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Title: Wolper Productions Records,
Date (inclusive): 1960-1963
Collection number: 1032
Creator:
Wolper Productions
Extent:
14 boxes (7.0 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
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.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Wolper Productions, Incorporated, 1968.
[Identification of item], Wolper Productions Records (Collection 1032). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4234020
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.
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.
Arranged in the following series:
- Collection is arranged alphabetically by name of biographical subjects.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Wolper, David L.--Archives.
Wolper Productions--Archives.
Television producers and directors--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
Television plays.