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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Lawrence Turman papers
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0506
Physical Description:
15 Linear Feet
(26 boxes, 1 oversize box)
Date (inclusive): 1960-1968
Abstract: Lawrence Turman (1926- ) was born in
Los Angeles, California and was a independent producer. The collection consists of scripts,
drafts, and related materials for eleven of Turman's films, including
The Graduate.
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.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
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copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not
hold the copyright.
[Identification of item], Lawrence Turman papers (Collection 506). UCLA Library Special
Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lawrence and Suzanne Turman, 1968
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Processed by: Manuscripts Division staff; Encoded by: Caroline Cubé; Text converted and
initial container list EAD tagging by: Apex Data Services; Online finding aid edited by: Josh
Fiala, April 2002
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
3222585
Turman was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1926; attended UCLA; before becoming an
independent producer, he was in the textile business; some of his films include:
The Young Doctors
(1961),
I
Could Go on Singing
(1963),
The Graduate
(1967),
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1970),
The Drowning Pool (1975), and
Gang
(1979).
Collection consists of scripts, drafts, and related materials for the following films:
The Young Doctors,
I
Could Go on Singing
,
The Best Man,
The Flim Flam Man,
Pretty
Poison
,
When Michael Calls,
Give Me the World
,
Ordeal
By Hunger
,
Project Pilgrim,
Mister Sam, and
The
Graduate
.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors--Archival
resources.
Film scripts.