Finding Aid for the Anton Grot Papers LSC.0956
Finding aid prepared by Lilace Hatayama, January 1979; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai and Caroline Cubé.
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Title: Anton Grot papers
Creator:
Grot, Anton, 1884-1974
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0956
Physical Description:
12.8 Linear Feet
(13 boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 1 map folder)
Date (inclusive): 1920-1950, undated
Abstract: Antocz Franciszek Groszewski (1884-1974) was born in Kelbasice, Poland and came to the U.S., 1909. His film career began in
1913 when he was hired by the Lubin Company to paint and design sets. He relocated to Los Angeles in 1922. He worked on a
variety of films and was nominated for 5 Academy Awards. The collection consists of materials related to Grot's career as
a motion picture set designer and art director. Includes original sketches in pencil, charcoal, and water color as well as
photographs of completed sets and sketches.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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- Gift of Mrs. Louise Marvin, 1967.
- Gift of Mrs. Anton Grot, 1975, 1981.
- Gift of Mrs. Florentine Gutowski, 1981.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Anton Grot Papers (Collection 956). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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Processed by Lilace Hatayama, January 1979.
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Biography
Antocz Franciszek Groszewski was born in Kelbasice, Poland, January 18, 1884; attended the Technical College in Königsberg,
Germany majoring in interior decoration, illustration, and design; came to the U.S., 1909; started his film career in 1913
when he was hired by the Lubin Company to paint and design sets; moved to Los Angeles in 1922; head of the Warner Brothers
Studio Art Department (1927); worked on a variety of films such as
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1938),
Captain Blood (1935),
The Sea Hawk (1940), and
Mildred Pierce (1945); was nominated for 5 Academy Awards and in 1941 received a special Scientific/Technical Oscar for his invention of
a water ripple and wave illusion machine first utilized in
The Sea Hawk; retired 1948; died March 21, 1974.
Biographical Narrative
Anton Grot, motion picture art director, was head of the Art Department at Warner Brothers Studios from 1927-1948. Born in
Kelbasice, Poland, and educated in Germany, Grot emigrated to the United States in 1909. He began his career in motion picture
design when he was hired by the Lubin Company to paint and design sets. After working with directors such as Cecil B. DeMille
and William K. Howard, Grot began his long association with Warner Brothers in 1927. He worked on a variety of films, including
historical epics such as
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1938), contemporary dramas such as
Mildred Pierce (1945) and romantic adventure films, most notably
Captain Blood (1935) and
The Sea Hawk (1940).
Lilace Hatayama, January 1979
Scope and Content
Collection consists of materials related to Grot's career as a motion picture set designer and art director. Includes original
sketches in pencil, charcoal, and water color as well as photographs of completed sets and sketches.
- Thames Television.
The Art of Hollywood. Fifty years of art direction. A Thames Television exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Thames Televsion
[1979] [132 p.] Gift of Brooke Whiting.
Online Items Available
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sketches.
Motion picture art directors -- United States -- Archives.
Motion pictures -- Setting and scenery -- Archives.
Photographs.
Drawings.
Grot, Anton, 1884-1974 -- Archives
box 1, folder 1
Alias the Doctor. Warner Brothers,
1932.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 2
Alias the Doctor. Warner Brothers,
1932.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 3
Anthony Adverse. Warner Brothers,
1936.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 4
Anthony Adverse. Warner Brothers,
1936.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 20, folder 1-3, folder 21
Anthony Adverse. Warner Brothers,
1925, undated
Scope and Contents
4 drawings
box 1, folder 5
Blue Danube. Pathe,
1928.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 1, folder 6
Body and Soul.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 7
Broadway Gondolier. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 8
Broadway Gondolier. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 9
Cairo.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 1, folder 10
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 1, folder 11
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 5 items.
box 1, folder 12
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 1, folder 13
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 1, folder 14
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 15
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 1, folder 16
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 1, folder 17
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 1, folder 18
Country Doctor. Producers Distributing Corporation,
1927.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 1, folder 19
Danton. Capitol Film Exchange,
1931.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 1, folder 20
Dispatch from Reuter. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
General note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
box 1, folder 21
Doctor X. Warner Brothers,
1932.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
General note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
box 1, folder 22
Don Q, Son of Zorro. United Artists,
1925.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
General note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
box 2, folder 1
For Lovers Only.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 2, folder 2
For Lovers Only.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 2, folder 3
Godless Girl. Pathe,
1929.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 2, folder 4
The Great Garrick. Warner Brothers,
1937.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
General note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
box 2, folder 5
Heartbreak.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 2, folder 6
Her Man. Pathe,
1918.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 2, folder 7
Inspiration.
