Finding aid for the Lizabeth Scott papers 2652

Diann Benti

USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

2022 November

Doheny Memorial Library G4

3550 Trousdale Parkway

Los Angeles, California 90089-0185

ctlibarc@usc.edu

URL: http://libraries.usc.edu/locations/cinematic-arts-library

Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Title: Lizabeth Scott papers

Creator: Scott, Lizabeth, 1922-2015

Identifier/Call Number: 2652

Physical Description: 19.65 Linear Feet 19 boxes

Date (inclusive): 1940-2003

Abstract: This collection contains the papers of American actress and singer Lizabeth Scott (1921-2015). Materials include memorabilia from Scott's film and theater career chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s including items such as scripts, photographs, and publicity; press clippings; scrapbooks; videotapes and audio; correspondence; contracts; and sheet music.

Language of Material: English.

Biographical / Historical

Lizabeth Scott (1921-2015) was an American actress, singer, and model, known for her work in film noir movies of the 1940s and 1950s.

Conditions Governing Access

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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.

Conditions Governing Use

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], Lizabeth Scott papers, Collection no. 2652, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

Processing Information

This collection is not fully processed.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Mary Goodstein, April 28, 2016.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the papers of American actress and singer Lizabeth Scott (1921-2015). Materials include memorabilia from Scott's film and theater career chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s including items such as scripts, photographs, and publicity; press clippings; scrapbooks; videotapes and audio; correspondence; contracts; and sheet music. There are also studio portraits of Scott, as well as some photographs from her modeling career and later social engagements.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Photographs

Scripts

Photographs

Sound recordings

Videotapes

Scott, Lizabeth, 1922-2015 -- Archives

Scott, Lizabeth, 1922-2015 -- Photographs

Films

Bad for Each Other (1954)

Box 1, Folder 1

Script

Box 1, Folder 2

Publicity postcard

Bitter Victory (unproduced)

Box 1, Folder 3

Script

The Company She Keeps (aka The Wall Outside) (1951)

Box 1, Folder 4

Script

Box 1, Folder 5

Photographs

Box 1, Folder 6

Reviews and miscellaneous photographs

Dark City (1950)

Box 1, Folder 7

Script

Box 1, Folder 8

Photographs

Box 1, Folder 9

Advertising and miscellaneous

Dead Reckoning (1947)

Box 1, Folder 10

Script

Box 1, Folder 11-13

Photograph book of movie scenes

Box 1, Folder 14

Loose photographs

Desert Fury

Box 2, Folder 1

Script (1947)

Box 2, Folder 2-5

Photograph book of movie scenes

Box 2, Folder 6

Loose photographs

Box 2, Folder 7

Reviews and publicity

Box 7, Folder 10

Advertisement

Easy Living (aka Interference) (1949)

Box 2, Folder 8

Script

Box 2, Folder 9

Photographs

Box 2, Folder 10

Reviews

I am Rainbow (animated film)

Box 14, Folder 1

Script and sheet music

I Walk Alone (1948)

Box 3, Folder 1

Script

Box 3, Folder 2-4

Photographs

Box 3, Folder 5

Reviews

Loving You (1957)

Box 3, Folder 6

Script and shooting schedule

Box 3, Folder 7

Photographs

Box 3, Folder 8

Reviews

Paid in Full (1950)

Box 3, Folder 9-11

Photographs

Box 3, Folder 12

Reviews and publicity

The Pitfall (1948)

Box 4, Folder 1

Script

Box 4, Folder 2-3

Photograph book of movie scenes

Box 4, Folder 4

Reviews

Pulp (aka Memoirs of a Ghost Writer (1970)

Box 7, Folder 1

Script

Box 7, Folder 2

Correspondence, reviews

Box 7, Folder 3

Photographs

Quantrell's Raiders (unproduced)

Box 4, Folder 5

Script

The Racket (1951)

Box 4, Folder 6-7

Script (2 copies)

Box 4, Folder 8

Photographs

Box 4, Folder 9

Reviews and miscellaneous photographs

Red Mountain (1952)

Box 4, Folder 10

Photographs

Scared Stiff (1953)

Box 4, Folder 11

Script

Box 4, Folder 12

Photographs and reviews

Silver Lode (1954)

Box 5, Folder 1

Script

Box 5, Folder 2

Publicity

Stolen Face (1952)

Box 7, Folder 4

Script

Box 7, Folder 5

Photographs

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

Box 5, Folder 3

Script

Box 5, Folder 4-6

Photograph book

Box 5, Folder 7-8

Photographs of the England premier

Box 5, Folder 9

Loose photographs and press

Too Late for Tears

Box 7, Folder 6

Script

Box 7, Folder 7

Photographs and reviews

Two of a Kind (1951)

Box 6, Folder 1

Script

Box 6, Folder 2

Photograph book

Box 6, Folder 3

Reviews

The Weapon (1956)

Box 7, Folder 8

Script

Box 7, Folder 9

Publicity

You Came Along (1945)

Box 6, Folder 4

Script

Box 6, Folder 5-7

Photograph book

Box 6, Folder 8

Loose photographs and sheet music

Theater

Anna Lucasta 1949

Box 14, Folder 7

Photographs and program

Box 14, Folder 8

Reviews and telegrams

Hellzapoppin 1940-1941

Box 17

Scrapbook and photographs

Skin of our Teeth 1942-1943

Box 14, Folder 9

Script, program, telegram, photographs

Personal and business papers

Box 14, Folder 14-16

Biographical information

Scope and Contents

Includes SMU oral history transcript.

Box 14, Folder 11-13

Contracts

Box 14, Folder 2-4

Correspondence

Box 14, Folder 5

Awards/certificates

Box 14, Folder 6

AFI Tribute to Hal Wallis

Box 14, Folder 10

Paper doll design papers

Box 14, Folder 17

Hollywood star

Box 14, Folder 18

Miscellaneous

Box 10, Box 11, Box 12

Scrapbooks

Scope and Contents

16 scrapbooks chiefly containing newspaper clippings and images of Lizabeth Scott.

Box 15

Publicity/press

Box 16, Box 17, Box 18, Box 19

Photographs

Box 8

Audio (various media, unsorted)

Box 9

Videotapes/DVDs (unsorted)

Box 13

Sheet music