Biographical / Historical
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Access
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Preferred Citation
Processing Information
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: John Brahm papers
Creator:
Brahm, John, 1893-1982
Identifier/Call Number: 2092
Physical Description:
11.10 Linear Feet
10 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1920-1973
Abstract: This collection contains photographs, clippings, audio discs, and production materials from movie, television, and theater
projects of German director John Brahm (1893-1982), dating from the 1920s to the 1960s and chiefly for American projects.
Language of Material:
English,
German.
Biographical / Historical
John Brahm (1893-1982) was a German film and television director. He began in theater in Europe before moving to England,
where he directed his first film, Broken Blossoms in 1936. In 1937, Brahm moved to the United States, where he made more than
twenty-five films, chiefly from the late 1930s to the 1950s, followed by a number of television movies and episodes in the
1950s and 1960s. Brahm was married three times, including to German actor Dolly Haas from 1937 to 1941.
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs, clippings, audio discs, and production materials from film, television, and theater
projects of German director John Brahm (1893-1982), dating from the 1920s to the 1960s and chiefly for American projects.
There are also apprxomiately 40 musical transcription discs from Brahm films. There are some photographs and scripts from
Brahm's early work in the German and Austrian theater in the 1920s and 1930s. Most film projects only have a few items such
as production stills, behind-the-scenes photographs often of Brahms with cast and crew or press clippings. There are scripts
for the movies Counsel for Crime (incomplete), The Lodger, and The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima and television episode scripts
from The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (Box 3). There are three books of production stills for Broken
Blossoms, The Thief of Venice, and Special Delivery (Box 3). There is also a 3-tape oral history interview of Brahm from 1973
(Box 3).
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
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 John Brahm, June 7, 1973, and July 5, 1973.
Preferred Citation
[Box/folder no. or item name], John Brahm collection, Collection no. 2092, Cinematic Arts Library, Special Collections, USC
Libraries, University of Southern California.
Processing Information
Some processing by USC students in 2019 as part of the "Piloting a Shared Practice for Accessible Archival Descriptions" Dean's
Challenge Grant. Additional arrangement and description by Diann Benti in 2021.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Motion picture producers and directors -- Archival resources
Motion pictures -- Archival resources
Television -- Archival resources
Theater -- Germany -- 20th century -- Archival resources
Audiotapes
Film stills
Photographs
Clippings (information artifacts)
Brahm, John, 1893-1982 -- Archives
Brahm, John, 1893-1982 -- Photographs