Finding Aid for the John Payne scripts, 1957-1959
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Descriptive Summary
Title: John Payne scripts
Date (inclusive): 1957-1959
Collection number: PASC 249
Creator:
Payne, John, 1912-1989.
Extent:
3 boxes (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: John Payne was a television and motion picture actor. In the 1950s Payne was featured in his own television series
Restless Gun (1957-59). The collection consists of seventy-plus scripts for the
Restless Guns series.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift, 2002.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Payne scripts (Collection Number PASC 249). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Biography/History
John Payne was born May, 1912 in Roanoke, VA. After graduating Roanoke College, he studied drama at Columbia University and
voice at Juilliard School of Music. Payne became an understudy in a 1935 Bea Lillie revue, which lead to his screen debut
in
Dodsworth (1936.) His film work in the 1940s included a number of lead roles in musicals such as
Tin Pan Alley,
The Great American Broadcast,
Sun Valley Serenade,
Hello, Frisco,
Hello and
The Dolly Sisters. He is well remembered for his role in the film,
Miracle on 34th Street (1947.) In the 1950s Payne switched to Westerns and action films and went on to star in his own television series
Restless Gun (1957-59.) He directed one of his last films,
They Ran for Their Lives (1968.) Payne died 1989.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of scripts for the television series
Restless Gun related to the career of John Payne. Includes scripts for seventy-plus episodes spanning 1957-1959. Additionally, there is
one script from an episode of the television series, The Westerner.
The scripts were originally housed in eight loose bound notebooks. The notebooks were removed for preservation purposes.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by episode title.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Payne, John, 1912-1989 -- Archives.
Actors -- Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
television scripts.
Box 2, Folder 5
Aunt Emma - script
13 Feb 1958
Box 3, Folder 2
Bad Company - revised script
26 Sep 1958
Box 2, Folder 7
Battle of Tower Rock (The) - revised script
3 Mar 1958
Box 3, Folder 7
Better Than a Cannon - script
3 Nov 1958
Box 2, Folder 20
Bonner's Squaw - revised script
8 Jul 1958
Scope and Content
Writers: Joel Kane, Lee Karson.
Box 3, Folder 23
Cavis Boy (The) - revised script
3 Apr 1959
General note
Appears to be The Cavis Boy. Originally titled Rough Country Justice.
Scope and Content
Writers: Ron Bishop, Wells Root.
Box 1, Folder 11
Cheyenne Express - script
1 Jul 1957
Scope and Content
Writers: Frank Burt, Christopher Knopf.
Box 1, Folder 14
Child (The) - script
25 Oct 1957
Scope and Content
Writers: Herbert Little, Jr.; John Payne, and David Victor.
Box 3, Folder 18
Code For a Killer- second revised script
6 Mar 1959
Scope and Content
Writers: Hal Fimberg, Frank Waldman
Box 1, Folder 16
Coward (The) - revised script
7 Oct 1957
Box 2, Folder 4
Crisis at Easter Creek - revised script
10 Dec 1957
Box 3, Folder 12
Dead Man's Hand - script
29 Aug 1958
Box 3, Folder 8
Dead Ringer - revised script
5 Dec 1958
Scope and Content
Writer: John Tucker Battle.
Box 2, Folder 16
Dragon's Teeth - revised script
30 Jul 1958
Box 1, Folder 1
Duel at Lockwood - revised script
5 May 1957
Box 3, Folder 24
Englishman (The) - revised script
20 Apr 1959
Box 3, Folder 1
Faithful (The) - revised script
11 Jul 1958
Box 3, Folder 16
Four Lives - script
10 Feb 1959
Box 1, Folder 17
Friend in Need, A - revised script
29 Aug 1957
Box 1, Folder 8
General Gilford's Widow - revised script
13 Jun 1957
Scope and Content
Writer: Frank Burt.
Box 1, Folder 15
Gold Buckle (The) - revised script
5 Jul 1957
Scope and Content
Writer: Frank Burt.
Box 2, Folder 10
Gold Star (The) - revised script
18 Mar 1958
Box 2, Folder 14
Gratitude - revised script
2 Apr 1958
Box 2, Folder 1
Hand is Quicker (The) - revised script
1 Nov 1957
Box 1, Folder 19
Hang and Be Damned - second revised script
5 Nov 1957
Box 2, Folder 3
Helen Bricker - revised script
19 Nov 1957
Box 3, Folder 26
Hill of Death (The) - revised script
17 Apr 1959
Box 2, Folder 9
Hiram Grover's Strike - revised script
18 Mar 1958
Box 1, Folder 21
Hornitas Town - revised script
10 Dec 1957
Box 1, Folder 22
Imposter For a Day - revised script
6 Dec 19957
Box 3, Folder 14
Incident at Bluefield - script
28 Nov 1958
Scope and Content
Writer: Herman Groves.
Box 2, Folder 15
Jebediah Bonner - script
26 Jun 1958
Scope and Content
Writers: Will Cook, John Payne.
Box 1, Folder 5
Jenny - revised script
13 Aug 1957
Scope and Content
Writers: Frank Burt, Marion Hargrove.
