The Inventory of the David Chasman Collection #969 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Chasman, David Preliminary Listing 10-13-89 I. Correspondence (includes miscellaneous financial/professional material and printed items). Box 1 Writers Guild of America (1981-1985) Transportation, 1980-1981 University of Wyoming Valentine's Day, 1981 WGA Hearing - "Women and Children First" WGA Pension Plan. Sidney Poitier. Jamain Probber Profit Participation Purchases - misc. Rusher Air Conditioning Sale of House - 1505 Carla Ridge, Beverly Hills Soap Opera Sexlet "Starstorm" "The Sunset Years" Telegrams - 1985 Telegrams - 1984 Telegrams - 1983 Telegrams/Telex. 1982 Telegrams/Telex. 1980-1981 Thank You Letters Theta Cable Transportation. 1983 Transportation. 1982 Invitations. 1980-1981 The Late Great Creature Lieutenant Kizhe McGinty' s Pyramid Story Outline Daniel Melnick MGM Film Co. Employment Agreement MGM Film Co. Retirement Plan MGM Employee Stock Option Plan MGM Film Co. Employee Stock Ownership Micro Kosmos National Center for Jewish Film NY Times Home Delivery Bills for new office, Rm. 301 Office- Room 355 I. Correspondence ( continued) Box2 Plays Automobile Bills Congratulations Daily Correspondence Files (3) Expense Reports (2) Medical - Personal Personal (2) "Dudley" "A Family Portrait" Box3 Fortune magazine articles Programs Special Effects Telex, Telegrams, Cables (2) Valentine's Day Convivium Exp. Reimburse, 1984 Convivium Exp. Reimburse, 1983 Convivium Productions - Telephone Bills : Aug.- Dec. 1983 Miscellaneous: I. Jan. - May 1980 2. June - Dec. 1980 3. Jan. - May 1981 4. June - Dec. 1981 5. July - Dec. 1982 6. Jan. - July 1983 7. Aug. - Dec. 1983 8. Jan. - Dec 1984 9. Jan. 1985 - Dec. 1986 Coverage on Material Credit Cards Goerge Cakor (sp.?) - Memorial Tribute "Dr. Cyclops" Drafts Eady Levy Expense Accounts Expense Reports - 1983 Expense Reports - 1982 Box4 Expense Reports - 19 81 Expense Reports - 1980 Fan Letters 5001 Nights Gaston's Gifts, Flowers, Misc. Packages - 1983 - 1984 Gifts, Flowers, Misc. Packages - 1981 - 1982 Golden Globe Awards - Hollywood Foreign Press Association Gourmet Poker Club Gusher! Toni Howard Aljean Harmetz - 1980 - 1981 Aljean Harmetz - 1982 Aljean Harmetz - 1983 Hatchards David Hill ( artist) Insurance - automobile Insurance - home at 1505 Carla Ridge, B.H. Insurance Kitchen Appliance Brochures Invitations - 1983 Invitations - 1982 Ethology Index Acad. MPAS Exec. Branch Exec. Comm. Meetings All the Answers Amer. S&L Association Articles, misc. - 1984 Articles, misc. - 1983 Articles, misc. - 1982 Articles, misc. - 1980 - 1981 Box5 Ballooning Rona Barrett Bel Air Patrol/Trousdale Estates Bills: 1980-1984 Bloomingdale' s B'Nai B'Rith Bookbinding (Senor Lopez Valencia) Braverman & Gordon's - 1985 Braverman & Gordon's - 1984 Braverman & Gordon's - 1983 Braverman & Gordon's - 1982 Braverman & Gordon's - 1981 Braverman & Gordon's - 1980 Benjamin Button California Bookbinding Co. Charitable Contributions Marc I. Chasman Christianity Christmas - 1984 Christmas - 1983 Christmas - 1982 Christmas - 1981 Christmas - 1980 Christmas - 1977 - 1980 Club Fed Columbia/Convivium Columbia/Convivium Columbia Office Administration Columbia Termination Agreement Condolence Letters Conference and Seminars Conflict