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Motion pictures -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

John Dapper papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2352
Abstract

This small collection contains set designs and related production files of American set designer and art director John Dapper (born 1923). There are files for thirteen projects, chiefly films, dating from 1957 to 1984.

Dates: 1957 - 1989

Arthur Freed papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2151
Abstract

Arthur Freed was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his MGM musical productions of such films as "An American in Paris", "Singin' in the Rain", "Meet Me in St. Louis", and "Gigi". This collection comprises primarly film files (produced and unproduced), considered projects, playscripts and screenplays, phonograph albums, and artwork and stills. It also contains personal papers, correspondence and letters, awards, certificates and ephemera, and books and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1919 - 1975

Ray Morris films of Southern California

 Collection
Identifier: 7147
Scope and Contents The Ray Morris films of Southern California consist of seven digital video files digitized from six reels of film depicting Southern California scenes recorded by Ray Morris. Ray Morris was a photographer for the Los Angeles Police Department. The films focus on various scenes and events in Southern California during the 1950s and 1960s, including Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty's New Year's message to the city in December 1961, the San Pedro Fisherman's Fiesta in 1957, a trolley car junkyard,...
Dates: 1950 - 1969