AHJ_ah06081 Inventory of the Adolph Schaumer papers, 1929-1965 Schaumer (Adolph) Papers Processed by Roger Simon University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
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 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort July 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Schaumer, Adolph, 1898-1977 Adolph Schaumer papers 1929-1965 06081 8.80 cubic ft. (20 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English Adolph Schaumer was an assistant director and second unit director in the American motion picture and television industry. The collection contains screenplays and other documents related to the production of movies, most of them produced by Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century-Fox. Biography of Adolph Schaumer

Adolph Schaumer was an assistant director and second unit director in the American motion picture and television industry.

 Scope and Content

Collection contains drafts of scripts for film and television program, as well as documents related to the production of film and television programs, including set breakdown sheets and cross plots. Most of the materials in the collection are from films produced by Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century-Fox, including "Bachelor Flat" (1962), "Blue Denim" (1959), "Daddy Long Legs" (1955), "The Egyptian" (1954), "Fantastic Voyage" (1966), "The Girl Can't Help It" (1956), "Hell and High Water" (1954), "The Ox-Bow Incident" (1943), "The Proud Ones" (1956), "Shock Treatment" (1964), "Sons and Lovers" (1960), "State Fair" (1962), "There's No Business Like Show Business" (1954), "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1961), "Warlock" (1959), and "The Young Lions" (1958).

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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There are no known other archival collections created by Adolph Schaumer as of the date of processing.

This material was received from Adolph Schaumer in 1976.

Processed by Roger Simon in October 2025.

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 Access Terms Motion picture industry. Television industry. Screenplays. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Bachelor Flat (Motion picture) Blue Denim (Motion picture) Daddy Long Legs (Motion picture) The Egyptian (Motion picture) Fantastic Voyage (Motion picture) The Girl Can't Help It (Motion picture) Hell and High Water (Motion picture) The Ox-Bow Incident (Motion picture) The Proud Ones (Motion picture) Shock Treatment (Motion picture) Sons and Lovers (Motion picture) State Fair (Motion picture) There's No Business Like Show Business (Motion picture) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (Motion picture) The Young Lions (Motion picture) Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Performing Arts Container List I. Movies 1 “Almost Married” (Fox Film Corp.) (“Circumstances (Devil’s Triangle”)) – First Treatment by William Cameron Menzies 1931 “Bachelor Flat” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 1 Final Script by Frank Tashlin (two copies) 1961

One copy includes handwritten annotations and a staff list.

 1 Set breakdown with index 1961 “The Bachelor’s Baby”(Twentieth Century-Fox) (unproduced) 1 Temporary by Wendell Mayes 1958 1 Set breakdown undated 1 “Born to Fight” (“The Cross Pull”) (Fox Film Corp.) by Marion Jackson 1932 “Blue Denim” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 1 First Draft Continuity by Edith Sommer and Philip Dunne 1959 1 Final cross plot 1959 “Bottoms Up” (Fox Film Corp.) 1 Final Shooting Script by G.B. DeSylva, David Butler, and Sid Silvers 1933 1 Working progress schedule undated 2 “Business and Pleasure” (“The Plutocrat”) (Fox Film Corp.) – Final Shooting Script by Booth Tarkington, adaptation and dialogue by William Conselman and Gene Towne 1931 2 “Captain January” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – set breakdown with index 1935 2 “Charlie Chan in Paris” (Fox Film Corp.) – Final Shooting Script by Philip MacDonald 1934 “A Connecticut Yankee” (Fox Film Corp.) 2 script “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” by Hayden Talbot and Emmett Flynn (adaption continuity and dialogue) 1930 2 script “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” by William M. Conselman undated “Daddy Long Legs” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 2 Final by Phoebe and Henry Ephron 1954 2 Set breakdown sheets undated “Delicious” (Fox Film Corp.) 2 Final Shooting Script by Guy Bolton and Sonya Levien 1931 2 Routine of: “New York Rhapsody” undated 3 “Do It Again” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Final by Edmund Hartmann (unproduced) 1961 “Down to Earth” (Fox Film Corp.) 3 Second Run by Homer Croy, first dialogue and continuity by Edwin Burke 1932 3 Final Shooting Script by Homer Croy, first dialogue and continuity by Edwin Burke (two copies) 1932 “Do You Love Me” 3 Script “Kitten on the Keys” – Revised Shooting Final by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan 1945 3 Script “Kitten on the Keys” – Second Revised Shooting Final by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan, additional dialogue by Dorothy Bennett 1945 “The Dud Avocado” (Twentieth Century-Fox) (unproduced)

Based on the novel by Elaine Dundy.

