Wolper Productions

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Wolper was born on Jan. 11, 1928 in New York City; attended Drake Univ. and the Univ. of Southern CA; 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 Corp. (MPC) in 1968, shortly after it ventured into feature films.

From the description of Records, 1960-1963. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40932820

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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.

From the guide to the Wolper Productions Records, 1960-1963, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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creatorOf Wolper Productions Records, 1960-1963 University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
creatorOf Guenette, Robert. Of good and evil, 1967 Feb. 28. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Wolper Productions. Records, 1960-1963. University of California, Los Angeles
creatorOf Foster, Bob, 1943-. Casablanca. The Master builder's woman / by Bob Foster. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
referencedIn Inventory of the Everette B. Long Papers 1949-1981 Cushing Memorial Library,
creatorOf Guenette, Robert. Of good and evil : screenplay, [1967 May 15] / by Robert Guenette ; based on the novel by Ernest Gann. Ohio State University Libraries
creatorOf Kinoy, Ernest. Roots : the next generation. Show #2 / written by Ernest Kinoy. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Komack, James. Welcome back Kotter. University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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associatedWith Guenette, Robert. person
associatedWith Kinoy, Ernest. person
associatedWith Long, E. B. (Everette Beach), 1919-1981 person
associatedWith Wolper, David L. person
associatedWith Wolper, David L. person
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California--Los Angeles
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Television producers and directors
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Television producers and directors
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Active 1963

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