Scarface Set Designs collection, 1930-1932

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Summary

Title:: Scarface Set Designs collection
Dates:: 1930-1932
Creators:: Caddo Company
Abstract:: Collection consists of set design sketches for the 1932 film Scarface.
Containers:: Box: 1
Extent:: 3 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:: English .
Preferred citation:: [Box/folder no. or item name], Scarface Set Designs collection, Collection no. 2587, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of set design sketches for the 1932 film Scarface. An inventory of the sketches is included in the box.

Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library 100 Series, and was labeled 100-50.

Biographical / historical:

Howard Hughes purchased the rights to Armitage Trail's novel Scarface, to develop the gangster film. Both the film and novel are loosely based on the life of Al Capone.

Acquisition information:

Purchased in 1984.

Processing information:

This collection is unprocessed.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources
Motion picture set designers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Drawings
Set design drawings
Names:: Caddo Company -- Archives
Scarface. (Motion Picture : 1932)

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-03-09 15:59:28 -0800 .

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Preferred citation:: [Box/folder no. or item name], Scarface Set Designs collection, Collection no. 2587, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:: University of Southern California, Cinematic Arts Library

Cinematic Arts Library

Doheny Memorial Library, Room G4

Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US