A Preliminary Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Junge, Alfred, 1886-1964
Title:
Alfred Junge Papers
Dates:
1910-1958
Extent:
23 document boxes, 3 oversize boxes (osb) (9.66 linear feet)
Abstract:
The Alfred Junge Papers include personal and professional papers of the noted art
director, as well as production and research material from individual films.
Call Number:
Film Collection FI-00016
Language:
English and
German
Access:
Open for research.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation:
Harry Ransom Center, The University of Texas at Austin. Alfred Junge Papers (Film
Collection FI-00016).
The Alfred Junge Papers include personal and professional papers of the noted art
director, as well as production and research material from individual films. Junge
began his film work in his native country, Germany, at Berlin’s UFA Studios, but by
1930 he had settled in England where he worked for British International Pictures,
Gaumont-British, and finally MGM-British Studios. The collection is organized into
three series: I. Personal and Professional Papers, 1910-1958; II. Production Materials,
1927-1957; and III. Research Photographs and Reference Material, 1944-1945, undated.
Series I contains correspondence, photographs, technical writings, and printed material
from professional associations, events, and awards ceremonies. The bulk of the collection
is filed in Series II, which consists of designs, set stills, and production stills
from the films Junge worked on with directors such as Alfred Hitchcock and Michael
Powell. Films represented in the collection include The Constant Nymph (1933); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934); King Solomon’s Mines (1937); Goodbye Mr. Chips (1939); Black Narcissus (1947), for which he won an Academy Award; Ivanhoe (1952); Mogambo (1953); Beau Brummel (1954); The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957); and A Farewell to Arms (1957). Series III contains research photographs of a wide variety of locations and
other reference material such as postcards and clippings.
