http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf0n39n6np No online items Hans Dreier Collection of Motion Picture Set Designs, ca. 1920-1951 Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé UCLA Library Special Collections Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Hans Dreier Collection of Motion 2110 1 Picture Set Designs, ca. 1920-1951 Finding Aid for the Hans Dreier Collection of Motion Picture Set Designs, ca. 1920-1951 Collection number: 2110 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: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ Processed by: Manuscripts Division staff, 1998 Additional Information provided by: William Ezelle Jones, 2005 Encoded by: Caroline Cubé Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by: Apex Data Services Online finding aid edited by: Josh Fiala, December 2002 and Amy Shung-Gee Wong, September 2005 © 1998 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Descriptive Summary Title: Hans Dreier Collection of Motion Picture Set Designs, Date (inclusive): ca. 1920-1951 Collection number: 2110 Creator: Dreier, Hans, 1885-1966 Extent: 2 oversize boxes Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Abstract: Hans Dreier (1885-1966) was a set designer and art director at Famous Players-Lasky-Paramount and eventually became head of Paramount's art department. He received Academy Awards for Frenchmen's Creek (1944), Samson and Delilah (1949), and Sunset Boulevard (1950). The collection consists of photographs of motion picture sets as well as charcoal, watercolor, and pen and ink sketches by Dreier and his staff. Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Language: English. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library 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. Restrictions on Access Hans Dreier Collection of Motion 2110 2 Picture Set Designs, ca. 1920-1951 Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Diane Jergins, 1981. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Hans Dreier Collection of Motion Picture Set Designs (Collection 2110). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 1217873 Biography Dreier was born August 21, 1885 in Bremen, Germany; was a student of architecture and a practicing architect in South Africa; he began his film career in 1919 at Universum Film Aktien Gesellschaft (UFA) in Berlin; moved to the U.S. in 1923 to join Famous Players-Lasky-Paramount and eventually became head of Paramount's art department, where he spent the rest of his career; he worked with directors such as Josef von Sternberg, Ernst Lubitsch, Rouben Mamoulian, King Vidor, Billy Wilder, and Cecil B. DeMille; received Academy Awards for Frenchmen's Creek (1944), Samson and Delilah (1949), and Sunset Boulevard (1950); retired, 1951; died in 1966. Scope and Content Collection consists of materials related to Dreier's career as a set designer and art director. Includes photographs of motion picture sets as well as charcoal, watercolor, and pen and ink sketches by Dreier and his staff. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Dreier, Hans, 1885-1966--Archives. Motion picture art directors--Designs--United States--Archival resources. Motion pictures--Setting and scenery--United States--Archival resources. Drawings. Renderings. Box 1 Abie's Irish Rose. 1928. Production #683. Creator/Collector: Directors: Victor Fleming and Jules Furthman. Box 1 Sketch: Y.M.C.A. in France, Interior, October 19, 1927. L43. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 57.4 × 37.4 cm.). Box 2 Anybody's Woman. 1930. Production #809. Creator/Collector: Director: Dorothy Arzner. Box 2 Sketch: Bedroom in Vanning's country home, Interior, n.d. SU4. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 36.2 × 28.5 cm.). Note Note: Previously part of "Unidentified (no.1)" group. Box 2 Sketch: Mirna's [?] New York apartment, Interior, n.d. L51. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 57.2 × 36.2 cm.). Note Note: Previously part of "Unidentified (no.1)" group. Box 1 Barbed Wire. 1927. Production #622. Creator/Collector: Director: Rowland V. Lee. Hans Dreier Collection of Motion 2110 3 Picture Set Designs, ca. 1920-1951 Barbed Wire. 1927. Production #622. Box 1 Sketch: Farmhouse kitchen - with detail, Interior, September 15, 1926. L34. