Motion picture industry -- United States -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
Cecil B. DeMille papers
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1400
Scope and Contents
Personal and business papers generated by DeMille (1881-1959), his family, and his motion picture and other activities from 1863 to 1983 including correspondence, audio and videotape recordings, financial ledgers, and memorabilia. Also with the collection are more than 6,500 pieces of production-related art work, more than 37,869 motion picture still photographs, 275 volumes of scrapbooks (1919-1962), sound recordings, and video tapes of 36 motion pictures from DeMille's personal film...
Dates:
1863-1983
Form letters, 1926, 1928, 1935-1958
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 1400 Series 10 Sub-Series 1 Sub-Series 29
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
In 1932 DeMille returned to Paramount Pictures after an eight-year absence. There he set up his own production entity know to those on his Paramount lot as the DeMille Unit. This series is the largest single group of material in the DeMille Archives, numbering 450 boxes. It is organized into two main groups: General Correspondence and Motion Picture Production Files.General Correspondence is arranged chronologically, and then alphabetically within each year by individual,...
Dates:
1926; 1928; 1935-1958
National Association of Theatre Owners records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1446
Scope and Contents
Administrative papers, correspondence, meeting minutes, convention reports, research data, promotional material, model bills and proposed legislation, testimony and speech transcripts, legal filings, press releases, and internal publications. Also included are records of the American Theatre Association (ATA), 1946-47; Theatre Owners of America (TOA), 1947-65; and Council of Motion Picture Organization (COMPO) which were precursors to the NATO organization. The collection provides primary...
Dates:
1946-1978
Lawrence H. Suid papers
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197231024750]
Identifier: MSS 6814
Abstract
Lawrence Suid's professional papers, including correspondence, oral histories with film industry members, and court documents, 1978-1986.
Dates:
1978-1986