Papers, ca. 1930-1950.

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Papers, ca. 1930-1950.

Collection consists of manuscripts, copies, outlines, notes, synopses, musical scores, business materials, ephemera, and correspondence relating to screenplays written or produced by Benjamin Glazer. Screenplays include Anything goes, Breakfast in bed, A farewell to arms, The great lover, The marvelous Mandarin, Paris calling, Rasputin, Slaves of love, Steamboats and steamboating, and The woman-hunter.

18 boxes (9 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7410419

University of California, Los Angeles

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Glazer, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Floyer), 1887-1956

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Glazer was born on May 7, 1887 in Belfast, Ireland; he became an attorney, and then a journalist with the Philadelphia press; wrote several plays and stage adoptions; in the early 1920s, he began writing screenplays for silent films, which he occasionally produced or directed as well; in the late 1920s, he served as head of production at PatheĢ; he continued with sound productions, and in the 1930s worked mainly for Paramount, chiefly as a producer; screenplays include The merry widow (1925), Th...