Walter Lantz Productions Collection of Music for Woody Woodpecker Cartoons and Other Productions, 1940-1960
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http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf009n99sk No online items Finding Aid for the Walter Lantz Productions Collection of Music for Woody Woodpecker Cartoons and Other Productions, 1940-1960 Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 35-M 1 Descriptive Summary Title: Walter Lantz Productions Collection of Music for Woody Woodpecker Cartoons and Other Productions Date (inclusive): 1940-1960 Collection number: 35-M Creator: Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. Extent: 87 boxes. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Language of the Material: Materials are in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library 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 UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Access Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Transferred from the Theater Arts Library in 1977. Collection originally a gift of Walter Lantz Productions, Inc. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Walter Lantz Productions Collection of Music for Woody Woodpecker Cartoons and Other Productions (Collection Number 35-M). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Biography/History Lantz was born in New Rochelle, NY, Apr. 27, 1900; at 12 years old he took his first mail-order cartoon drawing course which affected his entire life and career; he began working as a copyboy for the Hearst newspaper, New York American, where he was recommended to Gregory LaCava; from that point he started his career as a cartoonist drawing characters such as the Katzenjammer kids, Happy Hooligan, Krazy Kat, and Mutt and Jeff; produced and directed his first cartoon series, Colonel Heeza Liar, at J.R. Bray Studios in NY, 1922; moved to Hollywood, CA in 1926 and wrote for Max Sennet comedies; started with Universal Studios in 1928 where he produced Oswald Rabbit for 10 years; in 1930, he produced The King of Jazz, the first technicolor cartoon and Bing Crosby's first sound recording in a film; married Grace Stafford in 1941 who later became the voice of Woody Woodpecker; Lantz started his own production company in 1935 and served as its president into the 1970s; Lantz who is best remembered for Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Will, and Andy Panda, received an honorary Academy award, 1978; died Mar. 22, 1994, in Burbank, CA. Scope and Content The bulk of the collection consists of materials related to the music production process at the Lantz Studios from 1951-70. Includes the holographs of scores, parts, and detail sheets for Woody Woodpecker cartoons and various commercials. Also includes music sketches, recording routines, reports, and sorted printed classical and popular sheet music used as source material for various productions. Production scores include the work of Lantz music directors Darrell Calker, Frank Churchill, Walter Greene, James Dietrich, Frank Marsales, Eugene Poddany, and Clarence Wheeler. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Production scores 2. Miscellaneous scores. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Walter Lantz Productions --Archives. 35-M 2 Production music --Archival resources. Production music --Scores. Television music --Scores. Music manuscripts. Genres and Forms of Material Scores. Related Material Walter Lantz Animation Archive (Collection 47). Available at Library Special Collections, University Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. Music Scores PRODUCTION SCORES AFTER THE BALL Year: 1956 Production: U-52 Box 6 , Folder 8 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 34 , Folder 2 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. ALLEY TO BALI Year: 1954 Production: U-30 Box 9 , Folder 5 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 30 , Folder 5 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. File also includes music effects sketches. AMERICAN RED CROSS: BLOOD IS NEEDED Year: 1953 Production: RX-1 Box 5 , Folder 10 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. [Cues M-7 thru M-9 of U-19 are the score for RX-1.] Box 29 , Folder 5 Bar sheets & detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. ARTS AND FLOWERS Year: 1956 Production: U-60 Box 15 , Folder 6 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 32 , Folder 6 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. File also contains sketches for Cues M-31(Main Title), M-32T, & M-32DT. ASTRONUT WOODY Year: 1966 Production: U-209 Box 67 , Folder 1 Orchestral parts, Clarence Wheeler AUTO LITE: BEAR LUCK Year: 1952 Production: AL-4 