Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in (Television program)

AHJ_ah07389 Inventory of the James E. Brodhead papers, 1935-1985 Brodhead (James E.) Papers Processed by Emily Christopherson in June 2013 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/

2013

University of Wyoming

Finding aid encoded by Emily Christopherson June 2013 Finding aid is in English Collection Summary Brodhead, James E. James E. Brodhead papers 1935-1985 07389 18.93 cubic ft. (43 boxes) University of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. English The papers of James E. Brodhead, a journalist for "Time" magazine and an actor. Biography of James E. Brodhead

James Easton Brodhead (1932-2012) was a character actor who worked in various motion picture, television, and theatre productions. From 1950-1963, Brodhead appeared in numerous stage and live television productions. In 1963, Brodhead changed careers and became a journalist with "Time" magazine from 1963-1969, covering various stories including the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the ensuing trial of Sirhan Sirhan. He then left "Time" to write a book on "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In," and worked as a public relations account executive for a short time. In 1971, he returned to acting full-time, appearing in "The Apple Dumpling Gang," "The Strongest Man in the World," "Kotch," "Mame," and "General Hospital," among many other motion picture, television, and theatre productions.

Scope and Content

Contains personal and professional files relating to James E. Brodhead’s career as both an actor and a journalist. Includes correspondence, subject and manuscript files from his stint as a writer for "Time" magazine and other organizations, scripts for productions of which he was a part, and photographs of Brodhead primarily depicting him in his various motion picture, television, and theatre productions.

Access Restrictions

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

The researcher assumes full responsibility for observing all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Related Materials

There are no known other archival collections created by James E. Brodhead at the date of processing.

Acquisition Information

This material was received from James E. Brodhead in 1978 and 1985.

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Emily Christopherson in June 2013.

Preferred Citation

Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, James E. Brodhead papers, 07389, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming.

Access Terms Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968 -- Assassination. Sirhan, Sirhan Bishara, 1944- Motion picture industry -- United States. Television programs -- United States. Television scripts. Actors. Journalists. Journalism -- United States. Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in (Television program) General Hospital (Television program) Apple Dumpling Gang (Motion picture) Kotch (Motion picture) Mame (Motion picture) Strongest Man in the World (Motion picture) Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Journalism Performing Arts Container List Series I. Personal and professional files 1935-1985

Arranged alphabetically. Contains professional files related both to Brodhead’s work as an actor and as a journalist. Includes correspondence, production files, notes, subject files, manuscripts, and press releases and clippings on Brodhead. Prominent topics on which he wrote include Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination and the following Sirhan Sirhan trial, and Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In. A few personal files are also present.

