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  • Scope and Contents
  • Biographical / Historical
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  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Stanley Scheuer papers
    Creator: Scheuer, Stanley K.
    Identifier/Call Number: 2307
    Physical Description: 5.125 Linear Feet 3 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1912-1965
    Abstract: This collection consists of American script supervisor Stanley K. Scheuer's (1900-1983) scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, playbills, magazines, and lists of films he worked on. He worked on films including "West Side Story" (1961), "Al Capone" (1959), and "Cleopatra" (1963).
    Language of Material: English.
    Container: 1
    Container: 2
    Container: 3

    Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of American script supervisor Stanley K. Scheuer's (1900-1983) scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, playbills, magazines, and lists of films he worked on. Included are scripts, notebooks, and pressbook pertaining to Cleopatra (1963); 5 annotated shooting scripts including The Country Girl (1954), I Want To Live! (1958), and Von Ryan's Express (1965); approximately 60 movie magazines (1912-1932); publicity booklets for United Artists and Fox Film Corp. (1930-1931); 1 scrapbook of publicity clippings for many silent films; and miscellaneous film clippings.

    Biographical / Historical

    Stanley K. Scheuer (1900-1983) was an American script supervisor from the 1930s to the 1960s. He worked on films including "West Side Story" (1961), "Al Capone" (1959), "Cleopatra" (1963), and the television series "The Addams Family" from 1965-1966.

    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 cin@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 Sidney Scheuer, May 25, 1973.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Stanley Scheuer papers, Collection no. 2307, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    This collection is not fully processed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
    Actors -- Photographs
    Celebrities -- California -- Los Angeles -- 20th century -- Photographs
    Film sets -- Photographs
    Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Photographs
    Motion pictures -- History -- Photographs
    Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
    Magazines (periodicals)
    Playbills
    Photographs
    Scrapbooks
    Newspaper clippings
    obituaries
    Scheuer, Stanley K. -- Archives