General Physical Description note: 5 items.
General note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
box 2, folder 8
Juarez. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 2, folder 9
Juarez. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 2, folder 10
Juarez. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 2, folder 11
Juarez. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 2, folder 12
Juarez. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 2, folder 13
Juarez. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 5 items.
box 2, folder 14
Juarez. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 2, folder 15
Juarez. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 3, folder 1
King of Kings. Pathe,
1927.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 3, folder 2
The King's Vacation. Warner Brothers,
1933.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
The Life of Emile Zola, also known as
Truth is on the March
box 3, folder 3
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers,
1937.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 3, folder 4
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers,
1937.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 3, folder 5
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers,
1937.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 3, folder 6
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers,
1937.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 3, folder 7
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers,
1937.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 3, folder 8
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers,
1937.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 3, folder 9
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers,
1937.
General Physical Description note: 5 items.
box 3, folder 10
Lovely Lady.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 3, folder 11
Mad Genius. Warner Brothers,
1931.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 3, folder 12
The Man and the Moment. Warner Brothers,
1929.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 3, folder 13
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 3, folder 14
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 3, folder 15
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 3, folder 16
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 4, folder 1
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 6 items.
1935.
box 4, folder 2
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 4, folder 3
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 4, folder 4
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 4, folder 5
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 4, folder 6
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers,
1935.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
General note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
box 4, folder 7
Mildred Pierce. Warner Brothers,
1945.
General Physical Description note: 38 items.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
box 4, folder 8
Mystery of the Wax Museum. Warner Brothers,
1933.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 4, folder 9
Outward Bound. Warner Brothers,
1930.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 4, folder 10
Outward Bound. Warner Brothers,
1930.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex
box 4, folder 11
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 4, folder 12
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 4, folder 13
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 4, folder 14
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex. Warner Brothers,
1939.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 4, folder 15
Road to Suez.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 4, folder 16
Road to Yesterday. Producers Distributing Corporation,
1925.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 4, folder 17
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 4, folder 18
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 4, folder 19
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 5, folder 1
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 2
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 3
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 4
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 5
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 5, folder 6
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers,
1940.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 5, folder 7
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers,
1941.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 8
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers,
1941.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 9
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers,
1941.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 10
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers,
1941.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 11
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers,
1941.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
General note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
box 5, folder 12
Silence.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 5, folder 13
Song of the Flame. Warner Brothers,
1930.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 14
Song of the Flame.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 5, folder 15
Surrender.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
General note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
box 5, folder 16
Svengali. Warner Brothers,
1931.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 5
Thank Your Lucky Stars. Warner Brothers,
1943.
box 5, folder 17
Thief of Paradise.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 5, folder 18
Volga Boatman. Producers Distributing Corporation,
1926.
General Physical Description note: 4 items.
box 5, folder 19
Volga Boatman. Producers Distributing Corporation,
1926.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 5, folder 20
Yellow Lilly. First National,
1928.
General Physical Description note: 3 items.
box 14
Oversize framed drawings removed from Boxes 3 and 4.
General Physical Description note: 1 framed storyboard from
Mildred Pierce; 1 framed storyboard form
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex.
box 15
Oversize framed drawings removed from Boxes 3 and 4.
A Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers - Butterflies, 1935.
General Physical Description note: 1 framed drawing from
Midsummer Night's Dream; 1 framed drawing from the
Sea Hawk.
box 16
Unidentified material.
General Physical Description note: 25 items.
box 17
Unidentified material.
General Physical Description note: 20 items.
box 18
Unidentified material.
General Physical Description note: 20 items.
box 18
Unidentified material.
General Physical Description note: 15 items.
box 19
Unidentified material.
General Physical Description note: 10 items.
box 16
Dispatch from Reuter.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
General note
189
box 16
Doctor X.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 16
Don Q, Son of Zorro.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 16
The Great Garrick.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 16
Inspiration.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 16
Midsummer Night's Dream.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 16
Sea Wolf.
General Physical Description note: 2 items.
box 16
Surrender.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
box 16
Thank Your Lucky Stars.
General Physical Description note: 1 item.
