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The Inventory of the Curt Siodmak Collection #1375

The Inventory of the Curt Siodmak Collection #1375

The Inventory

of the

Curt Siodmak

Collection

#1375

Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center SIODMAK, CURT

Gift of October 1969

Box 1 A) HAUSER'S MEMORY. G.P.Putnam Sons, 1968. 2 1) 2 copies of typescript with holograph corrections, 346 pp.

each. (t/1-4).

Box 2 2) Typescript with holograph corrections, 101 pp. (tl5).

3) 2 copies of typescript, 103 pp. each (entitled "I.M.U."). (//6-7)

4) 2 copies of typescript pp. 162-194. (#8).

5) Typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 307-347. (#8).

6) Typescript with holograph corrections. Incomplete, 85 pp. (#9).

Box 3 7) 4 copies of xerox typescript with holograph corrections, (#10-16) 4 a) 344 pp.

b) 346 pp.

c) 251 pp. (no order).

d) 173 pp. (no order).

Box 4 8) Holograph notes and miscellaneous typescript, 12 pp. (#17).

9) Galley. (If 18).

10) 2 short summaries of novel. (#18). Typescript.

a) 3 pp.

b) 13 pp.

11) Research materials. 13 pieces. Holograph printed items, xerox, Box 5 1 typescript. August 1965-February 1966. 1 paper signed

Allan L. Jacobson. (#19).

B) Printed Items. (//20).

1) Siodmak, Curt. "Epistles to the Germans". Story. Spring 1948. P. 94,

2) 13 xerox reviews of HAUSER'S MEMORY. April 1, 1968-July 20, 1969 page 2

SIODMAK, CURT Gift of October1969

C) Correspondence (#2 ).

44 letters. October 12, 1965-December 31, 1968. Including: Corvin, Leo Mlchael F.TLS. October 12, 1965~ and December S, 1965.

Jacobson, Allan L. ALS. October 18, 1965.

Mandell, Arnold J., M.D. TLS. November 30, 1965 to Jacobson, A.L. and TLS March 10, 1966. Yuwiler, Arthur, Ph.D. TLS. April 12, 1966.

Yuwiler, Arthur, Ph.D. TLS. December 1966. Holograph notes.

Sioclmak, Curt. TLS. Ca. October 16, 1966 to A.L.Jacobson.

Yuwiler, Arthur. 2 TLS. Ca. December 1966.

Fields, Arthur C. TLS. June 16, 1967. SIODMAfZ, CURT

December 1971

Box 5 A) THE THIRD EAR. G.P.Putnams' Sons, 1971.

Variant drafts of manuscript.

1) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 1--8L:. Ull).

2) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 16···145. (//2)

Box 6 3) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 82-299. (#3)

4) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 203-224. (#4).

5) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 124-312. (//5).

6) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 1-16. (//6).

7) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 1-11. (#6).

8) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 62-86. (117).

9) Xerox of typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 105-125. (#8).

10) Xerox of typescript, pp. 139-309. (#9). 7 Box 11) Miscellam ous xerox and typescript with holograph corrections, 8 Ca. 1000 pp. (#10-13).

Box 8 12) Typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 1-296. (#14).

13) Typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 1-112. (#15).

14) Typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 139-298. (#16).

Box 9 15) Typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 269-302. (#17).

16) Typescript with holograph corrections, pp. 269-297. (#18).

17) Outline. Typescript, 12 pp. (#19).

18) Xerox of typescript, 319 pp. (#20).

19) Xerox of page proofs. (#21).

20) Xerox copy of printed advertisement. (#21). page 2

SIODMAK, CURT Derember 1971

B) Correspondence. 1969-1971 re: writing with agent and publishers

(Putnam's). (//22).

12 TLS

17 Xerox TLS from CS.

Including:

Moll, Elick. 2 TLS, October 22 and 29, no year.

Curriculum Vitae, 3 pp. accompanying letter of October 12, 1970. Siodmak, Curt Addenda: April 1974 - Oct. 1996.

