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United States -- Motion pictures

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Edwina Booth correspondence and personal papers, 1907-1994

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 1
Scope and Contents This subseries contains Edwina Booth's personal papers. Because there is such an eclectic mix of items in this subseries' folders, the dates of origin vary widely, from 1907 to 1994. Included are personal correspondence, personal notes, travel memorabilia, invitations, newspaper clippings, a homemade book about her role as Nina T in trader Horn, testimonies and other documents related to her suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Meyer, obituaries (of Booth herself), documents related to the...
Dates: 1907-1994

Edwina Booth publicity papers, 1926-1993

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 2
Scope and Contents

This series is primarily concerned with Edwina Booth's role in Trader Horn, although there are also obituaries and substantial coverage on her theater career before Trader Horn. There is also material on Suzette Duncan's alienation of affections suit against Booth.

This series contains a subseries for Trader Horn publicity. It is mostly coverage on the production of Trader Horn in Africa.

Dates: 1926-1993

Edwina Booth publicity papers, 1927-1991

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 2
Scope and Contents

This sub-series is primarily concerned with Edwina Booth's role in Trader Horn, although there are also obituaries and substantial coverage on her theater career before Trader Horn. There is also material on Suzette Duncan's alienation of affections suit against Booth, and fashion articles.

Dates: 1927-1991

Dan Sayre Groesbeck collection

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31197232484003]
Identifier: MSS 2511
Abstract

Papers and photographs covering Groesbeck's life and art, covering the period 1899-2000.

Dates: 1899-2000

Merian C. Cooper story ideas and properties, 1934-1972

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 8 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains articles, correspondence, and other materials related to story ideas and properties owned by Cooper.

Dates: 1934-1972

Photographs and negatives of King of kings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2228
Scope and Contents

Includes 905 nitrate negatives and 262 photographic prints of scene stills, publicity, and theater marquees for Cecil B. DeMille's motion picture, King of Kings (1927). Pierce acquired the collection at an unspecified time.

Dates: 1927

Trader Horn publicity papers, 1929-1993

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2383 Series 2
Scope and Contents This subseries contains newspaper and magazine articles, Trader Horn pressbooks, opening night programs, photographs, and other advertising materials. The newspaper and magazine articles are primarily concerned with the production of Trader Horn as the first non-documentary film shot in Africa, and with introducing the director and actors through pictures, interviews, and reports. The pressbooks examine the background and plot of the movie, and introduce the actors. The opening night...
Dates: 1929-1993