Finding Aid for the Anton Grot Papers, 1920-1950
Processed by Lilace Hatayama; machine-readable finding aid created by Alight Tsai
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Note
Finding Aid for the Anton Grot Papers, 1920-1950
Collection number: 956
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Lilace Hatayama, January 1979
- Encoded by:
- Alight Tsai
- Encoding supervision by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, April 2002
© 2002 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Anton Grot Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1920-1950
Collection number: 956
Creator: Grot, Anton, 1884-1974
Extent: 13 boxes (6.5 linear ft.)
6 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Drawings cannot be photocopied.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Additional Physical Form Available
A copy of the original version of this online finding aid is available at the UCLA Department of Special Collections for in-house
consultation and may be obtained for a fee. Please contact:
- Public Services Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
- Gift of Mrs. Louise Marvin, 1967.
- Gift of Mrs. Anton Grot, 1975, 1981.
- Gift of Mrs. Florentine Gutowski, 1981.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Anton Grot Papers (Collection 956). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
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.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Grot, Anton, 1884-1974,--Archives.
Motion picture art directors--United States--Archival resources.
Motion pictures--Setting and scenery--Archival resources.
Sketches.
Drawings.
Photographs.
Items Removed from Collection
- 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.
Note
Removed from collection for cataloging, April 1989.
Container List
Box 1, Folder 1
Alias the Doctor. Warner Brothers, 1932.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1, Folder 2
Alias the Doctor. Warner Brothers, 1932.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 3
Anthony Adverse. Warner Brothers, 1936.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1, Folder 4
Anthony Adverse. Warner Brothers, 1936.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 1, Folder 5
Blue Danube. Pathe, 1928.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 1, Folder 6
Body and Soul.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 7
Broadway Gondolier. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1, Folder 8
Broadway Gondolier. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 9
Cairo.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 1, Folder 10
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1, Folder 11
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 1, Folder 12
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1, Folder 13
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1, Folder 14
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1, Folder 15
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 1, Folder 16
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1, Folder 17
Captain Blood. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 1, Folder 18
Country Doctor. Producers Distributing Corporation, 1927.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 1, Folder 19
Danton. Capitol Film Exchange, 1931.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 1, Folder 20
Dispatch from Reuter. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
Box 1, Folder 21
Doctor X. Warner Brothers, 1932.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
Box 1, Folder 22
Don Q, Son of Zorro. United Artists, 1925.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
Box 2, Folder 1
For Lovers Only.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 2, Folder 2
For Lovers Only.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 2, Folder 3
Godless Girl. Pathe, 1929.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 2, Folder 4
The Great Garrick. Warner Brothers, 1937.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
Box 2, Folder 5
Heartbreak.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 2, Folder 6
Her Man. Pathe, 1918.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 2, Folder 7
Inspiration.
Physical Description: 5 items.
Note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
Box 2, Folder 8
Juarez. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 2, Folder 9
Juarez. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 2, Folder 10
Juarez. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 2, Folder 11
Juarez. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 2, Folder 12
Juarez. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 2, Folder 13
Juarez. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 2, Folder 14
Juarez. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 2, Folder 15
Juarez. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 3, Folder 1
King of Kings. Pathe, 1927.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 3, Folder 2
The King's Vacation. Warner Brothers, 1933.
Physical Description: 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.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 3, Folder 4
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers, 1937.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 3, Folder 5
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers, 1937.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 3, Folder 6
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers, 1937.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 3, Folder 7
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers, 1937.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 3, Folder 8
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers, 1937.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 3, Folder 9
The Life of Emile Zola. Warner Brothers, 1937.
Physical Description: 5 items.
Box 3, Folder 10
Lovely Lady.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 3, Folder 11
Mad Genius. Warner Brothers, 1931.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 3, Folder 12
The Man and the Moment. Warner Brothers, 1929.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 3, Folder 13
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 3, Folder 14
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 3, Folder 15
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 3, Folder 16
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 4, Folder 1
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935. 6 items.
Box 4, Folder 2
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 4, Folder 3
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 4, Folder 4
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, Folder 5
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 4, Folder 6
Midsummer Night's Dream. Warner Brothers, 1935.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
Box 4, Folder 7
Mildred Pierce. Warner Brothers, 1945.
Physical Description: 38 items.
Mystery of the Wax Museum
Box 4, Folder 8
Mystery of the Wax Museum. Warner Brothers, 1933.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 4, Folder 9
Outward Bound. Warner Brothers, 1930.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 4, Folder 10
Outward Bound. Warner Brothers, 1930.
Physical Description: 2 items.
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex
Box 4, Folder 11
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 4, Folder 12
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 4, Folder 13
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 4, Folder 14
The Private Lives of Elizabeth And Essex. Warner Brothers, 1939.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, Folder 15
Road to Suez.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, Folder 16
Road to Yesterday. Producers Distributing Corporation, 1925.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 4, Folder 17
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 4, Folder 18
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 4, Folder 19
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 5, Folder 1
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 2
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 3
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 4
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 5
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 5, Folder 6
The Sea Hawk. Warner Brothers, 1940.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 5, Folder 7
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers, 1941.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 8
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers, 1941.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 9
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers, 1941.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 10
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers, 1941.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 11
The Sea Wolf. Warner Brothers, 1941.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
Box 5, Folder 12
Silence.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 5, Folder 13
Song of the Flame. Warner Brothers, 1930.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 14
Song of the Flame.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 5, Folder 15
Surrender.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Note
SEE ALSO: Box 16.
Box 5, Folder 16
Svengali. Warner Brothers, 1931.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 5
Thank Your Lucky Stars. Warner Brothers, 1943.
Box 5, Folder 17
Thief of Paradise.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 5, Folder 18
Volga Boatman. Producers Distributing Corporation, 1926.
Physical Description: 4 items.
Box 5, Folder 19
Volga Boatman. Producers Distributing Corporation, 1926.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 5, Folder 20
Yellow Lilly. First National, 1928.
Physical Description: 3 items.
Box 14
Oversize framed drawings removed from Boxes 3 and 4.
Physical Description: 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.
Physical Description: 1 framed drawing from
Midsummer Night's Dream; 1 framed drawing from the
Sea Hawk.
Box 16
Unidentified material.
Physical Description: 25 items.
Box 17
Unidentified material.
Physical Description: 20 items.
Box 18
Unidentified material.
Physical Description: 20 items.
Box 18
Unidentified material.
Physical Description: 15 items.
Box 19
Unidentified material.
Physical Description: 10 items.
Box 16
Dispatch from Reuter.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Note
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Box 16
Doctor X.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 16
Don Q, Son of Zorro.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 16
The Great Garrick.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 16
Inspiration.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 16
Midsummer Night's Dream.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 16
Sea Wolf.
Physical Description: 2 items.
Box 16
Surrender.
Physical Description: 1 item.
Box 16
Thank Your Lucky Stars.
Physical Description: 1 item.
