AHJ_ah06005 Inventory of the George Zuckerman Papers, ca. 1930-1974 Zuckerman (George) Papers Processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig The creation of the EAD-version of this finding aid was made possible through a grant from the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.
American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/
2005

University of Wyoming

 Finding aid encoded by Ann Mulfort November 2005 Finding aid is in English George Zuckerman Papers, ca. 1930-1974 Collection number: 06005 University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. Publication date: 2005 Contact Information American Heritage Center Dept. 3924, 1000 E. University Avenue University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Phone: 307.766.2574 Fax:307.766.5511 Email:ahcref@uwyo.edu URL:http://ahc.uwyo.edu/ March 2004

"©" 2005 University of Wyoming

 Collection Summary Zuckerman, George, 1916- George Zuckerman Papers ca. 1930-1974 06005 18.45 cubic feet (35 DOC boxes, 1 F20 box, 1 F31 box, 1 F2D box) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian Screenplays, scripts, manuscripts, notes, books, and other miscellaneous materials of this screenwriter, playwright, and author. Biography of George Zuckerman

George Zuckerman, nationally known screenwriter, playwright, and author, was born in Brooklyn, New York on August 10, 1916. He started writing short stories when he was a teenager. Zuckerman attended and graduated from the University of South Carolina. While he was a student there, he published short stories in the school’s literary magazine The Carolinian, including The House of Six-Fifty O’Clock (March 1938) and Death Ends At Eighteen (November 1939). Zuckerman turned to writing novelettes during the mid-1940s and gained national exposure with works such as Crosstown (1945), The Victims (1946), and The Case of Lela Cade (1949). His novelettes were published in several magazines including Cosmopolitan, Collier’s, and Esquire.

Zuckerman began writing motion picture screenplays in 1947, starting with La Forteresse. Often drawing upon his earlier literary efforts for material, he enjoyed great success as a screenwriter for over a decade. He earned screenwriting credits in seventeen movies, including Trapped (1949), Under the Gun (1951), The Square Jungle (1955), and The Tarnished Angels (1958). A number of prominent actors and actresses appeared in Zuckerman’s screenwriting efforts, including Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, and Lauren Bacall.

Zuckerman turned to other creative endeavors in the 1960s. He wrote the dialogue for the 1964 musical Golden Boy, starring Sammy Davis Jr., which had a successful run on Broadway. He also started writing novels during this decade, often using material from his theatrical works. His first novel, The Last Flapper (1969), was loosely based on the life of Zelda Fitzgerald, the widow of novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. He wrote and published two more novels in the 1970s: Farewell Frank Merriwell (1973) and The Potato Peelers (1974).

George Zuckerman was married to Blanche Zuckerman. The couple had two children: Gregg and Laurie. George Zuckerman passed away on September 30, 1996.

Scope and Content

The George Zuckerman Papers contain screenplays, manuscripts, notes, books, and other materials pertaining to his writing career. They are primary documents of his activities as a screenwriter, playwright, and author, from the 1930s to the 1970s, with original material regarding his screenplays, novels, plays, novelettes, and short stories. The materials record the development of his works from conception to final form. They also reveal much about his development as a writer, documenting his progression from short stories to novelettes, screenplays, plays, and novels.

Arrangement of the Collection

Series I consists of materials regarding Zuckerman’s motion picture screenplays, containing both his produced and proposed motion picture efforts. Series II contains the original manuscripts, correspondence, and notes for his novels. Series III contains manuscripts and notes from his playwriting efforts. Of particular interest are the materials regarding Golden Boy, which was a successful Broadway production. Series IV and Series V cover Zuckerman’s novelettes and short stories respectively. These two series document the early stages of his writing career, with original manuscripts and a few works in their final published form in magazines. Series VI consists of three scripts documenting Zuckerman’s occasional work in radio and television. Series VII contains copies of all three of his published novels and an issue of Film Comment magazine. Series VIII consists of broadsides and posters for movies in which Zuckerman was a screenwriter.

 Access Restrictions

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

 Copyright Information

Gregg Zuckerman and Laurie Zuckerman hold copyright to the George Zuckerman Papers. The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

 Related Materials

There are no other known archival collections created by George Zuckerman at the date of processing.

 Acquisition Information

George Zuckerman and his daughter Laurie Zuckerman donated the papers to the American Heritage Center in two shipments in 1975 and 2002.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig in March 2004.

