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Acquisition
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Richard Maibaum Papers were donated to The University of Iowa as a gift of
Richard and Sylvia Maibaum in 1991.
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Series
Table of Contents
I. Series One -- Personal papers
Box 1
II. Series Two -- Film projects
Boxes 1 -- 12
III. Series Three -- Stage projects
Boxes 12 -- 15
IV. Series Four -- Television projects
Boxes 15 -- 19
V. Series Five -- "James Bond" projects
Boxes 19 -- 34
VI. Series Six -- Technical and historical research data
Boxes 34 - 38
VII. Series Seven -- Addenda
Boxes 39 - 43
X: Association Papers -- Includes papers of Sylvia Maibaum and Matthew Maibaum
Richard Maibaum was born in 1909 in New York City. In 1930 he came to The University of Iowa's Speech and Dramatic Arts Department, where he studied under E.C. Mabie. He was graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1931, and in 1932 he received a master's degree. During this time, Maibaum was writing plays and acting. He was only twenty-two and still at the University when his anti-lynching play, The Tree, became a 1932 Broadway production. After graduating, Maibaum returned to New York where he spent a year as an actor in a Shakespearean repertory company on Broadway. He appeared in fifteen different roles in many productions. He was the youngest actor ever to perform the role of Iago on Broadway. He also continued to write plays, including Birthright and Sweet Mystery of Life both of which were produced on Broadway.
In 1935, Maibaum married Sylvia Kamion. The couple soon moved to Hollywood, where Maibaum had been engaged as a screenwriter by M.G.M. He later worked as a screenwriter or producer and was involved in more than sixty films besides television projects. (See list appended.)
Maibaum joined the U.S. Army in 1942 and was commissioned as a captain in the Signal Corps, eventually achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. During his four and one-half years in the Army, he produced war morale films, assembled and disseminated combat film footage, and oversaw a documentary history of World War II. This experience as a film producer led to a post-war job at Paramount as a producer and screenwriter. His first assignment, O.S.S., which Maibaum produced and wrote, was the beginning of his association with actor Alan Ladd. Maibaum also produced and wrote for The Great Gatsby film in which Ladd starred.
In 1951 Maibaum turned to freelance writing. Through Alan Ladd, he became associated with Albert ("Cubby") Broccoli and wrote screenplays for Broccoli's British film company, Warwick Productions. He also began writing for television, including short teleplays for The Kate Smith Evening Hour, and the critically acclaimed Fearful Decision, which he co-wrote with Cyril Hume. Fearful Decision was the basis for the 1956 screenplay Ransom. Maibaum returned to The University of Iowa in 1954 for one semester to teach and supervise the "Footsteps of Freedom" project, a teleplay writing course.
Maibaum became executive producer at M.G.M.-TV in 1958. But his strong ties to the Writer's Guild and the writing profession led him to resign in 1960 during a writer's strike. Around this time, Cubby Broccoli contacted Maibaum and asked him to write the first screenplay for a James Bond film, based on an Ian Fleming book. Dr. No began a long and successful film series, the longest running film series in history. It is estimated that more than two billion viewers have seen the James Bond movies. Maibaum is credited with adding the essential ingredient of humor to the James Bond stories and continued writing them into the last years of his life. Some of his own favorites among his thirteen Bond screenplays were From Russia With Love, On Her Majesty's Secret Service, and For Your Eyes Only. Maibaum also continued work on other film projects, such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and wrote movies for television such as S.H.E. and Jarrett, which he also produced.
In discussing the collection, Sylvia Maibaum said about her husband: "Besides his other attributes and accomplishments, he was also innovative. Among his works are 'firsts': The first anti-lynching play on Broadway, The Tree; the first anti-Nazi play on Broadway, Birthright (1933); the first movie that dealt with the problem of medication abuse, Bigger Than Life, written in 1955, released in 1956; the first movie that dealt with the ethical and moral decisions in kidnapping cases, Ransom; the first movie that introduced the American public to the importance of training airmen for the defense of the United States in a war many recognized as coming, I Wanted Wings (Spring, 1941); and Diamonds Are Forever, begun 1970, the first film that discussed the use of laser-like satellite mounted weapons for global warfare. The above record reflects Richard Maibaum's keen knowledge of many subjects and his lifelong ready awareness of contemporary affairs."
He died on January
4, 1991 at the age of 81, survived by his wife, Sylvia (who died in 2006), two sons, Matthew
and Paul, and a granddaughter, Shanna Claire.
PLAYS ON BROADWAY:
The Tree
Birthright
Sweet Mystery of Life
See My Lawyer
PLAYS OFF BROADWAY:
Middletown Mural, Cleveland Playhouse
A Moral Entertainment, Federal Theatre Multiple Production,New York, Boston, Oakland, Bryn Mawr, etc.
Tirade, Repertory Theatre Production, Putney, Vermont
The Paradise Question, Skowhegan, New Haven, Philadelphia
SCREENPLAYS:
MGM:We Went To College
Bad Man Of Brimstone
Live, Love And Learn
They Gave Him A Gun
Stablemates
Ransom
The Day They Robbed The Bank Of England
20 Mule Team
The Ghost Comes HomePARAMOUNT:
I Wanted Wings
O.S.S.
