Monogram Pictures photographs, 1937-1942

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Title:: Monogram Pictures photographs
Dates:: 1937-1942
Creators:: Monogram Pictures
Extent:: 14 linear feet of photographs.
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Monogram Pictures photographs, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Scope and content:: The Monogram Pictures photographs span the years 1937-1942 and encompass 14 linear feet. The collection consists of 6,749 items, including original negatives, photographic prints, and copy negatives. Some 127 feature films are represented by scene and off-camera photographs, publicity portraits, and killed shots.
Biographical / historical:: Monogram Pictures, an American film production and distribution company, was formed in 1930. The Hollywood studio produced and released nearly 1,000 genre films, such as Westerns, serials, horror films, comedy shorts, and melodramas, between 1931 and 1953.
Acquisition information:: Gift of Kathy A. Gould and Paul Antolch, 1991
Arrangement:: Arranged in the following series: 1. Biography photographs; 2. Motion picture production photographs
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Special Collections
Date Prepared:: © 2014
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: March 04, 2014

Access and use

Restrictions:: Available by appointment only.
Terms of access:: Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

Preferred citation:: Monogram Pictures photographs, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Location of this collection:: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Margaret Herrick Library

333 S. La Cienega Blvd

Beverly Hills, CA 90211, US