Madge Bellamy papers
Catalogued by Johnson, Doug
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
333 S La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Published January 2023
Descriptive Summary
Abstract: The collection includes correspondence; clippings; writings by Bellamy; miscellaneous papers; the playscript, "Strictly Dishonorable,"
by Preston Sturges; scrapbooks; and photographs.
Collector:
Bellamy, Madge
Dates: 1888-1989
Collection number: 334
Collection Size:
6 linear ft. of papers
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Access
Available by appointment only.
Publication Rights
Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all
necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing
materials obtained from the library.
Preferred Citation
Madge Bellamy papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 1993-1994.
Biography
Madge Bellamy was an American actress active in film from 1920 to 1935. Although she attained considerable popularity in the
1920s, contractual disputes led to her being employed only fitfully in the 1930s. In 1943 she regained headlines when she
was involved in a shooting.
Arrangement of the Collection
1. Production files; 2. Stage files; 3. Subject files; 4. Writings
Indexing terms
Bellamy, Madge
Actresses
folder 1
BLACK PARADISE--clippings and reviews
1926--1926
Record ID: 71301224
folder 2
THE DANCERS--clippings
1925--1925
Record ID: 71492371
folder 3
THE DIXIE MERCHANT--pressbooks
Circa 1926--1926
Record ID: 71492372
folder 4
FUGITIVES--script
Circa 1929--1929
Record ID: 71492373
folder 5
GARRISON'S FINISH--clippings
Circa 1923--1923
Record ID: 71492374
folder 6
THE GOLDEN STRAIN--clippings
Circa 1925--1925
Record ID: 71492378
folder 7
HAIL THE WOMAN--clippings
1922--1922
Record ID: 71492379
folder 8
HAVOC--clippings
1925--1925
Record ID: 71492380
folder 9
HIS FORGOTTEN WIFE--reviews
Circa 1924--1924
Record ID: 71492381
folder 10
THE HOTTENTOT--clippings
Circa 1922--1922
Record ID: 71492382
folder 11
THE IRON HORSE--clippings
1924--1925
Record ID: 71492383
folder 12
THE IRON HORSE--production
1924--1924
Record ID: 71492384
folder 13
LAZYBONES--reviews
Circa 1925--1925
Record ID: 71492385
folder 14
LIGHTNIN'--clippings
1925--1925
Record ID: 71492386
folder 15
LORNA DOONE--clippings
1925--1925
Record ID: 71492387
folder 16
LOVE AND GLORY--clippings
Circa 1924--1924
Record ID: 71492388
folder 17
LOVE'S WHIRLPOOL--clippings and reviews
1924--1924
Record ID: 71492391
folder 18
THE MAN IN BLUE--clippings and reviews
1925--1925
Record ID: 71492392
folder 19
MOTHER KNOWS BEST--clippings and reviews
1928--1928
Record ID: 71492393
folder 20
ON THE STROKE OF THREE--clippings and reviews
1925--1925
Record ID: 71492394
folder 21
THE PARASITE--clippings and reviews
1925--1925
Record ID: 71492395
folder 22
PASSING THRU--clippings
Circa 1921--1921
Record ID: 71492396
folder 23
THE PLAY GIRL--clippings
1928--1928
Record ID: 71492397
folder 24
SANDY--clippings and reviews
1926--1926
Record ID: 71492405
folder 25
SANDY--programs
1926--1926
Record ID: 71492406
folder 26
SILK LEGS--clippings
1928--1928
Record ID: 71492408
folder 27
SOFT LIVING--clippings
1928--1928
Record ID: 71492409
folder 28
SOUL OF THE BEAST--clippings
Circa 1923--1923
Record ID: 71492410
folder 29
SUMMER BACHELORS--clippings and reviews
1926--1926
Record ID: 71492411
folder 30
WINGS OF YOUTH--clippings and reviews
1925--1925
Record ID: 71492412
folder 31
CAESAR'S WIFE [stage]--reviews
1919--1919
Record ID: 71492414
folder 32
DEAR BRUTUS [stage]--clippings and reviews
1920--1920
Record ID: 71492416
folder 33
HOLIDAY LADY [stage]--legal
1946--1946
Record ID: 71492418
folder 34
HOLIDAY LADY [stage]--reviews
1946--1946
Record ID: 71492419
folder 35
I LOVE YOU [stage]--reviews
1920--1920
Record ID: 71492420
folder 36
INTERMISSION [stage]--programs
1932--1932
Record ID: 71492422
folder 37
INTERMISSION [stage]--reviews
1932--1932
Record ID: 71492421
folder 38
PINFEATHERS [stage]--clippings
1941--1941
Record ID: 71492423
folder 39
POLLYANNA [stage]--script
Record ID: 71492424
folder 40
POLLYANNA [stage]--clippings and reviews
1918--1918
Record ID: 71492425
folder 41
POLLYANNA [stage]--correspondence
1918--1918
Record ID: 71492426
folder 42
See My Lawyer [stage]--clippings and reviews
1940--1940
Record ID: 71492427
folder 43
STRICTLY DISHONORABLE [stage]--script
Record ID: 71492428
folder 44
STRICTLY DISHONORABLE [stage]--miscellaneous
1931--1931
Record ID: 71492430
folder 45
Unidentified
Record ID: 71492431
folder 46
A miscellaneous
1926--1926
Record ID: 71492433
folder 47
Addresses
Record ID: 71492435
folder 48
B miscellaneous
1917--1917
Record ID: 71492436
folder 49
Bank of America