Song Of Surrender
The Great Gatsby20TH CENTURY FOX:
Ten Gentlemen From West Point
BIgger Than Life
Battle At Bloody BeachCOLUMBIA:
Lady And The Mob
Coast Guard
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Red Beret (Paratrooper)
Hell Below Zero (adaptation)
Cockelshell Heroes
Zarak
Tank Force (No Time To Die)
Bandit Of Zhobe
Killers Of KillimanjaroUNITED ARTISTS:
Dr. No
From Russia With Love
Goldfinger
Thunderball
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Diamonds Are Forever
The Man With The Golden Gun
The Spy Who Loved Me
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Octopussy
For Your Eyes Only
A View To A Kill
Licence To KillUNIVERSAL:
See My Lawyer (from play)
WARNER BROTHERS:
Gold Diggers Of 1937 ( from play: Sweet Mystery Of Life)
FILMS PRODUCED BY
RICHARD MAIBAUM:
[All for Paramount, except for Battle At Bloody Beach]
O.S.S.
The Big Clock
The Great Gatsby
The Sainted Sisters
Captain Carey, U.S.A.
No Man Of Her Own
Song of Surrender
Bride of Vengeance
Dear Wife
Battle At Bloody Beach
TELEVISION PROPERTIES:
"Fearful Decision" (1954) U.S. Steel Hour. (with Cyril Hume)
"Vignettes" Short teleplays presented on The Kate Smith Evening Hour in the 1950s
"The Medal" Episode of the television series Combat! in the early 1960s
Jarrett. Movie for television, 1973
S.H.E. Movie for television, 1979
The collection is divided into six major series: Personal papers, Film Projects, Stage Projects, Television Projects, "James Bond" Projects, and Technical and Historical Research Data. Each series is then arranged alphabetically by subject or title, and chronologically within these divisions. Some material, such as clippings or correspondence, may appear in more than one series. When a work exists in more than one form, it is filed in the series corresponding to the final version.
The Personal Papers include biographical material, correspondence, interviews, and tributes, together with other subject files. The Film Projects series is composed of produced and unproduced projects which involved Richard Maibaum as screenwriter or producer. The "James Bond" material appears in a separate series. Some of Maibaum's earliest works are contained in Stage Projects, including his master's thesis (The Tree) which was produced at The University of Iowa. This was one of the first creative works ever accepted as a thesis by any University. Among the items in the Television Projects are teleplays, clippings, and correspondence.
The "James Bond" series is an extensive collection of notes, sketches, screen treatments, screenplay drafts, and final scripts representing most of the "James Bond" movies. Of the sixteen "James Bond" films produced by Cubby Broccoli, Maibaum wrote or co-wrote thirteen. Clippings, correspondence, publicity material, articles, photographs, and other items complete this series. The Technical and Historical Research Data files contain informative matter on a variety of subjects.
Actors file, 1964-1989. Clippings of actors associated with Maibaum, including: Sean Connery, Ralph Bellamy, Glenn Ford, William Powell, Patrick Macnee, Mickey Rooney, Roger Moore, etc.
Biographical material - Richard Maibaum. Clippings, articles, and photographs, 1933-1988.
Broccoli, Albert R. (Cubby). Clippings, 1989.
Clippings of Maibaum projects, 1936-1979. Including produced and unproduced television projects.
Correspondence, 1932-1990. Including letters from: E.C. Mabie, Cyril Hume, Frank Capra, Hunter Rawlings III, and Albert R. (Cubby) Broccoli.
Ladd, Alan, 1978. 3 drafts of an article for Workman Publishing Company, together with correspondence.
Los Angeles County Museum Film Series, 1972. Richard Maibaum tribute, including correspondence, clippings, publicity material, etc.
Maibaum, Jerome. Collected Writings. Photocopy. (Jerome Maibaum was Richard Maibaum's father.)
McGilligan, Pat, 1986. Backstory--draft of Maibaum interview together with correspondence and clippings.
Obituaries and memorials--Richard Maibaum, 1991.
Photographs. Stills from various films.
Selected stories, 1966. Brief summaries and evaluations for screenplay potential, including "The Life of Ian Fleming" by John Pearson.
Speaking of Writing: Lectures and Presentations by Richard Maibaum, 1991. Collected speeches.
World War II newspapers,
1945. Daily Mirror and PM Daily.
Amazing Mr. Williams:
Screenplay co-authored with Sy Bartlett, June 2, 1939. Second draft. [Earlier title: The Incredible Mr. Williams]Clippings and reviews, 1939-1940.
Bad Man of Brimstone:
Screenplay, Dec. 23, 1937. Including photocopies of photographs.Clippings and reviews, 1938.
The Bandit of Zhobe:
Notes.Treatment.
The Bandit of Zhobe (cont.):
Screenplay. First draft with holograph revisions.Screenplay.
Batman:
Notes for a revision of Michael Uslan's screenplay.Screenplay by Michael Uslan, 1979. Revisions by Richard Maibaum.
