56 Tarzan's hidden jungle Note Folders 1-6 Box 57 Big circus Note Folders 3-10 Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell 239 8 Collection, 1939-1964 Series 1.Music cues and scores Box 57 Tarzan's hidden jungle Note Folders 1-2 Box 58 Tarzan and the leopard men Note Folders 1-9 Box 58 Tarzan and the leopard men Note Folders 10-11 Box 59 Animal world Note Folders 10-16 Box 59 Under the Tonto run Scope and Content Note Folders 1-9 Box 60 Animal world Note Folders 1-5 Box 61 Animal world Note Folders 1-5 Box 62 Jack and the giant killer Note Folders 1-12 Box 63 Jack and the giant killer Note Folders 1-8 Box 64 Jack and the giant killer Note Folders 1-2 Box 64 Young guns of Texas Note Folders 4-13 Box 64, Item 3 Hornpipe & Honkytonk Box 65 The fly Note Folders 10-14 Box 65 Young guns of Texas Note Folders 1-9 Finding Aid for the Paul Sawtell 239 9 Collection, 1939-1964 Series 1.Music cues and scores Box 66 The fly Note Folders 1-11 Box 67 The fly Note Folders 1-14 Box 68 Cattle king Note Folders 1-10 Box 69 Music box kid Note Folders 3-11 Box 69 Young guns of Texas Note Folders 1-2 Box 70 Man of the plains Note Folders 14-17 Box 70 Music box kid Note Folders 1-13 Box 71 Man of the plains Note Folders 1-15 Box 72 Man of the plains Note Folders 1-10 Box 73 Keeper of the bees Note Folders 1-5 Box 73, Item 6 Walk a crooked mile Box 73, Item 8 The scarlet claw Box 73, Item 9 Pearl of death Box 73, Item 10 Jungle woman Box 73, Item 11 The house of fear Box 73, Item 12 Calling Dr.