Background
Loring was born on May 5, 1928, in Chicago, Cook County, United States of America.
(This is a copy of: CURTAIN TIME on The CBS Television Net...)
This is a copy of: CURTAIN TIME on The CBS Television Network. Featuring: Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night, a new play by Loring Mandel*. This show aired Oct 17, 1967 -- Cast: Peter Schermann.....Melvyn Douglas*, Heloise Miuchaud.....Shirley Booth, George Schermann.....Warren Stevens, Dr. Gettlinger ... Lawrence Dobkin*, etc. produced and directed by George Schaefer*. * Douglas WON Emmy Awards for their parts in this production and Dobkin was nominated for an Emmy for this show. per the CBS Playhouse web site, this show was about: "When carpenter Peter Schermann needed a home, he built it with his own hands. And the house, like Peter, was strong; solid as a tree. But now he's old, too old. His children have no room for him. Peter winds up in a rest home--where he angrily rebels. He resents being treated as if he were senile or crippled. And he is offended by the empty atmosphere of waiting for death. Loring Mandel's compassionate drama follows Peter's lonely, courageous struggle to find a life in a world that has shut him out." This booklet measures 7 1/4" by 9". It is printed on a light weight cardboard and has 8 pages and a stapled binding. The Cover: is a photo of a cast member in costume, PAGE 2 (back of front cover): is a brief statement about CBS Playhouse and this play, PAGE 3: is a title page, PAGES 4 & 5: are 7 high contrast, black and white photos from the TV show..and a caption for each image on a side bar, PAGES 6 & 7: footnotes on the theme and short bios of cast members and key participants, PAGE 8: is a list of upcoming CBS quality dramas.
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Loring was born on May 5, 1928, in Chicago, Cook County, United States of America.
He graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1949, after studying writing and drama.
He has written for radio, television, film and the stage. Mandel is a native of Chicago. His first job upon returning to Chicago after graduation was as a music arranger for the American Broadcasting Company’s house orchestra.
He supplemented his income by writing film trailers for motion pictures as well as television variety shows.
Mandel next worked full time for the West.B. Doner advertising agency until 1952 when he entered the army for service in the Korean War. Upon his release from the army in 1954, Mandel moved to New York and began his full-time career as a writer for the Columbia Broadcasting System anthologies Studio One in Hollywood, The Seven Lively Arts” and Playhouse 90.
His best known and most acclaimed work was the 2001 television film Conspiracy, which dramatized the 1942 Wannsee Conference and featured an ensemble cast, including Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, and Colin Firth. On June 15, 2010, Steven Bowie interviewed Mandel for the Archive of American Television.
Mandel"s papers, scripts, articles and correspondence are collected by the Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research, an archive of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the Wisconsin Historical Society.
In total, he and his dramas have been award two Emmy awards (out of five total nominations), a Sylvania award, a number of Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody awards, and a British Academy of Film and Television Arts as well.
(This is a copy of: CURTAIN TIME on The CBS Television Net...)
Served as corporal United States Army, 1952-1954, Korea. Member Writers Guild American East (president 1975-1977, national chairman 1977-1979), National Academy television Arts and Sciences (governor 1964-1968), Dramatists Guild American.
Son of Julius Irving and Frieda Lillian (Okun) M. Married Dorothy Muriel Bernstein, July 9, 1950. Children: Alan Howard, Joshua Lawrence.