Series V. Unrealized Projects, 1951-2005, inclusive
Extent
5.08 Linear Feet in 8 manuscript boxes and 2 cassette boxes
Extent
26 audiocassettes
Extent
5 Betacam
Extent
1.28 Megabytes in 30 computer files
Scope and Contents
This series contains materials related to unrealized and unidentified film and writing projects. Materials include screenplay drafts, proposals, interview transcripts and recordings, correspondence, and manuscripts for "Love Affair" (about Jackson Pollock and Ruth Kligman, cowritten by Elizabeth LeCompte), "Story of O", "I'll Be Your Mirror: Stories of Women in Rock" (a book project), "True Love", "Exit Now" (cowritten by Guinevere Turner), and "Confidence" (also cowritten by Guinevere Turner). Also included are a typescript for a short story, a treatment for a music video, a consulting contract, notes for a script written by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain, and a proposal from Dictum Publishing for a film on Gerard Sekoto.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by project name.
"Confidence", 1994
Correspondence
Digital materials
Correspondence (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Proposal and Notes
Digital materials
Proposal and Notes (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Script by Mary Harron and Guinevere Turner
Electronic Versions
Digital materials
Electronic Versions (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Undated Version
Box: 21, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Exit Now"/"Millennium Blues"
Notes, 1998
Digital materials
Notes (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Script by Guinevere Turner and Mary Harron -- Various Versions, 1998
Digital materials
Script by Guinevere Turner and Mary Harron -- Various Versions (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Synopses, 1997-1998, inclusive
Digital materials
Synopses (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"Fifth Business" -- Based on Novel by Robertson Davies
Outline and Memo, 1996
Digital materials
Outline and Memo (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Script, Scene Breakdown, and Notes, undated, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"High School Confidential", undated, inclusive
Audio Recording
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0095 (Material Type: Audio)
Premise
Box: 21, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Hollywood Screenwriter Documentary -- Proposal, Notes, and Research Material, 1988
Box: 21, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"I'll Be Your Mirror: Stories of Women in Rock"
Correspondence, Proposal, and Notebook, 1983
Box: 21, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
General Research Material, 1964-1982, inclusive
Box: 21, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interviews and Research
Mae Axton -- Transcript, Synopsis/Chapter Drafts, and Research Material, 1959-1984, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Florence Ballard -- Notes and Research Material, 1968
Box: 22, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cilla Black -- Newspaper Clippings, 1980-1981, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Ruth Brown, 1980
Audio Recording
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0092 (Material Type: Audio)
Transcript, Notes, Synopsis/Chapter Draft, and Research Materials
Box: 22, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cristina -- NYC -- Audio Recording, August 25, 1982
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.01 (Material Type: Audio)
Connie De Nave -- Transcript, Notes, and Research Material, 1967
Box: 22, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jenny Fabian, March 1983
Audio Recording -- Tape 1 -- London
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0117 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Tape 2 -- London
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.012 (Material Type: Audio)
Marianne Faithfull
Audio Recording -- Tape 1 -- Paris, June 1, 1982
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0099 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Tape 2 -- Paris, June 1, 1982
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0084 (Material Type: Audio)
Notes, Synopsis/Chapter Drafts, and Research Material, 1967-1982, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Connie Francis -- Transcript, Research Material, Notes, Photographs, and Synopsis/Chapter Drafts, 1961-1983, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Bobbie Goforth (Bobbie Stout of WHER) -- Memphis -- Audio Recording, November 2, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0081 (Material Type: Audio)
Lesley Gore -- Transcript, Notes, and Research Material, 1965-1971, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wanda Jackson
Audio Recording -- Tape 1 -- Charlotte, November 7, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0119 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Tape 2 -- Charlotte, November 8, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0118 (Material Type: Audio)
Transcripts, Research Material, Notes, and Synopsis/Chapter Drafts, 1971-1984, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Janis Joplin -- Transcripts of Interviews with Nik Cohn and Fran Pelzman, undated, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Marion Keisker
Audio Recording -- Tape 1 -- Memphis, November 1, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0094 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Tape 2 -- Memphis, November 1, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0069 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Tape 3 -- Memphis, November 1, 1983
Box: 30, audiocassette: 608.006 (Material Type: Audio)
Transcript, Photographs, Synopsis/Chapter Draft, and Research Materials, 1959-1981, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Brenda Lee
Audio Recording -- Tape 1 -- Nashville, October 27, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0091 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Tape 2 -- Nashville, October 27, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0073 (Material Type: Audio)
Synopsis/Chapter Drafts and Research Material, 1979-1982, inclusive
Box: 22, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 23, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Annie Lennox -- Audio Recording, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.007 (Material Type: Audio)
