Ted Reive Collection (1938-1989) Inventory Autographs, autograph books, autographed photographs of celebrities and correspondence with celebrities from the estate of Toronto collector and playwright Ted Reive. The collection also includes autographed theatre programs from the 1940’s-1980’s (a good section of popular productions in Toronto and New York), and plays, monologues, songs and lyrics written by Mr. Reive, some of which were performed on CBC Radio, by Spring Thaw, etc. 8 boxes; 1.61 linear metres Box #1: Personal material, songs and scripts by Ted Reive; Correspondence with celebrities; Autographed photographs Env. #1: Biographical Information – 8 items Clippings, letters, list of likes/dislikes Env. #2: Business Correspondence (1948-1969) – 21 items Concerning copyright applications, invoices re: seeking venues for his scripts. (see also Env. 5 Hello Fred 1966). Env. #3: Programs listing TR as author, accompanist, etc. – 9 items Uniden. Production, n.p. [Toronto?], n.d. “Hello for Now” in two scenes, by TR New Play Society, n.d. (1950?) “Black Threes” words & music by TR “Meet Marg Margetson” by TR New Play Society, Spring Thaw ‘50, April 21-May 6, 1950 “Meet Marg Margetson” by TR New Play Society, Spring Thaw ‘50, May 20-27, 1950 (2 programs) “Meet Marg Margetson” by TR New Play Society, Spring Thaw ‘51, April 23- , 1951 “Violets” by TR “Marg Margetson Returns” by TR “Bon Ami” by TR “The Longest Day of the Year” by TR Theatre in the Dell, Hello Fred, Sept. 1966 Ted Reive Collection Inventory Page 2 of 97 “New Hope for Flowers” by TR “Dear Tim” by TR “Rock-a-Bye Boo Boo” by TR “Meet Marg Margetson” by TR “Driving Me Crazy” by TR Miss Joy Dunning Annual Dance Recital June 1, 19? – (TR accompanist) First Annual Dance Recital by pupils of Christine Vienneau, May 22, 1959 (TR pianist) Env. #4: Doreen Hayes School of Dancing, 1960 – 26 items Programs for shows, recitals, exams, notes, etc. (TR accompanist) Env. #5: Hello Fred (Pam Hyatt Show, 1966) – 8 items Letters and contracts Env. #6: Hello Fred – Scripts (considered for show) – 7 items “Does She or Doesn’t He” “I Found My Love in Eaton’s Annex” “Meet Marg Margetson” “New Hope for Flowers” “Pills Are People Too” “Rock-a-bye Boo Boo” “You’re Driving Me Crazy” Env. #7: Spring Thaw, 1969 – Scripts (considered for show) – 8 items “Birdlady of Alcatraz” “Little Red Riding Hood” “Men Who Do” “The People-Generators” “Rose Marie’s Baby” “The Six O’clock News” “That’s the Style” “Three Public Servants” Env. #8: Windermere United Church Variety Nights (1983-1987) – 32 items Church bulletins, etc., notes, clippings Scripts, songs, etc. (26 items) used in Windermere shows “Another Openin’ Another Spleen” Ted Reive Collection Inventory Page 3 of 97 “Button Up Your Overcoat” “Applause” “Asses to Ashes” (2 p.) “Chasin’ the Bugs Away” “Cocktails for Two” “Coffee, Tea or Flee” (2 p.) “Entertainment Tonight” “Gandhi” (2 p. lyrics, 1 p. music) “Hari-Kari” (2 p.) “Hooray for Windermere” (1 p. lyrics, 2 p. music) “The Housewife’s Lament” “I Get ‘The Sun’ in the Morning” (2 p.) “I Want to Go Back” (2 p.) “Josephine” (3 p.) “Keep Fit” “Let Us Entertain You” “Mister Grocer” “New Hope for Flowers” “Our Douglas Brown” “Pollution ’85” (3 p.) “Rock-a-bye Boo Boo” (4 p.) “A U.C. Girl” (2 p.) “Welcome Back, Golub” (3 p.) “Welcome to Neita’s Place” “We’re All Set” Env. 9: Reviews – 11 items Spring Thaw, 1950-51 (4 items) Hello Fred (7 items) File10: Music (lyrics and/or music by Ted Reive) – 22 items “Black Threes” (1 p. lyrics, 2 p. mss. music) “Bon Ami” (4 p. mss words and music) “Castle on East Forty-Eight Street” (4 p. mss. words and music) “Don’t Do Me Any Favours” (4 p. mss. words and music) “Falling Out of Love With You” (4 pp. mss. words and music) “Gandhi” (see Windermere, Env. 8) “The Gentleman Made It Come True” (1 p. lyrics, 1 p. mss. music in C, 2 p. mss. music in F) “Hold Back the Dawn” (1 p. lyrics) “I Found My Love in Eaton’s Annex” (1 p. lyrics, 1 p. mss. words and music) “I Want to Play with the Guys” (1 p. lyrics, 2 p. mss. music; arr. of “I Want to be Bad”) Ted Reive Collection Inventory Page 4 of 97 “I’m In Love With You” (1 p. lyrics) “I’m Never Gonna’ Try Another Contest” (2 p. intro. and lyrics) “Let Us Entertain You” (see Windermere, Env. 8) “Love’s a Wonderful Thing” (2 p. lyrics) “Old Wine” (corrected copy) (3 p. mss. words and music) “One Boy for Me” (1 p. lyrics, 1 p. mss words and music) “Our Douglas Brown” (see