Finding aid for the Les Norvos photographs 2491
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 August
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Les Norvos photographs
Creator:
Norvos, Les
Identifier/Call Number: 2491
Physical Description:
0.21 Linear Feet
1 box
Date (inclusive): c. 1935-1940
Abstract: Collection consists of black and white headshots and other photographs of Hollywood actors and producers belonging to former
USC professor Les Norvos.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Les Norvos was a film professor at the University of Southern California in the 1950s. His courses focused on cinematic storytelling
based on Sergei Eisenstein and Slavko Vorkapich's ideas of movement, editing, and montage.
Collection consists of black and white headshots and other photographs of Hollywood actors and producers belonging to former
USC professor Les Norvos. Collection includes photographs of producer Milton H. Bren and his wife Marion Newbert, actor Richard
Barthelmess, and actresses Betty Grabel, Irene Dunne, and Constance Moore, among others.
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.
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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Les Norvos photographs, Collection no. 2491, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- Photographs
Actresses -- Photographs
Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Norvos, Les -- Archives