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Autobiography
Title: Autobiography
Dates of Material:
1953–2005, predominant 1987–2004
Extent:
91 cm of textual records and other material
Administrative history
The autobiography titled This Terrible Business Has Been Good to Me was published by Key Porter Books in Canada in 2004, and by Thomas Dunne Books in the United States in 2005. Research for a book on Norman Jewison’s life began in 1987, with movie critic Jay Scott interviewing pertinent individuals and compiling notes. In 1997–1998 the project was attempted again with the involvement of writer Jack Batten. The final undertaking begun in 2002 with Anna Porter resulted in the published book.
Series consists of scripts of CBC specials with Norman Jewison annotations, 1953; records relating to Jay Scott’s participation, 1987–1988, including research notes, audio cassettes and transcripts of interviews with Norman Jewison and various persons in the entertainment world, including James Caan, Rod Steiger, Patrick Palmer, Doris Day, William Goldman and Sidney Poitier; records relating to Jack Batten’s involvement, 1997–1998, including research notes, correspondence, questions and notes from Norman Jewison interviews, and drafts of chapters; audio/video cassettes and transcripts of Norman Jewison interviews, 1995–2000; and records relating to Anna Porter’s work and the publication by Key Porter Books, 2002–2005, including correspondence, legal agreements, notes, drafts and editorial copies of chapters, inserts and photographs.
NOTE(S)
Physical description
Includes 9 photographs: b&w and col., 24 audio cassettes and 3 video cassettes
Access restrictions
No restrictions.
Related groups of records
See also Series 10.
Access points
Provenance access points:
Batten, Jack, 1932–
Scott, Jay
Porter, Anna
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| Box 50 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | 11 | “The Big Revue” (CBC) scripts with annotations by Norman Jewison | 1953 | |
| 50 | 12 | Printed research material | 1996-2001 | |
| Material relating to Jay Scott collaboration | ||||
| 50 | 13 | Proposal for book | 1986 | |
| 50 | 14 | Correspondence and legal agreement | 1986-1989 | |
| 50 | 15 | Notes and correspondence | 1986-1987 | |
| 50 | 16 | Correspondence | 1986-1996 | (Photos P1-7) |
| 50 | 17 | Reporter’s notebooks with notes (includes James Caan) | [ca. 1987] | |
| Box 51 | ||||
| 51 | 1 | Stenography pads with notes (includes Stirling Silliphant, Clint Eastwood, family, “Moonstruck”) | [ca. 1987] | |
| 51 | 2 | Stenography pads with notes (includes Howard Rollins, Larry Auerbach, Charles Fuller, Ted Neeley) | [ca. 1987] | |
| 51 | 3 | Stenography pad with notes (untitled) |
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| 51 | 4 | Stenography pads with notes | [ca. 1987] | |
| 51 | 5 | "Norman Jewison -- Tape #1" | 1 audio cassette. | |
| 51 | 6 | "Norman Jewison -- Tape #2" | 1 audio cassette. | |
| 51 | 7 | "Norman Jewison -- Tape #3" | 1 audio cassette. | |
| 51 | 8 | "Norman Jewison -- Tape #4" | 1 audio cassette. | |
| Box 52 | ||||
| 52 | 1 | Norman Jewison – “City Lights” | ||
| 52 | 2 | Norman Jewison – “In Country” Judy Arthur w/ Jay Scott | October, 1988 | |
| 52 | 3 | Jennifer Jewison | ||
| 52 | 4 | Meg Tilly / Rod Steiger | ||
| 52 | 5 | Sidney Poitier | ||
| 52 | 6 | Norman Jewison / Eiko | ||
| 52 | 7 | Ted Hook / Olympia Dukakis / Julie Bouasso | ||
| 52 | 8 | Anne Bancroft | ||
| 52 | 9 | Chris Milhaupt | ||
| 52 | 10 | Patrick Palmer | ||
| 52 | 11 | Pauline Kael / Eleanor Wachtel | December 18, 1987 | |
| 52 | 12 | Sylvester Stallone – Excerpt from a roundtable interview with eight journalists | April, 1988 | |
| Box 53 | ||||
| 53 | 1 | James Caan | ||
| 53 | 2 | Burt Reynolds | ||
| 53 | 3 | Larry Gelbert / The Bergmans (Alan and Marilyn) | ||
| 53 | 4 | Bob Shapiro / Gary Smith | ||
| 53 | 5 | Mike Dawn | ||
| 53 | 6 | Ted Neeley | ||
| Transcripts of interviews, 1987–1988 | ||||
| 53 | 7 | Sidney Poitier | ||
| 53 | 8 | The Bergmans (Alan and Marilyn) | ||
| 53 | 9 | Gary Smith (Judy Garland show) | ||
| 53 | 10 | David Picker | ||
| 53 | 11 | Marvyn Mirisch | ||
| 53 | 12 | Doris Day | ||