1 Advertisements circa 1975 36 Advertisements and broadsides for motion pictures 1977 42 Advertisements and broadsides for motion pictures 1977 1 Agreements and contracts 1953-1976 3 American Society of Civil Engineers - Dallas Branch presentation 1972 1 Biographical information - Arthur Hammer undated 1 Biographical information - James Brodhead circa 1971-1976 1 Biographical information - Neely Reynolds undated 1 Booklets and brochures 1947-1973 1 Cards - membership, identification, business, and greeting circa 1951-1954 41 Cassette tape - Brodhead speech to the International Thesbian Society 1984 4-5 Correspondence 1935-1979 38-39 Correspondence 1977-1982 39 Correspondence - Gene Gressley 1978-1981 1 Costume plots 1975-1976 1 Directories 1964 1 Expense accounts - Jim Mahoney & Associates, Inc. 1973-1974 1 Expense accounts - Time Incorporated 1964-1969 1 Invitations circa 1968-1971 1 Lists circa 1964-1974 1 Manuscripts - Arizona's London Bridge undated 1 Manuscripts - A Cover About Ideas 1964 1 Manuscripts - Design in Detroit 1964 1 Manuscripts - In Praise of Owls 1978 1 Manuscripts - The Jurors 1969 1 Manuscripts - Night in the Tombs 1975 1 Manuscripts - Richter Sardonicus 1970 39-40 Manuscripts - Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In materials 1968-1972 1 Manuscripts - Turn Left Over Grand Canyon, Then Right Over…London Bridge? 1971 1 Manuscripts - A Way Out of the Closet 1971 1 Manuscripts - What Makes a Star, by Pierre Cossettle undated 3 McCullock Oil Corporation - 2nd quarter report 1972 3 McCullock Oil Corporation - C.V. Wood, Jr.'s remarks at the dedication of the home of the cowboy band 1972 37 Memberships - Actors' Equity Association 1974-1978 37 Memberships - Barter Theatre undated 37 Memberships - California State Thesbian Conference 1984 39 Memberships - Screen Actors' Guild 1976-1978 1 Memoranda 1963-1976 29 Miscellaneous circa 1938-1969 2 News releases 1971-1974 2 Notes for Time magazine articles - Arnold (Noy)/Forbis/Keogh/Elson/Pascoe/Wash./Goodpaster undated 2 Notes for Time magazine articles - Election/Chou/Parsegh/Santo Domingo undated 2 Notes for Time magazine articles - Gigli/Martin/"Dressing Up"/Higgons/Chandler/Nielsen undated 2 Notes for Time magazine articles - Merrick II/William Bundy (OPC)/Prince Philip undated 2 Notes for Time magazine articles - Old Say/Aux. Pol. undated 2 Notes for Time magazine articles - Prince Philip II undated 2 Notes for Time magazine articles - salt undated 2 Notes for Time magazine articles - squash rackets undated 2 Notes for Time magazine articles - teeners/salt/Moreau (Farrell) undated 2 Payroll stubs circa 1963-1971 1 Periodicals - Andover Bulletin 1971 August 2 Periodicals - F.Y.I. 1963, 1966 35 Periodicals - Performing Arts theatre magazine 1969-1985 35 Periodicals - Playbill 1972-1982 35 Periodicals - Schubert Theatre magazine 1973-1975 2 Periodical and newspaper clippings about James Brodhead 1949-1978 2 Periodicals with mentions of James Brodhead 1950-1976 1 Personal - announcements 1963-1968 1 Personal - Confirmation certificate 1946 39 Personal - financial 1980-1982 29 Personal - school work 1949-1954, undated 3 Poems (by Brodhead?) undated 3 Press folder - Arizona's London Bridge 1971 3 Press folder - Goodyear Presents - International Race of Champions 1973 3 Press folder - Twentieth Annual Television Academy Awards (Emmy Awards) 1968 29 Press releases circa 1953-1974 37 Production files - The Apple Dumpling Gang 1976 3 Production files - The Apple Dumpling Gang - shooting call sheets 1974 37 Production files - Arsenic and Old Lace 1976 37 Production files - First Monday In October 1979 37 Production files - Kiss Me Kate 1975 37 Production files - Kotch 1971 37 Production files - Leadbelly 1976 37 Production files - Meg 1978 3 Production files - The Strongest Man In the World - shooting call sheets 1974 37 Production files - Zorba 1968 3 Programs 1946-1975 36 Programs 1950-1983 36 Programs - "Sherlock's Last Case" - New Mayfair Theatre circa 1985 3 Radio broadcasts - civil defense 1954 3 Receipts, statements, and invoices 1938-1975 3 Schedules and itineraries 1966 16 Subject files - Arizona's London Bridge 1970-1971 19 Subject files - chili wars 1971-1976 19 Subject files - first person: New York 1966-1975 19 Subject files - Jamaica-Bermuda 1963-1966 17 Subject files - Judge Walker 1968-1969 19 Subject files - knee-high cannonball 1970 19 Subject files - law school 1972-1974 19 Subject files - Mann tour 1973-1974 20 Subject files - "Meadows of Delight" 1969 20 Subject files - miscellaneous 1967-1968 20 Subject files - new apartment 1964-1967 20 Subject files - old notes and tries 1963-1970 21 Subject files - output (Brodhead's work) 1963-1965 20 Subject files - parking cases 1963-1972 17-18 Subject files - Sirhan Sirhan trial 1969 20 Subject files - tax records 1957-1966 17 Subject files - trial for jury 1969 20 Subject files - Westward Ha! 1967 3 Telegram drafts 1963-1976 3 Teletypes 1964-1969 3 Tickets and ticket stubs 1946-1968 39 Time magazine, Time-Life News Service, Laurence Laurie and Associates forMcCulloch Properties, Inc. 1963-1972 29 Unfiled papers 1966-1974 39 University of California at San Diego - "Mass Media Today" presentation 1970 39 University of Michigan theatre 1951-1962 Series II. Time magazine assignments 1964-1969