 Preferred Citation

Item Description, box Number, Folder Number, George Zuckerman Papers, ca. 1930-1974, Collection Number 06005, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

 Access Terms Fiction--20th Century. Motion picture authorship. Motion pictures, American. Playwriting. Theater--United States. Dramatists, American. Authors, American. Screenwriters. <?xm-replace_text {Title as Subject}?> Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Literature Performing Arts Series I. Screenplays 1946-1960 1 1 The Breckinridge Story July 1, 1953

Final Screenplay

 1 2 California Street February 29, 1960

First Draft

 1 3 Chief Crazy Horse September 5, 1952

Second Draft Continuity

 1 4 Crosstown ca. 1953

First Draft

 1 5 Darby's Rangers 1951

Draft

 1 6 Dawn At Socorro December 29, 1953

Final Screenplay

 2 1-2 Doc Holliday 1953

Original Treatment and Planned Screenplay

 2 3 Eagles Have Flat Feet July 31, 1946

Outline

 2 4 Francis of Assisi no date

Screenplay

 2 5 How To Break Up a Double Play no date

Notes

 2 6 I Can Get It For You Wholesale June 1, 1949

Treatment - First Draft

 2 7 Iron Man March 13, 1950

Treatment

 2 8-9 Let No Man Write My Epitaph 1958-1959

First Draft and Final Draft

 3 1 Let No Man Write My Epitaph November 4, 1958

Revised Pages

 3 2 Masterson December 27, 1951

First Draft

 3 3-5 Panther's Moon 1949

First Draft Continuity, Second Draft Continuity, Final Shooting Script

 3 6-7 Pylon 1956

First Draft, Revised Final Screenplay

 4 1 Shame on Red Hot Mama no date

Notes

 4 2 Son of Cochise June 15, 1953

Revised Final Screenplay

 4 3 The Square Jungle ca. 1955

Outline - Hands Wide Open

 4 4 The Stalking Horse no date

Notes

 4 5-8 Sutton Place 1956-1957

Step Outline, Treatment, First Draft Screenplay, Final Screenplay

 4 9 Swamp Treasure no date

Outlines

 4 10-11 The Tarnished Angels ca. 1987, January 21, 1958

Brochure (Spanish), Clipping

 4 12-13 The Tattered Dress 1956-1957

Clipping, Final Screenplay

 5 1 Thirteen to Go October 19, 1950

Treatment

 5 2 The Thousand Doors no date

Notes

 5 3 Trapped October 30, 1948

Final Screenplay

 5 4 The Trial's the Thing no date

Scripts

 5 5 A T.V. Guide to Assassination no date

Notes

 5 6-7 Under the Gun 1949-1950

First Draft Continuity, Final Shooting Script

 5 8 The Wine of Youth April 12, 1960

Second Draft Continuity

 5 9 With This Ring, I Thee Murder no date

Notes

 5 10 Woodgate no date

Second Draft Screenplay

 6 1-4 Written on the Wind 1955-1957

Musical Score, Periodical - Mon Film (French), Periodical - Picturegoer, Step Outline

 Series II. Novels, 1943-1974 6 5-6 Beautiful Guy 1970s

Manuscript, Chapters 1-39

 6 7-10 Farewell, Frank Merriwell ca. 1968-1969, 1973

Clippings, Correspondence, Galley Proofs 1-2

 7 1-7 Farewell, Frank Merriwell 1968-1969, 1972

Manuscript - First Draft, Manuscript - First Draft Revision

 8 1-6 Farewell, Frank Merriwell 1968, 1972-1973

Manuscript - Revised Draft 1, Revised Draft 2, Manuscript - Printer's Draft: "June 1-2, 1968"

 9 1-6 Farewell, Frank Merriwell ca. 1968-1973

Manuscript - Printer's Draft: "June 3-5, 1968", Manuscripts - Discarded Pages, Manuscripts - Miscellaneous, Notes - Dialogue Notes, Folder 1

 10 1-7 Farewell, Frank Merriwell ca. 1968-1973

Folders 2-4, Notes - Miscellaneous, Title Pages

 11 1-5 The Here and Now 1944

Manuscript - Rough Draft, Carbon Copy

 11 6-8 The Last Flapper no date, 1946, 1962, 1965, 1969

Clippings, Correspondence, Galley Proofs; Parts 1-2

 12 1-6 The Last Flapper 1965, 1969

Galley Proofs; Parts 3-4, Manuscript - First Draft, Manuscript - Final Draft; Book 1

 13 1-7 The Last Flapper 1965, 1969

Manuscript - Final Draft; Book 2-Epilogue, Manuscript - Printer's Draft; Parts 1-2

