Fanchon and Marco Collection of Photographs and Ephemera: Finding Aid photCL 487

Jenny Watts, Erin Chase, and Diann Benti
The Huntington Library
2015
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Business Number: (626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org

Note

Finding aid last updated on February 13, 2023 by Kelly Kress.


Contributing Institution: The Huntington Library
Title: Fanchon and Marco collection of photographs and ephemera
Creator: Fanchon & Marco
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 487
Physical Description: 19 Linear Feet (19 boxes)
Date (inclusive): approximately 1912-1940
Date (bulk): 1926-1937
Abstract: The Fanchon and Marco collection contains approximately 1400 photographs depicting hundreds of Fanchon and Marco Inc. sets and performers for the company's live variety shows performed before feature films in California and across the country in the 1920s and 1930s. These shows, known as "Ideas," were produced by the Los Angeles-based theatrical production team of sister and brother Fanchon Wolff Simon (1892–1965) and Marco Wolff (1894–1977). The collection also includes a box containing newspaper clippings, musical scores, miscellaneous photographs, and the supplemental press books that were included with the Fanchon & Marco promotional magazine, Now (and later The Idea), dating from 1930 and 1931.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item]. Fanchon and Marco collection of photographs and ephemera, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Sandra Holden and William H. Simon, Jr., July 2008.
Newspaper clippings on album pages gift of Faye Hueston, 2013 (Box 17, Folder 5).
Scrapbooks of clippings gift of Sandra Holden, January 2023 (Box 19).

Processing Information

Preservation treatment in June 2011 included removal of photographs from the original binders for humidification and flattening, as the items were severely warped. Photographs were individually numbered according to their original order in the binders, interleaved, and placed in archival boxes. One original binder (volume 5) was retained as an example; the rest of the binders were discarded.
In 2023, Kelly Kress processed the addendum to the collection housed in Box 19, and Maggie Hughes and Kelly Kress updated the finding aid.

Biographical / Historical

The sister-and-brother duo of Fanchon Wolff Simon (1892–1965) and Marco Wolff (1894–1977) founded the theatrical-production company of Fanchon & Marco Inc. in 1923. The company, located at 5600 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California, provided live stage shows to movie houses in California and across the country.
Born and raised in a large Jewish family in turn-of-the-century Los Angeles, Fanchon and Marco Wolff began performing on vaudeville as teenagers. In 1919, they left the stage to produce a musical revue called "Let's Go!" A year later they created Sun-Kist, a California-themed act starring a line of high-kicking chorus dancers. Sun-Kist opened on the West Coast before launching a successful national tour in 1921.
In 1923, Fanchon and Marco presented their first "Idea" at the Warfield Theatre in San Francisco. The Idea concept became a Fanchon and Marco trademark and referred to a live variety show performed before a feature film, a genre also called a "prologue." Fanchon & Marco Ideas – which centered on various themes – were distinguished by their snappy pace, intricate choreography, spectacular costumes, lavish sets, and teams of chorus dancers, including the Sunkist Beauties and the Fanchonettes.
Between 1923 and 1936, Fanchon & Marco produced hundreds of Ideas that toured California, the Pacific Coast, and the United States. The company closed its Hollywood offices in 1936 and stopped producing Ideas by 1938.

Scope and Contents

The Fanchon & Marco collection contains approximately 1400 photographs depicting hundreds of Fanchon and Marco Inc. sets and performers between approximately 1925 and 1938. The collection also includes three boxes of ephemera, dated from around 1912 to 1940, that consist of newspapers clippings, scrapbooks of clippings, musical scores, miscellaneous photographs, and the supplemental press books that were included with Fanchon & Marco's promotional magazine, Now (later The Idea), dating from 1930 and 1931.
The 16 volumes (now disbound) of photographs in this collection served as a visual inventory for hundreds of Fanchon & Marco sets and performers. The images document the actors, dancers, costumes, sets, and concepts and appear to have been primarily photographed during rehearsals before the shows premiered in Los Angeles theaters such as Loew's State Theater and the Paramount Theater. The first volume contains some photographs presumably taken in San Francisco and later volumes include a few photographs by New York-based photographers.
Accompanying descriptive information is scant with few performers identified by name. A typescript inventory with Idea titles precedes volumes 1-8. The production name appears in pencil on the back of many of the pages in Volumes 1-12. Volume 13 contains stage and lighting directions in typescript on the backs of some photographs.
Photographers represented in the collection are: Archer's Art Shop of Los Angeles (Volume 6, 8, 11, 13); Hollywood photographers Irving Archer (Volume 12, 13, 14), Archer's Studios (Volume 8, 11, 13, 14); Curt Fox (Volumes 5-6); Paralta Studios (Volumes 2-4); and Harry Wenger (Volumes 1, 2-4, 6). A few photographs include the imprints of Peerless Photo of Los Angeles (Volume 13), John Sirgio (Volume 13), H.W. Steward of San Francisco (Volume 1), Talbot of New York (Volume 12), Weaver of Los Angeles (Volume 1), and White Studio of New York (Volume 9).

