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Irving Paul Lazar. Irving Paul " Swifty " Lazar (born Samuel Lazar; March 28, 1907 – December 30, 1993) was an American lawyer, talent agent and dealmaker, representing both movie stars and authors (including Richard Nixon ).
Dec 31, 1993 · Irving Paul Lazar, the agent for scores of literary and entertainment luminaries, who was variously described as a brilliant wheeler-dealer, a lone-wolf dynamo and a manic egotist, died early...
Apr 21, 1994 · The voice of a secretary at the Irving Paul Lazar Agency blasted over the speakerphone: “Irving, I’ve got [a producer whose picture was up for an Oscar] on the phone. His biggest dream is...
Mar 21, 1993 · The King of the Deal. By Michael Korda. March 21, 1993. The first time I remember hearing Irving Lazar’s name was in 1950, at Eden Roc, on the Cap d’Antibes. “Nobody who matters calls Lazar ...
He worked for a year for Eagle Lion film studios. In 1947 he opened the Irving Paul Lazar Agency in Beverly Hills. Until the 1970s, he represented directors, writers, choreographers, composers, and lyricists: everyone but actors, whom he considered too demanding. He specialized in bringing East Coast talent into the film industry.
Swifty Lazar (rhymes with the czar) stands 5 ft. 3 in. in his elevator shoes, and he never picks on anybody his own size. Instead,…
Mar 13, 1994 · EXIT SWIFTY LAZAR. The New Yorker, March 21, 1994 P. 174. POSTSCRIPT about Irving Paul (Swifty) Lazar who was an agent who represented writers, composers, and actors. The little man whose...