The Battle at Bloody Beach:
Correspondence, 1960-1961.Screenplay, co-authored with Willard Willingham, January 6, 1961. Final draft.
Clippings, 1961.
The Big Clock (produced by Richard Maibaum):
Screenplay by Jonathan Latimer, February 17, 1947. Together with production notes.Photographs, March 1947.
Clippings, reviews, box office reports, etc., 1948, 1986.
Bigger Than Life:
Screenplay co-authored with Cyril Hume, January 17, 1956. [Earlier title: Ten Feet Tall]Photograph of James Mason.
Clippings, 1956.
Bride of Vengeance (produced by Richard Maibaum):
Screenplay by Cyril Hume and Michael Hogan, July 26, 1948. Together with additional dialogue by Clarence Dane.Clippings, 1949.
Captain Carey, U.S.A., (produced by Richard Maibaum)
Screenplay by Jonathan Latimer and Robert Thoeren, February 11, 1949.Clippings together with correspondence, 1950.
The Catcher: The Moe Berg Story:
Treatment, March 23, 1979. With holograph revisions.Screenplay. Incomplete, with holograph revisions.
Screenplay. Miscellaneous pages with holograph revisions.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang:
Screenplay, June 8, 1967. Revised shooting script, before Maibaum's revision.Screenplay, July 19, 1967. Draft, with Maibaum's final dialogue revisions.
Screenplay, July 19, 1967. Final shooting script.
Chitty Chittty Bang Bang (cont.):
Screenplay. Various incomplete revisions.
Music score from the United Artists motion picture
Promotional material, 1968.
Clippings, 1968.
Coast Guard:
Screenplay co-authored with Albert Duffy, September 29, 1938. Second draft.Clippings, 1939.
Cockleshell Heroes:
Screenplay co-authored with Bryan Forbes.Screenplay.
Clippings, 1955-1956. Together with correspondence.
Continental Contract: Mack Bolan:
Correspondence, 1972.Notes.
Treatment. With holograph revisions.
Treatment.
Treatment. Revised.
Screenplay.
Clippings, 1972.
The Day They Kidnapped
Queen Victoria. Correspondence, notes, and research for a screen treatment,
1990-1991.
The Day They Robbed the Bank of England:
Treatment.Treatment.
Screenplay by Howard Clewes, April, 1959. Revised first draft, based on Richard Maibaum's adaptation of the John Brophy novel.
Clippings, 1960.
Dear Wife (produced by Richard Maibaum):
Screenplay by Arthur Sheekman and N. Richard Nash, October 19, 1948.Clippings, 1949-1950.
Entebbe. Research material regarding proposed film, 1976.
Flying Finish. Correspondence regarding proposed film, 1967.
The Fugitive Pigeon:
Treatment, April 15, 1965.Treatment. Carbon.
Treatment. Incomplete, with holograph revisions.
Screenplay. Incomplete, with holograph revisions.
The Gemini Contenders:
Original book by Robert Ludlum, with notes and marginalia by Maibaum
Sketches, notes, and miscellaneous treatment pages.Treatment, January 31, 1977. With holograph revisions.
Treatment, January 31, 1977.
The Gemini Contenders (cont.):
Treatment, July 14, 1977. With holograph revisions.Treatment, July 14, 1977. Incomplete.
Treatment, August 11, 1977. With holograph revisions. (3 copies)
Screenplay. Incomplete early draft with holograph revisions. (2 copies)
Screenplay. Early draft. (Photocopy)
Screenplay, September 15, 1977. Typescript with holograph revisions, together with storyline notes and clippings.
Screenplay, September 15, 1977. (Photocopy)
Screenplay, September 15, 19771 Prefinal draft with revisions.
Box 7
The Gemini Contenders (cont.):
Screenplay, February [21?] 197E3. Incomplete polished revision.Screenplay, February 21, 1978. Polished revision. (Photocopy)
Screenplay, February 21, 1978. Polished revision. (Photocopy)
Screenplay, February 21, 197e. Final typescript with holograph revisions.
Screenplay. Incomplete with holograph revisions.
Screenplay. Incomplete.
Clippings, 1978, 1980.
The Ghost Comes Home. Screenplay, December 21, 1939. "Temporary incomplete." [Earlier title: Hooray I'm, Alive!]
The Great Bonacker
Whiskey War. Summary of a forthcoming novel being considered for screen
adaptation, 1967. Together with correspondence.
The Great Gatsby:
Screenplay co-authored with Cyril Hume, February 25, 1948. Final typescript. (Photocopy)Screenplay co-authored with Cyril Hume, February 25, 1948. Final typescript with photographs. (Photocopy)
Photographs.
Clippings, reviews, box office reports, etc., 1947-1949, 1987.
"The Question They Faced with 'Gatsby': Would Scott Approve?", 1949. Article by Richard Maibaum for the Daily Compass together with correspondence.
"Low Moral Tone and All That Jazz, or Gatsby Revisited":
Article by Richard Maibaum. Typescript draft with holograph revisions.Los Angeles Times. "Calendar," July 15, 1973. Published version titled "'Great Gatsby' Employs Two Generations of Farrows."
