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  • Biographical / Historical
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
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  • 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