Michael Gleason Remington Steele scripts
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Scope and Contents
This collection contains scripts and related production documents for the American crime television show Remington Steele (1982-1987), received from co-creator and executive producer Michael Gleason (1938-2016). The uniform collection consists of a bound file for each episode containing the script, revisions, shooting schedule, and cast list. There are 94 files reflecting the show's full five seasons of episodes from 1982 to 1987. There is also one folder containing the production schedule, script progress reports, and release schedules for each season (Box 1, Folder 1). There are no annotations or additional papers reflecting Gleason's personal involvement with the show.
Dates
- Creation: 1982 - 1987
Creator
- Gleason, Michael, 1938-2016 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Michael Gleason (1398-2016) was a co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the television show Remington Steele, an American crime drama, which aired on NBC from 1982 to 1987.
Extent
12.6 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains scripts and production files for the American crime television show Remington Steele (1982-1987), received from co-creator, writer, and executive producer Michael Gleason (1938-2016).
Arrangement
Scripts are arranged according to episode number, beginning with the pilot (#0903) through the show's final episode (#6710).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Michael Gleason, October 20, 1988.
Processing Information
Some processing by USC students in 2019 as part of the "Piloting a Shared Practice for Accessible Archival Descriptions" Dean's Challenge Grant. Additional arrangement and description by Diann Benti in 2021.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the Michael Gleason Remington Steele scripts
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2021 November
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu