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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Stanley Kramer papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0161
Physical Description:
195 Linear Feet
(316 boxes, 37 cartons, 2 oversize boxes.)
Date (inclusive): 1945-1984
Abstract: Stanley Kramer (1913- ) was born in New
York City. He began working in the film industry in the 1930s as a researcher, film editor,
and writer, eventually working his way up to the position of associate producer by the early
1940s. Following World War II, he formed an independent motion picture company and produced
modest-budget films. In 1951, he brought his company as an autonomous unit under the banner
of Columbia Pictures. After 1955, Kramer directed and produced films receiving numerous
awards and Academy Award nominations. The collection contains production files for Kramer's
films, stills, scripts, audio tapes, ephemera, related correspondence, and
memorabilia.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access
special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on
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Language of Material:
English .
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
CONTAINS AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: This collection contains both processed and unprocessed
audiovisual materials. Audiovisual materials are not currently available for access, unless
otherwise noted in a Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements note at the file
level. All requests to access processed materials must be made in advance using the request
button located on this page.
Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All
other 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.
[Identification of item], Stanley Kramer papers (Collection 161). Department of Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Stanley Kramer, 1969-84.
Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make
them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and
resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level
of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts
more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to
national and local standards and best practices.
Processed by Charlotte Payne; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
1973028
Kramer was born on September 23, 1913 in New York City; attended New York University; in
the film industry since the mid-30s as a researcher, film editor, and writer, he worked his
way up to the position of associate producer by the early 1940s; following World War II, he
formed an independent motion picture company, Screen Plays Incorporated, and produced
modest-budget films; in 1951, he brought his company as an autonomous unit under the banner
of Columbia Pictures; in 1954 the arrangement was terminated by mutual consent; after 1955,
Kramer directed and produced films, including:
The Pride and the
Passion
(1957),
On the Beach (1959),
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963); in 1961 he received the Irving
G. Thalberg Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; six of Kramer's
films as a director or producer earned Academy Award nominations:
High
Noon
(1952),
The Caine Mutiny (1954),
The Defiant Ones (1958),
Judgment at
Nuremberg
(1961),
Ship of Fools (1965), and
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967); in 1991 he was honored with the
Producers Guild's David O. Selznick Award.
Collection contains production files for Kramer's films. Also includes stills, scripts,
audio tapes, ephemera, related correspondence, and memorabilia.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors -- Archives.
Kramer, Stanley--Archives.