Box 1, Folder 7
Jody - revised script
25 Sep 1957
Scope and Content
Writer: Frank Burt.
Box 3, Folder 20
Lady By Law - revised script
20 Mar 1959
Scope and Content
Writer: Norman Daniels.
Box 3, Folder 9
Last Gray Man (The) - revised script
29 Sep 1958
Scope and Content
Writer: Richard Newman
Box 3, Folder 19
Madam Brimstone - revised script
5 Mar 1959
Box 1, Folder 10
Man and Boy - revised script
30 Aug 1957
Scope and Content
Writers: Frank Burt, David Victor.
Box 2, Folder 12
Manhunters (The) - revised script
28 Mar 1958
Box 3, Folder 10
Melany - revised script
12 Jan 1959
Scope and Content
Writer: Herman Groves.
Box 2, Folder 17
Mercyday - revised script
13 Jun 1958
Box 2, Folder 11
More Than Kin - revised script
2 Apr 1958
Box 2, Folder 25
Multiply One Boy - script
19 May 1958
Scope and Content
Writer: Lee Berg.
Box 3, Folder 5
Myra Barker - revised script
7 Nov 1958
Box 1, Folder 9
New Sheriff (The) - revised script
17 Jul 1957
Scope and Content
Writer: Dean Riesner.
Box 2, Folder 23
No Way to Kill - revised script
11 Aug 1958
Scope and Content
Writer: John Falvo.
Box 2, Folder 19
Nowhere Kid (The) - revised script
2 Jun 1958
Scope and Content
Writer: Mary C. McCall, Jr.
Box 3, Folder 17
One on the House - script
16 Jan 1959
Box 2, Folder 6
Outlander (The) - script
27 Feb 1958
Box 3, Folder 3
Painted Beauty (The) - revised script
26 Aug 19958
Scope and Content
Writer: Halsey Malone
Box 3, Folder 15
Pawn (The) - revised script
13 Feb 1959
Scope and Content
Writer: Charles B. Smith
Box 2, Folder 13
Peddler (The) - revised script
8 Apr 1958
Box 1, Folder 23
Pressing Engagement, A - revised script
9 Jan 1958
Box 1, Folder 20
Quiet City - revised script
18 Nov 1957
Box 3, Folder 6
Red Blood of Courage - script
30 Oct 1958
Box 2, Folder 22
Remember the Dead - script
25 Jul 1958
Scope and Content
Writer: Hendrik Vollaerts
Box 1, Folder 3
Revenge at Harness Creek - script
24 May 1957
Scope and Content
Writers: Frank Burt; Jack Jacobs and Malvin Wald.
Box 3, Folder 11
Ricochet - revised script
9 Jan 1959
Box 3, Folder 21
Ride With The Devil - revised script
20 Mar 1959
Scope and Content
Writer: Nat Tanchuck
Box 1, Folder 4
Rink - revised script
28 May 1957
Scope and Content
Writer: Frank Burt.
Box 3, Folder 4
Shadow of a Gunfighter - script
17 Oct 1958
Scope and Content
Writer: Herman Groves.
Box 1, Folder 25
Sheriff Billy - revised script
30 Jan 1958
Box 1, Folder 6
Shooting of Jet King (The) - revised script
11 Jun 1957
Scope and Content
Writer: Frank Burt.
Box 1, Folder 13
Silver Threads - revised script
11 Jul 1957
Scope and Content
Writers: Frank Burt, Marion Hargrove.
Box 3, Folder 25
Special Investigator - revised script
17 Jul 1958
Box 1, Folder 18
Strange Family in Town - revised script
9 Dec 1957
Box 2, Folder 2
Suffragette - revised script
28 Jan 1958
Box 3, Folder 13
Sweet Sisters (The) - revised script
27 Jan 1959
Scope and Content
Writer: Joel Kane.
Box 2, Folder 24
Take Me Home - revised script
30 Sep 1958
Scope and Content
Writers: Newt Arnold, David Cross.
Box 1, Folder 12
Thicker Than Water - revised script
7 Aug 1957
Scope and Content
Writers: Frank Burt, Kenneth Gamet.
Box 2, Folder 18
Thunder Valley - revised script
14 Aug 1958
General note
Appears to be Thunde Valley. Originally titled Fugitive's Canyon.
Scope and Content
Writer: Hal. G. Evarts
Box 2, Folder 8
Torn Flag (The) - script
23 Jan 1958
General note
Originally titled The Flag.
Box 1, Folder 2
Trail to Sunset - revised script
3 Jul 1957
Scope and Content
Writers: Frank Burt; Herbert Little, Jr., and David Victor.
Box 2, Folder 26
Trail To Vengeance - revised script
21 Mar 1958
Box 3, Folder 22
Trial For Jenny May, A - revised script
2 Apr 1959
Scope and Content
Writer: Ron Bishop.
Box 1, Folder 24
Woman From Sacramento - script
6 Jan 1958
Box 2, Folder 21
Young Road-Agent (The) - script
9 May 1958
