Wolper Productions Records, 1960-1963

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Wolper Productions Records, 1960-1963

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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.

14 boxes (7.0 linear ft.)

eng,

University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

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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. (Univ...

Wolper, David L.

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