Box 10 1) ALINA (Whomsoever I Should Kiss); Crown Publishers, New York, 1966. a) Correspondence: ? letters Jan. 16, 1966-Feb.26, 1966 (#1) b) Screenplay: "The Seduction of Alina Laroux," photocopy, 127 p. (#2) c) Screenplay: "Alina," printed and bound, 114 p. (#3) d) Screenplay: "The Scoundrel by CS and Dana Broccoli," photocopy, 125 p. (#4) 2) THE A-MEN, television series, 1950's a) Outlines and synopsis, typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 50 pp. (#5) b) Outlines and synopsis, typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 60 pp. (#6)

Box 11 1) THE A-MEN, television series, l 950's a) "A-Men," short st01y, typescript, 33 p. (#1) b) "A-Men," screenplay, 1st draft, 113 p. (#2) c) "A-Men," screenplay, I81 draft, Aug. 12, 1952; 83 p. (#3) d) "The Blind Creatures," outline, typescript, 7 p. (#4) e) "Breathe No Evil," screenplay, typescript w/holo. corr., 37 p. (#5) f) "Breathe No Evil," screenplay, typescript, 37 p., 2 copies (#6) g) "Breathe No Evil," screenplay, typescript w/holo. corr., synopsis, ca. 50 pp. (#8) h) "The Burning Men," outlines, various versions, typescript, ca. 40 pp. (#9) i) "Carbon 14," outlines, various versions, typscript, ca. 35 pp. (#10) j) "Element 116," outline, typescript, 19 p., 2 copies (#11)

Box 12 1) THE A-MEN, television series, 1950's a) "The Face in the Deep," pt draft screenplay, typescript w/holo. corr., 105 p. (#1) b) 'The Face in the Deep," screenplay, typescript, 107 p. (#2) c) "The Fish Story," synopsis, typescript, 4 copies, 3 p. (#3) d) "The Fish Story," screenplay, typescript, 34 p., 2 copies (#4) e) "The Fish Story," screenplay, typescript, 34 p., (#5) f) "The Flying Lab," story treatment, typescript w/holo. corr., 28 p. (#6) g) "The Insect Story," screenplay, outlines, typescript, 34 p. (#7) h) "The Insect Story," screenplay, typescript, 42 p. (#8) i) "The Insect Story," screenplay, synopsis, typescript, 44 p. (#9) j) "The Insect Story," screenplay, mimeograph, 42 p. (#10) k) "Midnight at Noon," screenplay by Gwen Bagni and Irwin Gielgud, typescript 36 p., 2 copies, (#11) 1) "Midnight at Noon," screenplay by Gwen Bagni and Irwin Gielgud, typescript 39 p. (#12)

1 Box 12 k) "Midnight at Noon," screenplay by Gwen Bagni and Irwin Gielgud, typescript 39 p., 2 copies, (#13)

Box 13 1) THE A-MEN, television series, 1950's a) "918 Lincoln," screenplay and synopsis, typescript, 29 p., (pages missing) (# 1) b) "Runaway Bomber," outline, typescript, 4 p. (#2) c) ''The Saboteurs," screenplay, typescript, 42 p. (#3) 2) ANATOLE THE MULE, children's book a) Book layout, typescript w/holo. corr., 20 p. (#4) b) Layout, research, photocopied drawings, typescript w/holo., ca. 30 pp. (#5) c) Photocopied proof, ca. 30pp. (#6) d) Pencil drawings, ca. 15 pp. (#7) 3) THE APPLEVILLE LAW, Aug. 1973. a) Typescript w/holo. corr., holo. notes, 50 p. (#8) 4) , July 21, 1951. a) Revised final shooting script, typescript, 112 p. (#9) 5) CITY IN THE SKY, 1974. a) Galley proofs, 96 p. (#10) b) Continuity cards, typescript, 25 cards (#11)

Box 14 1) CITY IN THE SKY, 1974. a) Rough drafts and rewrites; typescript w/holo. corr. (no numerical order) ca. 300 pp. (#1) ca. 300 pp. (#2) ca. 350 pp. (#3) ca. 425 pp. (#4) ca. 375 pp. (#5)

Box 15 1) CITY IN THE SKY, 1974. a) Rough drafts and rewrites for screenplay, typescript w/holo. corr. (no numerical order) ca. 200 pp. (#1) ca. 300 pp. (#2) ca. 300 pp. (#3) ca. 200 pp. (#4) ca. 200 pp. (#5)

Box 16 1) CITY IN THE SKY, 1974. a) MS, typescript w/holo. corr. p. 1-117 (#1)

2 Box 16 p. 118-234 (#2) p. 235-341 (#3) b) MS, typescript p. 1-117 (#4) p. 118-234 (#5) p. 235-341 (#6)

Box 17 1) CITY IN THE SKY, 1974. a) Rough MS and misc. typescript pages w/holo. corr. (no numerical order) ca. 300 pp. (#1) ca. 450 pp. (#2) ca. 350 pp. (#3) ca. 300 pp. (#4)