 14 1-8 The Last Flapper 1965, 1969

Manuscript - Printer's Draft; Parts 3-Afterward, Manuscripts - Outpages; Folders 1-3

 15 1-7 The Last Flapper 1965

Manuscripts - Outpages; Folder 4, Notes - Dialogue Notes

 16 1-6 The Last Flapper 1965, 1969

Notes - Miscellaneous, Periodicals:

Book Buyer's Guide for Librarians and Book Sellers,

Library Journal,

Publisher's Weekly

 16 7 Morning and Sunday (incomplete) no date

Manuscripts

 17 1-4 The Outsiders 1943

Manuscript - Draft 1, Manuscript - Draft 2

 17 5-6 The Potato Peelers 1974

Galley Proofs; Master Set - First Pass, Master Set - Second Pass

 18 1-6 The Potato Peelers 1974

Manuscript - Draft 1, Manuscript - Draft 1 Outpages (originals); Chapters 1-34

 19 1-7 The Potato Peelers 1974

Manuscript - Draft 1 Outpages (originals); Chapters 35-43, Miscellaneous, Manuscript - Draft 1 Outpages (photocopies)

 20 1-6 The Potato Peelers 1974

Manuscript - Draft 2 (submitted to Dodd, Mead, & Co.), Manuscript - Printer's Draft; Chapters 1-18

 21 1-2 The Potato Peelers 1974

Manuscript - Printer's Draft; Chapters 9-39

 21 3-6 Pretty Sally (basis for The Potato Peelers) ca. 1970

Correspondence, Manuscript, Notes

 21 7-9 Remember the Poor Baker 1966-1967

Clippings, Correspondence, Manuscript - First Draft; Chapters 1-4

 22 1-6 Remember the Poor Baker 1967, ca. 1972-1973

Manuscript - First Draft; Chapters 5-20, Manuscript - Finished Draft

 23 1-6 Remember the Poor Baker 1967

Manuscripts - Miscellaneous, Notes - First Draft Dialogue Notes

 24 1-3 Remember the Poor Baker 1967

Notes - Miscellaneous

 24 4 The World Was Brooklyn (incomplete) no date

Manuscript

 Series III. Plays, 1945-1965 24 5 The Circuit Rider no date

Manuscript

 24 6-8 Farewell, Frank Merriwell no date

Manuscript - The Sport of Darkness (earlier title), Manuscript - Farewell, Frank Merriwell (final title); First Draft, Revised Version

 25 1-6 Farewell, Frank Merriwell no date

Manuscripts - Sounds of a Vanishing Era (earlier title), Manuscripts - Miscellaneous, Notes - Dialogue Notes, Notes - Miscellaneous, Notes - Revised Draft

 25 7-9 Golden Boy 1964

Clippings, Manuscript, Manuscripts - Drafts

 26 1 Golden Boy 1964

Notes

 26 2-9 The Last Flapper 1945, 1957-1965

Clippings, Correspondence, Manuscript - The Moon That Never Rose (earlier title), Manuscript - Somewhere In the South (earlier title), Manuscript - Where the Golden Girls Danced (earlier title), Manuscript - The Last Flapper (final title); Draft 1

 27 1-5 The Last Flapper 1965

Manuscript - The Last Flapper (final title); Drafts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

 28 1-4 The Last Flapper ca. 1957-1960, 1965

Manuscripts - Miscellaneous, Notes - Dialogue Notes, Notes - Miscellaneous

 28 5 Rain on Our Lips October 20, 1959

Manuscript

 28 6-9 Remember the Poor Baker 1957

Correspondence, Manuscript - A Candle to My Shame (earlier title), Manuscript - A Mystery of Character (earlier title) (original and photocopy)

 29 1-2 Remember the Poor Baker 1964

Manuscript - Remember the Poor Baker (final title); Drafts 1, 2, 3, 4, 4 (revised)

 30 1-4 Remember the Poor Baker 1957, 1964

Manuscript - Remember the Poor Baker (final title); Draft 5, Notes - A Candle to My Shame (earlier title), Notes - A Mystery of Character (earlier title), Notes - Miscellaneous

 30 5 The Tenants in the Basement no date

Notes

 30 6-7 The Wedding Dancers no date

Notes, Outline

 30 8-11 Who Dreams of An Elephant no date, 1960s

Manuscript - Broken Chocolate (earlier title); First Draft, Manuscript - Who Dreams of An Elephant; Drafts 1, 2, Notes - Broken Chocolate (earlier title)

