Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Stephen Goosson papers
- Dates:
- 1920-1945
- Creators:
- Goossón, Stephen, 1889-1973
- Abstract:
- This collection chiefly contains set design drawings by American movie set designer and art director Stephen Goosson (1889-1973) for various films Goosson worked on from the 1920s to the 1940s.
- Extent:
- 1.75 Linear Feet 1 box and 1 oversize folder
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Stephen Goosson papers, Collection no. 2492, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection chiefly contains set design drawings by American movie set designer and art director Stephen Goosson for various films Goosson worked on from the 1920s to the 1940s. The drawings consist of set designs for Blind Youth (1 sketch), East is West (1 sketch); Feather in Your Hat (2 sketches), The Flame in the Dark (2 plans and 4 sketches), A Thousand and One Nights (18 sketches), an unproduced Frank Capra film about Chopin (photograph reproductions of 19 sketches), and 10 unidentified set sketches. There is also a compact disc containing four scans of sketches for The Love Light. There are also two production stills for Little Lord Fauntleroy and some architectural sketches. In addition, there is a 1972 letter from Goosson describing some of his work and a biographical note and some photocopied biographical information.
- Biographical / historical:
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Stephen Goosson (1889-1973) was an American film set designer and art director chiefly from the late 1910s to the 1940s. He was an architect in Detroit, Michigan (1915-1919), before moving to Hollywood to work for Lewis Selznick (1919), Mary Pickford (1920-1921), and Joseph M. Schenck (1921-1925), First National (1925-1927) and then as chief art director for Columbia Pictures (1934-1935, 1944-1948). While at Columbia, he worked on all the Frank Capra productions. In the mid 1940s, he became an oil painter.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Stephen Goosson, August 28, 1972.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-05-11 12:28:22 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Stephen Goosson papers, Collection no. 2492, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383