Finding aid for the Stanley Scheuer papers 2307

Marissa Chavez 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: 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

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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 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

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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