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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Cinema Arts-Crafts technical drawings
    Date (inclusive): circa 1930s-1950s
    Collection number: 533
    Creator: Cinema Arts-Crafts
    Extent: .2 linear feet of papers. 1,830 artworks.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Cinema Arts-Crafts technical drawings, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Bobby Furst, 2003

    Biography

    Cinema Arts-Crafts was an American company, located in Hollywood, California, that specialized in manufacturing cinema machinery during the 1940s and 1950s. A. Barsam owned and operated the company that designed and built specialized laboratory and photographic equipment and machinery, including camera equipment and mounts, printers, developers, and rewinders. Much of the equipment appears to be for the 16mm market or 35mm microfilm.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    The Cinema Arts-Crafts technical drawings span the years circa 1930s-1950s and encompass less than 1 linear foot of manuscripts and photographs and 1,830 technical drawings and blueprints for filmmaking equipment. The drawings are by R. Otto, Erlundson, and others. There is a small amount of miscellaneous papers, including manufacturer's brochures and photographs. Other companies represented include Cinema Manufacturers, Consolidated Film Industries, and Fried Camera Company. Cinema Arts-Crafts was in existence from at least 1941 to 1957. The material in the collection from the 1930s appears to be related to A. Barsam's earlier business ventures, such as Barsam-Tollar Mechanical Works.

    Arrangement

    Arranged in the following series: Not arranged in series.

    Indexing Terms

    Cinema Arts-Crafts