 3 Fourth Draft Screenplay by Edith Sommer and Philip Dunne 1959 4 Fourth Draft Screenplay with revised pages and handwritten annotations 1959 4 Assorted undated

Includes set breakdown sheets and lists of interior and exterior sets.

 4 “The Egyptian” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Shooting Final Script by Philip Dunne 1954 4 “Elopement” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – first temporary production cross plot 1951 “Fantastic Voyage” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 4 First Draft by Harry Kleiner (three-ring notebook) 1964

Includes a call sheet and handwritten notes.

 4 Script (three-ring notebook) 1965

Includes revised script pages, a list of “starting dates and length of run for the principal characters," and handwritten notes.

 5 set breakdown sheets with index (three-ring notebook) 1964

Includes handwritten notes.

 5 set breakdown sheets with index 1964 5 final production cross plot 1964 “Fate is the Hunter” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 5 Revised First Draft Screenplay by Harold Medford 1963 5 final production cross plot 1964 “Five Weeks in a Balloon” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 5 First Draft Screenplay by Charles Bennett, Irwin Allen, and Albert Gail 1961 5 set breakdown sheets undated “Flaming Star” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 5 script “The Brothers of Flaming Arrow” – Final by Nunnally Johnson 1958 6 script “Flaming Lance” – Revised Final by Nunnally Johnson 1958 6 set breakdown sheets undated 6 “The Gay Caballero” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – script “Ghost of the Cisco Kid” – Revised Final by Albert Duffy 1940 “The Girl Can’t Help It” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 6 script “Do Re Mi” – Shooting Final by Frank Tashlin 1956

Includes revised script pages, staff and cast lists, and set breakdown sheets with index.

 6 “Do Re Mi” – revised final production cross plot 1956 6 “Good Morning, Miss Dove” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – revised final production cross plot 1955 “Handle with Care” (Fox Film Corp.) 6 script “The Chaplin Story” by Frank Craven and Sam Mintz 1932 6 script “Divided by Two” – Final Shooting Script by Frank Craven and Sam Mintz 1932 7 “Have a Heart” (MGM) – Script undated 7 “Heartbreak”(Fox Film Corp.) – Script – adaptation and dialogue by William Conselman 1931 “Hell and High Water” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 7 Shooting Final 1953 7 Revised Shooting Final 1953 7 Assorted 1953, undated

Includes set breakdown sheets, a cast list, an advance schedule, and a final production cross plot.

 “High Heels” (Twentieth Century-Fox) (unproduced) 7 First Draft Screenplay by Lloyd Shearer and Daniel Fuchs 1958 7 set breakdown sheets undated 7 “High Society Blues” (Fox Film Corp.) – Script by Howard J. Green 1929 “Hold Me Tight” (Fox Film Corp.) 8 manuscript “Department Store” by Gertrude Rigdon 1932 8 “Department Store” – Third version continuity and dialogue by Gladys Lehman 1932 8 “Department Store” – Final Shooting Script by Gladys Lehman 8 “Hold That Girl” (Fox Film Corp.) – Revised Final Shooting Script by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti 1933 8 “Hoopla” (Fox Film Corp.) – Final Shooting Script by Bradley King and Joseph Moncure March 1933 “Hound-Dog Man” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 8 Final by Winston Miller and Fred Gipson (two copies) 1959

One copy includes handwritten annotations.

 8 set breakdown sheets undated 8 production cross plot – for preproduction planning only 1959 “The Hunters” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 9 Revised Shooting Final by Wendell Mayes 1958 9 set breakdown sheets with index 1958 9 revised set breakdown sheets with index 1958 “Iris” (Twentieth Century-Fox) (unproduced) 9 Temporary Script by Max N. Benoff 9 Assorted 1959

Includes a list of “scenes required from stock library” and a list of process plates for following sets.”

 9 “Jimmy and Sally” (Fox Film Corp.) – Final Shooting Script by Marguerite and Paul Schofield, revised by William Conselman 1933 9 “Just Imagine” (Fox Film Corp.) – Script undated “The Last Wagon” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 9 Revised Final Script by Delmer Daves, based on a screenplay by James Edward Grant 1956 9 Assorted undated

A map of locations for the movie and a list regarding second-unit work.

