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Title: Harold Grieve papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1920s
Collection number: 335
Creator: Grieve, Harold W., 1901-1993
Extent: 1 box (.5 linear ft.) 1 flat box (1 linear ft.) 3 flat oversize boxes (3 linear ft.)
Abstract: Harold Grieve was an art director in the film industry during the 1920s. His credits include
The Prisoner of Zenda (1922),
So This Is Paris (1926), and
The Devil Dancer (1927). The collection consists of sketches, renderings, and set plans related to his career.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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Performing Arts 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.
[Identification of item], Harold Grieve papers (Collection 335). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
Harold Walter Grieve was born February 1, 1901 in LA, California. He attended Hollywood High School and studied art both
locally in Los Angeles and abroad during the early 1920s. He worked at Metro Pictures and Marshall Nielan Studios. His credits
include
The Prisoner of Zenda (1922),
The Thief of Bagdad (1924),
Lady Windermere's Fan (1925).
Ben-Hur (1925), and
So This Is Paris (1926), and
The Devil Dancer (1927). Grieve left film in the late 1920s to pursue a career as an interior decorator, often for clients in the movie business
including George Burns, Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, and Irving Thalberg and Norman Shearer. He married actress Jetta Goudal
in 1930 and was married for more than fifty years. He died November 3, 1993.
The collection consists of materials related to the career of film industry art director Harold Grieve. The bulk of the collection
includes sketches, renderings, and set plans for the film,
The Prisoner of Zenda. Additionally, there is a small amount of pencil renderings and photographs of sets for what appears to be
Tess of the D'Urbervilles; a small amount of photographs of set and costume designs for
The Devil Dancer; and a small number of sets still for
So This is Paris.
The collection is arranged alphabetically by project title.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Grieve, Harold W., 1901-1993 --Archives.
Motion picture art directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources.