Padnick (Glenn) script files, 1990-1995

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Summary

Title:
Glenn Padnick script files
Dates:
1990-1995
Creators:
Padnick, Glenn
Abstract:
Glenn Padnick was one of the founders of Castle Rock Entertainment. During his career Padnick oversaw the activities of many television shows, but may be best known for his work on the television program, Seinfeld. The collection consists of script files, and occasional shooting schedules, treatments, and interoffice memos related to Padnick's career as a television executive.
Extent:
4 linear ft. (9 boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Glenn Padnick script files (Collection PASC 347). UCLa Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of script files related to the career of television executive Glenn Padnick, from ca. 1990-1995. Included among the files are various drafts of scripts along with a very small amount of shooting schedules, treatments, and inter-office memos for produced and unproduced projects. A very small number of the scripts include annotations. The bulk of the collection contains material for the Emmy-nominated television series, Seinfeld. Other projects include Great Scott!, The Lazarus Man, The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, The Taylors, and A Mom's Life and Ump! which are unproduced, development projects.

Biographical / historical:

At the time this finding aid was created, there was limited biographical information available about Glenn Padnick. Padnick was one of the founders of Castle Rock Entertainment, formed in 1987. He served as president until the early 2000s and oversaw all television production. Prior to his tenure at Castle Rock, he was president of Embassy Television (1984-1987) and was responsible for such programs as Who's the Boss, The Facts of Life, and Married with Children, among others. During his career Padnick may be best known for his work on the television sitcom, Seinfeld.

Arrangement:

The files are arranged alphabetically by project title.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Natalie Snoyman; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
Date Prepared:
©2014 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-03-20T10:36-0700 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé using Notetab Pro.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Performing Arts 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.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Glenn Padnick script files (Collection PASC 347). UCLa Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
AskLSC@library.ucla.edu
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