 Series IV. Novelettes, 1945-1949 31 1 Ask No Return no date

Manuscript

 31 2 Black As Thunder no date

Manuscript

 31 3 The Brass Legend no date

Manuscript

 31 4 The Case of Lena Cade March 1949

Periodical - Esquire

 31 5-6 Crosstown 1945

Manuscript, Periodical - Cosmopolitan

 31 7 Decision in Darkness no date

Manuscript

 31 8 Downfall June 1945

Manuscript - First Draft

 32 1 The Drifters no date

Manuscript

 32 2 Iron Curtain 1947

Manuscript

 32 3 The Long Debt July 1945

Manuscript - First Draft

 32 4-5 Next Door to Hell no date

Manuscript - Blue Monday (earlier title), Manuscript - Next Door to Hell (final title)

 32 6 The Slippery Street March 1945

Manuscript - First Draft

 32 7-8 The Square Jungle no date

Manuscript - Drafts 1, 2

 32 9 Touch No Money July 1945

Manuscript - First Draft

 32 10-11 The Victims 1945

Manuscript - First Draft, Outline

 33 1 The Victims May 1946

Periodical - Cosmopolitan

 33 2 The Whispering City 1948

Manuscript

 Series V. Short Stories, ca. 1930-1948 33 3 Abyss of Darkness 1948

Manuscript

 33 4 The Beginning of the End ca. 1930-1931

Manuscript

 33 5 The Big Comedown no date

Manuscript

 33 6 Big Night in Boonetown no date

Manuscript

 33 7 Big Time, Small Time no date

Manuscript

 33 8 Black Drum of Night no date

Manuscript

 33 9 The Case of the Duplex Mind 1931 or 1933

Manuscript

 33 10 The Celebrated Mrs. Rowland no date

Manuscript

 33 11 City Final no date

Manuscript

 33 12 Counterclockwise no date

Manuscript

 33 13 Death Ends at Eighteen November 1939

Periodical - The Carolinian

 33 14 Death Is a Sound no date

Manuscript

 33 15 Downfall no date

Manuscript

 33 16 Fifteen Words for Barney no date

Manuscript

 33 17 The 5:30 Rain no date

Manuscript

 33 18 Forty Cups of Coffee no date

Manuscript

 33 19 The Hero's Family no date

Manuscript

 33 20 Hitler's Love Letters no date

Manuscript

 33 21 The House in the Rain no date

Manuscript

 33 22-23 The House of Six-Fifty O'Clock 1936, 1938

Manuscript, Periodical - The Carolinian

 33 24 How Real They Were no date

Manuscript

 33 25 I'll Tell You Something no date

Manuscript

 33 26 Just for Laughs no date

Manuscript

 33 27 Just So You'll Understand no date

Manuscript

 33 28 The Kids in the Bleachers no date

Manuscript

 33 29 The Long Debt no date

Manuscript

 33 30 The Lower Berth no date

Manuscript

 33 31 The Mask of Make Believe no date

Manuscript

 33 32 Moment of Reunion no date

Manuscript

 34 1 More in Sorrow 1940

Manuscript

 34 2 Never Again no date

Manuscript

 34 3 Never Look Back April 1938

Periodical - The Carolinian

 34 4 Next Time, Go By Train no date

Manuscript

 34 5 Nickels no date

Manuscript

 34 6 Nothing or Nobody 1947

Manuscript

 34 7 Play, Fiddle, Play no date

Manuscript

 34 8 The Real Thing no date

Manuscript

 34 9 The Saturday Grimace no date

Manuscript

 34 10 Saturday's Grimace no date

Manuscript

 34 11 She Didn't Belong no date

Manuscript

 34 12-13 The Slippery Street no date

Manuscript, Outline

 34 14 Stay Outa That Town no date

Manuscript

 34 15 A Street in Brooklyn no date

Manuscript

 34 16 Ten Minute Rest Stop no date

Manuscript

 34 17 Their Shadow Before Them no date

Manuscript

 34 18-19 They Were Both Thinking 1930s

Manuscript - Drafts 1, 2

 34 20 Three Umpires in Brooklyn no date

Manuscript

 34 21 Twelve For a Nickel no date

Manuscript

 34 22 The Unwanted no date

Manuscript

 34 23 The Vacant Seat no date

Manuscript

 34 24 Where The Stars Belong no date

Manuscript

 34 25 With This Ring no date

Manuscript

 Series VI. Broadcast Scripts, 1950-1969 1. Radio 34 26 Crosstown 1950

Manuscript

 2. Television 34 27 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre: Every Day is Mother's Day August 11, 1965

Manuscript

 34 28 The Lawyers: The Shattered Image 1969

Manuscript

 Series VII. Books and Periodicals, 1969-1974 1. Books 35 1 Farewell, Frank Merriwell 1973

