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19th century theatrical photographs album

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6156
Abstract

This photograph album consists of photographs of actors and actresses, many in theatrical costume and posies, as well as photographs of stage sets with actors. The actors, actresses and productions are unidentified.

Dates: circa 1890s

A Midsummer Night's Dream scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 7020
Abstract

A limited-run scrapbook produced for individuals such as studio head Jack Warner documenting the production of Max Reinhardt's film adaptation of Shakespeare's play "A Midsummer Night's Dream". The leather-bound scrapbook contains more than 200 original black-and-white glossy photos from the film along with scene descriptions below each picture, a cast of players, and reviews of the film reproduced from newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1935

Academy photographs collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2687
Abstract

This collection includes publicity stills and other photographs, slides, and stills for the marketing of motion pictures and theatre productions from the 1910s through the 1990s, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Beverly Hills location.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1910 - 1999

Actors and Actresses scrapbook

 Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: 0306
Abstract

This bound scrapbook contains photographic portraits of theater and movie actors and actresses clipped from popular magazines in the years 1917 and 1918. Many are accompanied by brief blurbs about the individual's career. A bookplate on the inside cover indicates provenance as the Research Department Library of Paramount Pictures.

Dates: 1917 - 1918

Millie Hudson Brown photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2546
Abstract

This collection consists of signed and unsigned photographs of various Hollywood actors.

Dates: c. 1920s-c. 1930s

Paul Calvert photograph

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2531
Abstract

Collection consists of one group photograph of silent picture personalities taken at Norma Talmadge’s beach house in Playa del Rey in 1926 with an accompanying identification list and letter from Paul Calvert, studio electrician for Warner Bros. Studios.

Dates: 1926

Jo Capehart collection of Ethel Barrymore photographs and clippings

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2579
Abstract

Collection consists of photographs and clippings of Ethel Barrymore and the Barrymore family in addition to a 1909 Actor’s Fund of America letter.

Dates: c. 1909-1920s

Lou D'Elia collection on George Hurrell

 Collection
Identifier: 6151
Abstract George Hurrell began his career as a photographer working for MGM during the Golden Age of Hollywood, during which time he photographed some of the most famous movie stars of the period, and as a result became one of the most famous studio photographers in Hollywood. He became known for his use of light that included spotlights and shadows, and hand-retouching, which produced romantic portraits that became his signature style. He continued to use this style throughout his long career,...
Dates: 1922-2015

Cliff Hall negatives and photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 7010
Abstract

This collection primarily consists of undeveloped negatives, snapshots, prints, and correspondence by Los Angeles native photographer Cliff Hall (1925-2020), which appear chiefly to date from the 1950s to early 2000s. The images reflect photo shoots and candid images made by Hall of society and cultural events and often document Los Angeles’ Black community.

Dates: c.1950s-2008

D.J. Holland collection of Rotary Photographic Co. postcards

 Collection
Identifier: 2544
Abstract

Collection consists of Rotary Photographic Company actress portrait postcards.

Dates: c. 1898 - 1910; 1968

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