Franz Bachelin papers, 1936 - 1959 (inclusive)

Circa 1936 - 1959 (inclusive)

Graphic Arts

The Graphic Arts portion of the Franz Bachelin papers includes production design drawings for JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959), THE NAKED JUNGLE (1954), and THE SEA CHASE (1955).

Special Collections

Two binders of reference material and drawings for WAR AND PEACE (1956), nomination certificate for JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH (1959), and one folder of loose production material and ephemera.

Franz Bachelin was a German-born art director active from 1937 to 1966. His work included several films in the BULLDOG DRUMMOND series, STALAG 17, and JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, for which he shared an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color.

Gift of Lisa Storer, Inez Bachelin Storer Romanoff, Elena Storer Nitzberg, Samuel Nitzberg, and Matthew Nitzberg, 2019.

Franz Bachelin papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Library

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