 9 “The Last Years” (apparently unproduced) – Script undated “The Lost World” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 10 Final Draft Screenplay by Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett (three-ring notebook) 1959 10 Shooting Final Screenplay by Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett 1960 “Love That Brute” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Script “Turned Up Toes” – Final Script by John Lee Mahin 1949 “The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 10 Final by Nunnally Johnson 1935 10 “Monte Carlo” – set breakdown sheets with index 1935 “Mardi Gras” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 10 Revised Final by Winston Miller 1958

Includes documents related to the music in the movie.

 10 Shooting Final by Hal Kanter 1958

Includes five sets of additional and revised pages.

 11 Shooting Final by Hal Kanter (two copies) 1958

Includes blue revised script pages.

 11 Revised Shooting Final by Hal Kanter 1958

Includes two sets of additional and revised pages.

 11 set breakdown sheets with index 1958, undated “Mister Scoutmaster” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 11 script “Be Prepared” – Revised Final by Leonard Praskins and Barney Slater 1953 11 Assorted 1953, undated

Includes Includes cast, staff, bit, lists, location sheet, list of process shots, Art Department breakdown and set list, a shooting schedule, a script breakdown with index, final produection cross plot, and typewritten notes with annotations.

 “Move Over, Darling” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 11 Final by Hal Kanter and Jack Sher 1963 12 Assorted 1963, undated

Includes shooting schedule, set breakdown sheets with index, and second revised final production cross plot.

 12 “Mr. Belvedere Rings the Bell” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – “Mr. Belvedere Blows His Whistle” – final production cross plot 1951 12 “My Heart Tells Me” (Twentieth Century-Fox) (unproduced) – set breakdown sheets with index 1946

Gregory Ratoff is listed as director, and Schaumer is listed as assistant director. According to an article published in “The New York Times” on August 27, 1946, "Twentieth Century-Fox has named Nancy Guild to replace Jeanne Crain as leading woman opposite Victor Mature in 'My Heart Tells Me,' formerly labeled 'I Live Alone' and originally called 'No Wedding Ring.' Gregory Ratoff will direct the picture from a story by Gene Markey which deals with the problems of a returning veteran."

“My Weakness” (Fox Film Corp.) 12 First Rough Draft by B.G. De Sylva 1933 12 Script by B.G. De Sylva (dialogue) and David Butler (continuity) 1933 “On the Threshold of Space” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 12 Shooting Final Script by Simon Wincelberg 1955 12 set breakdown sheets with index 1955 12 revised final production cross plot (two copies)

One copy includes handwritten annotations.

 12 “The Ox-Bow Incident” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Final Script by Lamar Trotti 1942 12 “Paris Underground” (United Artists) – Script by Boris Ingster and Gertrude Purcell undated “The Proud Ones” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 13 Script 1955 13 Assorted 1956, undated

Includes set breakdown sheets with index, a one line schedule, a final production cross plot, a shooting schedule, and cast, staff, and bit lists.

 13 “Rackety Rax” (Fox Film Corp.) – First Treatment by William Conselman 1932 “The Raid” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 13 Revised Shooting Final by Sydney Boehm 1953 13 set breakdown sheets and set construction list 1953 “The Right Approach” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 13 “The Live Wire” – Revised Final by Oscar Brodney (two copies) 13 “The Live Wire” – Revised by Oscar Brodney 1960

Includes handwritten annotations.

 13 Assorted 1960, undated

Includes lists of cast, bits, staff, and crew, a call sheet, set breakdown sheets with index, and final production cross plot.

 14 “Roxie Hart” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Final Script by Nunnally Johnson 1941 “Seven Thieves” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 14 Revised First Draft Screenplay by Sydney Boehm 1959 14 Script with handwritten annotations undated 14 set breakdown sheets with index 1959, undated “She Learned about Sailors” (Fox Film Corp.) 14 Fourth Draft by William Conselman and Henry Johnson 1934 14 working progress schedule undated “Shock Treatment” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 14 Revised Final by Sydney Boehm 1963 14 Assorted 1963, undated

Includes cast and bit lists, financial documents, set breakdown sheets with index, a letter regarding the use of animals in the movie, furst temporary production cross plot, and final production cross plot.