First Edition

 35 2-3 The Last Flapper 1969, 1970

First Edition, Paperback Edition

 35 4 The Potato Peelers 1974

First Edition

 2. Periodicals 35 5 1970-1971 Film Comment Series VIII. Oversized, 1947-1958 Box Item 1. Broadsides 36 1 Border Incident 1949 36 2 Border Incident - Mexico (Spanish) 1949 36 3 The Brass Legend 1956 36 4 The Brass Legend - Mexico (Spanish) 1956 36 5-6 Dawn at Socorro 1954 36 7 Dawn at Socorro - Mexico (Spanish) 1954 36 8-10 Iron Man 1951 36 11 Iron Man - Mexico (Spanish) 1951 36 12-15 99 River Street 1953 36 16 99 River Street - Mexico (Spanish) 1953 36 17-18 Ride Clear of Diablo 1954 36 19 Ride Clear of Diablo - Mexico (Spanish) 1954 36 20 Spy Hunt 1950 36 21-22 The Square Jungle 1956 1. Broadsides (cont.) 36 23 The Square Jungle - Mexico (Spanish) 1956 36 24-32 The Tarnished Angels 1958 36 33 The Tarnished Angels - Mexico (Spanish) 1958 36 34-41 The Tattered Dress 1957 36 42 The Tattered Dress - Mexico (Spanish) 1957 36 43 Taza, Son of Cochise 1954 36 44 Taza, Son of Cochise - Mexico (Spanish) 1954 36 45 Trapped 1949 36 46-50 Under the Gun 1951 36 51-57 Written on the Wind 1956 36 58 Written on the Wind - Mexico (Spanish) 1956 36 59 The Yellow Mountain 1954 36 60 The Yellow Mountain - Mexico (Spanish) 1954 2. Catalogs 36 61 Exhibitor's Campaign Book for a Universal Picture 1954

Ride Clear of Diablo

 36 62-63 Universal International Showman's Manual 1954, 1957

The Tattered Dress, Taza, Son of Cochise

 36 64 Whispering City 1947 3. Clippings 36 65 Written on the Wind 1956 4. Periodicals 36 66 Collier's September 27, 1947 36 67 Life December 10, 1956 36 68-69 Look 1956-1957 5. Phonograph Records 36 70 Music From 2 Universal-International Pictures: Written on the Wind and Four Girls in Town 1956 6. Posters Posters - Flat 37 1 The Brass Legend 1956 37 23-4 Dawn at Socorro 1954 37 Iron Man 1951 37 5-6 Spy Hunt 1950 37 7-8 The Square Jungle 1956 37 9 The Tarnished Angels (German) 1958 37 10 The Tarnished Angels - Argentina (Spanish) 1958 37 11-12 The Tarnished Angels - France (French) 1958 37 13 The Tattered Dress 1957 37 14 The Tattered Dress (German) 1957 37 15 The Tattered Dress - Argentina (Spanish) 1957 37 16 The Tattered Dress - Belgium (Flemish) 1957 37 17 Taza: Son of Cochise 1954 37 18 Taza: Son of Cochise (Spanish) 1954 37 19 Taza, Son of Cochise - Argentina (Spanish) 1954 37 20 Trapped 1949 37 21 Trapped - Australia and New Zealand 1949 37 22 Under the Gun 1951 37 1947 Whispering City 23 37 24 Written on the Wind 1956 37 25 Written on the Wind (German) 1956 37 26 The Yellow Mountain 1954 37 27 The Yellow Mountain - Belgium (Flemish) 1954 Posters - Rolled 38 1 Ride Clear of Diablo - Belgium (Flemish) 1954 38 2 Ride Clear of Diablo - Belgium (French) 1954 38 3 The Tarnished Angels 1958 38 4 The Tarnished Angels - Belgium (Flemish) 1958 38 5 The Tarnished Angels - Italy (Italian) 1958 38 6 Written on the Wind 1956 38 7 Written on the Wind (English and Spanish) 1956 38 8 Written on the Wind (German) 1956 38 9 Written on the Wind - Belgium (Flemish) 1956 38 10-13 Written on the Wind - Italy (Italian) 1956 Additional Container Lists

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