Finding aid for the Slavko Vorkapich papers 2639
Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 April
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Slavko Vorkapich papers
Creator:
Vorkapich, Slavko
Identifier/Call Number: 2639
Physical Description:
2.25 Linear Feet
2 boxes
Date (bulk): 1920s-1940s
Abstract: This collection consists of the papers of Serbia-born Hollywood montagist, director, lecturer, painter, and illustrator Slavko
Vorkapich (1894-1976), including papers, photographs, lecture notes, drawings, and clippings.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Container: 2
This collection consists of the papers of Serbia-born Hollywood montagist, director, lecturer, painter, and illustrator, Slavko
Vorkapich (1894-1976). The papers include photographs, lecture notes, drawings, and clippings. Vorkapich was chair of the
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts from 1949 to 1951. He co-directed visual tone poems with the Hungarian-born
montagist and cinematic filmmaker John Hoffman (1904–1980).
Slavko Vorkapich (1894-1976) was a Serbia-born Hollywood montagist, director, lecturer, the chair of the University of Southern
California School of Cinematic Arts from 1949 to 1951 and the chair of Belgrade Film and Theatre Academy, a painter, and an
illustrator. Vorkapić made several cinematic documentaries and lyrical purely cinematic short-length movies. He co-directed
the visual tone poems, "Moods of the Sea" (1941) and "Forest Murmurs" (1947) with his Hollywood colleague, the Hungarian-born
montagist and cinematic filmmaker John Hoffman (1904–1980). He is best known for his montage work in movies "Crime Without
Passion" (1934), "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1941), "Viva Villa!" (1934), "David Copperfield" (1935), "The Good Earth" (1937),
and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939).
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Slavko Vorkapich, 1951.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Slavko Vorkapich papers, Collection no. 2639, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Cinematographers -- Archival resources
Artists
Cinematography -- Special effects -- Archival resources
Printed ephemera
Magazines (periodicals)
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Photographs
Syllabi
Faculty papers
Telegrams
Correspondence
Drawings
Receipts (financial records)
Books
Slides (photographs)
Audiocassettes
Magnetic tapes
Vorkapich, Slavko -- Archives
Hoffman, John, 1904-1980 -- Archives