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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Norman Tokar papers
Creator:
Tokar, Norman, 1920-1979
Identifier/Call Number: 2269
Physical Description:
11.25 Linear Feet
10 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1936-1972
Abstract: This collection contains the papers of director, producer, and actor Norman Tokar (1919-1979) including material on radio,
television, and motion pictures. Includes scripts, photographs, cast lists, storyboards, stills, and production materials
for various radio programs, television shows, and animated features.
Language of Material:
English.
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This collection contains the papers of director, producer, and actor Norman Tokar (1919-1979) including material on radio,
television, and motion pictures. Includes approximately 430 scripts for "The Aldrich Family" radio program (1939-1952); scripts,
photographs, cast lists, and production materials for the television show "Life with Luigi" (1952); casting books for miscellaneous
television programs such as "Leave It To Beaver" (1957) and "The Robert Cummings Show"; approximately 15 television scripts
for "Charlie Chan" (1958); production stills from various television shows and from many Walt Disney features including "Rascal"
(1969) and "The Ugly Dachshund" (1966); story board sketches for Disney projects; general radio literature and brochures;
and radio transcription discs.
Norman Tokar (1919-1979) was an American director and actor. He directed over a dozen films for Walt Disney Productions from
the 1950s to the 1970s, including Big Red (1962), "Savage Sam" (1963), "Those Calloways" (1965), "Follow Me, Boys!" (1966),
The Ugly Dachshund (1966), "The Happiest Millionaire" (1967), "The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit" (1968), "The Boatniks"
(1970), "Snowball Express" (1972), "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975), "Candleshoe" (1977), and "The Cat from Outer Space" (1978).
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Norman Tokar, December 27, 1973.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Norman Tokar papers, Collection no. 2269, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors -- Archival resources
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources
Radio producers and directors -- United States -- Archival resources
Scripts
Radio scripts
Photographs
Motion pictures -- Casting -- United States -- Archival resources
Television scripts
Film stills
Sketches
Storyboards
Tokar, Norman, 1920-1979 -- Archives