George Halasz scrapbooks
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Title: George Halasz scrapbooks
Collection number: 1909
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.8 linear ft.
(2 flat boxes)
Date (inclusive): ca. 1922-ca. 1929
Abstract: George Halasz was a theatrical critic for the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, under the column,
The Curtain Rises. Additionally, he wrote features for
Vanity Fair, the
New York Times, and the
Saturday review of Literature. In 1935 Halasz moved to Hollywood and became a script reader and writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other studios. The collection
consists of four scrapbooks containing published articles written by Halasz.
Creator:
Halasz, George
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Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of C. Sari Halasz, 2002.
[Identification of item], George Halasz Scrapbooks (Collection 1910). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
George Halasz was born in Hungary. He came to the United States in 1921 and was theatrical critic for the
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, under the column,
The Curtain Rises. Additionally, he wrote for
Vanity Fair, the
New York Times, and the
Saturday review of Literature. He became a translator of the plays of Hungarian writer, Ferenc Molnar and also wrote an unpublished biography about the
playwright. In 1935 Halasz moved to Hollywood and became a script reader and writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other studios.
In 1955 he opened the Mercury Book Store in Beverly Hills specializing in psychoanalytic literature. He died in Los Angeles
in June, 1990.
The collection consists of four scrapbooks containing published writings from newspapers and magazines by George Halasz. Included
are columns from
Brooklyn Daily Eagle,
The Curtain Rises as well as other newspapers such as the
New York Herald Tribune,
The New York Times, and
Vanity Fair.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
6840497
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Theater critics--Archives.
Box 1
Box 1
Scrapbook 2 - published reviews from The Curtain Rises (columns). 1927, no date.
Box 1
Box 2
Scrapbook 3 - published articles from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. ca. 1929.
Physical Description:
6 items