Finding aid for the Scarface Set Designs collection 2587
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2023 January
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Scarface Set Designs collection
Creator:
Caddo Company
Identifier/Call Number: 2587
Physical Description:
3 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1930-1932
Abstract: Collection consists of set design sketches for the 1932 film Scarface.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
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.
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.
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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.
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
Purchased in 1984.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Scarface Set Designs collection, Collection no. 2587, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
This collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Drawings
Motion pictures--Production and direction
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources
Motion picture set designers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Set design drawings
Caddo Company -- Archives
Scarface. (Motion Picture : 1932)