USC Warner Bros. Archives

Contact Information

Address

Research Annex, RAN Building Room 113 3716 South Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90089-7702

Hours

by appointment only

Contact

Brett Service

Curator

213 821 3900

wbarchives@cinema.usc.edu

Alternate Contact

Sandra Garcia-Myers

Website

https://cinema.usc.edu/about/warnerbrosarchives.cfm

USC Warner Bros. Archives

USC Warner Bros. Archives
Research Annex, RAN Building Room 1133716 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, CA. 90089-7702

Access and Management

Access

Available to the public?

Available to outside researchers?

Yes

Reservations required?

Yes

Onsite technology available

Catalog System

Manual index

Repository

Access procedures

Please use online form on webpage to request services.

Management

Archive / Collection information

Donated to USC by Warner Communications in 1977, the USC Warner Bros. Archives [WBA] is the largest and possibly the richest single studio collection of paper documents in the world. The centerpiece of the collection is records from Warner Bros. Burbank-based film and television studio dating from the beginning of the studio to 1967. It is the only collection to bring production, distribution and exhibition records together to document the activities of a vertically integrated studio. In the archives' collection, the making of many classic films--including The Jazz Singer, Casablanca and Rebel Without a Cause--is documented from story acquisition through theatrical release, including daily contributions of actors, directors, producers and writers.

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