Finding Aid for the Cesar Romero papers 2164

Sarah Jardini & Brandon Werts for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 February
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu


Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Cesar Romero papers
Creator: Romero, Cesar, 1907-1994
Identifier/Call Number: 2164
Physical Description: 13.375 Linear Feet 9 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1927-1961
Abstract: This collection contains papers of American film and television actor Cesar Romero (1907-1994). Materials include scrapbooks of clippings, envelopes of stills, correspondence, periodicals, and books of stills from films in which Romero appeared.
Language of Material: English.
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Scope and Contents

This collection contains the papers of American film and television actor Cesar Romero (1907-1994). Materials include 31 scrapbooks of clippings documenting Romero's career; 21 envelopes of stills, clippings, correspondence, periodicals, and programs; and a number of books of 8x10 stills from films in which Romero appeared.

Biographical / Historical

Cesar Romero (1907-1994) was an American film, television, and radio actor whose career spanned from the 1920s up until his death in 1994. His wide range of roles included Latin lovers, historical figures, comedic characters, and his best known role as The Joker on the television program Batman (1966-1968).

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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.

Preferred Citation

[Box/folder no. or item name], Cesar Romero papers, Collection no. 2164, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

Collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Actors -- Photographs
Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources
Film stills
Scrapbooks
Romero, Cesar, 1907-1994 -- Archives