Existence and Location of Copies

Visit the Huntington Digital Library: Photographs   to view digitized items from this collection.

Related Materials

  1. Fanchon & Marco song sheet collection  
  2. Reva Howitt Clar archive of Fanchon and Marco photographs and ephemera  

Arrangement

The collection is organized in the following series:
  1. Photograph volumes (Boxes 1-16)
  2. Ephemera (Boxes 17-19)

Sources

Reva Howitt Clar, Lollipop: Vaudeville Turns with a Fanchon and Marco Dancer (Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2000). Edited by Mimi Melnick.
Faye Hueston, Fanchon's Daughter: A Memoir (2015). [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Shyrle "Shanna" Hacker, On Stage, Gypsies: A Memoir of a Dancer in the 30's (Falcon Books, 1994).
William Simon Jr., "Fanchon and Marco." Marquee 44:4 (2012), pp. 16-24.
Phil Wagner, "`An America Not Quite Mechanized:' Fanchon and Marco, Inc. Perform Modernity." Film History 23:3 (2011), pp. 251-267.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Actors -- United States -- Photographs
Choreography -- Photographs
Dance -- Production and direction -- Photographs
Dancers -- Photographs
Dancers -- United States -- Photographs
Musical theater producers and directors -- United States -- Photographs
Theaters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Photographs
Theater -- Production and direction -- United States -- Photographs
Theatrical productions -- United States -- Photographs
Vaudeville -- United States -- Photographs
Women musical theater producers and directors -- United States -- Photographs
Photographs
Photograph albums
Sheet music
Scrapbooks
Fanchon, 1892-1965
Fanchon, 1892-1965 -- Photographs
Marco, 1894-1977
Marco, 1894-1977 -- Photographs
Fanchon & Marco
Fanchon & Marco -- Photographs
Fanchon, 1892-1965
Marco, 1894-1977
Weaver, M. F. (Miles F.), 1879-1932
Archer, Irving
Fox, Curt
Sirgio, John
Steward, H. W.
Talbot
Wenger, Harry
Archer's Art Shop
Archer Studio
Fanchon & Marco

 

I. Photograph volumes. Approximately 1924-1938

Arrangement

The photographs retain their original order and volume numbers. All of the albums contain 8 x 10" pages, though volumes 1-4 and volume 5, pages 1-30, contain four 3.75 x 4.75" images per page; volume 5, pages 40-58 and volumes 6-14 are single 8 x 10" images; and volumes 15-16 contain 36 or more thumbnail images per page. Volumes appear to be arranged somewhat chronologically.
Box 1

Volume 1 (1-114). Approximately 1924-approximately 1927

Contents

Contents list based on the typescript inventory at beginning of album and pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 1, Volume 1, Page 1

