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UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Anton Grot papers
Creator:
Grot, Anton, 1884-1974
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0956
Physical Description:
12.8 Linear Feet
(13 boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 1 map folder)
Date (inclusive): 1920-1950, undated
Abstract: Antocz Franciszek Groszewski (1884-1974) was born in Kelbasice, Poland and came to the U.S., 1909. His film career began in
1913 when he was hired by the Lubin Company to paint and design sets. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1922. He worked on a
variety of films and was nominated for 5 Academy Awards. The collection consists of materials related to Grot's career as
a motion picture set designer and art director. Includes original sketches in pencil, charcoal, and water color as well as
photographs of completed sets and sketches.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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- Gift of Mrs. Louise Marvin, 1967.
- Gift of Mrs. Anton Grot, 1975, 1981.
- Gift of Mrs. Florentine Gutowski, 1981.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9914706823606533
[Identification of item], Anton Grot Papers (Collection 956). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Lilace Hatayama, January 1979.
Accession LSC-2019-020 processed by Jasmine Larkin in 2021.
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Antocz Franciszek Groszewski was born in Kelbasice, Poland, January 18, 1884; attended the Technical College in Königsberg,
Germany majoring in interior decoration, illustration, and design; came to the U.S., 1909; started his film career in 1913
when he was hired by the Lubin Company to paint and design sets; moved to Los Angeles in 1922; head of the Warner Brothers
Studio Art Department (1927); worked on a variety of films such as
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1938),
Captain Blood (1935),
The Sea Hawk (1940), and
Mildred Pierce (1945); was nominated for 5 Academy Awards and in 1941 received a special Scientific/Technical Oscar for his invention of
a water ripple and wave illusion machine first utilized in
The Sea Hawk; retired 1948; died March 21, 1974.
Anton Grot, motion picture art director, was head of the Art Department at Warner Brothers Studios from 1927-1948. Born in
Kelbasice, Poland, and educated in Germany, Grot emigrated to the United States in 1909. He began his career in motion picture
design when he was hired by the Lubin Company to paint and design sets. After working with directors such as Cecil B. DeMille
and William K. Howard, Grot began his long association with Warner Brothers in 1927. He worked on a variety of films, including
historical epics such as
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1938), contemporary dramas such as
Mildred Pierce (1945) and romantic adventure films, most notably
Captain Blood (1935) and
The Sea Hawk (1940).
Lilace Hatayama, January 1979
Collection consists of materials related to Grot's career as a motion picture set designer and art director. Includes original
sketches in pencil, charcoal, and water color as well as photographs of completed sets and sketches.
- Thames Television. The Art of Hollywood. Fifty years of art direction. A Thames Television exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Thames Televsion [1979] [132 p.] Gift of Brooke Whiting.
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online:
Anton Grot Papers (1 item) .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sketches.
Motion picture art directors -- United States -- Archives.
Motion pictures -- Setting and scenery -- Archives.
Photographs.
Drawings.
Grot, Anton, 1884-1974 -- Archives