Windermere, Env. 8) “There’s No Reason Why” (1 p. mss. words and music) “Three Public Servants” (1 p. lyrics) “Three Sinners” (2 p. lyrics, 1 with annotations) “Where Was I” (1 p. lyrics) “You Started Something” (3 p. mss. words and music) “You’re the Last Bay That’s Left in My Belfry” (1 p. lyrics, 1 p. mss. words and music) Folder of lyrics for eight songs Env. 11: Script – 1 item “An American in New York; a monologue in verse” by TR; typescript 1 p. File 12: Scripts – 6 items Apartment 113 [radio play] by TR; typescript, 13 p. “Asses to Ashes; a monologue” by TR; typescript, 2 p. “The Birdlady of Alcatraz; a sketch” by TR; typescript, cc., 2 p. “Call Me Dearest; a sketch” by TR; typescript, 2 p. “The Calm Before the Shower; a monologue” by TR (1951) typescript, 2 p. Cards on Board; a play by TR typescript ,cc., 96 p. Env. 13: Script – 1 item Correspondents’ Course; a play by TR; typescript, 126 p. Env. 14: Script – 1 item “Count Your Blessings; a sketch” by TR; typescript, 6 p. File 15: Scripts – 3 items “Dear Nan Flanders; a sketch” by TR (1965) typescript, 3 p. “Dial P for Police”, holograph manuscript, 3 p. + 2 clippings Ted Reive Collection Inventory Page 5 of 97 “Does She, or Doesn’t He? a monologue” by TR; typescript, 1 p. Env. 16: Script – 2 items Far-Away Footlights; a comedy in one act by TR; 12 p. typescript, cc. + 9 p. revisions. Comments by Ethel Britton and Francis Lederer on p. 1 Env. 17: Script – 1 item Hello For Now; a play by TR; typescript, cc., 52 p. File 18: Scripts – 4 items “For Men Only; a monologue” (1965) by TR; typescript , cc., 2 p. “Index Rising; a monologue” by TR; typescript, 2 p. “Laura Secord, Secret Agent; a sketch” by TR; typescript, cc., 4 p. “Little Red Riding Hood (& The New Morality) as told by TR”; typescript, 2 p. Env. 19: Script – 1 item “The Longest Day of the Year; a blackout” by TR; typescript, 5 p. File 20: Scripts, etc. – 5 items “Love for Sale”, mss., 1 p. (both sides) “Meet Marg Margetson; a sketch” by TR; typescript , 6 p. and typescript , 7 p. with note from Jane Mallett. “Mind Over Matter; a sketch” by TR; typescript, 3 p. Env. 21: Script – 1 item “Marg Margetson Returns; a blackout: by TR; typescript, 5 p. Env. 22: Script – 1 item “The Mosquito and Mr. Brito; a pantomime” by TR; typescript, 2 p. Ted Reive Collection Inventory Page 6 of 97 File 23: Scripts – 2 items “New Hope for Flowers; a monologue” by TR (1965); typescript, cc., 2 p. New Lease on Summer (1948), radio script by TR; mimeo typescript, 61p. Env. 24: Script – 1 item No Bed of Roses by TR; typescript, 15 p. + 9 p. typescript revisions. Env. 25: Script – 1 item Person to Person, a farce for radio by TR; 46 p. typescript File 26: Scripts, etc. – 12 items “The People Generators, a sketch” by TR; typescript, cc., 1 p. “Pills Are People Too, a monologue” by TR; typescript, 1 p. “Rock-a-Bye Booboo, a sketch” by TR (1965); typescript, cc, 3 p. “Rose Marie’s Baby; a sketch” by TR; typescript, 2 p. “Seconds; a sketch” by TR; typescript, 3 p. “The Six O’Clock News; a sketch” by TR; 2 p. typescript “That’s the Style,a sketch” by TR; typescript, 2 p. “Tour de Farce; a sketch” by TR (1965); typescript, cc, 5 p. “The Ultra Violet, a monologue” by TR; typescript, 2 p.; typescript, cc, 2 p.; and 1 clipping “You’re Driving Me Crazy; a monologue” by TR; typescript, 2 p. Env. 27: Script – 1 item “Women Without Men, a sketch” by TR; typescript, 5 p. Env. 28: Script – 1 item “Yellow Fever, a sketch” by TR; typescript, 6 p. Ted Reive Collection Inventory Page 7 of 97 The remaining material in the collection relates to or is the result of Mr. Reive’s collection of autographs and photographs of celebrities. Env. 29: Correspondence (Miscellaneous) – 14 items Envelopes, letters from secretaries, 1 memorial card for James Cagney, 1 card from the White House with facsimile autograph (Ronald Reagan), 1 unsigned letter from Buckingham Palace (1939) File 30: Correspondence, A-G – 28 items Anders, Glenn (1890- ) American actor ACS [May 19, 1978 Hackensack, NJ] + envelope Thanks for TR’s letter; mentions his three Pulitzer prizes, including one play he also did with Tallulah [Bankhead] in London Adrian, Iris (1913- ) American film actress ALS cNov.1987. Note on verso of photocopy of a letter to Miss Adrian from Jim McPherson, which she especially enjoyed and wished to share with TR. Agutter, Jenny (1952- ) British actress ANS n.d. Barnstable, N. Devon, England. Thanks for TRs letter.