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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Kurt Kreuger papers
    Date (inclusive): 1956-2003
    Date (bulk): 1992-2003
    Collection number: 1502
    Creator: Kreuger, Kurt
    Extent: 1.5 linear feet of papers.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Kurt Kreuger papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Kurt Kreuger, 2005, with additions from Samuel Chen, 2008-2012

    Biography

    Kurt Kreuger was a Swiss-German actor most active in American films during the 1940s and 1950s.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Kurt Kreuger papers spans the years 1956-2003 (bulk 1992-2003) and encompasses 1.5 linear feet. Kreuger's manuscripts consist primarily of drafts and notes for his unpublished memoir documenting his life as an actor in Hollywood and as a landlord in Beverly Hills. There is also budgets, clippings, and correspondence related to Leni Riefenstahl's unproduced film BLACK CARGO, as well as a smattering of clippings, correspondence, postcards, and notes largely from the 1990s.

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    Indexing Terms

    actors