Correspondence, 1978-1980.
Hell Below Zero. Clippings, 1953-1954.
Hold Back the Dawn. January 15, 1941. Screenplay with uncredited contribution by Richard Maibaum.
I Wanted Wings:
Screenplay with holograph revisions.Clippings, 1941.
I'll Take The High Road. Treatment co-authored with Laslo Vadnay.
Killers of Kilimanjaro, June 13, 1956. Screenplay coauthored with Cyril Hume. [Earlier title: Adamson of Africa]
The Lady and the Mob:
Screenplay, November 15, 1938. [Earlier title: Old Mrs. Leonard and Her Machine Guns]Clippings, 1939.
The Life of Maryla Jonas. Correspondence, press book, research material, etc., 1947-1950.
Live, Love and
Learn. Clippings and reviews, 1937.
Logan's Run:
Correspondence, notes, sketch and miscellaneous treatment pages, 1968.Treatment, February 14, 1968.
Screenplay, April 8, 1968.
Screenplay, June 3, 1968. Revision.
Loon Island [based on "The Maniac"]:
"The Maniac." Short story co-authored with Cyril Hume. Cosmopolitan short story, October, 1952.Correspondence, 1970, 1978.
Screenplay co-authored with Cyril Hume.
The Man Who Was Thursday. Treatment together with correspondence and clippings, 1964.
No Man of Her Own (produced by Richard Maibaum):
Screenplay by Catherine Turney, May 25, 1949. [Earlier title: I Married a Dead Man]Clippings, 1949-1950. [Including one clipping using the working title, The Lie]
O.S.S.:
Screenplay, February 8, 1946.Clippings, 1946.
Oh, Promised Land. Treatment.
The Playroom:
Correspondence, 1966-1967.Treatment, February 1, 1966. With holograph revisions.
The Playroom (cont.):
Screenplay, March 9, 1966.
Ransom:
Correspondence, 1954-1956.Playscript co-authored with Cyril Hume, 1954. [Title: The Davie Decision]
Teleplay co-authored with Cyril Hume, May 12, 1955. [Title: Fearful Decision. Basis for Ransom screenplay]
Clippings, 1955-1956, 1984.
Newspaper serialization, January-February, 1956.
Palos Verde High School play production, May 1964. Programs.
The Red Beret. Screenplay, August 29, 1952.
Sainted Sisters (produced by Richard Maibaum):
Screenplay [by Harry Clork and N. Richard Nash], September 29, 1947.Clippings, 1948.
Song of Surrender.
Screenplay, December 10, 1947. [Earlier titles: Abigail, Dear
Heart; Now and Forever]
Stablemates:
Correspondence, 1938.Screenplay co-authored with Leonard Praskins, June 3, 1938.
Photographs.
Clippings, 1939.
Tank Force:
Treatment, May 12, 1956. [Earlier title: No Time to Die]Screenplay, January 29, 1957. [Earlier title: No Time to Die]
Ten Gentlemen From West Point:
Screenplay, October 6, 1941. Final shooting script.Clippings and program, 1942.
Their Neighbor's Wife. Screenplay co-authored with Cyril Hume.
They Gave Him a Gun:
Screenplay co-authored with Cyril Hume and Maurice Rapf, December 16, 1936. "Temporary incomplete."Clippings and publicity material, 1937, 1987.
Twenty Mule Team:
Screenplay co-authored with Edward E. Paramore, August 9 1939. "Temporary incomplete."Clippings and publicity material, 1940, 1970.
We Went to College:
Screenplay co-authored with Maurice Rapf, April 7, 1936.Clippings, 1936.
Zarak:
Screenplay. [Earlier title: Zarak Khan]Screenplay. With holograph revisions.
Apennine Grape. Playscript.
Beyond These Voices. Playscript.
Birthright:
Playscript.Playscript. (Photocopy)
Clippings, correspondence and program, 1933.
Callahan's Courage. Playscript.
Catch As Catch Can. Playscript. With holograph revisions and song lyrics.
The Darkling Plain. Playscript.
Flesh of the Earth.
Playscript. (Photocopy)
Fool's Mate. Playscript co-authored with Alan Gould. (Photocopy)
The Glory Path. Playscript.
The Hot Pillow. Playscript.
A Lesson in Biology. Playscript.
The Lonely Man:
Notes.Playscript. With holograph revisions. [Earlier title: Silent Journey: A Play of Calvin Coolidqe]
Middletown Mural:
Correspondence, 1940.Playscript.
Master prompt script. (2 folders)
Photographs, 1940.
Clippings and program, 1940.
A Moral Entertainment:
Playscript.
A Moral Entertainment (cont.):
Photographs, 1938.Clippings and program, 1936-1938.
The Paradise Question:
Playscript co-authored with Walter Hart.Clippings, 1953.
