Robert Clatworthy papers
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the papers of art director and production designer Robert Clatworthy (1911-1992). Materials include scripts, location photographs, film stills, sketches, storyboards, set designs, and architectural information for films that he worked on. These films include "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" (1967), "Psycho" (1960), and "Ship of Fools" (1965).
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1940s-1970s
Creator
- Clatworthy, Robert (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Robert Clatworthy (1911-1992) was an American art director and production designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for "Ship of Fools" (1965) and was nominated in the same category for "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" (1967), "Psycho" (1960), "That Touch of Mink" (1962) and "Inside Daisy Clover" (1965). Clatworthy also worked on the films "Touch of Evil" (1958), "The Parent Trap" (1961), and "The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton" (1974).
Extent
13.625 Linear Feet (10 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of art director and production designer Robert Clatworthy (1911-1992). Materials include scripts, location photographs, film stills, sketches, storyboards, set designs, and architectural information for films that he worked on.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Clatworthy estate, March 2, 1992.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed.
Subject
- Clatworthy, Robert -- Archives (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Robert Clatworthy papers
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Marissa Chavez for History Associates Incorporated
- Date
- 2022 February
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-0185 United States
ctlibarc@usc.edu