Box 11 , Folder 19 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 24 , Folder 6 Clarence Wheeler music sketch. Box 42 , Folder 2 Bar sheets. AUTO LITE: BIG GAME, THE Year: 1952 Production: AL-3 Box 11 , Folder 18 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 24 , Folder 7 Clarence Wheeler music sketch. Box 42 , Folder 1 Bar sheets. AUTO LITE: RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC Year: 1952 Production: AL-2 Box 11 , Folder 17 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 24 , Folder 8 Clarence Wheeler music sketch. Box 42 , Folder 4 Bar sheets. AUTO LITE: TEAM PLAY Year: 1952 Production: AL-1 Box 24 , Folder 9 Orchestral parts for Cue M-18, Clarence Wheeler. Box 24 , Folder 10 Clarence Wheeler holograph score & detail sheets with music sketch. BALLYHOOEY Year: 1960 Production: U-110 Box 17 , Folder 6 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 27 , Folder 4 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. BANDMASTER, THE Year: 1947 Production: UA-5 Box 25 , Folder 8 Sheet music for "Zampa" (overture) by F. Herold with Darrell Calker annotation. Box 92 , Folder 6 Darrell Calker annotated sheet music for "Zampa" (overture). BANQUET BUSTERS Year: 1948 Production: UA-3 35-M 3 Music Scores PRODUCTION SCORES Box 25 , Folder 8 Sheet music for "Zampa" (overture) by F. Herold with Darrell Calker annotation. Box 25 , Folder 14 Darrell Calker short score (master copy). Box 25 , Folder 16 Darrell Calker short score (5 copies). BARBER OF SEVILLE Year: 1944 Production: D-4 Box 9 , Folder 2 Photostat copies of sheet music for the "Largo al factotum." Box 26 , Folder 14 "Largo al Factotum" sheet music with Darrell Calker and Shamus Culhane annotation. BATS IN THE BELFREY Year: 1960 Production: U-112 Box 17 , Folder 8 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 27 , Folder 6 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. BEARS AND THE BEES, THE Year: 1961 Production: U-126 Box 16 , Folder 7 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 28 , Folder 3 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. BEARY'S HOME SWEET HOME: MAIN AND END TITLE Year: n.d. Production: U-(?) Box 81 , Folder 12 Orchestral parts, Darrell Calker (?), Walter Greene(?). BEARY'S, THE: MAIN AND END TITLES Year: n.d. Production: U-(?) Box 81 , Folder 11 Orchestral parts for "The Beary Family", Darrell Calker (?), Walter Greene (?). BEDTIME BEDLAM Year: 1955 Production: U-46 Box 6 , Folder 6 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 43 , Folder 5 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler notes and music sketch. BEE BOPPED Year: 1959 Production: U-98 Box 12 , Folder 3 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 49 , Folder 6 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. BELLE BOYS Year: 1953 Production: U-22 Box 2 , Folder 6 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 31 , Folder 3 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. File also contains sketch for Cue M-11(Main Title). BIG BITE, THE Year: 1966 Production: U-205 Box 37 , Folder 6 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. Box 68 , Folder 2 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 68 , Folder 3 Orchestral parts, Clarence Wheeler. BIG SNOOZE, THE Year: 1957 Production: U-77 Box 8 , Folder 2 Clarence Wheeler handwritten notes. Box 8 , Folder 7 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 42 , Folder 29 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. BILLION-DOLLAR BONER Year: 1960 Production: U-107 Box 15 , Folder 1 Eugene Poddany holograph score. Box 45 , Folder 4 Detail sheets with Eugene Poddany music sketch. BIRD WHO CAME TO DINNER, THE Year: 1961 Production: U-122 Box 9 , Folder 8 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 45 , Folder 8 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. BIRDS OF A FEATHER Year: 1965 Production: U-191 Box 85 , Folder 1 Orchestral parts, Walter Greene. BLACK MAGIC (VOODOO IN HARLEM) Year: 1938 Production: # 951 Box 39 , Folder 14 Frank Churchill music sketch for title song. BONGO PUNCH, THE Year: 1958 Production: U-81 Box 19 , Folder 2 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 49 , Folder 1 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. File also contains music effects sketch. BORN TO PECK Year: 1952 Production: U-8 Box 3 , Folder 1 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 22 , Folder 1 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. BOX CAR BANDIT Year: 1957 Production: U-71 Box 13 , Folder 6 Clarence Wheeler holograph score. Box 33 , Folder 4 Detail sheets with Clarence Wheeler music sketch. BROADWAY BOW WOWS Year: 1954 Production: U-35 Box 10 , Folder 2 Clarence Wheeler holograph score.