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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Phil M. Friedman papers
Creator:
Friedman, Phil M., -1974
Identifier/Call Number: 2507
Physical Description:
1.85 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1917-circa 1950
Abstract: This small collection contains the papers of American casting director Phil Friedman (died 1974). The collection includes
books, casting directories, photographs, studio publicity shots, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, and miscellaneous articles.
Much of the material reflects Friedman's work as a casting director from the mid 1920s through the 1940s.
Language of Material:
English.
Advance notice required for access.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Belle Friedman, May 1976.
Phil M. Friedman (died 1974) was born in New York and first worked in law before moving to California and beginning in 1924
with the Edward Small Agency before working as a casting director for Carl Laemmle and Universal Pictures, RKO, Pickford-Lasky,
and eventually Warner Brothers. He retired in 1949. He was married to Belle Friedman.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Phil M. Friedman papers, Collection no. 2507, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This small collection contains the papers of American casting director Phil Friedman (died 1974). The collection includes
books, casting directories, photographs (including ones autographed by celebrities such as Tom Mix, Joan Bennett, and Akim
Tamiroff), studio publicity shots, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, and miscellaneous articles. There is a list of casting
suggestions with approximate salaries for the film "Sudden Fear" and a typescript manuscript "Find Us A Star!" (11 pp.) Much
of the material reflects Friedman's work as a casting director from the mid 1920s through the 1940s.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at cin@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.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Casting directors -- United States -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Casting -- United States -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Friedman, Phil M., -1974 -- Archives