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal and ink, 57.3 × 36.3 cm.). Box 2 The Benson Murder Case. 1930. Production #788. Creator/Collector: Director: Frank Tuttle. Box 2 Sketch: Reception area to Benson's office, Interior, n.d. L20. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 57 × 36.3 cm.). Scope and Content Note Signed Jaffe. Note Previously part of "Unidentified - Various Productions" group. Box 2 Sketch: Vance's apartment library, Interior, n.d. [no #]. Physical Description: (Pencil, 57 × 36.2 cm.). Scope and Content Note [Library with fireplace, divan, curtained door]. Note Previously part of "Unidentified - Various Productions" group. Box 2 Betrayal. 1929. Production #743. Creator/Collector: Director: Lewis Milestone. Creator/Collector: Producer: Emil Jannings. Note Last film Emil Jannings did before returning to Germany with Gary Cooper. Box 2 Sketch: Parent's bedroom - Room A (743-4), n.d. L36. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 57.2 × 36.2 cm.). Hans Dreier Collection of Motion 2110 4 Picture Set Designs, ca. 1920-1951 Barbed Wire. 1927. Production #622. Note Note: Previously part of "Unidentified (no.4)" group. Box 2 Sketch: Children's bedroom - Room B, Interior, n.d. L35. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 57.1 × 36.3 cm.). Note Note: Previously part of "Unidentified (no.4)" group. Box 2 Sketch: Hospital room, Interior, n.d. L96. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal and ink, 41.2 × 36.3 cm.). Note Note: Previously part of "Unidentified - Various Productions" group. Box 2 Sketch: Hospital corridor, Interior, n.d. L22. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal and ink, 57.4 × 36.2 cm.). Note Note: Previously part of "Unidentified - Various Productions" group. Box 1 Blonde or Brunette. 1927. Production #624. Creator/Collector: Director: Richard Rosson. Box 1 Sketch: Bedroom, Interior, n.d. SU8. Physical Description: (Charcoal and ink, 36.2 × 28.5 cm.). Box 1 Sketch: French railroad station, Exterior, n.d. SU6. Physical Description: (Charcoal and ink, 36.2 × 28.5 cm.). Scope and Content Note Note: Includes matching still. Box 1 Sketch: Henri's apartment - upper hall, Interior, n.d. SU7. Physical Description: (Charcoal and ink, 36.2 × 28.9 cm.). Hans Dreier Collection of Motion 2110 5 Picture Set Designs, ca. 1920-1951 The Canary Murder Case. 1928-1929. Production #729. Box 1 The Canary Murder Case. 1928-1929. Production #729. Creator/Collector: Director: Malcolm St. Clair. Scope and Content Note Note: Silent version. Reshot as talkie by Frank Tuttle in 1929. Box 1 Sketch: Night Club stage setting, Interior, n.d. L53. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 57.2 × 36.3 cm.). Scope and Content Note 30 × 40 dimension. Box 1 Evening Clothes. 1927. Production #629. Creator/Collector: Director: Luther Reed. Box 1 Sketch: Addition to Interior Castle hall, Interior, n.d. SU20. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 36.4 × 28.5 cm.). Box 1 Fashions in Love / The Concert. 1929. Production #758. Creator/Collector: Director: Victor Schertzinger. Box 1 Sketch: Maxim's roof garden, Interior, n.d. [no #]. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 36.4 × 28.7 cm.). Box 1 Finn and Hattie / Haddocks. 1931. [no production #]. Creator/Collector: Directors: Norman Taurog in collaboration with [Norman Z.] McLeod. Box 1 Sketch: French café, Interior, n.d. L47. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 57 × 36.3 cm.). Box 1 Hotel Imperial. 1927. Production #616. Creator/Collector: Director: Maurice [Mauritz] Stiller. Box 1 Sketch: Square in Galician town, Exterior, n.d. [no #]. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal and ink on buff tracing/tissue, 40 × 30.6 cm.). Box 1 Sketch: Street in Galician town, Exterior, n.d. L32. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal and ink, 57.4 × 36.4 cm.). Box 1 Sketch: Hotel dining room, Interior, n.d. L98. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal and ink, 57.2 × 36.4 cm.). Scope and Content Note Note: 2 small sketches on verso. Box 1 Sketch: Entrance to town (Russian guard house), Exterior, June 24, 1926. L23. Creator/Collector: By Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 36 × 28.5 cm.). Box 1 Sketch: Opening sketch - road, Exterior, n.d. SU26. Creator/Collector: All by Hans Dreier. Physical Description: (Charcoal, 36 × 28.5 cm.). Hans Dreier Collection of Motion 2110 6 Picture Set Designs, ca. 1920-1951 Hotel Imperial. 1927. Production #616. Box 1 Sketch: Dining room, Interior, n.d.