See My Lawyer:
Playscript. [Earlier title: I Want a L.awyer]Playscript co-authored with Harry Clork, 1939. (Photocopy of published version)
Playscript co-authored with Harry Clork, 1939. (Photocopy of published version)
Programs and clippings, 1939, 1979. [Earlier title: I Want a Lawyer]
Singing Acres. Playscript with original set photos. (Photocopy)
Something For Art. Playscript with holograph revisions.
Sweet Mystery of Life:
Playscript co-authored with George Haight and Michael Wallach, 1934. (Photocopy)Playscript co-authored with George Haight and Michael Wallach, 1934. (Photocopy)
Sword in the Scales. Playscript.
This Strange Reality. Playscript. (Photocopy)
The Tree (Richard Maibaum's master's thesis at the University of Iowa):
Playscript.Illustrations.
Triumph. Playscript. (Photocopy)
Trueblue Tommie or, The Backbone(head) of the Nation being an American Cavilcade. Playscript.
Wanted: A Deluge. Playscript co-authored with Michael Wallach. (Photocopy)
Words Like Forever. Playscript. (Photocopy)
Young As We Are. Playscript co-authored with Harry Kleiner. (Photocopy)
Zing Went the
Strings. Synopsis for a musical stage production.
Amigo. Prospectus and pilot script.
Clark Sellers [became Crime Laboratory]:
Proposal for television series together with storyline notes.
Clark Sellers [became Crime Laboratory] (cont.):
Teleplay. Early draft for pilot episode.Teleplay. Pilot episode.
Combat! "The Medal," November 20, 1962. Teleplay of an episode. Final
draft.
Footsteps of Freedom. Clippings, course material and correspondence from a class in television script writing taught by Richard Maibaum at the University of Iowa, 1953-1954. Including letters from H. Clay Harshbarger, Virgil M. Hancher, and E.C. Mabie.
Galaxy. Presentation for proposed science fiction anthology. Television series by Richard Matheson, 1965. Based on an idea by Richard Maibaum.
Jarrett:
Correspondence, 1973.Notes, diagram, and incomplete treatment and script pages. [Earlier title: Taggart]
Treatment for a television pilot. [Earlier title: Taggart] (2 copies)
Teleplay [October 16, 1972?] Early draft. With holograph revisions. [Earlier title: Taggart]
Teleplay, October 16, 1972. Revised draft for pilot episode. [Earlier title: Taggart]
Teleplay, 1972. Pilot episode. With holograph revisions. [Earlier title: Taggart]
Clippings, 1972-1973.
Kate Smith Evening Hour, 1950's:
Vignettes:Production notes."After School." Teleplays. [Originally written for the stage] (2 copies)
"The Bravest of the Brave." Synopsis for teleplay.
"Champagne for Two." Teleplays. With holograph revisions.
Originally written for the stage] (3 copies)
"Detached Duty." Teleplays. [Originally written for the stage] (2 copies)
"Heart Line." Teleplays. [Originally written for the stage] (2 copies)
"The Light Fantastic." Teleplays. With holograph revisions. [Originally written for the stage] (2 copies)
"Places, Please!" Teleplay. With holograph revisions.
"Routine Proceedure." Teleplay.
"The Sentence." Teleplay. With holograph revisions.
"Sold to the Lady!" Teleplay. With holograph revisions.
"The Vandal." Teleplay.
"We Ain't Popular." Teleplay.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Notes and research for new version of television series, 1975-1976.
Box
17
S.H.E. I and S.H.E. II:
Correspondence, 1977-1978.Ideas and research material, 1977-1978.
Notes and sketches of gadgets, 1978-1979.
S.H.E. I:
Notes and revisions, 1977-1978.Teleplay, December 21, 1977. First draft. With corrections and holograph revisions.
Teleplay, December 21, 1977. Revised draft.
Teleplay, January 12, 1978. With holograph revisions.
Teleplay, January 12, 1978. (Photocopy)
Teleplay, October 19, 1978. With holograph revisions.
Teleplay, October 19, 1978. Including extra pages with holograph revisions. (Photocopy)
Teleplay. Revised.
Teleplay. Revised. (Photocopy)
S.H.E. I and S.H.E. II (cont.):
S.H.E. I (cont.):Teleplay. Revised. (Photocopy)Teleplay. Several incomplete drafts. With holograph revisions.
Screenplay. Italian language version.
Clippings, 1978-1980.
S.H.E. II:
Synopsis and treatment, September-October, 1978.Teleplay [November 26, 1978?] First draft. With holograph revisions, notes and sketches.
Teleplay [November 26, 1978?] First draft. (Photocopy)
Teleplay [November 26, 1978?] First draft. Incomplete. (Photocopy)
Teleplay, November 26, 1978. Revised first draft.
Teleplays, February 1, 1979. With revisions. (2 photocopies)
S.H.E. I and S.H.E. II (cont.):
S.H.E. II (cont.):Teleplay. With holograph revisions.Teleplay, May 1979. Draft with holograph revisions and notes.
Teleplay. Miscellaneous pages with holograph revisions.
See Mike Kramer:
Proposal for television series.Prospectus and teleplay. With additional storyline proposals.
Teleplay of pilot episode. With holograph revisions.
