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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Stan Margulies collection
Creator:
Margulies, Stan
Identifier/Call Number: 2424
Physical Description:
121.6 Linear Feet
111 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1936-2005
Date (bulk): 1977-2001
Abstract: The Stan Margulies Collection consists of the papers of Stan Margulies. Margulies was a producer of made-for-TV movies and
miniseries, including the ratings hits
Roots and
The Thorn Birds.
Language of Material:
English.
Stan Margulies was born in New York City in 1920. He attended New York University, served as a Staff Sargeant in the US Army
during World War II and moved to Los Angeles in 1947 to work as a publicist at RKO Pictures. He married his first wife, Lillian,
in 1943. They had two sons, Lee and Edward, and a daughter, Lisa. A couple of Margulies' more well-known films include
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and
If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium, the latter of which he partnered with David Wolper. Their partnership is best known for producing the miniseries
Roots (1977) and
The Thorn Birds (1983) and lasted through the production of the miniseries
The Mystic Warrior in 1983. They also produced the original film version of
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).
After separating from Wolper, Margulies continued to produce made-for-TV movies and miniseries. He won Emmys for producing
Roots,
Roots: The Next Generation, and
Separate But Equal. In 1993, Margulies married his second wife, Ferne. He passed away in Los Angeles in 2001.
The Stan Margulies Collection consists of Margulies' business and personal papers and dates predominantly from after 1983,
when his partnership with David Wolper dissolved. The papers, arranged by project, include scripts, treatments, drafts, budgets
and other financial information, cast and crew deal memos, correspondence, notes from the networks on which Margulies' programs
aired, location files, shooting schedules, and other files maintained by Margulies while producing made-for-TV movies and
miniseries. Margulies' personal papers include photographs, awards and certificates, crew lists and correspondence. The
papers of the Stan Margulies Company include business correspondence, tax forms and documents pertaining to Margulies' other
business interests.
The Stan Margulies Collection is organized into the following 38 series:
1.
10,000 Black Men Named George
2.
500 Pound Jerk
3.
Broken Angel
4.
A Bunny's Tale
5.
Crossing to Freedom
6.
Dash and Lilly
7.
Don't Just Stand There!
8.
Embassy
9.
I Love My Wife
10.
I Will Fight No More Forever
11.
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
12.
The Jacksons: An American Dream
13.
A Killer in the Family
14.
The Lady in Question
15.
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
16.
Men of the Dragon
17.
The Morning After
18.
The Mystic Warrior
19.
Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story
20.
One is a Lonely Number
21.
Out on a Limb
22.
Roots
23.
Roots: The Next Generations
24.
The Scarlett O'Hara War
25.
Separate But Equal
26.
The Silent Lovers
27.
Stay the Night
28.
This Year's Blonde
29.
The Thorn Birds
30.
Unwed Father
31.
Visions of Eight
32.
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
33. Agatha Christie Movies
34. Unproduced Projects
35. Miscellaneous Projects
36. Stan Margulies Company
37. Personal Papers
38. Books
Advance notice required for access.
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.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
[Box/folder# or item name], Stan Margulies collection, Collection no. 2424, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Correspondence
Jacksons, an American dream (Television program)
Made-for-TV movies -- Archival resources
Roots (Television program)
Television -- Archival resources
Television adaptations -- Archival resources
Television mini-series -- Archival resources
Television producers and directors -- Archival resources
Television scripts
Thorn birds (Television program)
Margulies, Stan -- Archives
Stan Margulies Company -- Archives