Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
- Abstract:
- This collection contains set still books for the 20th Century-Fox Corporation with photographs of movie sets for 229 films, dating from 1937 to 1954.
- Extent:
- 16.9 Linear Feet 15 boxes
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], 20th Century-Fox set stills, Collection no. 2431, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains movie set still books for the 20th Century-Fox Corporation with photographs taken during production of sets for 229 films, dating from 1937 to 1954. The black-and-white photographs are bound in boards with metal fasteners and labeled with the working movie title, director, and production number. Some are labeled "Office Copy," "Copy for Mr. Day's Files," or "Copy from Mr. Day's Files," and a few are stamped "Please return to art department," suggesting these books may have been used by 20th Century-Fox art department and supervising art director Richard Day.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (or 20th Century-Fox) was created through the merging of Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures in 1935 in Los Angeles, California. In 1985, the studio was acquired by News Corporation and renamed Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (without the hyphen). In 2019, it was acquired by Disney and in 2020 began using the name 20th Century Studios, Inc.
- Processing information:
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Processed by USC students in 2019 as part of the "Piloting a Shared Practice for Accessible Archival Descriptions" Dean's Challenge Grant. Additional description by Diann Benti in 2021.
- Arrangement:
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Books are arranged alphabetically by film title.
- Physical / technical requirements:
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Many of the photographs are warped/curling around the edges.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Film sets -- Photographs
Motion pictures -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Photographs
Motion pictures--Production and direction -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Photographs
Film stills - Names:
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation -- Photographs
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation -- Archives
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], 20th Century-Fox set stills, Collection no. 2431, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383