Arranged alphabetically by subject. Contains correspondence, notes, and other materials related to Brodhead’s Time magazine assignments. Series is divided into two sub-series: New York Bureau and Los Angeles Bureau.

Sub-series 1. New York Bureau 1964-1967

6 AFTRA strike 1967 6 Air pollution 1966 6 Believables 1967 6 Blackout 1966 6 Capote Ball 1966 6 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 1967 6 CERF 1966 6 Clive Davis 1967 6 College drama 1966 6 David Merrick 1966 6 Edit and news service 1964-1966 6 Ethics 1967 7 Ford-Niarchos 1967 7 General ideas 1967 7 George Grotz 1967 7 George-Lynda 1966 7 Grand Old Party (GOP) 1966 7 Hanoi women 1966 7 Henry Luce 1967 7 King and Queen of Sikkim 1966 7 Labor crisis 1967 7 Martin Luther 1967 7 The new cinema 1967 7 New hedonism 1967 7 New York politics 1966 7 Nick the Greek 1966 8 Ombudsman 1966 8 Paper planes 1966-1967 8 Police legal bureau 1967 8 Pollution control 1967 8 Pollution updater 1967 8 Pollution 1967 8 Postal crisis 1966 8 Powell case 1967 9 Queens fire 1967 9 Rent parties 1966 9 Secrets 1966 9 Shand-Milestone 1966 9 Sharon-Jay 1966 9 Squash championship 1966 9 St. John 1966 9 Suggested 1967 9 Surplus clergy 1966 9 Windy judges 1966 9 Wingate 1966 9 Winthrop Rockefeller 1966 9 Youth 1966 Sub-series 2.Los Angeles Bureau 1967-1969