Cat's Meow -- Aztec

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 2

Pagoda Paper

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 3

Books -- Bluebeard's 8th Wife

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 4

Perfume

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 5

Russian -- Salad

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 6

Salad

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 7

Shoes -- Wanderer

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 8

O'Neill Kiddies

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 9

Follies of 1906

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 10

Jazz vs. Waltz -- Orientale

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 11

Daisies

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 12

Spring

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 13

Hoops M' Idea -- Plumes

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 14

Mardi Gras

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 15

Ali Baba & the 39 Thieves

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 16

Eddie Peabody Specialty -- Mardi Gras

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 17

Dolls -- Specialty

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 18

Pagoda -- Plumes

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 19

Specialty -- Berkhoffs -- Toy Box Ballet

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 20

Tunes You can Hum -- Comic Section

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 21

Hollywood Screen Stars

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 22

Gates

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 23

Mission Bells -- Kisses

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 24

Pyramids

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 25

Aerial Ballet

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 26

Thanksgiving -- Specialty Follies

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 27

Peabody -- Europe Bound -- Thanksgiving

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 28

O'Neill Kids Set

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 29

In Blue

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 30

Peabody -- Banjo

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 31

In Dutch -- Rose Marie

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 32

Dancelogue -- Specialty

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 33

Theatrically Speaking

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 34

Diving Venus

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 35

Hi-Yaller

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 36

College Capers -- Metropolitan Specialty

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 37

1st Will King

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 38

South Sea

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 39

Birds

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 40

Night Club

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 41

Criterion -- Specialties

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 42

Dance Poems

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 43

Specialties

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 44

Russian Revels -- Milady's Dresser

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 45

Midshipman Guns -- Indian

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 46

Wee Bit 6' Scotch -- Arabesque

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 47

In Dutch

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 48

Golf Idea

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 49

Yachting

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 50

Dancelogue -- Roman

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 51

Chandeliers -- Trees -- Bagdad

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 52

Gilded Cage

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 53

Pirates

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 54

Dresden -- Orchid -- Victor Herbert -- Screens

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 55

Rose Garden

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 56

Parisienne -- Fans

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 57

Skirts -- Sphinx

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 58

Alice in Wonderland -- Marble

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 59

Hoops M' Idea

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 60

Screens

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 61

Lindbergh - Spring

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 62

Yachting

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 63

Ali Baba -- Undersea Ballet

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 64

Hi Brown

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 65

Haunting Melody -- Violin

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 66

Behind the Mask

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 67

Fans -- Harps

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 68

Hollywood Beauties

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 69

Indian -- Screens

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 70

Radio

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 71

Moscow

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 72

Radio

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 73

Daisy

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 74

Rose Garden

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 75

Southern

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 76-93

[Unidentified]

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 94

San Francisco Beauties Idea -- Doll Dance, Reva Howitt + Alice Haas -- Yachting

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 95-102

[Unidentified]

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 103

[Stage sets and dancers for Alice in Wonderland Idea and others, with Reva Howitt]

Box 1, Volume 1, Page 104-114

[Unidentified Ideas]

Box 2

Volume 2 (1-100). Approximately 1926-approximately 1928

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on the typescript table of contents at beginning of album and pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 2, Volume 2, Page 1

Orientale

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 2

Orientale & changes

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 3-4

Moonlit Waters

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 5-6

Smiles - Happy Idea

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 7-8

Crinoline

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 9-10

Mars

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 11-12

Lace

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 13-14

Masks

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 15-16

Hijaller

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 17-18

Take A Chance

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 19-20

Waltz

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 21-22

Up In The Air

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 23-24

Temptations

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 25-26

French

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 27-28

Mechanical

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 23-30

Night Club

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 31-32

Hot Mama Goose

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 33-34

Mikes

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 35-36

Polar

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 37-38

Peacock

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 39-40

Silhouettes

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 41-42

Chicken a la King

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 43-44

Pan American

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 45-46

Spangles

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 47-48

Stairway of Dreams

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 49-50

Wedding Bells

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 51-52

Violin

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 53-54

Frivols

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 55-56

River

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 57-58

Songs of Love

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 59-60

Saxophobia

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 61-62

College Capers

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 63-64

Great White Way

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 65-66

Submarine

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 67-68

Opportunity

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 69-70

Backstage

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 71-72

Birds

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 73-74

Oil

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 75-76

Bathtub

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 77-78

Sally From Hollywood

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 79-80

Bugs

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 81-82

Dog Gone

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 83-84

Hollywood Scandal

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 85-86

Monkeyshines

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 87-88

Japa-knees

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 89-90

Denver Beauties

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 91-92

Tassels

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 93-94

Hats

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 95-96

Jungles

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 97-98

Circus

Box 2, Volume 2, Page 99-100

Flaming Youth

Box 3

Volume 3 (1-103). Approximately 1929

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on the typescript inventory at beginning of album and pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 3, Volume 3, Page 1-2