of Interests Questionnaire Congratulatory letters - 1985 Congratulatory letters - 1984 Congratulatory letters - 1983 (from D.C.) Congratulatory letters - 1982 (from) Congratulatory letters - 1983 (to) Congratulatory letters - 1982 (to) Congratulatory letters - 1981 (to) Congratulatory letters - 1981 (from) Congratulatory letters - 1980 (to) Congratulatory letters - 1980 (from) Convivium Productions Convivium/Columbia Convivium Exp. Reim. - 1985 MGM Files Box6 A Section of Files concerning "Financial Business" 2 Reel to Reel Audio Tapes (Murder on Flight 502) Venice Secret of My Success Reviews Personal Coverage Personal La Chevre various Playbills (not in folders) Playbills I. Correspondence ( continued) Box7 Fan Mail Telegrams sent Invitations Personal Correspondence - 1971 - 197 4 Personal Correspondence - 1968 - 1970 U.K. Pers. - 1966-1970 Insurance Policies Allan Manings Congrat. Letters - Telegrams Taxes Chasman.D CHASMAN, DAVID Gift of November, 1989 59 Videotapes NCA = Not Commercially Available Boxl "In Like Flint." 2 Short takes using scene from "In Like Flint" in which Coburn expresses amazement that an actor is president. Made for "Saturday Night Live" and never used. N.C.A. 1. "An Actor is President", Ferdinand the Bull 2. Coburn/Flint, whole scene Carson Practical Jokes, 11/28 [Johnny Carson] Cartoons 3 Christmas Cartoons Cover Girl, Part I, 8/20/79 Cover Girl, Part II, 8/20/79 The Critic, 1/10/80. Academy Award winning short. N.C.A. Donald Duck: Duck For Hire The Greeks, Part III - Documentary. N.C.A. The Greeks, Part IV, Socrates and Plato - Documentary. N.C.A. Historical Mysteries, 1 of 2, MGM/Purchasing, "Various." Rare MGM short subjects. N.C.A. 1) The Man on The Rock 2) The King Without a Crown 3) The Man in the Barn 4) Capt. Kidd's Treasure 5) The Ship That Died 6) The Face Behind the Mask Historical Mysteries, 2 of 2, 1/2" BetaMax II, W040283 9/26/80. Rare MGM short subjects. N.C.A. 7) Joaquin Marietta 8) Strange Glory 9) Bravest of the Brave 1 Chasman.D Box~ Hollywood Series (13 videos). 13-Hour Documentary series on Silent Era. Prints made by producer from 1st master. N.C.A. 1) Pioneers 2) In the Beginning 3) Single Beds and Double Standards Box . °\ 4) Goes to War 5) Hazard of the Game 6) Swanson and Valentino 7) Autocrats 8) Comedy - A Serious Business 9) Out West 10) The Man with the Megaphone 11) Trick of the Light 12) Star Treatment 13) End of an Era King Kong, 1 of 2 2 of 2 Men of Bronze, 4/4/79. Documentary, 1 hr. N.C.A. The Mikado, 1939 Victor Schertzinger-D'Oyly Carte version. N.C.A. 1 of 2. 2 of 2 Murder by Death, Part I, 3/22/80 Box '1Q Murder by Death, Part II, 3/22/80 Murder on Flight 502, 1975 TV movie produced by DC. N.C.A. 1 of 2 2 of 2 Rare MGM Short Subjects. N.C,A. Nostradamus, 1 of 3, "Nostradamus and the Queen", "Nostradadamus Says So", two shorts, 10/13/80 Nostradamus, 2 of 3, "Further Prophecies of Nostradamus", "Let's Ask Nostradamus", "More About Nostradamus", 11/20/80 Nostradamus, 3 of 3, "Nostradamus (Sepia)", "Nostradamus IV", two shorts, 10/10/80 The Passing Parade, 1 of 2, John Nesbitt's Passing Parade, "The Hidden Master", "Trifles That Win Wars", "Famous Boners", "Golden Hunch", "Trifles of Importance", B & W 2 Chasman.D MGM Rare Short Subjects (con't) The Passing Parade, 2 of 2, John Nesbitt's Passing Parade, "More Trifles of Importance", B & W, 10/17/80 "Pennies From Heaven", Steve Martin, Warner Bros. Sales Presentation, 7/21/81. Ad promo. 