Teleplay of pilot episode. (2 copies)
Teleplay of pilot episode, " Operation Kicks."
Staggs Way:
Synopsis and format.Treatment. With holograph revisions.
Treatment. With holograph revisions. [Earlier title: "Stagg's Bag"]
Teleplay, October 15, 1971. "Beauty Was A Beast."
Teleplay, October 27, 1971. "Beauty Was A Beast."
Diamonds Are Forever:
Synopsis together with notes and diagrams, June-December, 1970.Screenplay, September 11, 1970.
Diamonds Are Forever (cont.):
Screenplay coauthored with Tom Mankiewicz. Revised first draft.Screenplay co-authored with Tom Mankiewicz, March 26, 1971. Revised shooting script.
Clippings, 1971-1972.
Dr. No:
Treatment co-authored with Wolf Mankowitz, September 7, 1961.Treatment co-authored with Wolf Mankowitz, September 25, 1961. Revised.
Screenplay co-authored with Wolf Mankowitz, October 3, 1961.
Screenplay co-authored with Wolf Mankowitz and J.M. Harwood, January 8, 1962. Fifth draft.
Clippings, 1961-1962, 1985.
For Your Eyes Only:
Correspondence, 1980-1981.Notes and diagrams for spy ship in film.
Treatments, February 25, 1980. Various drafts with holograph revisions.
Treatment, March 7, 1980. With holograph revisions.
Treatment, March 10, 1980. With holograph revisions.
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, March 25, 1980.
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, April 7, 1980.
For Your Eyes Only (cont.):
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, April 14, 1980.Treatment. With holograph corrections and revisions.
Screenplay, May 26, 1980. First draft with holograph revisions.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, June-July 1980. With holograph revisions.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, June-July 1980. Miscellaneous pages with holograph revisions. (2 folders)
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, July 1980. Incomplete draft with holograph revisions.
For Your Eyes Only (cont.):
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, July 1980. Miscellaneous pages with holograph notes and revisions.Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, August 12, 1980.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, August 12, 1980.(Photocopy)
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, August 15, 1980. Final draft with holograph revisions.
Clippings, 1980-1982. Together with premiere tickets.
From Russia With Love:
Treatments, January 28, 1963. Incomplete drafts together with notes.Screenplay. International version.
Clippings, 1964, 1981[?] Together with a photograph.
Goldfinger:
Correspondence, 1962-1964. Together with notes.Treatments, May 19, 1963. With holograph corrections and revisions. (2 copies)
Goldfinger (cont.):
Treatment, July 8, 1963.Screenplay. First draft with holograph corrections and revisions.
Screenplay, December 23, 1963.
Map of Wentworth Club golf course mounted on a trivet.
Clippings, 1964, 198[?]
Licence to Kill:
Research, 1987. [Including research for abandoned staryline?]Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, November 8, 1985. [Abandoned storyline?]
Treatments. With corrections and holograph revisions. [Abandoned storyline? Earlier title: Bond XV] (2 folders)
Treatments. With holograph revisions. [Abandoned storyline? Earlier title: Bond XVI]
Treatments. [Abandoned storyline?] (2 copies)
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, January 19, 1988. With holograph revisions.
Treatments co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, February 12, 1988. With revisions and captioned story- boards. [Earlier title: Bond XVI] (2 copies)
Licence to Kill (cont.):
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, May 5, 1988.Together with revisions dated June 23-July 19, 1988. [Earlier title: License Revoked]
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, May 5, 1988. Together with revisions dated June 23-July 19, 1988. [Earlier title: License Revoked] (Photocopy)
Los Angeles Premiere and Cubby Broccoli tribute, 1989. Together with correspondence, tickets, city proclamation, etc.
Clippings and publicity material, 1989.
The Living Daylights:
Research material, 1981-1985.Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, January 23, 1986. With holograph revisions.
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, January 31, 1986.
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, February 10, 1986.
Treatment.
Treatment.
Treatments. Incomplete, with holograph notes and revisions.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, April 11, 1986. With holograph revisions.
The Living Daylights (cont.):
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, April 25, 1986.Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, April 28, 1986.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, May 16, 1986.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, May 1986. With holograph revisions.
Screenplay. With revisions dated February-September, 1986.
Storyboards, March 7, 1986.
Test scene, 1986. [Using scene from On Her Majesty's Secret Service]
Photographs of location shots.
Shooting schedule, August 28, 1986.
One-line schedule from return to studio, November 23, 1986.
London charity premiere -- The Prince's Trust, 1987.
Clippings and publicity material, 1986-1987.
The Living Davlights (cont.):
Clippings, 1986-1988.
The Man With The Golden Gun:
Notes and sketches.Treatment, November 12, 1973.
Screenplay, November 26, 1973. Incomplete draft.
Screenplays, 1973. Miscellaneous pages with holograph notes and revisions. (2 folders)
Screenplay, January 7, 1974. Incomplete draft. ["First draft screenplay (B)"]
Screenplay, January 7, 1974. ["First draft screenplay (C)"]
Screenplay, January 7, 1974. ["Rewritten first draft"]
Screenplay [April 15, 1974?] Incomplete draft. ["Final draft"?]
