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Finding Aid for the Hans Dreier Collection of Motion Picture Set Designs, ca. 1920-1951
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Title: Hans Dreier Collection of Motion Picture Set Designs,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1920-1951
Collection number: 2110
Creator:
Dreier, Hans, 1885-1966
Extent: 2 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Hans Dreier (1885-1966) was a set designer and art director at Famous Players-Lasky-Paramount and eventually became head of
Paramount's art department. He received Academy Awards for
Frenchmen's Creek (1944),
Samson and Delilah (1949), and
Sunset Boulevard (1950). The collection consists of photographs of motion picture sets as well as charcoal, watercolor, and pen and ink sketches
by Dreier and his staff.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language: English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Diane Jergins, 1981.
[Identification of item], Hans Dreier Collection of Motion Picture Set Designs (Collection 2110). Department of Special Collections,
Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Dreier was born August 21, 1885 in Bremen, Germany; was a student of architecture and a practicing architect in South Africa;
he began his film career in 1919 at Universum Film Aktien Gesellschaft (UFA) in Berlin; moved to the U.S. in 1923 to join
Famous Players-Lasky-Paramount and eventually became head of Paramount's art department, where he spent the rest of his career;
he worked with directors such as Josef von Sternberg, Ernst Lubitsch, Rouben Mamoulian, King Vidor, Billy Wilder, and Cecil
B. DeMille; received Academy Awards for
Frenchmen's Creek (1944),
Samson and Delilah (1949), and
Sunset Boulevard (1950); retired, 1951; died in 1966.
Collection consists of materials related to Dreier's career as a set designer and art director. Includes photographs of motion
picture sets as well as charcoal, watercolor, and pen and ink sketches by Dreier and his staff.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Dreier, Hans, 1885-1966--Archives.
Motion picture art directors--Designs--United States--Archival resources.
Motion pictures--Setting and scenery--United States--Archival resources.
Drawings.
Renderings.