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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Baruch Lumet papers
Creator:
Lumet, Baruch
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.1451
Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/2/resources/771
Physical Description:
2.8 linear feet
(6 doc boxes, 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1955-1983
Abstract: Baruch Lumet (1898-1992) was an actor in theater and movies, and an author. He wrote and acted on New York City radio programs
(1932-42), made his Broadway debut in
The Chinese Nightingale (1934), toured North America in his one-man show,
Monotheatre Varieties (1939-46), wrote
Three Steps Down (1946) and
Once upon a Tailor (1953), and appeared in films and television programs. From 1953 to 1960, Lumet served as director of the Dallas Institute
of Performing Arts and the Knox Street Theater, Dallas, Texas (1953-60). His son is director Sidney Lumet. The collection
consists of Lumet's personal papers relating to his career in the theater. Includes photographs, manuscripts, clippings, scripts,
and videotapes, including his KCET television special,
Portrait of My People.
Physical location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Language of Material: Materials are primarily in English with a small portion in Yiddish.
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
on this page.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS DIGITAL MATERIALS: Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital
materials you must notify the reference desk in advance of your visit.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Baruch Lumet, 1983.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942333423606533
[Identification of item], Baruch Lumet Papers (Collection 1451). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Lumet was born on September 16, 1898 in Warsaw, Poland; graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Dramatic and Musical Arts, 1918;
made his debut as an actor there in the same year, and appeared in London (1920-21), and in various productions of Maurice
Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theater in New York City (1926-31); wrote and acted on New York City radio programs (1932-42); made
his Broadway debut in
The Chinese Nightingale (1934), and toured North America in his one-man show,
Monotheatre Varieties (1939-46); wrote
Three Steps Down (1946) and
Once upon a Tailor (1953); appeared in the films
One third of a nation (1939),
The interns (1962), and
Adventures of a Young Man (1962); appeared on television programs, including
Studio One,
Kraft Television Theater,
Playhouse 90,
The Untouchables, and
Alfred Hitchcock Presents; served as director of the Dallas Institute of Performing Arts and the Knox Street Theater, Dallas, Texas (1953-60). His
son is director Sidney Lumet.
Collection consists of the personal papers of Baruch Lumet, relating to his career in the theater as an actor and a writer.
Includes photographs, manuscripts, clippings, scripts, and videotapes, including his KCET television special,
Portrait of my people.
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Scripts and Manuscripts Written by Lumet
- Series 2: Theater Career
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dramatists -- United States -- Archives.
Actors -- United States -- Archives
Lumet, Baruch -- Archives