Screenplay. With holograph revisions.
The Man With The Golden Gun (cont.):
Screenplay. Miscellaneous pages with holograph revisions. (2 folders)Photographs.
Clippings and publicity material, 1974.
Moonraker. Clipping, 1979. [Not a Maibaum project]
Never Say Never Again. Notes and clippings, 1983. [Not a Maibaum project]
Octopussy:
Research material and notes, 1966-igei.Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, September 3, 1981.
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, September 30, 1981.
Treatment pages with holograph revisions.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, June 10, 1982. Based on a draft screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, June 10, 1982. Based on a draft screenplay by George MacDonald Fraser. Incomplete draft, with holograph revisions.
Screenplay, June-August 1982. Revisions of Maibaum script by others.
Photographs of locations.
Clippings, 1983-1984. Together with correspondence. Also, 1983 Program to the film with cast and credits.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service:
Treatment, April 1967. With notes and research material.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (cont.):
Treatment, June 1968. Incomplete draft, with revisions.Treatment.
Screenplay, March 29, 1966.
Screenplay, March 29, 1966.
Screenplay. ["First draft"]
Screenplay, 1967. ["Second draft"]
Screenplay. [Second draft?]
Screenplays, July 1968. Miscellaneous revision pages.
Screenplay, June-August 1968.
Screenplay [June-August 19681. Miscellaneous revision pages together with postcards and a final treatment.
Screenplay, August 1968. ["Final draft"]
Screenplays. Incomplete drafts with holograph revisions.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service (cont.):
Screenplay, September 5, 1968. Shooting script with holograph revisions.Test scenes, 1968.
Clippings, 1968-1969.
The Spy Who Loved Me:
Correspondence, notes, and research, 1975-1976.Treatment [August 1-3, 1975? "First treatment"]
Treatment, August 4, 1975. With holograph revisions.
Treatment, August 20, 1975.
Treatment. (2 copies)
Treatments. Miscellaneous pages with holograph revisions.
Screenplay, November 5, 1975.
Screenplay, November 5, 1975. (Photocopy)
The Spy Who Loved Me (cont.):
Screenplay, January e, 1976.Screenplay, January 8, 1976. (Photocopy)
"Screenplay synopsis." February 12, 1976.
Screenplay, February 27, 1976.
Screenplay, February 27, 1976. With holograph revisions.
Screenplay by Christopher Wood, April 22, 1976. "First draft."
Screenplay. With holograph revisions.
Screenplay. Incomplete, with holograph revisions.
Screenplay, June 15, 1976. Shooting script.
The Spy Who Loved Me (cont.):
Clippings and publicity material, 1976-1979.
Thunderball:
Correspondence, notes and treatment, 1965.Various early drafts. With holograph revisions.
Screenplay. "First draft."
Screenplay.
A View To A Kill:
Contract and correspondence, 1983-1986.Research material and notes, 1982-1983.
Treatment, October 26, 1983.
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, December 15, 1983.
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, 1983. Incomplete, with holograph revisions.
Treatments, 1983-1984. Incomplete.
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, January 16, 1984. With holograph revisions.
A View To A Kill (cont.):
Treatments, January-February 1984. Miscellaneous revision pages.Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, February 14, 1984. Together with a news clipping. (2 copies)
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, March 3, 1984. With holograph revisions. (2 copies)
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, March 16, 1984. With holograph revisions and notes. (2 copies)
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, March 30, 1984.
Treatment co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, April 5, 1984.
Treatment. Early draft.
Treatment. With holograph revisions and corrections.
Treatments. Incomplete, with holograph revisions.
Treatments. Miscellaneous pages with holograph revisions.
Treatments co-authored with Michael G. Wilson. Miscellaneous pages with holograph revisions.
A View To A Kill (cont):
Screenplay, May 1, 1984. Incomplete.Screenplay, May 23, 1984. Incomplete.
Screenplays, May 1984. Incomplete drafts with holograph revisions.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, June 8, 1984.
Screenplay co-authored with Michael G. Wilson, June 20, 1984.
Screenplays. Incomplete drafts with holograph revisions. (2 folders)
Screenplay. Incomplete.
Photographs of locations
A View To A Kill (cont.):
Publicity material, 1985. Including photographs.Premieres and special screenings, 1985. Together with correspondence.
Music from the movie. 45 record. Side A: A View to a Bill; Side B: A View to a Kill (A Fatal Kiss). Duran Duran
Clippings, 1985.
"James Bond" articles:
"Cheers, 007!" Article by Richard Maibaum. Hollywood Reporter, July 14, 1987.Clippings, articles, and reviews, 1965-1990.
Commentary. Articles by Richard Grenier, 1981. Together with correspondence.
"Deus Ex Machina, 1965 model." Article by Richard Maibaum, April 1968. Typescript with holograph revisions. Together with correspondence.
"James Bond and His Girls." Article by Richard Maibaum, August 3, 1965. Incomplete typescript.
James Bond article by Richard Maibaum. Untitled typescript.
