Finding Aid for the Lawrence Turman Papers LSC.0506
Finding aid prepared by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid
created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library Special Collections
Online finding aid last updated 2020 December 11.
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
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
this page.
Language of Material: English.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in
advance using the request button located on this page.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Preferred Citation
[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
Processing Information
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: 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
Biography
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).
Scope and Content
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.
The Young Doctors
Scope and Contents
Produced by Lawrence Turman, starring Ben Gazzara, Frederic March, Ina Balin and Eddie
Albert. Screenplay by Joseph Hayes.
Box 1
Original screen treatment by David Karp.
Box 1
First draft--revised incomplete--fully annotated in the hand of Joseph
Hayes.
Physical Description: 158pp.
Box 1
First draft--revised complete--fully annotated in the hand of Joseph
Hayes.
Physical Description: 141pp.
Box 1
First draft--revised,
August 12, 1960.
Physical Description: 136pp.
Box 1
Final revised working copy with revisions pencilled in and with changes
stapled to original pages,
December 5, 1960.
Box 2
Final revised--second working copy with additional pages.
Box 2
Final revised--third working copy,
December 21,
1960.
Box 2
Master working script--revised, all revisions and changes added, additional
changes in hand of Joseph Hayes,
January 23, 1961.
Box 4
Action continuity script.
Box 4
Dialogue continuity script.
Box 2
One notebook completely holographic containing Mr. Turman's notes, comments,
research ideas and cast ideas.
Box 2
Script clerk's reports, Day player agreements. Daily production reports--work
sheets.
Box 3
Camera reports--call sheets.
Box 4 and
27
Three books of publicity clippings.
Box 4 and
27
All correspondence in
re censorship, Mr. Turman
and studio, Mr. Turman and agency.
General
Not received, April 1970 (pb).
Box 3
Complete set of photographic still proofs.
I Could Go On Singing
Scope and Contents
Produced by Lawrence Turman, starring Judy Garland.
Box 5
Nineteen original costume designs--pencil, pen and ink, with swatches of
cloth.
Box 5
200 still photographs--production scenes and candids of Judy
Garland.
Physical Description: 8 × 10 and 11 × 14.
Box 6
Two files of press clippings. Production budgets.
The Best Man
Scope and Contents
Produced by Lawrence Turman, starring Henry Fonda. Screenplay by Gore Vidal.
Box 6
First draft screenplay--annotated by Gore Vidal.
General
Not received, April 1970 (pb).
Box 7
First draft screenplay--revised.
Box 7
Final screenplay--revised, including all page changes and
revisions.
Box 7
Working copy--completely annotated in the hand of Gore Vidal.
General
Not received, April 1970 (pb).
Box 7
Three copies of the screenplay, [not annotated].
n.d.
Box 8
Combined continuity script.
Box 8
Budgets. Summary of costs. Inter-Office communications. One file of press
clippings.
Box 8 and
27
Two hundred production stills. One hundred candid stills.
The Flim Flam Man
Scope and Contents
Produced by Lawrence Turman, starring George C. Scott. Screenplay by William Rose.
Box 9
Original treatment by William Rose.
Physical Description: Signed.
Box 9
First draft screenplay, annotated.
Box 9
First draft screenplay with biographic revisions.
Box 9
Second draft screenplay, fully annotated by William Rose.
Box 9
Second draft screenplay, revised.
Box 9
Final draft screenplay, fully annotated by William Rose.
Box 10
Script for special promotional film.
Box 10
Production breakdown. Original correspondence between Mr. Turman and William
Rose. Budgets. Contracts. Daily production reports. Weekly production reports.
Location reports. 25 Production stills.
Box 10
The Ballad of the Flim Flam Man--The
novel by Guy Owen completely annotated by Mr. Turman.
Box 27
Two pen, ink and water color drawings, signed Dorothy Jeakins, costume
designer for the film.
Physical Description: 26 × 14.
Box 10
Production book of drawings by art director. A complete breakdown of the
production in storyboard form.
Physical Description: 320 drawings.
Box 11
Treatment of
She Let Him Continue by
Noel Black from the novel by Steve Geller.
Box 11
Screenplay
She Let Him Continue by
Steve Geller. Annotated.
Box 11
Screenplay first draft of
She Let Him
Continue
by Lorenzo Semple, Jr.
Box 11
Screenplay, final draft of
She Let Him
Continue
by Lorenzo Semple, Jr., with all revisions and script
changes.
Box 11
Dialogue taken from Moviola.
Box 4
Audience evaluation sheets.
Box 13 -
16
One filing cabinet of complete history of the film.
Physical Description: Over 2,000 pieces.
