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Title: John Truwe papers
Date (inclusive): 1922-1978
Date (bulk): 1938-1977
Collection number: 252
Creator:
Truwe, John
Extent:
3 linear feet of papers.
12 linear feet of photographs.
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
English
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John Truwe papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Bequest of the John Truwe estate, 1981-1982
John Truwe was a make-up artist who worked principally at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios from the late
1940s to 1978.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The John Truwe papers span the years 1922-1978 (bulk 1938-1977) and encompass 15 linear feet. There
are makeup cards and a small number of schedules and cast lists from a few of the films on which Truwe
worked. The film with the most complete coverage is KING KONG (1976). There are call sheets and crew
lists for a few television series and a small amount of correspondence and miscellaneous material about
MGM. The photograph series consists of around 12,600 photographic prints, 669 transparencies, makeup
charts, still books, and a 200-page scrapbook that contains both textual materials and photographs. More
than 450 MGM productions are represented by photographs, including makeup tests and wardrobe reference,
candids, behind-the-scenes, and portraits. More than 200 actors are depicted in the biography
photographs. The portraits, primarily makeup test and wardrobe reference photographs, are from
unidentified productions.
Arrangement
Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files; 2. Television files; 3. Subject files; 4.
Scrapbooks; 5. Motion picture production photographs; 6. Biography photographs.
Truwe, John , 1915-1981--Archives.
makeup artists