Finding aid for the John Brahm papers 2092
Diann Benti
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 October
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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
Box 1, Folder 1
Photographs of early theatrical shows in Berlin and Vienna
1920-1930
Box 1, Folder 2
Die Bühne [full magazine issue incl. interview with Oscar Strnad on "Hamlet"]
December 18, 1924
Box 1, Folder 3
Romeo and Julia [notebook with annotated script in German]
Box 1, Folder 4
Die Schwarze Maske [notebook with annotated script in German and laid in notes]
Box 1, Folder 5
Scampolo [Program, correspondence, etc., in German]
1934-1935
Box 1, Folder 6
There's Always Juliet [program and photographs]
1944
Broken Blossoms
1935-1936
Box 1, Folder 7
Two photographs and press clippings
Box 1, Folder 8
Today's Cinema [with movie advertisement on cover]
September 21, 1937
Box 1, Folder 9
Photographs and two set sketch copies
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence, photographs, and press clippings
Box 1, Folder 11
Photograph copies of sketches for Sonja Henie skating on black ice
Box 3
Director's annotated shooting script
Box 1, Folder 12
Photographs and makeup stills
Hangover Square
1944-1945
Box 1, Folder 14
Revision from Robert Bassler and conference with Darryl Zanuck on final script
The Brasher Doubloon
1947
Box 1, Folder 15
Publicity and photographs
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima
1952
Box 3
Director's annotated shooting script
Box 2, Folder 1
Two photographs of John Brahm and empty leather cover
Box 2, Folder 2
Tests of scenes shot between October and February 1949-1950 [notebook with stills]
1949-1950
Die Goldene Pest
1954-1955
Box 2, Folder 4
Photographs and German publicity
Box 2, Folder 5
Photographs and German press clipping
Box 2, Folder 6
Photograph of Dolly Haas and misc. press clippings
1937-1945
Box 5, Folder 6
"The Gentle Killer" treatment by Barré Lyndon based on a novel by Pamela Barrington
Box 2, Folder 7
"The Glorious Red Gallagher" [review and telegram]
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964
Box 2, Folder 8
"The Trap" [script, cast sheet, and shooting schedule]
Box 2, Folder 9
"Final Performance" [script]
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1966
Box 2, Folder 10
Script: "The Beau Geste Affair"
January 8, 1966
Box 3
Oral history interview
June 1973
Scope and Contents
Three 1/4" magnetic tapes containing an oral history interview with John Brahm conducted by James C. Wagner, June 8-11, 1973.
Box 5, Folder 2-5
Oversize publications (miscellaneous)
Box R1, Box R2, Box R3, Box R4, Box R5
Musical transcription discs
Scope and Contents
Approximately 40 musical transcription discs from Brahm films.
