Extraordinary archive of material related to the unaired pilot of the Patty Duke Show, including a script, contracts, and production documents and notes. First is the brad-bound pilot script, written by Sidney Sheldon, 45 pages, dated November 8, 1962, on the front cover (nearly one year before the first episode was aired, on September 18, 1963). Included are three production folders, including an especially interesting one full of 63 employment documents for many of those associated with the production, comprised of both originals and carbon copies, including actors, writers, and a wide array of crew members, including a makeup artist, prop master, camera man, editor, bus driver, and dog trainer; original signed documents by actresses appearing in the pilot include Patty Duke, Phyllis Coates, Geraldine Wall, Mary Scott, and Eva Nord. An additional folder is labeled "Shooting Schedules," and contains packets of notes for five days of shooting, one packet of notes on stock footage required, a pretend shooting schedule, and six casting headshots, presumably for the 'stunt double' who played the back of Patty's head in scenes where both of Duke's characters, Patty and Cathy Lane, appeared in the same scene; in the eventual show Rita Walter played this part. The third folder is labeled "Production Reports," and contains 47 pages of extremely detailed reports about shooting times, sets, and anything unusual that occurred. Additionally included are numerous pages of handwritten notes on wardrobe for each scene, likely for continuity purposes. In overall fine condition. The Patty Duke show was picked up by ABC and ran from September 1963 through April 1966 and was very well received during its entire run—even though it was still popular in 1966, the show was cancelled over a dispute about the expenses of switching from black-and-white to color. A fantastic archive and true piece of classic television history, luckily surviving intact and together for so many decades. RR Auction COA.
