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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Larry Gelbart papers
Creator:
Gelbart, Larry
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0022
Physical Description:
191.2 Linear Feet
(384 boxes) (Library has boxes 1-151,153-321, 324-338; ser.C : boxes 1-41; ser.T : boxes 1-8)
Date (inclusive): 1940-2007
Abstract: Collection consists of material related to the career of writer and producer, Larry Gelbart. Includes scripts, treatments,
production material, scrapbooks, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and video and audio tapes. Contains material from
radio, television, theater, and motion picture productions such as City of angels (stage), The Bob Hope show (radio), A funny
thing happened on the way to the forum (stage), M*A*S*H (television), and Tootsie (motion picture).
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: Materials are in English.
Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Collection is restricted from copying.
Property rights to the physical objects belong to the 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.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
COLLECTION CONTAINS UNPROCESSED AUDIO AND AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS: Materials will require assessment and may need further processing
for safe access. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located
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[Identification of item], Larry Gelbart Papers (Collection PASC 22). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9942330673606533
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Larry Simon Gelbart was born in Chicago, IL, Feb. 25, 1923-28 (sources vary); at age 16 he began comedy writing for radio's
Maxwell House Coffee Times; from 1946-52, he continued writing for a variety of radio series such as "Duffy's Tavern" (1946),
"Command Performance" (1946-47), and "The Bob Hope Show" (1949-52); started writing for television in 1950 and worked on shows
including "The Red Buttons Show" and "Caesar's Television Comedy Hour"; started his career playwr iting in the early 1960s
with the theatrical comedy, "The Conquering Hero" (1960); helped develop the television series "M*A*S*H" in 1972 and continued
to work on the show until 1976 when he left to pursue other projects; the winner of many awards and honors, Gelbart has authored
or co-authored numerous projects including the plays, "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" (1963), "Mastergate"
(1989), "And City Of Angels" (1989), and the screenplays "Oh, God!" (1977) and "Tootsie" (1984).
Collection consists of material related to the career of writer and producer, Larry Gelbart. Includes scripts, treatments,
production material, scrapbooks, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and video and audio tapes. Contains material from
radio, television, theater, and motion picture productionssuch as "City Of Angels" (Stage), "The Bob Hope Show" (Radio), "A
Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum" (stage), "M*A*S*H" (television), and "Tootsie" (motion picture).
Arranged in the following series:
- Articles
- Awards
- Correspondence
- Interviews
- Personal and Biographical
- Printed Materials
- Projects
- Publications
- Speeches
- Subject Files
- Submitted Materials
- Tapes
- Writings
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television writers -- United States -- Archives.
Television scripts
Television producers and directors -- United States -- Archives.
Screenwriters -- United States -- Archives.
Screenplays
Radio writers -- United States -- Archives.
M*A*S*H (Television program)
Dramatists, American -- 20th century -- Archives.
Archives
Gelbart, Larry--Archives