Albert Lewin papers 1938-1991

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Albert Lewin papers 1938-1991

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Albert E. Lewin was a comedy writer whose career spanned from the 1930s to the 1990s. His numerous credits include a mixture of productions from radio, television, motion pictures, and stage. The collection consists of script and production files as well as small amount of business files, correspondence, sound recordings and printed material related to his career.

53 boxes (26.5 linear feet); 7 shoe boxes (3 linear ft.)

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University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.

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Lewin, Albert E. (Albert Elmar)

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Albert E. Lewin was born on July 29, 1916 in New York City, New York. Lewin attended the Art Institute of Chicago and Los Angeles Valley College. He developed an early interest in comedy writing working as a cartoonist and comic artist for Colliers, Saturday evening post, and other magazines. He began writing for radio in 1938, writing jokes for Billy House's Wrigley Laughliner on the Columbia network. He contributed to radio programs working with a variety of talent including Don Ameche, Edgar ...