 15 “Sons and Lovers” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Shooting Final by Gavin Lambert “State Fair” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 15 Final by Richard L. Breen 1961 15 Shooting Final by Richard L. Breen with revisions by Hal Kanter 1961

Includes handwritten notes.

 15 set breakdown sheets with index undated 15 “The Story on Page One” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Script – Final 1959 15 “Straight, Place and Show” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Script – Revised Final by Allen Rivkin and M.M. Musselman, additional dialogue by Lew Brown 1938 16 “Sunny Side Up” (Fox Film Corp.) – Script - First Version undated 16 “Swingin’ Along” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – “The Schnook” – first temporary production cross plot 1960 “There’s No Business Like Show Business” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 16 Revised Final Script by Phoebe and Henry Ephron 1954 16 Assorted 1954

Includes wardrobe plot, a list of inserts, set breakdown sheets, and revised final production cross plot.

 16 “Three Little Girls in Blue” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Final Script by Valentine Davies 1945 16 “Three on a Honeymoon” (Fox Film Corp.) – Final Shooting Script by Edward T. Lowe and Raymond Van Sickle 1934 “Under Two Flags” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 16 Second Temporary Script by W.P. Lipscomb 1935 16 Revised Shooting Final, Part One 1935 16 Revised Shooting Final, Part Three 1936 17 Script undated 17 Assorted 1935-1936

Set breakdown sheets (Brower Unit – Lloyd A-23) and tentative production cross plot.

 “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 17 Revised Shooting Final by Irwin Allen and Charles Bennett 1961

Includes a set of revised script pages.

 17 set breakdown sheets with index undated 17 Assorted 1960-1963, undated

Includes three memos from director Irwin Allen regarding construction savings, animals, and miniature shooting, lists for characters, staff, cast, bit, interviews, and ship personnel as indicated working in control room, production schedule, shooting final production cross plot, final revised production cross plot, and handwritten notes.

 17 “Warlock” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – Final Script by Robert Alan Aurthur 1958 “The White Parade” (Fox Film Corp.) 17 Script by Rian James and Jesse Lasky, Jr. (adaptation), Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal (screenplay) 1934 17 Revised Final Shooting Script by Rian James and Jesse Lasky, Jr. (adaptation), Sonya Levien and Ernest Pascal (screenplay) 1934 18 “Windblast” undated

Apparently unproduced. Includes set breakdown sheets and two copies of "Air Force Requirements for 'Windblast.'"

 18 “Young America” (Fox Film Corp.) – Final Shooting Script by William Conselman “The Young Lions” (Twentieth Century-Fox) 18 First Draft Continuity by Edward Anhalt 1957 18 Final Script by Edward Anhalt 1957 18 set breakdown sheets with index 1957 19 Assorted 1957, undated

Includes lists for bits, characters, music, required stock shots, plates to be made, tentative departures, and World War II equipment to be used in France. Also includes wardrobe breakdown, temporary schedules, a memo regarding wardrobe for Montgomery Clift, a map of locations, an advance schedule, first temporary production cross plot, reviised final production cross plot, a letter to director Edward Dmytryk, and financial documents.

“Young People” (Twentieth Century-Fox) – 19 Temporary Script by Edwin Blum and Don Ettlinger 1940 19 Final Script by Edwin Blum and Don Ettlinger 1940 19 “You’re a Sweetheart” (Universal Pictures) – script “Young Man’s Fancy” – Revised Final undated 19 set breakdown sheets - unidentified projects undated II. Television 19 “Adventures in Paradise” (Twentieth Century-Fox Television) - season 3, episode 8 - “The Fires of Kanua” 1961

Includes the revised final script by Edward Lasko, revised script pages, and two call sheets.

 19 “Five Fingers” (Twentieth Century-Fox Television) – season 1, episode 1 – “Station Break” – Final 1959 20 “Halls of Montezuma” (Twentieth Century-Fox Television) (unproduced) – “The Pied Pipers of the Pacific” – Final by Samuel Fuller

A "blueprint" for a TV series.

 “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” (Twentieth Century-Fox Television) – season 1, episode 1 – “Eleven Days to Zero” 20 Revised Final Script by Irwin Allen 1963 20 Script (three-ring notebook) undated 20 Assorted 1963

Set breakdown sheets with index and a call sheet.

 III. Assorted 20 Handwritten notes and a blank document titled "Location Personnel and Requirements" undated