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Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: John Schmitz production stills
Creator:
Schmitz, John
Identifier/Call Number: 2577
Physical Description:
0.1 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date (inclusive): 1949-1963
Abstract: Collection consists of 120mm and 35mm color slides of production stills for film projects worked on by American cinematographer
John Schmitz (1897-1983).
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
Collection consists of 120mm and 35mm color slides of production stills for film projects worked on by American cinematographer
John Schmitz (1897-1983). Includes images from
Ben-Hur (1959),
Oklahoma! (1955),
PT 109 (1963),
Quo Vadis (1951), and
King Solomon's Mines (1950). Also included is a 1973 letter from William Schaefer of USC Special Collections requesting Schmitz's materials along
with an article about Irene Schmitz, John's wife.
John Schmitz (1897-1983) was an American cinematographer and camera operator who worked on motion pictures from 1929 through
1963.
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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.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by John Schmitz in 1974.
[Box/folder no. or item name], John Schmitz production stills, Collection no. 2577, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed. This collection was a part of Special Collections' Performing Arts Division 100 series, it was
originally marked 100-57. It is housed with Collection #2572.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1959)Film stills
King Solomon's mines (Motion picture : 1950)
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources
Quo vadis (Motion picture : 1951)
Slides (photographs)
Valley of the Kings (Motion picture)
Schmitz, John -- Archives