International

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 3-4

Uniforms

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 5-6

Let's Pretend

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 7-8

Desert

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 9-10

Overtures

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 11-12

Jazz Temple

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 13-14

Black & Gold

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 15-16

Carnival Russe

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 17-18

Hot Dominoes

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 19-20

Far East

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 21-22

Baby Songs

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 23-24

Idea in Green

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 25-26

Types

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 27-28

Art in Taps

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 29-30

Accordion

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 31-32

Kisses

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 33-34

Drapes

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 35-36

Sweet Cookies

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 37-38

Screenland Melodies

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 39-40

Bazaar

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 41-42

Columns

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 43-44

Hollywood Studio Girls

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 45-46

Jazz Cinderella

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 47-48

Watermelon Blues

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 49-50

Speed

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 51-52

Gardens

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 53-54

Love School

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 55-56

Rhythm

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 57-58

Thru the Gates [Through the Gates]

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 59-60

Contrasts

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 61-62

Dance Moods

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 63-64

Jazz Buccaneers

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 65-66

Fiesta

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 67-68

Beach Nights

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 69-70

Opportunity

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 71-72

California Capers

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 73-74

Beauty

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 75-76

Cottage Small

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 77-78

Fantasma

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 79-80

Grotesque

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 81-82

Giants & Midgets

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 83-84

Gobs of Joy

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 85-86

Rolling On

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 87-88

Flip Flops

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 89-90

Indian Summer

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 91-92

Oddities

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 93-94

Flaming Youth

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 95-96

Bows & Beaus

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 97-98

Wheels

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 99-100

Kolb & Dill

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 101-102

Sweethearts

Box 3, Volume 3, Page 103

808 Camden Drive, B.H. [group portrait including Fanchon and Marco]

Box 4

Volume 4 (1-89). Approximately 1930; approximately 1933

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on the typescript inventory at beginning of album and pencil identifications on photograph backs.
The shows primarily date to 1930, with one photograph of the show "Bughouse," dating from approximately 1933 (page 89).
Box 4, Volume 4, Page 1-2

Overtures

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 3-4

Manila Bound

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 5-6

Peasant

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 7-8

Trees

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 9-10

Eyes

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 11-12

Sunshine

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 13-14

Marble

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 15-16

Up in the Air

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 17-18

American Beauty

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 19-20

Coral

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 21-22

Changes

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 23-24

Gyp Gyp Gypsy

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 25-26

Miniatures

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 27-28

Belles & Belles

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 23-30

Milky Way

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 31-32

Good Fellows

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 33-34

Box O' Candy

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 35-36

City Service

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 37-38

Smiles

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 39-40

Brunettes

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 41-42

Seeing Double

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 43-44

Romance

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 45-46

Rose Garden

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 47-48

Country Club

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 49-50

Cadets

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 51-52

Idea in Blue

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 53-54

Victor Herbert

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 55-56

Green Devil

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 57-58

Gems & Jams

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 59-60

Wild & Wooly

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 61-62

Modes of Hollywood

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 63-64

Busy Bee

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 65-66

Gobs of Joy

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 67-68

Southern

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 69-70

Rhythm-A-Tic

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 71-72

American Beauty

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 73-74

New Yorker

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 75-76

On the Set

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 77-78

Fountain of Youth

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 79-80

Doll Follies

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 81-82

Enchanted Garden

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 83-84

Indian Reservation Band

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 85-86

Way Back When

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 87

Seasons

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 88

Espanola

Box 4, Volume 4, Page 89

Bughouse

Box 5

Volume 5 (1-58). Approximately 1930-approximately 1931

Scope and Contents

Pages 1-39 contain four images per page; pages 40-58 contain one image per page. Contents list based on the typescript inventory at beginning of album and pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 5, Volume 5, Page 1-2

Gondoliers

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 3-4

Moonlight Revels

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 5-6

Society Circus

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 7-8

Topical Tunes

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 9-10

Icy Hot

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 11-12

Vaudeville Echoes

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 13-14

Prosperity

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 15

Top of the World

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 16-17

African

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 18-19

Headliners

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 20-21

Love Letters

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 22-23

Golden West

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 24-25

Morocco

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 26-27

Talent

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 28-29

Submarine

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 30-31

Pep

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 32-33

Mickey Mouse

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 34-35

Olympic Games

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 36-37

Russian Art

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 38-39

North South East West

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 40-47?

