Stan Margulies collection
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Scope and Content
The Stan Margulies Collection consists of Margulies' business and personal papers and dates predominantly from after 1983, when his partnership with David Wolper dissolved. The papers, arranged by project, include scripts, treatments, drafts, budgets and other financial information, cast and crew deal memos, correspondence, notes from the networks on which Margulies' programs aired, location files, shooting schedules, and other files maintained by Margulies while producing made-for-TV movies and miniseries. Margulies' personal papers include photographs, awards and certificates, crew lists and correspondence. The papers of the Stan Margulies Company include business correspondence, tax forms and documents pertaining to Margulies' other business interests.
Dates
- Creation: 1936 - 2005
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1977 - 2001
Creator
- Margulies, Stan (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Biographical Note
Stan Margulies was born in New York City in 1920. He attended New York University, served as a Staff Sargeant in the US Army during World War II and moved to Los Angeles in 1947 to work as a publicist at RKO Pictures. He married his first wife, Lillian, in 1943. They had two sons, Lee and Edward, and a daughter, Lisa. A couple of Margulies' more well-known films include Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and If It's Tuesday This Must Be Belgium, the latter of which he partnered with David Wolper. Their partnership is best known for producing the miniseries Roots (1977) and The Thorn Birds (1983) and lasted through the production of the miniseries The Mystic Warrior in 1983. They also produced the original film version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971).
After separating from Wolper, Margulies continued to produce made-for-TV movies and miniseries. He won Emmys for producing Roots, Roots: The Next Generation, and Separate But Equal. In 1993, Margulies married his second wife, Ferne. He passed away in Los Angeles in 2001.
Extent
121.6 Linear Feet (111 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Stan Margulies Collection consists of the papers of Stan Margulies. Margulies was a producer of made-for-TV movies and miniseries, including the ratings hits Roots and The Thorn Birds.
Organization
The Stan Margulies Collection is organized into the following 38 series:
1. 10,000 Black Men Named George
2. 500 Pound Jerk
3. Broken Angel
4. A Bunny's Tale
5. Crossing to Freedom
6. Dash and Lilly
7. Don't Just Stand There!
8. Embassy
9. I Love My Wife
10. I Will Fight No More Forever
11. If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
12. The Jacksons: An American Dream
13. A Killer in the Family
14. The Lady in Question
15. The Man Who Captured Eichmann
16. Men of the Dragon
17. The Morning After
18. The Mystic Warrior
19. Never Say Never: The Deidre Hall Story
20. One is a Lonely Number
21. Out on a Limb
22. Roots
23. Roots: The Next Generations
24. The Scarlett O'Hara War
25. Separate But Equal
26. The Silent Lovers
27. Stay the Night
28. This Year's Blonde
29. The Thorn Birds
30. Unwed Father
31. Visions of Eight
32. Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
33. Agatha Christie Movies
34. Unproduced Projects
35. Miscellaneous Projects
36. Stan Margulies Company
37. Personal Papers
38. Books
Processing Information
Collection is processed.
Subject
- Margulies, Stan -- Archives (Person)
- Stan Margulies Company -- Archives (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Stan Margulies collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Rebecca Hirsch
- Date
- 2011 June
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- The processing of this collection and the creation of this finding aid was funded by the generous support of the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
Revision Statements
- 2023 Janurary: Finding Aid updated by Marissa Chavez and Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu