Wolper Productions Records, 1960-1963

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Summary

Title:
Wolper Productions Records,
Dates:
1960-1963
Creators:
Wolper Productions
Abstract:
David L. Wolper (1928- ) helped form Flamingo Films, which merged with a distributing company, Motion Pictures for Television before he formed Wolper Productions (1958), which became known for developing a new market for independently-produced documentary films. Wolper Productions was absorbed by Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC) in 1968, shortly after it ventured into feature films. The collection consists of television scripts and research materials for the biography series of documentary television films produced by Wolper for Wolper Productions.
Extent:
14 boxes (7.0 linear ft.)
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Wolper Productions Records (Collection 1032). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of television scripts and research materials for the biography series of documentary television films produced by David L. Wolper for Wolper Productions. Biographical subject names include Konrad Adenauer, Fidel Castro, Henry Ford, John Glenn, Helen Keller, John L. Lewis, Pope Pius XII, Jackie Robinson, George Bernard Shaw, and Wernher Von Braun.

Biographical / historical:

Wolper was born on January 11, 1928 in New York City; attended Drake University and the University of Southern California; helped form Flamingo Films, which merged with a distributing company, Motion Pictures for Television; formed Wolper Productions in 1958, which became known for developing a new market for independently-produced documentary films; it was absorbed by Metromedia Producers Corporation (MPC) in 1968, shortly after it ventured into feature films.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Wolper Productions, Incorporated, 1968.
Arrangement:

Arranged in the following series:

  1. Collection is arranged alphabetically by name of biographical subjects.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Julia Jones; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
Date Prepared:
© 2003
Date Encoded:
Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 2001 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Alight Tsai.

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of 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], Wolper Productions Records (Collection 1032). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

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