Sketches

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 48-49

Tomorrow's Stars

Box 5, Volume 5, Page 50-58

Three Big Figures

Box 6

Volume 6 (1-76). Approximately 1931

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on the typescript inventory at beginning of album; there are no pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 6, Volume 6, Page 1-9

Vacation Days

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 10-13

Circus Days

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 14-22

Dream House

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 23-26

[Unidentified]

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 27 and 27a

Conchinta Montenegro in Person, Paramount Los Angeles, Week July 28, 1931

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 28

[Unidentified]

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 29-37

Hot Java

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 38-46

All At Sea

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 47-53

Modern Minstrels

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 54-59

About Town

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 60-61

Cozy Corner

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 62-67

Stars of Yesterday

Box 6, Volume 6, Page 68-76

Black and White

Box 7

Volume 7 (1-76). Approximately 1931

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on the typescript inventory at beginning of album and photograph number prefixes written on images; there are no pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 7, Volume 7, Page 1-6

Gay Vienna

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 7-14

Rhymes in Rhythm

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 15-21

Greetings

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 22-27

La Plaza

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 28-35

Montmartre

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 36-42

Co-Eds

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 43-48

Parasols

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 49-59

Stage Door

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 60-64

Aloha

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 65-66

Fine Feathers

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 67-68

[Unidentified]

Box 7, Volume 7, Page 69-76

Tin Types

Box 8

Volume 8 (1-86). Approximately 1931-approximately 1932

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on the typescript inventory at beginning of album; there are no pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 8, Volume 8, Page 1-6

Manhattan

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 7-13

Carmenesque

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 14-24

Around the World

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 25-31

Exotique

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 32-38

Limehouse Nights

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 39-46

Marches Militaires

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 47-53

Five Races

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 54-56

Art Gallery

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 57-59

Arthur Lake

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 60-64

Slavique

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 65-67

Swiss Movements

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 68-69

Cherry Blossom

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 70-73

Once Upon A Time

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 74-77

Reflections

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 79-83

Chains

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 84-85

Star Night

Box 8, Volume 8, Page 86

Chains

Box 9

Volume 9 (1-85). Approximately 1932

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 9, Volume 9, Page 1-9

Cleanup

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 10

Rhapsody and Rhythm

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 11

Cleanup

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 12-18

Rhapsody and Rhythm

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 19-33

Gobs of Joy in Bermuda

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 34-42

Chicago World's Fairest

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 43

A Stitch in Time

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 44

Chicago World's Fairest

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 45-52

A Stitch in Time

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 53-59

Impressions

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 60-65

Town and Country

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 66

Ted Lewis

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 67

Town and Country

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 68

Ted Lewis

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 69

Impressions

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 70

Ted Lewis

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 71-79

Malibu

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 80

On The Riviera

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 81

Discoveries

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 82

Trixie Friganzo's Discoveries

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 83

On The Riviera

Box 9, Volume 9, Page 84-85

Town and Country

Box 10

Volume 10 (1-75). Approximately 1932

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 10, Volume 10, Page 1-6

Night Club

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 7-15

Veils

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 16-22

Happiness [Eddie Peabody performance]

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 23-28

Mystery

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 29-36

Mickey Mouse and Minnie

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 37-43

Gus Edwards Radio Show

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 44-47

Ted Lewis

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 48-49

Cherry Blossoms

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 50-55

Buddies

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 56-70

Desert Song

Box 10, Volume 10, Page 71-75

Birthday Party

Box 11

Volume 11 (1-75). Approximately 1932

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on pencil identifications on some photograph backs and photograph numbers that were written on the negatives.
Box 11, Volume 11, Page 1-4

Bughouse

Box 11, Volume 11, Page 5-13

Bombay

Box 11, Volume 11, Page 14-24

Ubangi

Box 11, Volume 11, Page 25-31

Exotique

Box 11, Volume 11, Page 32-41

Movie Circus

Box 11, Volume 11, Page 42-50

Stargazing

Box 11, Volume 11, Page 51-59

Sweet & Lovely

Box 11, Volume 11, Page 60-64

Ted Joyce

Box 11, Volume 11, Page 65-70

Hello Paree

Box 11, Volume 11, Page 71-75

Follow Thru [Follow Through]