"No Title, or 007's Secret Weapon." Article by Richard Maibaum, July 26, 1965. Typescript.
Gadgets. Typescript list with holograph notes.
James Bond 25th Anniversary material, 1987. Clippings and correspondence.
Music. The James Bond Song Book
Photographs.
Premiere. Contract together with holograph notes for proposed article, March 15, 1989.
Research material
and storyline ideas.
Federal Bank of San Francisco, 1984-1987.
Material on specific works or projects, 1977-1985.
Military and defense material:
Brochures, articles, and sketches, 1973-1987.
Military and defense material (cont.):
Monographs, 1984-1987.
Newspaper clippings, 1979-1988.
Newspaper clippings,
1965-1983. (4 folders)
Newspaper clippings, 1984-1988. (3 folders)
Notes, sketches, articles, and magazine clippings, 1960-1988. (4 folders)
Nuclear survival.
Information, 1958-1963.
Additions
Box 37
Defense Studies: Aircraft:
Part 1: Israeli, British Empire to 1945 - photocopies, scale model kit pictures and instructions.Part 2: British Empire 1945-, Russian, United States - photocopies, scale model kit pictures and instructions
Part 3: United States 1941-1945, United States 1918-1941, United States 1903-1918, French, Italian, Oriental, Czech, misc. -photocopies, scale model kit pictures and instructions.
Defense Studies: Armor, Artillery and Missiles:
Part 1: Armor, United States, Britain - photocopies, articles and scale model kit pictures and instructions.
Defense Studies: Armor, Artillery and Missiles (con't.):
Part 2: Armor Israeli - photocopies, articles and scale model kit pictures and instructions.
Defense Studies: Civilian Vehicles:
Mustangs, Aston Martins and Sunbeams - photocopies, scale model kit pictures and instructions.
Defense Studies: Ships and Boats:
Israeli, United States, United Kingdom, Russian, Comparative/Historical, Small row boats, Commando boats - newspaper clippings, scale model kit pictures and instructions and pencil sketches.
Box 39
Additional Scripts:
Apennine Grapes. Playscript. (Photocopy)
Bad Man of Brimstone. Screenplay
Beyond These Voices. Playscript.
Birthright. Playscript. (Photocopy)
Lost Acres. Playscript.
Middleton Mural. Playscript. (Photocopy)
A Moral Entertainment. Playscript.
A Moral Entertainment. Playscript. (Photocopy)
The Paradise Question.
Playscript. (Photocopy) Co-authored with Walter Hart.
Additional Scripts (cont.):
Ransom. Playscript. [Original title The Davie Decision] Co-authored with Cyril Hume.
See my Lawyer. Playscript. (Photocopy) Co-authored with Harry Clork.
Short Plays:
"Callahan's Courage""Trueblood Tommie"
"Something for Art"
"Catch as Catch Can"
"After School"
"Heart Line"
"The Light Fantastic"
"Detached Duty"
"Champagne for Two"
"Champagne for Two"
Singing Acres. Playscript
Sweet Mystery of Life. Playscript. (Photocopy) Co-authored with George Haight and Michael Wallach.
Sword in the Scales.
Playscript. (Photocopy)
The Tree:
Reviews.Playscript.
Playscript. (Photocopy)
Scale models - Inventories:
Four black bound copies of "Moving Parts: The Richard Maibaum Films Vehicle Miniatures Collection", guides to the model collection including general notes, list of films and the items associated with each film and background information on each model.
Scale models:
Cockleshell Heroes: British Commando kayak with figures.British Centurian Tank.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: Aston Martin DB4.
German Tiger E Tank.
Infantry Tank Churchill MK 1.
108 boxes containing models used in the movies and research. These are in no particular order.
2000 Addition
Box 44
Scale models - Inventories:
Four editions of "Moving Parts: The Richard Maibaum Films Vehicle Miniatures Collection", guides to the model collection including general notes, list of films and the items associated with each film and background information on each model.
Diamonds Are Forever:
Correspondence and contracts, 1969-1971.Various drafts of synopsis and film treatment with miscellaneous pages.
Man With the Golden Gun. Location scouts.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service. Preliminary notes, treatments, and postcards.
Thunderball.
Research and notes.
A View To A Kill.
Storyboards, 1984.
Map
Case
Posters
Licence to KillThe Living Daylights
Watercolor of a story board
Box 46
Miscellaneous research
Volume III of Richard Maiburam film miniatures collection and guide
Box 47
Matthew Maibaum
If You Were Ice Cream. (Musical score)
Sylvia Maibaum
Correspondence
Education, general. 2 folders
Education, musical. 3 folders
Songs and lyrics. 2 folders (Due to its size folder 1 is lying on the shelf)
Sylvia Maibaum's father's recipes for mixing gold and silver
Whitefield, Bernard
Musical compositions. 2 folders. (Due to their size both folders are lying on the shelf)
Photograph of house at 848 Manning Avenue, Los Angeles, where Maibaum, between 1956 and 1952, he wrote "OSS," "The Great Gatsby." and "The Big Clock." Gift of Matthew Maibaum
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