Burbank Studio
Dave Hilberman
Notes
We interviewed Dave Hilberman three times at the home of one of his sons, Dan Hilberman, In Palo Alto, California, the first one was in 2003. We also interviewed his wife, Libby.
Dave Hilberman and Zack Schwartz rented some space on the top floor of the Otto K. Olesen building in Hollywood to use in the evenings to do personal painting. The partnership began with Steve Bosustow, when Bosustow began visiting their studio and bringing poster work to do for local industries.
The three formed a partnership in 1942, calling it United Film and Poster Service, even though they had no film work at the time. But, once films started coming in the name as changed to United Productions of America, and finally UPA Pictures. For the ending of Dave and Zack’s tenure at UPA, see the Zack Schwartz listing.
Dave Hilberman is part of two presently unreleased scenes.
Bill Hurtz
Notes
Bill Hurtz is an audio-only interview conducted in 1978 at the Bosustow Santa Monica studio for the Filmex Tribute screening in Century City, California.
Bill Hurtz is known mostly for directing UPAs Unicorn in the Garden, but he directed a number of other UPA films including Man Alive!, the only UPA film that was nominated for a documentary short. Hurtz was also Bob Cannon’s frequent Layout Artist, including Gerald McBoing Boing.
Bill Hurtz is part of one of the presently unreleased scenes.
Chico Hamilton
Notes
We interviewed Chico in his amazing apartment in Manhattan, New York in 2006.
Chico Hamilton was a young musician / composer in Los Angeles, when UPA heard his first album, with a cut entitled, “Morning After”. Hamilton re-recorded it as the theme
song for The Gerald McBoing Boing CBS television series. It was the first “movie music” for Hamilton, and he continued to score films, and play clubs, his Quintet
being a part of the early Pacific Jazz scene.
Chico Hamilton is part of an unreleased scene
