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Additional authors

1. Lacy, Susan
2. Starr, Manya
3. Nowak, Amram
4. Pantzer, Jerry
5. Steele, Gary
6. Seaman, Robert
7. Shimin, Toby
8. Simon, Neil
9. Simon, Danny
10. Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014
11. Azenberg, Emanuel
12. Reiner, Carl, 1922-2020
13. Gerber, Roy
14. Matthau, Walter
15. Mason, Marsha
16. Lemmon, Jack
17. Lavin, Linda, 1937-
18. Saks, Gene, 1921-2015
19. Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001
20. Amram Nowak Associates, producer
21. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS) (70 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Playwright Neil Simon is profiled. He discusses his childhood and family, his career, his decision to become a writer, and his major stage works. Includes excerpts from interviews with several of his friends and colleagues, and clips from several of his plays and the films based on them.

Series statement

1. American masters (Television program)

Uniform title

1. American masters (Television program)

Subject

1. Simon, Neil
2. Reiner, Carl, 1922- > Interviews
3. Simon, Neil > Chapter two
4. Saks, Gene, 1921-2015 > Interviews
5. Simon, Danny > Interviews
6. Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001 > Interviews
7. Gerber, Roy > Interviews
8. Simon, Neil > Broadway bound
9. Documentaries and factual works
10. Simon, Neil > Family
11. Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014 > Interviews
12. Theater > New York (State) > New York
13. Matthau, Walter > Interviews
14. Simon, Neil > Interviews
15. Mason, Marsha > Interviews
16. Simon, Neil > Friends and associates
17. Television
18. Simon, Neil > Odd couple
19. Azenberg, Emanuel > Interviews
20. Lemmon, Jack > Interviews
21. Lavin, Linda, 1937- > Interviews

Genre/Form

1. Documentaries and factual works.
2. Television.

Call number

1. NCOX 599

Access (note)

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

1. Photographed by Jerry Pantzer, Gary Steele, and Robert Seaman ; edited by Toby Shimin.

Performer (note)

1. Interviews: Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Sid Caesar, Emanuel Azenberg, Carl Reiner, Roy Gerber, Walter Matthau, Marsha Mason, Jack Lemmon, Linda Lavin, Gene Saks, and Herbert Ross.

Event (note)

1. Originally broadcast on American masters, WNET/Channel 13, New York, N.Y., August 19, 1989.

Title

1. Neil Simon: not just for laughs [videorecording] / A co-production of WNET New York and Amram Nowak Associates ; excecutive producer, Susan Lacy ; produced by Manya Starr ; directed by Amram Nowak ; [produced for WNET-TV]

Imprint

1. New York, c1989.

Series

1. American masters (Television program)

Access

1. Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

1. Photographed by Jerry Pantzer, Gary Steele, and Robert Seaman ; edited by Toby Shimin.

Cast

1. Interviews: Neil Simon, Danny Simon, Sid Caesar, Emanuel Azenberg, Carl Reiner, Roy Gerber, Walter Matthau, Marsha Mason, Jack Lemmon, Linda Lavin, Gene Saks, and Herbert Ross.

Event

1. Originally broadcast on American masters, WNET/Channel 13, New York, N.Y., August 19, 1989.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre on Film and Tape Archive Special Collections material

Added author

1. Lacy, Susan, producer.
2. Starr, Manya, producer.
3. Nowak, Amram, director.
4. Pantzer, Jerry, director of photography.
5. Steele, Gary, director of photography.
6. Seaman, Robert, director of photography.
7. Shimin, Toby, editor of moving image work.
8. Simon, Neil, interviewee.
9. Simon, Danny, interviewee.
10. Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014, interviewee.
11. Azenberg, Emanuel, interviewee.
12. Reiner, Carl, 1922-2020, interviewee.
13. Gerber, Roy, interviewee.
14. Matthau, Walter, interviewee.
15. Mason, Marsha, interviewee.
16. Lemmon, Jack, interviewee.
17. Lavin, Linda, 1937- interviewee.
18. Saks, Gene, 1921-2015, interviewee.
19. Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001, interviewee.
20. Amram Nowak Associates, producer.
21. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. American masters (Television program)

Research call number

1. NCOX 599