Box 12

Volume 12 (1-87). Approximately 1932

Scope and Contents

Contents list based on pencil identifications on photograph backs.
Box 12, Volume 12, Page 1-10

Irene

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 11-19

Hearts of Broadway

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 20-23

On The Riviera

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 24-31

Desperate Sam

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 32-37

Georgia Minstrels

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 38-54

Sally

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 55-67

Whoopee

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 68-71

Shanghai

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 72-76

Tahiti

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 77-82

Spotlites

Box 12, Volume 12, Page 83-87

Girl Trouble

 

Volume 13. 1932-1936

Box 13

Volume 13 (1-130). 1934-1936

Scope and Contents

The shows are unidentified; dates are included with the photographer imprints on the images.
Box 13, Volume 13, Page 1-20

[Unidentified shows with dates written on images]

Box 13, Volume 13, Page 21-24

California Exposition, San Diego, California, Feb. 12th to Sept. 9th, 1936

Box 13, Volume 13, Page 25-100

[Unidentified]

Box 13, Volume 13, Page 101

[Unidentified with typescript lighting direction for "Champagne Waltz" on verso]

Box 13, Volume 13, Page 102-130

[Unidentified]

Box 14

Volume 13 (131-222). 1932-1934 (bulk 1933-1934

Scope and Contents

Dates written on images. The images are primarily unidentified, though most of items 152 to 222 have dance, stage, and lighting directions in typescript on the backs of the photographs. Gloria Wolff Holden, Marco's daughter, is identified in items 132 and 140.
Box 15

Volume 14 (1-106). 1936-1938

Scope and Contents

Dates written on images; the photographs are unidentified.
Box 16

Volume 15 (1-30)

Scope and Contents

Pages 1-29 of volumes 15 and 16 contain the same sets of thumbnails, except for volume 15 (30), which is a laid-in 8 x 10" still from the film "Millions in the Air."
The thumbnails appear primarily to duplicate images found in the volumes, in reverse order, with the last thumbnails on page 29 corresponding to the Circus images on page 97 of Volume 2, and earlier pages corresponding to later volumes.
Box 16

Volume 16 (1-29)

Scope and Contents

Pages 1-29 of volumes 15 and 16 contain the same sets of thumbnails, except for volume 15 (30), which is a laid-in 8 x 10" still from the film "Millions in the Air."
The thumbnails appear primarily to duplicate images found in the volumes, in reverse order, with the last thumbnails on page 29 corresponding to the Circus images on page 97 of Volume 2, and earlier pages corresponding to later volumes.
 

II. Ephemera. Approximately 1912-1940

Box 17, Folder 1-2

Clippings and articles.

Box 17, Folder 3

Programs, song sheets, and scores. 1919-1938

Scope and Contents

Consists of song sheets and scores for: "Midnight Maid" (copyright 1919); "My Girl is Like a Rainbow" (copyright 1922); "Pollyanna (The Glad Girl)" (copyright 1920); "My Sweetie's Smile" (copyright 1920); "Happy My Baby Just Said 'Yes'" (copyright 1928); and "Hollywood Suite" by Ferde Grofe (copyright 1938). As well, there is the July 21, 1928, issue of Newsette and a promotional publication for the Marcel Silver's Hollywood Ballet (1936).
Box 17, Folder 4

Photographs related to Fanchon and Marco (various). Approximately 1917-1938

Scope and Contents

6 prints, 8 x 10" and larger; chiefly copy photographs.
Box 17, Folder 5

16 album pages with Fanchon and Marco clippings.

Box 17, Folder 6

Photocopies of clippings.

Box 18

Empty original binder for Vol. 5.

Box 18

Fanchon & Marco modes fashion promotional publication produced in association with Phiffer's dress manufacturer. Approximately 1930

Box 18

Now and The Idea issues. 1930-1931

Scope and Contents

Supplemental press book issues of The Idea, from February 19, 1930 (Vol. 4, No. 7) through the February 28, 1931 (Vol. 5, No. 8), presented initially as Part II of Now, published by Fox West Coast Theatres and later as Part II of The Last Word. The issues are accompanied by the binder they were originally housed with the cover title "Now file."
Box 19

Scrapbooks 1912-1918