Scope and Contents
Including: Camera reports. Cast lists. Crew lists. Location lists. Wardrobe. Report
on each day's shooting. Props. Budgets. Contracts. Correspondence.
Box 16
Novel
She Let Him Continue by Steve
Geller, fully annotated by Lawrence Turman.
Box 4
Art layouts to be used in the advertisements.
Physical Description: (Photocopy).
Box 17
Outline for the screenplay, by Robert Mulligan [the director].
Box 17
First attempt at the screenplay, according to Mulligan's outline, by James
Bridges, (incomplete).
Box 17
First draft screenplay (complete) by James Bridges,
February 2, 1968.
Box 17
Revised draft of the screenplay,
March 5, 1968.
Box 17
First attempt after March 5th draft (incomplete),
n.d.
Box 17
Revised draft of the screenplay,
April 4, 1968.
Box 17
Revised draft of the screenplay,
n.d.
Box 17
Second draft screenplay,
June 24, 1968.
Physical Description: 2 copies.
Box 17
Notes on the screenplay, by John Farris (author of the novel on which the
screenplay was based),
August 2, 1968.
Box 17
Holograph notes of Lawrence Turman,
n.d.
Box 18
Advance proofs of the novel by John Farris. New York: Trident
Press,
1967.
Box 18
Treatment by Frank R. Pierson, based on the book by Leila Hadley.
Box 19
Holograph notes of Lawrence Turman.
Box 19
Typescript of the screenplay by Thomas Mankiewicz.
Box 19
A copy of the novel, by Leila Hadley. New York: Simon and
Schuster,
1958.
Flim Flam Man, T.V. Pilot
Box 19
Advertising and publicity data.
Box 19
First draft teleplay,
October 13, 1967.
Box 19
Teleplay, With holograph revisions.
October 13, 1967.
Box 19
Shooting final teleplay,
December 3, 1968.
Box 19
Preliminary pilot budget.
Box 19
Pilot budget, after changes.
Box 19
Production meetings and data.
Box 27
Production crossplot sheet.
Box 19
Screen treatment by Horton Foote,
June 13, 1963.
Box 19
Holograph notes of Lawrence Turman.
Project Pilgrim
Scope and Contents
(Based on the novel,
The Pilgrim Project, by
Hank Searls)
Box 19
Holograph notes of Lawrence Turman.
Box 19
Second draft screenplay by Loring Mandel,
n.d.
Box 19
A copy of the novel by Hank Searls. New York: McGraw-Hill,
1964.
Mister Sam
Scope and Contents
(Based on Tomorrow's Hidden Season, by George Byram)
Box 20
Letters and script notes between Lawrence Turman and George
Byram.
Box 20
Screenplay (with former title:
Congaree), by James Lee Barrett.
Box 20
Screenplay by Barrett, with numerous holograph corrections.
Box 20
3 copies of the screenplay (with former title:
Tommorrow's Hidden Season), by Barrett.
Box 20
Second draft screenplay, by Barrett.
Box 21
Screenplay entitled Mister Sam, by Barrett.
Box 27
Production breakdown sheets.
Box 21
Screenplay entitled Alfredo. Written by Israel Horovitz,
March 15, 1969.
Scope and Contents
(Based on the book,
Tomorrow's Hidden
Season
)
The Graduate
Scope and Contents
(Based on the book by Charles Webb)
Box 21
Screenplay by William Hanley,
May 4, 1964.
Box 21
Screenplay by Peter Nelson,
n.d.
Box 21
First draft screenplay, by Calder Willingham.
Physical Description: 2 copies.
Box 22
Second draft screenplay, by Calder Willingham.
Box 22
Third draft screenplay, by Calder Willingham.
Physical Description: 2 copies.
Box 22
Embassy Pictures' comments on Calder Willingham's screenplay.
Box 22
Notes on
The Graduate for film use, by
Charles Webb.
Box 22
Some first pages by Buck Henry.
Box 22
Second draft screenplay, by Buck Henry.
Box 22
Final draft screenplay, by Buck Henry.
Box 22 and
23
Release dialogue script, by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry,
November 30,
1967.
Physical Description: 2 copies.
Box 23
Typescript notes.
Physical Description: 3 × 5 cards.
Box 23
Holograph notes of Lawrence Turman.
Box 23
Notes on the script, by Charles Webb,
April 19, 1965.
Box 23-24
File of letters and pictures, from actors trying for a leading role in the
film.
Box 23-24
A copy of the novel by Cahrles Webb. New York: New American
Library,
1963.
Box 25
Business files, including production reports, time records, camera reports,
call sheets, etc.
Box 26
Advertisement samples and posters.
Box 26
Exhibitor's campaign manual.
Physical Description: 2 copies.
Box 26
Background sound tape of air line.