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Title: Robert Emmet Smith papers
Collection number: PASC 101
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
22.0 linear ft.
(34 boxes, 3 flat boxes, and 8 map folders)
Date (inclusive): 1938-1974
Abstract: Robert (Bob) Smith was an art director and production designer. The collection consists of original artist's blueprints and
sketches, location photographs and stills, and scripts for motion picture projects; materials representing television projects;
and a small maount of material related to Smith's father, art director Edward (Ted) Smith.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Creator:
Smith, Robert Emmet, 1914-1988
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.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mr. Robert Smith, 1980.
[Identification of item], Robert Emmet Smith Papers (Collection PASC 101). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Robert Emmet Smith, also known as Bob Smith, was the son of Edward Smith, the former head of the art department at Paramount
Pictures. Bob Smith graduated from the University of Southern California School of Architecture and was a master mason. Smith
established his career as a motion picture art director and production designer. His numerous credits include motion pictures
such as
Rio Lobo,
Hombre,
Lonely are the Brave,
A Big Hand for the Little Lady,
Operation petticoat, and
King Rat, which garnered him an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction in 1966. Bob Smith died in Newport Beach, CA on Aug.
2, 1988.
Edward Smith was born ca. 1886. Hw started Jesse Lasky's art department in ca. 1917) and later became head of Paramount art
department in 1929. His credits include films such as
The Covered Wagon,
Peter Pan, Wings, and
Hell's Angels. Smith was under contract to Warner Bros. Studio at the time of his death; he died June 19, 1949.
The collection consists of material related to the career of art director and production designer Robert Emmet (Bob) Smith.
Included are original artist's blueprints and sketches, location photographs and stills, and scripts primarily for motion
picture projects along with materials representing television projects, and a small amount of items from unproduced and unidentified
projects. Among the motion titles represented are
A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966),
The Flim Flam Man (1967),
Fool Killer (1965),
Hombre (1967),
Operation Petticoat (1959), and
Skidoo (1968), among others.
Additionally, there are is a small amount of papers related to Smith's father, art director Edward (Ted) Smith. Included are
scripts, what appear to research photographs, set stills, and photocopies and reproductions of storyboards. Among the projects
represented are
Action in the North Atlantic,
Captains for the Clouds, and
Gentleman Jim
Arranged in the following series:
- Personal Papers
- Motion Picture Projects
- Television Projects
- Unproduced Projects
- Unidentified Projcts
- Edward (Ted) Smith Papers
Sidney Carroll Papers (Collection PASC 94). Available at UCLA Library Special Collections.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2976938
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Smith, Edward Ted
Smith, Robert Emmet, 1914-1988 -- Archives
Motion picture art directors --United States --Archival resources.