Papers, ca. 1940-

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Papers, ca. 1940-

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).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7418890

University of California, Los Angeles

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Gelbart, Larry

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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 playwriting in the early 1960s with the th...