1976 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1 of 2, 7/1/81. First cut of this film made by Joseph Strick from Joyce novel sent to DC for opinion. N.C.A. 1976 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 2 of 2, 7/1/81 The Projectionist, sent to DC by Harry Hurwitz, Director. Part 1, 2/5/79. Part II, 2/5/79 Richard Pryor, Special Events TV, Part I, compact video systems master, 10/8/79 Richard Pryor, Special Events TV, Part II, compact video systems master, 10/8/79 Robin Williams Special, 11/2/78 I Box i, \j She Fell Among Thieves, BBC-Clive Donner film. N.C.A. Part I, Image transform master. Part II, Image transform master Steve Martin, Johnny Carson Show, 12/29/81. Ad promo. The Taming of the Shrew, Part I, 4/11/80 The Taming of the Shrew, Part II, 4/11/80 The Taming of the Shrew, Part III, 4/11/80 This is Noel Coward - Documentary. Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom. Academy Award winning cartoon. Venice Vera Cruz, 1 of 2 Vera Cruz, 2 of 2 N.C.A. = Not Commercially Available 3 2Chasman.D CHASMAN, DAVID Gift of March 15, 1990 NCA = Not Commercially Available Videotapes Paige 1. "An American in Paris", MGM 1951. Unused scene. Box 11.. Georges Guetory singing "Love Walked In" never used in final mix. NCA 2. "Hollywood Review of 1929", MGM 1929. Rare clips, plus clip of Laurence Olivier's acceptance speech at 1979 Academy Awards - notorious for sheer incomprehensibility of his remarks. 3. "I, Claudius", 1969 British documentary of aborted Alexander Korda film. NCA in this long form. 4. "In the Park", Charlie Chaplin silent movie. 16mm, home movie. 5. "Pennies From Heaven", unused scene. Flophouse scene to "Serenade In the Night" (alternate death of Accordion Man). 6. "Secret of My Success", second cut, as of 1/23/87. "Quite different from release print." 7. "Sparring Partner", Charlie Chaplin, silent. 16mm home movie. 8. "USO Tour", rare documentary of Frank Sinatra on tour with the USO during WWII 9. Unknown 3/4" videotape 1 Chasman.D CHASMAN, DAVID Deposit of March 15, 1990 Paige Box f\ Files State of the Union Libby Holman, re: screenplay Face Value Club Fed (2) NY Times Correspondence Brighton Beach Memoirs Correspondence The Secret of My Success (3) UA Status Reports - xeroxes Director/Producer Deals - xeroxes Contracts - xeroxes Playbills: 38 performances DC attended recent? 2 Chasman, David Preliminary Listing November 27, 1990 I. Manuscripts. A. Screenplays by others. Box\\ l. "Pals" by S. Stallone (unproduced) 2. "Club Fed" by Mary and Peter Stone (unproduced) 3. "Mr. Bad News" by Neil Simon (unproduced) 4. "That Old Feeling" by Leslie Dixon 5. "Doctor Cyclops II" by Dean Reisner (unproduced, 2 copies.) 6. "The McKesson Story" by Preston Sturges (uncorrected) 7. "Starbro" by Neil Simon 8. "McGinty's Pyramicf' by Nelson Grubstrees (first draft, 3 copies) 9. "Shag" by Lanier Long (sp?) and T. Sweeney (2 copies) 10. "A Nasty Romance" by Sam Hamm 11. "The Special" by K. N. Adams and M. Masters 12. "The Secret ofMy Success" by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, Jr. Boxl,3 13. "Rio Kiss" by John Guare (3-15-90) 14.