Box 18 1) CITY IN THE SKY, 1974. a) Clean MS, typescript p. 1-117 (#1) p. 118-231 (#2) p. 232-341 (#3) b) Screenplay, photocopy, 152 p. (#4) c) Screenplay, photocopy, 152 p. (#5) d) Screenplay, 2nd version, photocopy, 144 p. (#6)

Box 19 1) CITY IN THE SKY, 1974. a) Corres. 1971-1973, photocopy, ca. 300 pp. (#1) b) Corres., typescript, holo. and photocopy, ca. 150pp. (#2) c) Corres., typescript, holo. and photocopy, ca. 200 pp. (#3) 2) CORILANI'S MIRROR a) Script and outline, typescript, photocopy, 31 p. (#4) 3) DAS DRITTE OHR a) MS typescript w/holo. corr. (in German) 310 p. (#5)

Box20 1) EVEN AMAN WHO IS PURE IN HEART a) Typescript MS. p. 1-172 (#1) p. 173-260, 1-140 (#2) p. 141-329 (#3) p. 1-196 (#4)

Box21 1) FOR KINGS ONLY, Crown Publishers. a) Corres., typescript letters, ca. 20 p. (#1) b) Corres., typescript, and clippings, ca. 50 pp. (#2)

3 Box21 c) Corres., scene layout, typescript copy and photocopy, ca. 50 pp. (#3) d) Scene synopsis for libretto, typescript, ca. 30 pp. (#4) e) Galley proofs, 97 p. (#5) 2) DR. CORY'S EXPERIMENT a) Photocopy MS p. 1-123 (#6) p. 124-314 (#7) 3) HARMATTAN a) Screenplay, typescript w/holo. corr., 35 p. (#8) 4) HAUSER'S MEMORY, Putnam, 1968. a) Clippings, corres., typescript, ca. 125 pp. (#9) b) "Philippine" ( short story), typescript, 16 p. (# 10)

Box22 1) INCUBUS a) Screenplay, typescript, 102 p. (#1) 2) JIM AND THE RAVEN a) MS, photocopy, 101 p. (#2) 3) IlNX O'DONELL a) Screenplay, typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 60 pp. (#3) 4) MAKE WITH THE BRAIN PIERRE a) Screenplay, l"t draft, misc. pages, ca. 200 pp. (#4) 5) THE MAN WHO COULDN'T SIN a) Screenplay, 1st draft, 128 p. (#5) 6) MITRE SQUARE a) Playscript, typescript, ca. 150 pp. (#6)

Box23 1) THE MOST PERILOUS VOYAGE a) Screenplay, 1st draft, photocopy, 162 p. (#1) b) Screenplay w/revision pages, typescript w/holo. corr., 132 p. (#2) c) Screenplay, photocopy, 140 p. (#3) d) Corres., typescript and photocopy, both w/holo. corr., ca. 40 pp. (#4) e) Corres., typescript, ca. 25 pp. (#5) 2) THE MOST UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTER. .. a) Typescript, 6 p. (#6)

Box24 1) a) Screenplay, 1"1 draft, typescript photocopy, 133 p. (#1) 2) SALAMANDER'S CASTLE a) MS and outline, photocopy, 15 p. (#2) 3) SIL VER BUCK a) MS, photocopy, 7 p. (#3) 4) SKI FEVER, 1966. a) Screenplay, typescript w/holo. corr., 123 p. (#4)

4 Box24 5) SKYPORT a) Synopsis, typescript, 5 p. (#5) b) Criticisms, clippings, 45 p. (#6) c) Bound screenplay, 151 p. (no folder) 6) THE SONG OF FRANKENSTEIN a) Screenplay, photocopy and cassette tape, ca. 150 pp. (#7) b) Corres., photocopy and typesctipt, ca. 20 pp. (#8)

Box25 1) THE THIRD EAR, Putnam. a) Synopsis for movies, typescript w/holo. corr., 11 p. (#1) b) Corres. and research, photocopy, typescript w/holo., ca. 300 pp. (#2) c) MS, unedited typescript p. 1-110 (#3) p. 111-268 (#4) d) Revised MS, photocopy w/holo. corr. p. 1-149 (#5) p. 150-305 (#6)