10 Alexander Scourby 1968 10 Amateur pilots 1967 10 Ann Margret 1967 10 Anthem sprinters 1968 10 Arkansas prison play 1967 10 Batman guest stars 1967 10 The Bee Gees 1968 10 Bill Cole and TV sound 1968 10 Black and white TV 1968 10 Bosley and Clyde 1968 10 CalTech smog 1968 10 Campus music booking 1968 10 The Cannibals 1968 10 Catch My Soul 1968 11 Censorship 1968 11 Chimel and SCOTUS 1968 11 Chuck Barris 1967 11 Clint Eastwood 1967 11 The Crowded Skies 1967 11 Disc jockeys 1967 11 Dolly delay 1968 11 Ed Ames 1967 11 Fat tires 1968 11 Fisher-Stevens 1967 11 Folk singers 1968 11 Fouad Said 1968 11 Gambling 1967 11 Gene Kelly 1967 11 Golf tournaments 1967 11 Harry Ackerman 1968 11 Hayley Mills 1967 12 Hepburn-Ferrer 1967 12 Hollywood letter 1968 12 How to quit smoking 1967 15 Howard Brodie 1968 12 Ingrid Bergman 1968 12 Ivan Tors 1968 12 Jack Cooper 1968 12 Jim Webb 1968 12 John Fink 1967 12 John Wayne 1967 10 Johnny Carson 1967 29 Johnny Carson 1967 12 Kraft - Contextures 1968 12 Lady Madonna 1968 12 Laurel-Hardy cult 1967 12 Line is too busy 1968 12 Location - runaways 1968 12 Mailer 1968 11 Marlene Dietrich 1968 12 Mehta 1968 12 Men's fashions 1967 12 Men's mod styles 1968 12 Mia Farrow 1968 12 Mia's haircut 1967 12 Mills Bros. 1968 13 Motion Picture and TV Relief Fund 1967 13 Movies 1967 13 NATAS 1968 13 Newly pregnant 1967 13 Nixon's humor 1969 13 Nude films 1967 13 Odd casting 1967 13 Oral history 1968 13 Oscar '68 1968 13 Pearl Bailey 1967 13 Pike-Brandon Books/Milestone 1968 13 Prunes' mass 1967 13 Public relations 1967 13 Puerto Vallerta 1967 13 R. Harris benefit 1967 13 Ralph story 1968 13 Rin-Tin-Gin 1967 13 Robert Kennedy assassination 1968 13 Rod Steiger 1968 14 Sandy Dennis 1967 14 Screenwriter pay 1967 14 Silent treatment 1967 14 Sinatra-Gardner 1967 14 Smothers Bros. 1968 14 Soul 1968 14 Student films 1967 15 THC (drug) 1968 15 Theatrical unions 1967 15 Thomas Merton 1968 15 Ticker tube 1968 15 Tiny Tim 1968 15 TV free lancers 1967 15 TV movie museum 1968 15 TV pads movies 1968 15 TV weather 1968 15 Unreported crimes 1968 15 US attorneys 1969 15 What TV should be 1968 15 The Who 1968 15 Who's For Whom 1968 15 Yakima Canutt 1968 15 Young dinosaurs 1969 Series III. Scripts 1957-1983

Arranged alphabetically by title. Contains scripts for motion pictures, television, and theatre productions of which Brodhead was a part.

