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  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
    Title: Louis R. Lipstone scripts
    Creator: Lipstone, Louis, 1892-1954
    Identifier/Call Number: 2244
    Physical Description: 3.63 Linear Feet 7 boxes
    Date (inclusive): 1936-1953
    Abstract: This collection contains screenplays for movies acquired by Louis Lipstone (1892-1954) in his capacity as head of the Paramount Pictures music department. Includes screenplays for 59 produced films and 20 unproduced projects, dating from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.
    Language of Material: English.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Harold Lipstone, March 1990.

    Biographical / Historical

    Louis R. Lipstone (1892-1954) was head of the Paramount Pictures music department from 1939 until his death in 1954.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], Louis R. Lipstone scripts, Collection no. 2244, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains screenplays for movies acquired by Louis Lipstone (1892-1954) in his capacity as head of the Paramount Pictures music department. Includes screenplays for 59 produced films and 20 unproduced projects, dating from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Some of the scripts have handwritten notes.

    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.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Motion picture music -- Archival resources
    Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources
    Screenplays
    Lipstone, Louis, 1892-1954 -- Archives
    Paramount Pictures Corporation -- Archives