Box26 1) 13 DEMON STREET, television series screenplays (unproduced) a) "The Book of Ghouls," bound typescript w/holo., ca. 31 pp. (no folder) b) "The Chain," mimeograph, 35 p. (#1) c) "The Chain," typescript, 35 p., 2 copies (#2) d) "Death in the MiITor," bound typescript w/holo., ca. 47 pp. (no folder) e) "Delay in Hyancinth," typescript, ca. 40 pp. (#3) f) "Delay in St. Jean ... ," mimeograph, 39p. (#4) g) "Delay in St. Jean ... ," mimeograph, 39p (#5) h) "The Dictator," typescript, 37 p. (#6) i) "The Dictator," typescript, 40 p. (#7) j) "The Doll," typescript, 35 p. (#8) k) "Fever," mimeograph, 36 p. (#9) 1) "Fever," typescript, bound w/holo., ca. 36 pp. (no folder)

Box27 1) 13 DEMON STREET, television series screenplays (unproduced) a) "Green Are the Leaves," typescript , 3 3 p. ( # 1) b) "Green Are the Leaves," typescript, 33 p. (#2) c) "Green Are the Leaves," mimeograph, 38 p. (#3) d) "Green Are the Leaves," bound, typescript w/holo., ca. 37 pp. (no folder) e) "Never Steal a Warlocks Wife," bound, typescript w/holo., ca. 37 p. (no folder) f) "The Photograph," typescript, 34 p. (#4) g) "The Potter's Field Killer," mimeograph, 26 p. (#5)

5 Box27 h) "The Retina," bound, typescript w/holo., ca. 38 pp. (missing pgs.) (no folder) i) "Secret of the Telescope," typescript w/holo., ca. 28 pp. (no folder) j) "13 Demon St.," typescript, 36 p. (#6) k) "The Vine of Death," typescript w/holo., ca. 32 pp. (no folder)

Box28 1) 13 DEMON STREET, television series (unproduced) a) Story outlines, typescript w/some holo. corr., ca. 30 pp. (#1) b) Outlines and synopsis, typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 35 pp. (#2) c) Misc. scripts, outlines, etc.; typescript, photocopy w/holo., 40 p. (#3) d) Openings and closings, typescript w/holo. con-., (no numerical order) ca. 200 pp. (#4) ca. 200 pp. (#5) e) Corres. about Herts-Lion Productions, typescript, ca. 20 pp. (#6) 2) THOUSAND MILE GRAVE, Jan. 1971. a) Rough scripts, photocopy, typescript, ca. 150 pp. (#7) b) Short story, typescript , 5 p. (#8) 3) Playboy issue and corres., typescript w/holo. corr., ca 15 pp. (plus magazine) (#9)

Box29 1) THREEDAYS a) Play plus synopsis, photocopy, 86 p. (#1) 2) TRIAL BY WITCHCRAFT a) Screenplay, photocopy, 118 p. (#2) b) Screenplay, typescript, 118 p. (#3) 3) VARIATION OF A THEME, Fantasy and SciF. Magazine, 1972. a) Rough drafts and rewrites, typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 200 pp. (#4) b) Rough drafts and revisions, typescript, ca. 120 pp. (#5) c) ist proof, 15 p. (#6) d) Proof, 15 p. (#7)

Box30 1) WAY ABOVE HEAVEN, Oct. 1944. a) MS, typescript, 52 p. (#1) 2) THE WITCHES OF PARIS a) MS, photocopy p. 1-151 (#2) p. 152-289 (#3) p. 290-460 (#4) 3) Correspondence a) Corres. w/ universities, typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 150 pp. (#5) b) Corres. regarding science fiction workshop, typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 30 pp. (#6) c) Lectures, mimeograph, printed materials, ca. 10 pp. (#7)

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Box31 1) Correspondence: a) Letter to Newsweek re: Floating airbase, photocopy, 5 p. (#1) b) Copy oflast will and testament, photocopy, ca. 25 pp. (#2) c) About inventions, typescript, drawings, ca. 30 pp. (#3) d) In German, typescript ca. 10 pp. (#4) e) Misc., typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 25 pp. (#5) f) Misc., typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 50 pp. (#6) g) Rejection letters, typescript w/holo. corr., ca. 10 pp. (#7) h) Biographies, photocopies, ca. 10 pp. (#8) i) Clippings about high schools (#9) j) Clippings, misc. book reviews (#10) k) Clippings, misc. (#11)

7 Siodmak, Curt Preliminary Listing 11/7/97

I. Manuscripts A., THE WITCHES OF PARIS. Typescript, photocopy [p. 131-133 missing] IJ 6 t } i,,. B. I, GABRIEL. 2nd draft, typescript, photocopy C. EVEN A MAN WHO IS PURE IN HEART. Final printed version, uncorrected galleys D. Screenplays 1. "Three Days." Docu-drama, typescript, p/c 2. "Mitre Square." Typescript, photocopy

II Audiocassette-"Frankenstein, AP-82"

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