Papers of a versatile theatrical producer who has worked successfully in films and television, as a businessman, and as an inventor. Myerberg’s multi-faceted projects include creation of the format and sound track for Fantasia (Walt Disney, 1940); purchase and management of the Mansfield Theatre, New York (later renamed the Brooks Atkinson Theatre); production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Skin of Our Teeth; adaptation, direction, and production of Dear Judas (1947); invention of a rubber-face puppet, a new flexible joint, and new techniques of rubber casting, all used in the highly-acclaimed children’s film, Hansel and Gretel (RKO, 1954); production of Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (1956) and the play (and later, film) Compulsion (1957), a story based on the lives of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb; and development of retirement properties in Florida and, with Murray Kaufman (disc jockey “Murray the K”), of discotheques in New York and Florida.
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All Collection Details:
- Author: Myerberg, Michael, 1906- .
- Title: Papers, 1940-1971.
- Size: 12.5 c.f. (6 record center cartons, 11 archives boxes, and 1 oversize box) and 2 reels of microfilm (35mm)
- Category: film, mixed collection, producer, television, and theater
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