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Actors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archival resources

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Ross Martin scripts and memorabilia collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2299
Abstract

This collection consists of personal annotated scripts for television and film roles of Polish American actor Ross Martin (1920-1981), in addition to Martin's memorabilia associated with various projects including a bust of Martin, scrapbooks, awards, production stills, and audiovisual materials.

Dates: 1958 - 1981
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Eddie Mayehoff papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2393
Abstract

This collection consists of scripts, correspondences, photographs, film recordings, as well as sketches, a checkbook, and an ash tray from American actor Eddie Mayehoff (1909-1992). Mayehoff was in a number of Broadway plays and films, including "That's My Boy" (1951), "Off Limits" (1952), and "How to Murder Your Wife" (1965).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1960s
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Marta Mierendorff papers

 Collection
Identifier: 0214
Abstract The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and ephemera regarding the lives and work of many German-speaking emigre artists in Southern California. One focus of the collection are German Expressionist Theater director Leopold Jessner (1878-1945) and his brother-in-law, the actor and director Fritz Jessner (1889-1946), both of whom left Germany in the 1930s to escape the Nazi persecution of Jews. The collection also includes more extensive materials on Walter...
Dates: 1933 - 1985
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Howard Ralston papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 5069
Abstract Howard Ralston was an alumnus of the University of Southern California (class of 1930) and part of a family acting troupe as a child. Born in Bar Harbor, Maine in 1904, Ralston's family traveled around the country before eventually settling in Hollywood, California, where young Ralston became a featured player for five years. (One of his early film roles (1919) was opposite Mary Pickford in Polyanna.) Ralston graduated from University High School in...
Dates: 1917-1988; Majority of material found in 1920s
Found in: USC Libraries Special Collections

Rhine family scripts

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2413
Abstract

This collection contains the scripts of American screenwriter and producer Larry Rhine (1910-2000) and American actress Hazel Shermet (1920-2016). Larry Rhine wrote for radio and television programs. Hazel Shermet was an actress for radio, theater, film, and television. Robert Rhine, their son and an actor and writer, contributed to the collecting of these scripts.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1988
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Robert B. Richardson collection on Southern California Theater

 Collection
Identifier: 0242
Abstract

This collection consists of the research files on Los Angeles and Southern California theaters compiled by Robert Richardson. The focus of the files, which contain clippings, statistics, and ephemera, is the physical venues themselves (the theaters).

Dates: 1896 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1990
Found in: USC Libraries Music Library

Cesar Romero papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2164
Abstract

This collection contains papers of American film and television actor Cesar Romero (1907-1994). Materials include scrapbooks of clippings, envelopes of stills, correspondence, periodicals, and books of stills from films in which Romero appeared.

Dates: 1927 - 1961
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Muriel I. Smith research papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2661
Abstract

Collection consists of author and researcher Muriel I. Smith’s materials on the life and careers of actors including Errol Flynn, John Gilbert, and John Barrymore.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1980s-1999
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library

Robert Stack papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2592
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of American actor Robert Stack (1919-2003). Materials include scripts, awards, and books.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1940s-1990s
Found in: USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
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