The Theater series is relatively small (approximately 0.2 linear feet) and consists of materials arranged chronologically by production. It is mostly comprised of photographs and playbills from a variety of the Mercury Theatre productions in the 1930s and 1940s, including The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus , Around the World in 80 Days, and Five Kings .
The Company series (27 linear feet and 5 oversized boxes) consists of material from the 2003 film directed by Robert Altman. The film was co-written by Neve Campbell and Barbara Turner, and co-produced by Neve Campbell and Joshua Astrachan. The film's actors include Neve Campbell, James Franco, and Malcolm McDowell along with dancers from the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago.
The legal sub-series contain numerous agreements including those for the actors, crew, musicians and dancers in the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Many of the legal files reflect licenses to use the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago's choreography, music and dances in the film.
Business and financial is the largest sub-series in the collection. The majority of files include payroll for the cast and crew, an extensive invoice history that includes releases, contracts and annotated bills and a variety of accounting reports including posting reports, closing reports and cost reports. The payroll services company called Cast and Crew Payroll, Inc. for the film was audited by the Directors Guild of America's Producer Pension and Health Plans branch in 2004.
The scripts sub-series include interviews between writer Barbara Turner and the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago dancers. Production and post-production includes production files that document the start of filming from camera tests to day 1-33 of shooting and production. Also, a variety of foley cue sheets for sound editing are found in oversized boxes. In the awards, events and festivals sub-series information on the San Francisco International Film Festival's Lifetime Achievement in Directing Award for Altman in 2003 is included.
Photographs consist of contact sheets, cast photos, headshots and continuity shots in the photograph sub-series. The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago's official photographer, Herbert Migdoll, photographed the dance sequences while the production photographer, Matt Dinerstein, photographed the rest of the filming and production.