Lydia Lunch -- Transcript, Synopsis/Chapter Drafts, and Research Material, 1979-1983, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Nico -- Transcript and Synopsis/Chapter Drafts, undated, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Dolly Parton -- Audio Recording, March 1, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0117 (Material Type: Audio)
Martha Reeves -- Transcript, undated, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Helen Shapiro -- Transcript, Synopsis/Chapter Drafts, and Research Material, 1961-1983, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sandie Shaw -- Newspaper Clippings, 1975-1982, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sabel Starr -- Transcript and Synopsis/Chapter Drafts, 1976
Box: 23, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Roni Stoneman, October 18-19, 1983
Audio Recording -- Tape 1 -- Nashville
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0074 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Tape 2 -- Nashville
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0096 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Tape 3 -- Nashville
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0114 (Material Type: Audio)
Poly Styrene and Lora Logic of X-Ray Spex
Audio Recording, July 23, 1983
Box: 30, audiocassette: 608.0062 (Material Type: Audio)
Transcript and Research Material, 1981-1983, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tina Turner -- Transcripts, circa 1984-1985, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Mary Wells -- Research Material, 1982
Box: 23, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Helen Wheels -- Audio Recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0085 (Material Type: Audio)
Vicky Wickham, August 1, 1982
Audio Recording -- Tape 1 -- NYC
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0087 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Tape 2 -- NYC
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0072 (Material Type: Audio)
Women in Country Music
Audio Recording -- Buzz Cason and Billy Smith -- Nashville, November 7, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0119 (Material Type: Audio)
Audio Recording -- Robert K. Oermann, October 18, 1983
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0114 (Material Type: Audio)
Research Material, 1979-1982, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Lottery" -- Scene List and Script, undated, inclusive
Box: 23, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Love Affair"
Correspondence, 1987
Box: 23, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Notes, Outline, and Synopsis, circa 1987
Box: 23, Folder: 15-16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Research Material, 1951-1974, inclusive
Box: 24, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Script by Elizabeth LeCompte and Mary Harron
Early Draft and Notes, 1987-1988, inclusive
Box: 24, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Final First Draft, February 1988
Box: 24, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Second Draft, August 1988
Box: 24, Folder: 4-5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Third Draft, 1989
Box: 24, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Fifth Draft, August 1990
Box: 24, Folder: 7-8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Sixth Draft, September 1990
Box: 24, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Eighth Draft, December 1990
Box: 24, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tenth Draft, November 1995
Box: 24, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Luna Score Bits/Rentals, undated, inclusive
Box: 29, audiocassette: 608.0113 (Material Type: Audio)
"O" -- Based on the The Story of O
Correspondence, Script, and Schedule, 1994-1996, inclusive
Box: 25, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Proposal and Synopsis, 1995
Digital materials
Proposal and Synopsis (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Pavement Video -- Treatment, 1997
Digital materials
Pavement Video -- Treatment (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"Pipe Dream" -- Script, 1997
Digital materials
"Pipe Dream" -- Script (Material Type: Electronic Record)
"Please Kill Me"
Correspondence and Notes, 1998-2005, inclusive
Box: 25, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Script by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain -- First and Second Drafts, 1998-1999, inclusive
Box: 25, Folder: 3-4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Script with Notes (Possibly by Harron), 2002
Box: 25, Folder: 5-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Gerard Sekoto Film -- Proposal from Dictum Publishing, Correspondence, and Background Information, 1988
Box: 25, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Simply Halston" -- Consulting Contract, 1997
Box: 25, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Sunday in New York" -- Story Typescript, undated, inclusive
Box: 25, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Super 8" or "Trouble for Men" -- Scene List, undated, inclusive
Box: 25, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"True Love"
Background Information and Court Documents, 1994-1999, inclusive
Box: 25, Folder: 11-12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 26, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, Meeting Notes, and Chronologies, 2001-2002, inclusive
Box: 26, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scene Outlines and Scripts by Daniel Voll and Cecilia Peck, 2000-2002, inclusive
Box: 26, Folder: 4-6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unidentified Audio Recording, undated, inclusive
Box: 30, audiocassette: 608.0061 (Material Type: Audio)
Unidentified Manuscript, undated, inclusive
Box: 26, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unidentified Script Notes, 1997
Digital materials
Unidentified Script Notes (Material Type: Electronic Record)
Unidentified Treatment by Harron -- Audio Recording, May 17, 1996
Box: 30, audiocassette: 608.0065 (Material Type: Audio)
Video Recordings -- Brooklyn -- Unidentified Film, undated, inclusive
Coney Island #1 -- Lea's Song, West Side Highway, Wide Shots
Box: 36, Betacam: 608.003 (Material Type: Video)
Coney Island #6 -- Exteriors, Freak Show, Ocean View, Ferris Wheel
Box: 35, Betacam: 608.0046 (Material Type: Video)
Greenpoint #1 -- Block Party, Ana Rosa and Friends, Docks, Ana Rosa's Party
Box: 36, Betacam: 608.0029 (Material Type: Video)
Greenpoint #2
Box: 35, Betacam: 608.0176 (Material Type: Video)
Greenpoint #3 -- Grown Ups Dance, Birthday Cake
Box: 36, Betacam: 608.0031 (Material Type: Video)
"The Women" -- Myth Synopsis and Recording Transcripts, 1989-1991, inclusive
Box: 26, Folder: 8-9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
