Finding Aid for the General Services Studio records 2202
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 March
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: General Services Studio records
Creator:
General Service Studios (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 2202
Physical Description:
44.625 Linear Feet
35 boxes
Date (inclusive): 1919-1950s
Abstract: This collection includes production files, distribution reports, invoices and other business records related to the television
programs and motion pictures produced on the General Services Studio lot from 1919 to circa 1966.
Language of Material:
English.
This collection includes production files, distribution reports, invoices and other business records related to the television
programs and motion pictures produced on the General Services Studio lot from 1919 to circa 1966. Collection does not include
any production scripts. Notable productions represented are
Perry Mason (1957-1966),
An Innocent Affair (1948), and
Cover Up (1949).
General Services Studio, also known as Hollywood Center Studios, was founded by former Charlie Chaplin associate John Jasper
in 1919 and has changed names and ownership many times throughout its history. General Services Studio provided production
and technical services for such television programs as
I Love Lucy (1951-1957), and
Perry Mason (1957-1966), and films including
An Innocent Affair (1948), and
Hell's Angels (1930).
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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
Gift, circa 1966.
[Box/folder no. or item name], General Services Studio records, Collection no. 2202, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Business records
Motion pictures -- Distribution
Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Archival resources
Motion picture industry -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources
Motion picture studios
General Service Studios (Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.) -- Archives
Box 1, Box 2, Box 3, Box 4, Box 5, Box 6, Box 7, Box 8, Box 9, Box 10, Box 11, Box 12, Box 13, Box 14, Box 15, Box 16, Box 17, Box 18, Box 19, Box 20, Box 21, Box 22, Box 23, Box 24, Box 25, Box 26, Box 27, Box 28, Box 29, Box 30, Box 31, Box 32, Box 33A, Box 33B, Box 33C
Unprocessed materials