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Motion pictures

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3587 Collections and/or Records:

Merian C. Cooper home movies reel 2, approximately 1936-1963

 Item — Box 107: Series 1
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 1 Sub-Series 6 Item AV077
Scope and Contents

Includes film strips titled Section 1 to 6. Varies from black and white to color.

Dates: approximately 1936-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper personal papers / Merian C. Cooper home movies

Merian C. Cooper home movies reel 3, 1937-1958

 Item — Box 108: Series 1
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 1 Sub-Series 6 Item AV078
Scope and Contents

Includes film strips titled, Section 1; Section 2 1937; Crater Lake Summer; Sequoia, 1937; Denny's Film; Buck and Hummingbird 1937; December 13, 1937; Miss May King 1938; November 1939; April 6, 1944; November 1947; March 1949; 1949-50; Graduation 1951; May 1952; 1956-1957; and April 1958. Varies from black and white to color.

Dates: 1937-1958
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper personal papers / Merian C. Cooper home movies

Merian C. Cooper home movies reel 4, 1936-1963

 Item — Box 109: Series 1
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 1 Sub-Series 6 Item AV079
Scope and Contents

Includes film strips titled Polish Service Honor (sections 1-3); BW Hollywood lounging 1936; Family; Family 1946; Family; and TV Commercials and Excerpt from 77 Sunset Strip. Varies from black and white to color film.

Dates: 1936-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merian C. Cooper papers / Merian C. Cooper personal papers / Merian C. Cooper home movies

Merian C. Cooper papers on produced motion pictures, 1915-1984, 1888

 Series
Identifier: MSS 2008 Series 5
Scope and Contents Contains materials that document Cooper's career primarily as a motion picture producer. Motion pictures are documented in many cases by correspondence, photographs, scripts, publicity material, programs, and art. These include Grass, Chang, The Four Feathers (1929), The Most Dangerous Game, Little Women (1933), King Kong (1933), The Son of Kong, She (1935), The Last Days of Pompeii (1935), The Fugitive (1947), Fort Apache, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, Mighty Joe Young (1949), The Quiet Man,...
Dates: 1915-1984; 1888
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Merian C. Cooper papers

Kieth Merrill New Zealand photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 633
Scope and Contents

Kieth Merrill New Zealand photographs, circa 1980s collection contains 550 photographs and negatives and 4 display boards of New Zealand and his family. Most of the photographs appear to be preliminary photographs for a film, many appear to be location shots and casting.

Dates: approximately 1980-1989
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

MIA Ballroom dances, 1959

 Item — Box 386: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233615241]
Identifier: UA 5426 Series 2 Item 2700
Scope and Contents

DVD recording of an original film of MIA Ballroom dances in 1959.

Dates: 1959
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Intercollegiate Athletics films / Intercollegiate Athletics sports DVDs

MIA Spring Dance, 1938

 Item — Box 386: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233615241]
Identifier: UA 5426 Series 2 Item 2697
Scope and Contents

DVD recording of an original film of MIA Spring Dance 1938. Includes ballroom dance performance, a sophomore dance, and also clips from tack and field events.

Dates: 1938
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections. University Archives / Intercollegiate Athletics films / Intercollegiate Athletics sports DVDs

Michel Grilikhes career papers, 1950-1985

 Series
Identifier: MSS 9457 Series 2
Scope and Contents

Includes materials relating to the career of Michel Grilikhes while he worked in Los Angeles and Hawaii. Materials include administrative records, letters, clippings, audiovisual materials, and scripts. Many of the materials relate to the arena productions Grilikhes produced, such as Peter Pan, Disney on Parade, and the Wizard of Oz, as well as the Polynesian Cultural Center. Materials are dated 1950-1985.

Dates: 1950-1985
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Michel Grilikhes papers

Michel Grilikhes Tongan centenary celebration footage reel one, 1975

 Item — Box 33: Series 2
Identifier: MSS 9457 Series 2 File 19 Item AV052
Scope and Contents

Includes segments 1-5.

Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Michel Grilikhes papers / Michel Grilikhes career papers / Polynesian Cultural Center

Michel Grilikhes Tongan centenary celebration footage, reel two, 1975

 Item — Box 34: Series 2
Identifier: MSS 9457 Series 2 File 19 Item AV053
Dates: 1975
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Michel Grilikhes papers / Michel Grilikhes career papers / Polynesian Cultural Center

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