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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Biographical / Historical
Preferred Citation
Scope and Contents
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Conditions Governing Use
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