| 53 | 13 | Larry Gilbert | ||
| 53 | 14 | Mike Dawn | ||
| 53 | 15 | Henry Mancini | ||
| 53 | 16 | Meg Tilly | ||
| 53 | 17 | Rob Iscove | ||
| 53 | 18 | Patrick Palmer | ||
| 53 | 19 | Ted Neeley | ||
| 53 | 20 | Rod Steiger | ||
| 53 | 21 | Norman Jewison | ||
| 53 | 22 | William Goldman | ||
| 53 | 23 | James Caan | ||
| 53 | 24 | Pauline Kael | ||
| 53 | 25 | Jennifer Jewison | ||
| 53 | 26 | Sylvester Stallone | ||
| 53 | 27 | Larry Auerbach | ||
| 53 | 28 | Norman Jewison | ||
| 53 | 29 | Fragments from possible chapters (printed out 1993) | ||
| 53 | 30 | Correspondence re Jay Scott material sent to Norman Jewison | 1995 | |
| 53 | 31 | Lists of tapes and transcripts | 1995-1996 | |
| Box 54 | ||||
| Material relating to Jack Batten collaboration | ||||
| 54 | 1 | Transcript of interview with Norman Jewison for “The Directors” | 1995 | |
| 54 | 2 | Correspondence | 1995-1999 | |
| 54 | 3 | Video cassette from “Arts and Minds” featuring “In The Heat Of The Night” | 1997 | |
| 54 | 4 | Transcript of interview with Peter Gzowski on “Morningside” | 1997 | |
| 54 | 9 | Stenography notebooks with notes | [1997?]–[1998?] | |
| 54 | 10 | Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater | 1997-1998 | |
| 54 | 11 | Questions and notes from Norman Jewison interviews | 1997-1998 | |
| Files containing questions and notes from Norman Jewison interviews, research notes, and drafts of proposed chapters, 1998 | ||||
| 54 | 12 | “Forty Pounds of Trouble” | ||
| 54 | 13 | “The Thrill Of It All” | ||
| 54 | 14 | “Send Me No Flowers” | ||
| 54 | 15 | “The Art Of Love” | ||
| 54 | 16 | “The Cincinnati Kid” | ||
| Box 55 | ||||
| 55 | 1 | “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming” | ||
| 55 | 2 | “In The Heat Of the Night” | ||
| 55 | 3 | “The Thomas Crown Affair” | ||
| 55 | 4 | “Gaily Gaily” | ||
| 55 | 5 | “Fiddler On The Roof” | ||
| 55 | 6 | “Jesus Christ Superstar” | ||
| 55 | 7 | "Rollerball" |
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| 55 | 8 | “F.I.S.T.” | ||
| 55 | 9 | “… And Justice For All” | ||
| 55 | 10 | “A Soldier’s Story” | ||
| 55 | 11 | “Agnes Of God” | ||
| 55 | 12 | “Moonstruck” | ||
| 55 | 13 | “In Country” | ||
| 55 | 14 | “Other People’s Money” | ||
| 55 | 15 | “Only You” | ||
| 55 | 16 | “Bogus” | ||
| 55 | 17 | “The Hurricane” | ||
| 55 | 18 | Drafts of chapters 1 – 8 | [1998?] | |
| 55 | 19 | Drafts of chapters 5 and 6, with correspondence | March, 1998 | |
| 55 | 20 | Drafts of chapters 1 and 2, with correspondence | September, 1998 | |
| Video cassettes | ||||
| 55 | 21 | Norman Jewison at Academy Awards (Irving Thalberg Award) | 1999 | |
| 55 | 22 | Pam Wallin Talk TV (Norman Jewison/Roger Ebert/Brian D. Johnson) | 2000 | |
| Box 56 | ||||
| Audio cassettes | ||||
| 56 | 1 | Norman Jewison at York University | [2000?] | |
| 56 | 2 | “The Arts Today” (Norman Jewison/Seth Feldman) | 2000 | |
| Material relating to collaboration with Anna Porter for publication by Key Porter Books | ||||
| 56 | 3 | Correspondence, drafts of chapters | 2001-2003 | |
| 56 | 4 | Correspondence, drafts of chapters, inserts, notes, legal contract | 2003-2004 | |
| 56 | 5 | Correspondence, legal contract | 2004 | |
| 56 | 6 | Correspondence, notes by Norman Jewison | 2004 | |
| 56 | 8 | Correspondence, drafts of chapters, inserts | 2004 | |
| 56 | 9 | Drafts of chapters | [2002?] | |
| 56 | 10 | Draft of manuscript | [2002?] | |
| 56 | 11 | Drafts of chapters 1 and 2 | 2002 | |
| Box 57 | ||||
| 57 | 1 | Editorial copies of chapters 1 – 8 | 2003 | |
| 57 | 2 | Editorial copies of chapters 1 – 9 | 2004 | |
| 57 | 3 | Editorial copy of chapter 10 | 2004 | |
| 2008.06 | ||||
| 2008.06, Box 1 | ||||
| Material relating to Jay Scott collaboration | ||||
| 1 | 35 | Transcript of interview with Patrick Palmer | [1987 or 1988] | |
| 1 | 36 | Interview selections and draft of Introduction | 1991 | |
| 1 | 37 | Interview/script/draft selections re “Jesus Christ Superstar” and “Agnes of God” | 1991 | |
| Material relating to collaboration with Anna Porter for publication by Key Porter Books | ||||
| 1 | 38 | Proposed dust jacket with Norman Jewison’s annotations | ||
| 1 | 39 | Photographs : col. | 2005 | P1–2 Norman Jewison at book signing |