1945--1950
Record ID: 71492437
folder 50
Books
1935--1935
Record ID: 71492438
folder 51
Brownlow, Kevin
1984--1989
Record ID: 71492439
folder 52
Business cards
Record ID: 71492440
folder 53
C miscellaneous
Circa 1919--1926
Record ID: 71492441
folder 54
Calendar
1983--1983
Record ID: 71492442
folder 55
Clippings
1919--1938
Record ID: 71492443
folder 56
Clippings
1938--1964
Record ID: 71492444
folder 57
Credits
Record ID: 71492445
folder 58
D miscellaneous
1939--1989
Record ID: 71492446
folder 59
Drawings
Record ID: 71493554
folder 60
Dresser, Louise
1959--1964
Record ID: 71493555
folder 61
E miscellaneous
1918--1918
Record ID: 71493557
folder 62
F miscellaneous
1943--1964
Record ID: 71493564
folder 63
Family
1909--1935
Record ID: 71493572
folder 64
Fan mail
1920--1939
Record ID: 71493573
folder 65
Financial
1921--1988
Record ID: 71493574
folder 66
Fox Films
1926--1928
Record ID: 71493576
folder 67
Frohman, Daniel
1918--1918
Record ID: 71493577
folder 68
Frohman, Daniel
1919--1920
Record ID: 71493578
folder 69
Frohman, Daniel
1931--1939
Record ID: 71493579
folder 70
G miscellaneous
1917--1926
Record ID: 71493581
folder 71
H miscellaneous
Circa 1920--1920
Record ID: 71493582
folder 72
Hill, Bunker
1926--1926
Record ID: 71493586
folder 73
House
1931--1931
Record ID: 71493587
folder 74
I miscellaneous
1926--1926
Record ID: 71493591
folder 75
J miscellaneous
1964--1964
Record ID: 71493592
folder 76
K miscellaneous
1946--1946
Record ID: 71493593
folder 77
L miscellaneous
1925--1976
Record ID: 71493595
folder 78
Lusk, Norbert
Circa 1923--1926
Record ID: 71493596
folder 79
M miscellaneous
1926--1928
Record ID: 71493649
folder 80
Marlowe, Don
1969--1975
Record ID: 71493672
folder 81
Messages
1928--1928
Record ID: 71493673
folder 82
Miscellaneous
1900--1988
Record ID: 71493676
folder 83
Mitchell, Tom
1945--1946
Record ID: 71493678
folder 84
Murphy, A. Stanwood
1938--1940
Record ID: 71493717
folder 85
Murphy, A. Stanwood
1940--1942
Record ID: 71493719
folder 86
Notebooks
1915--1944
Record ID: 71493721
folder 87
Notes
Record ID: 71493728
folder 88
O miscellaneous
1926--1937
Record ID: 71493730
folder 89
P miscellaneous
1932--1932
Record ID: 71493732
folder 90
Paul Kohner, Inc.
1960--1965
Record ID: 71493736
folder 91
Periodicals
1923--1924
Record ID: 71493737
folder 92
Philpott, Annie D.--correspondence
1919--1941
Record ID: 71493740
folder 93
Philpott, Annie D.--correspondence
1941--1945
Record ID: 71493741
folder 94
Philpott, Annie D.--correspondence (Burger family)
1925--1939
Record ID: 71493738
folder 95
Philpott, Annie D.--correspondence (family)
1915--1940
Record ID: 71493745
folder 96
Philpott, Annie D.--correspondence (friends)
1914--1925
Record ID: 71493747
folder 97
Philpott, Annie D.--miscellaneous
1898--1944
Record ID: 71493748
folder 98
Philpott, William B.--correspondence
1914--1917
Record ID: 71493750
folder 99
Philpott, William B.--correspondence
1917--1919
Record ID: 71493751
folder 100
Philpott, William B.--correspondence
1920--1940
Record ID: 71493752
folder 101
Philpott, William B.--death
1940--1940
Record ID: 71493753
folder 102
Philpott, William B.--Fair View Farms
1928--1936
Record ID: 71493754
folder 103
Philpott, William B.--financial
1921--1928
Record ID: 71493755
folder 104
Philpott, William B.--legal
1937--1938
Record ID: 71493756
folder 105
Philpott, William B.--miscellaneous
1864--1866
Record ID: 71493757
folder 107
Program
1924--1924
Record ID: 71493759
folder 108
Publicity
1926--1928
Record ID: 71493760
folder 109
R miscellaneous
1926--1926
Record ID: 71493761
folder 110
Real estate
1928--1930
Record ID: 71493762
folder 111
Receipts
1986--1988
Record ID: 71493763
folder 112
Reutler, Ed
1908--1909
Record ID: 71493765
folder 113
S miscellaneous
1920--1946
Record ID: 71493794
folder 114
Sheet music
1928--1928
Record ID: 71493796
folder 115
Stanlaws,Penrhyn
1919--1926
Record ID: 71493798
folder 116
Stevens, Lewis
1926--1926
Record ID: 71493799
folder 117
T miscellaneous
Circa 1920--1942
Record ID: 71493805
folder 118
Trips
1926--1931
Record ID: 71493810
folder 119
U miscellaneous
1942--1970
Record ID: 71493813
folder 120
Unidentified
1920--1952
Record ID: 71493821
folder 121
University of Wyoming
1973--1978
Record ID: 71493822
folder 122
V miscellaneous
1947--1947
Record ID: 71493829
folder 123
Vestal Press
1989--1989
Record ID: 71493831
folder 124
W miscellaneous
1919--1944
Record ID: 71493832
folder 125
Y miscellaneous
1940--1946
Record ID: 71493833
folder 126
Z miscellaneous
Record ID: 71493834
folder 127
Memoir
1989--1989
Record ID: 71493835
folder 128
Miscellanous
Record ID: 71493837
folder 129
Miscellanous
Record ID: 71493838
folder 130
Poems
1979--1979
Record ID: 71493839
