Lawrence Weingarten papers
Scope and Contents
This collection contains scrapbooks and production files for American producer Lawrence Weingarten (1893-1975). Materials include 13 scrapbooks of clippings, stills, letters, and advertisements relating to films produced by Weingarten including Don't Go Near the Water (1957) and The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964); approximately 40 accolades, awards, or prizes; daily production reports from 4 films produced in 1930; and detailed budget estimates from 11 films including A Day at the Races (1937).
Dates
- Creation: 1929 - 1964
Creator
- Weingarten, Lawrence, 1897-1975 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
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.
Biographical / Historical
Lawrence Weingarten (1897-1975) was an American film producer. He mainly worked with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Weingarten produced films including "Adam's Rib" (1949), "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955), and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" (1958).
Extent
14 Linear Feet (7 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains scrapbooks and production files for American producer Lawrence Weingarten (1893-1975).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Lawrence Weingarten, December 19, 1969.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Title
- Finding aid for the Lawrence Weingarten papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 April
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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