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Television -- Production and direction

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 110 Collections and/or Records:

Typescript of novel by Larry McMurtry

 File — Multiple Containers
Series Description From the Series: Suzanne de Passe, president of Motown Productions, enlisted Bill Wittliff to write the screenplay for Lonesome Dove. Wittliff, a native Texan, had been writing films since 1977, beginning with the CBS-TV movie Thaddeus Rose and Eddie and including credit for The Black Stallion (1979),Honeysuckle Rose (1980), Raggedy Man (1981),...
Dates: 1986-1988

Videotape of a June 1988 day on the set

 File — Box 17, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: This series deals with material used or generated during the filming of Lonesome Dove from March through July 1988. Glenn Headley contributed her script for the character Elmira marked with her notes. Bill Wittliff, not only a screenwriter and producer, but also an accomplished photographer, publisher and book designer, contributed many of his photographs of performers and scenes taken during the filming. A complete set of the dailies on 3/4 inch tape is also...
Dates: 1988

Wardrobe, 1988

 Series
Series Description Costume Designer: Van Broughton RamseyCostume designer Ramsey had previously designed the wardrobe for Horton Foote's dramas of early 20th century Texas life, 1918 (1984), and On Valentine's Day(1986). Ramsey kept his notes, forms and drawings in two cloth zipper notebook containers. A blue container held Ramsey's sketches of costumes for the principal characters and includes notes from the novel, cloth swatches and...
Dates: 1988

Wardrobe notebook, forms and notes

 File — Box 14, Folder: 3-5
Series Description From the Series: Costume Designer: Van Broughton RamseyCostume designer Ramsey had previously designed the wardrobe for Horton Foote's dramas of early 20th century Texas life, 1918 (1984), and On Valentine's Day(1986). Ramsey kept his notes, forms and drawings in two cloth zipper notebook containers. A blue container held Ramsey's sketches of costumes for the principal characters and includes notes from the novel, cloth swatches and...
Dates: 1988

Wardrobe Volume 1

 File — Box 15, Folder: 1-4
Series Description From the Series: Costume Designer: Van Broughton RamseyCostume designer Ramsey had previously designed the wardrobe for Horton Foote's dramas of early 20th century Texas life, 1918 (1984), and On Valentine's Day(1986). Ramsey kept his notes, forms and drawings in two cloth zipper notebook containers. A blue container held Ramsey's sketches of costumes for the principal characters and includes notes from the novel, cloth swatches and...
Dates: 1988

Wardrobe Volume II

 File — Box 15, Folder: 5-7
Series Description From the Series: Costume Designer: Van Broughton RamseyCostume designer Ramsey had previously designed the wardrobe for Horton Foote's dramas of early 20th century Texas life, 1918 (1984), and On Valentine's Day(1986). Ramsey kept his notes, forms and drawings in two cloth zipper notebook containers. A blue container held Ramsey's sketches of costumes for the principal characters and includes notes from the novel, cloth swatches and...
Dates: 1988

Wardrobe Volume III

 File — Box 16, Folder: 1-2
Series Description From the Series: Costume Designer: Van Broughton RamseyCostume designer Ramsey had previously designed the wardrobe for Horton Foote's dramas of early 20th century Texas life, 1918 (1984), and On Valentine's Day(1986). Ramsey kept his notes, forms and drawings in two cloth zipper notebook containers. A blue container held Ramsey's sketches of costumes for the principal characters and includes notes from the novel, cloth swatches and...
Dates: 1988

Wardrobe Volume IV

 File — Box 16, Folder: 3-4
Series Description From the Series: Costume Designer: Van Broughton RamseyCostume designer Ramsey had previously designed the wardrobe for Horton Foote's dramas of early 20th century Texas life, 1918 (1984), and On Valentine's Day(1986). Ramsey kept his notes, forms and drawings in two cloth zipper notebook containers. A blue container held Ramsey's sketches of costumes for the principal characters and includes notes from the novel, cloth swatches and...
Dates: 1988

Wittliff, Executive Producer, letters, bills, etc., 1987-1991

 File — Box 8, Folder: 3-5
Series Description From the Series: Executive Producers: Suzanne de Passe and Bill Wittliff Assistant to Mr. Wittliff: Connie ToddCo-executive Producer: Robert HalmiProducer: Dyson LovellSupervising Producer: Michael WeisbarthThis series is primarily made up of correspondence among the producers. The majority of the memos are from Dyson Lovell and deal with scheduling, hiring, budget, set behavior, etc. Wittliff's files contain letters, thank yous from...
Dates: 1987-1991

Writer's Guild of America (WGA), March 1990

 File — Box 21, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series: The letters of congratulations to Wittliff found here indicate the enthusiasm with which the miniseries was greeted. There are files on the many honors received by Lonesome Dove--18 Emmy nominations which resulted in seven Emmys, the award for Best Miniseries and Best Television Program of 1989 from the National Association of Television Critics, the D. W. Griffith Award for Best Television Miniseries, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Wrangle Award for the...
Dates: March 1990