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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

Richard Arlen scripts

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31275058548893]
Identifier: 2418
Abstract

This collection consists of the scripts of American actor Richard Arlen (1899-1976).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1930s-1960s

Fred Astaire manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: 2070
Abstract

This collection contains drafts of Steps in Time, the autobiography of American actor and dancer Fred Astaire (1899-1987), first published in 1959. Materials reflect the work at various stages and include handwritten and typed drafts, notes, proofs, and galleys.

Dates: circa 1950s

Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg

 Collection
Identifier: 6136
Abstract The Nicholas Beck collection on Budd Schulberg consists of material relating to Budd Schulberg (1914-2009)--the American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist--collected by Nicholas Beck (1932-2017). The collection includes material on Budd Schulberg's life, family, and works; the Watts Writers Workshop -- a creative writing group initiated by Budd Schulberg following the 1965 Watts Riots; correspondence between Beck and Schulberg's extended family; archival documents by and about...
Dates: 1913 - 2017

Charles Bickford papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2124
Abstract

This collection consists chiefly of materials related to the acting career of American actor Charles Bickford (1891-1967), covering the period 1925 to 1967. Materials include stills, magazine and newspaper clippings and publicity, and programs and ephemera from Bickford's work in plays, film, television, and radio.

Dates: 1925 - 1967

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

Billie Burke papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2114
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of American actress Billie Burke (1885-1970) including 50 radio scripts, 3 television scripts, lobby cards for three films (1917-1919), press clippings, three scrapbooks, and photographs including personal photographs and 240 production stills from films.

Dates: 1907 - 1955

Pat Carroll papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2120
Abstract

This collection contains production materials pertaining to the work of American actress and comedian Pat Carroll (born 1927) in television and movies dating from 1967 to 1975.

Dates: 1967 - 1975

Cinema posters collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2615
Abstract

This collection consists of promotional cinema posters for motion pictures from around the 1950s through the 1990s.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s

Samuel Colt Barrymore family collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2018
Abstract

This small collection contains miscellaneous items related to the Barrymore family of actors primarily collected by Samuel Colt (died 1986), the son of Ethel Barrymore, dating from 1911 to 1959.

Dates: 1911 - 1959

Don DeFore papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2075
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of American television and film actor Don DeFore (1913-1993). Materials include 31 screenplays, 9 reels of TV film, 16 radio transcriptions of late 1940s programs. Also included are movie magazines, publicity materials, playbills, pressbooks, clippings, photos, business papers and personal items. Collection covers the years 1947-1967.

Dates: 1947 - 1967