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Title: Arthur B. Friedman
Turning Point Interviews,
Date (inclusive): 1957-1962
Collection number: 173
Creator:
Friedman, Arthur B.
Extent: 23 boxes (11.5 linear ft.)
7 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Arthur B. Friedman (1919- ) taught acting and radio in the UCLA Theater Arts Department, acted in films, television, and plays,
developed sports broadcasting training program at UCLA, and conducted over 100 interviews with pioneers of entertainment in
the program,
Turning Point, as part of the UCLA Oral History Project. Friedman was also the founding curator of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/UCLA
Television Archives, which became the UCLA Film Archives. The collection consists of 53 reels of 22 taped interviews, some
with typed transcripts, of theater and film representatives conducted by Friedman.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Collection may not be copied.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Arthur B. Friedman, 1970.
[Identification of item], Arthur B. Friedman
Turning Point Interviews (Collection 173). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California,
Los Angeles.
Friedman was born in 1919 in Gary, Indiana; attended University of Wisconsin; earned a BA at UCLA (1941), where he majored
in Sociology and Economics and acted in 18 plays; wrote and produced documentary programs for the Armed Forces Radio Service
during World War II; MA, University of Southern California; became instructor in acting and radio in the UCLA Theater Arts
Dept.; Ph.D, University of Southern California, 1955; acted in films, television, and plays; developed sports broadcasting
training program at UCLA; with his students, produced series of documentary films on the California prison system; conducted
over 100 interviews with pioneers of entertainment in the program,
Turning Point, as part of the UCLA Oral History Project; was founding curator of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences/UCLA Television
Archives, which became the UCLA Film Archives; he retired in 1990.
Collection consists of 53 reels of 22 taped interviews, some with typed transcripts, of theater and film representatives conducted
by UCLA Theater Arts professor Arthur B. Friedman. Interviewees include: William Demarest, Kenneth Macgowan, Robert Preston,
Edward G. Robinson, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel, Victor Moore, and Mack Sennett.
Arranged in the following series:
- Original reels of taped interviews (Boxes 1-4, and 6-19).
- Typed transcripts of some interviews (Box 5).
- Preservation master reels of taped interviews (Boxes 19-24).
- Cassette tape copies of taped interviews (Boxes 25-30).
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Friedman, Arthur B.--Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Dept. of Theater Arts--Faculty--Archival resources.
Motion picture producers and directors--United States--Archival resources.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Interviews.
Audiotapes.