Carolco Pictures records, 1976-1995

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Summary

Creators:
Carolco Pictures Inc.
Abstract:
This collection consists of binders with slides of promotional film stills from motion pictures produced by the American independent production company Carolco Pictures (1976-1995). There is also a set of microfilm containing financial records for Carolco from the 1990s.
Extent:
252.875 Linear Feet 224 boxes
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Carolco Pictures records, Collection no. 2163, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection is currently unavailable for access.

This collection consists of binders with slides of promotional film stills from motion pictures produced by the American independent production company Carolco Pictures (1976-1995). Some films represented in this collection are: Total Recall (1990), Futureworld (1976), They Live (1988), Jacob's Ladder (1990), and Basic Instinct (1992). There is also a set of microfilm containing financial records for Carolco from the 1990s.

Biographical / historical:

Carolco Pictures was an American independent motion picture production company founded by film investors Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna in 1976. The company's first major success was First Blood (1982), and Carolco Pictures went on to produce multiple films starring Sylvester Stalone. Carolco Pictures also had a long-standing relationship with director James Cameron, and actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, which led in the company producing Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), another major commercial success. Despite the studio's successes in the early 1990s, the company continued to lose money resulting in its decline. Carolco Pictures was bankrupted by the film intended to be its comeback: Cutthroat Island (1995).

Acquisition information:
Gift, January 25, 1996.
Processing information:

Collection is unprocessed. Legacy box numbering is represented in the container list and reflects the current box labels. Numbering is largely sequential with missing box numbers throughout the 100 - 400 range. It is unlikely that any materials are missing; a numbering error is inferred.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is currently unavailable for access.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Carolco Pictures records, Collection no. 2163, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Location of this collection:
Cinematic Arts Library
Doheny Memorial Library, Room G4
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
Contact:
(213) 740-8383
ctlibarc@usc.edu
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