28 Abner's Black Limbo (theater) undated 30 Ace Diamond (television) 1979 27 All's Fair, "The Perfect Evening" (television) 1976 23 The Apple Dumpling Gang (motion picture) 1974 30 Alter Ego 1958 30 The Arrangement 1968 30 Bartleby undated 23 Basic Training (motion picture) 1973 30 Beau Gentry undated 30 Benjamin Franklin, part III 1974 28 Black Starlet undated 30 The Caper undated 25 Carter Country, "The Physical" (television) 1977 24 Charlie's Angels, "Angels In Chains" (televison) 1976 34 Charlie's Angels, "Toni's Boys" (television) 1980 24 Detective School - One Flight Up, "Ice" (televison) 1979 24 Dog and Cat, "Live Bait" (televison) 1977 28 Dream Play (theater) 1960 30 The Dukes of Hazzard (television) 1983 27 Dupont Show of the Month, "The Browning Version" (television) 1959 27 Dupont Show of the Month, "The Lincoln Murder Case" (television) 1961 31 Falcon Crest (television) 1983 28 Fire of Spring (theater) 1963 31 First Monday In October (motion picture) 1981 23 Forever Fernwood (televison) 1977 31 Frances 1981 26 General Hospital (television) 1978-1979 26 Gibbsville, "How Old, How Young" (television) 1976 31 Good Times (I Got You, Babe) 1966 31 Grammy Salutes Oscar (television special) 1974 27 Hallmark Hall of Fame, "Lisa, Bright and Dark" (television) 1972 31 Hammett 1981 28 Happy Anniversary and Goodbye (starring Lucille Ball) 1974 32 Helter Skelter (television movie) 1976 27 Here's Lucy, "The Big Game" (television) 1973 24 Here's Lucy, "Lucy and Joan Rivers Do Jury Duty" (televison) 1973 28 The Hero 1975 22 Heroes (motion picture) 1977 32 Hizzoner 1978 23 Hizzoner, "Mr. Perfect" (televison) 1978 32 Honda Motor Company 1983 32 Honeybear I Think I Love You 1969 27 Hunter, "The Hit" (television) 1976 32 In Search of the Singing Cowboy 1974 22 It's a Wonderful Life (motion picture) 1977 24 Kill Me If You Can (The Caryl Chessman Story) (televison) 1976 25 Kojak, "Both Sides of the Law" (television) 1975 22 Kotch (motion picture) 1970 26 Kraft Television Theatre, "Sextuplets" (television) 1957 22 Leadbelly (motion picture) undated 32 Little House on the Prairie, "Blind Justice" (television) 1980 24 Lucille Ball Special (televison) 1977 32 Lucille Ball Television Special 1977 22 Lucky Lady (motion picture) 1974 32 Lucky Stores 1977-1978 23 Mame (motion picture) 1972 24 Man From Atlantis, "Melt Down" (televison) 1977 33 The Man Who Wasn't There undated 26 Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (television) 1976 26 McMillan and Wife, "Death of a Laird…Birth of a Legend" (television) 1973 28 A Meeting of Minds 1966 28 Meg (theater) undated 28 A Miracle at the Time 1974-1976 33 Motor Wheel undated 25 My Luke and I (television) 1977 33 Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back 1973 33 The Pregnant Librarian undated 33 The Public Eye 1965 25 Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (television) 1969 33 Ruby and Oswald 1977 28 Saint Jack and the Machine (theater) undated 33 Sargeant Matlovich versus the US Air Force 1977 33 Shell Game undated 24 Spider-Man, "The Mind Stealers" (televison) 1977 23 Starsky and Hutch (televison) 1975 34 The Stationmaster undated 23 The Strongest Man In the World (motion picture) 1974 34 Tall Story undated 28 Tell 'Em Louie Sent Ya: A Consumer Education Film undated 23 Treasure of Mateacumbe (motion picture) 1975 34 Union Oil Company of California 1983 30 University of Southern California (USC) Cinema Department 1971-1979 34 The Vendors 1970 28 Veranda on the Highway undated 28 Voice of the Whirlwind (theater) 1959 24 The Waltons, "The Intruders" (televison) 1975 34 Week of the Crystal Night undated 34 Whisper in the Gloom 1979 34 The Zertigo Diamond Caper 1982 28 Unidentified undated 34 Unidentified undated Series IV. Photographs 1937-1981

Arranged alphabetically. Primarily contains photographs depicting Brodhead and other actors in various motion picture, television, and theatre productions. Some personal photographs of Brodhead are also present. All photographs are black and white unless otherwise noted.

43 Apple Dumpling Gang (color) 1975 41 Apple Dumpling Gang 1975 41 Arbuckle's Casino undated 41 Arsenic and Old Lace 1976 41 Barter Theatre 1958 41 Benjamin Franklin: The Ambassador 1974 41 Born Yesterday 1974 41 Detective School undated 41 Dreamplay 1960 41 First Monday In October circa 1979-1981 41 From Noon Till Three 1975 41 Gideon's Trumpet 1979 43 Helter Skelter (negatives) 1975 41 Helter Skelter 1975 41 Inherit the Wind 1957 41 James Brodhead circa 1937-1970 43 James Brodhead (color) circa 1947-1970 41 Jatoma Players 1951-1954 41 Kiss Me Kate 1975 41 Kotch 1971 43 Leadbelly (color) 1975 41 Leadbelly 1975 41 Stills, negatives and prood sheets 1954-1966 41 Time magazine 1964-1968 42 Tommy and Dick Smothers and Brodhead on a boat in Marina del Rey 1968 41 University of Michigan 1951-1956 43 Various productions (color) 1954-1974 41 Various productions 1954-1974 41 Zorba undated Additional Container Lists

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