George Hoyningen-Huene correspondence

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: 2555

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Collection is composed letters from various actress friends and acquaintances of Russian-born fashion photographer George Hoyningen-Huene. Correspondence includes letters, holiday cards, and telegrams. Correspondence from Annabella, Joan Crawford, Ava Gardner, Greer Garson, Katharine Hepburn, Charlton Heston, Vivien Leigh, Sophia Loren, and Pola Negri are present.

Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library 100 Series, and was labeled 100-47.

Dates

Creation: c. 1940s - 1964

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Conditions Governing Use

All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library at cin@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

George Hoyningen-Huene (1900-1968) was a Russian-born American fashion photographer who worked extensively with the publications Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar in New York City. Hoyningen-Huene also photographed glamorous portraits for the film industry in Hollywood and served as a special visual and color consultant for George Cukor’s A Star is Born (1954). He is also known for his landscape and figural photography.