Samuel Stark collection of photographs of movie and theater directors, writers, producers, songwriters, etc. MSS.PHOTO.0173
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Title: Samuel Stark collection of photographs of movie and theater directors, writers, producers, songwriters, etc.
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.PHOTO.0173
Physical Description:
1 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1916-1963
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Samuel Stark, 1969.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically.
Preferred Citation
Samuel Stark collection of photographs of movie and theater directors, writers, producers, songwriters, etc. MSS PHOTO 173.
Dept. of Special Collections, Stanfor d Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
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Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photoprints.
Motion pictures -- History.
Motion picture industry.
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States.
Theater Collection.
Box 1
1. Academy Awards: photos
1930, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1944, 1945
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Norma Shearer, Conrad Nagel
Box 1
2. "The Adventures of Hajj Baba" on set shots
1954
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(on-set shots) John Derek, Elaine
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3. Barzin, Leon
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musical director, New York City Ballet
Box 1
4. Baum, Vicki
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author of Grand Hotel
Box 1
6. Bern, Paul
1932
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MGM exec
Box 1
7. Burroughs, Edgar Rice
1933
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author of "Tarzan" stories on the set
Box 1
8. Buzzell, Edward & Jane Wyatt
1936
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Universal director
Box 1
9. Clift, Denison
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director, writer
Box 1
10. Cobb, Irwin S
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American humorist, wrote/acted for MGM, 1934
Box 1
11. Cohen, Octavus Roy
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humorous writer signed with Universal
Box 1
12. Cooper, Merian C. & Ernest B. Schoedsack
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writer, RKO pictures
Box 1
13. Corrigan, Lloyd & Steffi Duna
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director
Box 1
14. Cruze, James
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director
Box 1
15. Curran, Homer & Louis O. Macloon
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owner, Curran Theatre, San Francisco
Box 1
16. Dalton, Phyllis
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costume designer for "Oliver!"
Box 1
17. Delmar, Vina
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author, MGM writer
Box 1
18. De Mille, Cecil B.
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stage actor, Paramount director
Box 1
19. Densmore, Wess
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director, Laguna Beach Community Player
Box 1
20. Dillon, J. Francis
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silent screen actor, sound film director
Box 1
21. Disney, Walt Studios
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studio and staff photos
Box 1
22. Dunning, Philip
1932
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playwright and director
Box 1
23. Early Film Shots including "David Garrick" 1915, "Desert Gold," "Swede Larson," etc.
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Vitagraph; Vera
Box 1
24. Fowler, Gene
1933
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managing editor of the New York American and the New Telegraph; writer for Paramount Studios
Box 1
25. Frohman, Daniel
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inscribed to Frankie Bailey 1927
Box 1
26. Gershwin, George with Ginger Rogers
1937
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composer
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27. Gibbons, Floyd
1932
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war correspondent
Box 1
28. Glass, Gaston
1930
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film actor, director
Box 1
29. Goldberg, Rube
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Fox Studio comedy actor
Box 1
31. Gordon, Mack
1937
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popular songwriter
Box 1
32. Grey, Zane
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Western writer; see Early Film Shots folder
Box 1
33. Griffith, D. W.
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film director
Box 1
34. Hall, Alexander
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(director) (photo with Shirley Temple and Baby Leroy, Paramount child stars)
Box 1
35. Halliburton, Richard
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adventurer, author, appears in United Artists' "India Speaks"
Box 1
36. Hammerstein, Oscar II
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co-author and co-producer of musical theatre, musical film with coposer Richard Rodgers; publicity still for release of "South
pacific"
Box 1
37. Hammett, Dashiell
1934
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(detective fiction author; "The Thin Man" publicity still with actor William Powell and director W.S.Van Dyke
Box 1
38. Hayes, Will
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Samuel Goldwyn associate?
Box 1
39. Hellman, Sam
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humorist and short story writer; wrote comedy for Fox Films
Box 1
40. Hergesheimer, Joseph
1932
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German novelist
Box 1
41. The Hollywood Museum: photos of opening ceremony
1963
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Walt Disney, Ronald Reagan, Gregory Peck, Warren Dorn, Edgar G. Robinson, Tommy Sands, Nancy Sinatra, Sebastian Cabot, Gloria
Swanson, Jack Webb, Gene Autry, Ed Wynn, Cesar Romero, etc
Box 1
42. Hollywood Scenes: Fox Studios, Paramount Studios, circa 1927, Universal City, 1916, Universal City snowstorm 1914, Brown
Derby, etc.
Box 1
43. Howard, Joe
1942
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Inscribed to Mrs. Tom Lindsay May 25, 1942
Box 1
44. Hughes, Rupert
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musician, composer, novelist and photoplaywright
Box 1
45. Hurst, Fannie
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author; story made into film by Paramount Pictures
Box 1
49. "Key Largo" on set shots
1947
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Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Thomas Gomez
Box 1
50. Kirstein, Lincoln
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general director, New York City Ballet
Box 1
51. Laemmle, Carl
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film pioneer; pres. of Universal Studios
Box 1
52. Lasky, Jesse
1936
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producer?
Box 1
53. Lawrence, Vincent
1931
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playwright signed with Paramount
Box 1
54. Lee, Jack
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British film director
Box 1
55. Lloyd, Frank
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director for Goldwyn
Box 1
56. Locke, William J.
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novelist, screen writer
Box 1
57. Logan, Joshua
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co-author and director of "Mr. Roberts"
Box 1
58. Lombardo, Guy
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famous radio personality, conductor
Box 1
59. Loos, Anita
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author of novels and screenplays; "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"; subtitler for silents
Box 1
60. Lubitsch, Ernst
1936
Scope and Contents note
film director
Box 1
61. McDonald, Frank
1937
Scope and Contents note
film director
Box 1
62. Macpherson, Jeanie
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air pilot, screenwriter
Box 1
63. Maugham, Somerset
1934
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writer
Box 1
64. Marion, Frances
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screenwriter, screen editor for MGM
Box 1
65. Mayer, Arthur
Container Summary: 3 negatives
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writer?
Box 1
66. Mencken, H. L.
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literary critic, satirist
Box 1
67. Milestone, Lewis
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film director
Box 1
68. Millay, Edna St. Vincent
1933
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American poet
Box 1
69. Miller, Arthur
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playwright
Box 1
70. Mizner, Wilson
1933
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drama critic, Hollywood and Broadway
Box 1
71. Nichols, Anne
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author, "Abie's Irish Rose", play and Paramount picture
Box 1
72. Ostrer, Mark
1936
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chairman of the board, GB Pictures
Box 1
73. Parsons, Louella
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gossip columnist
Box 1
74. Pasternack, Joseph
1937
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film producer
Box 1
75. Publicity
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"Hitler's Children,contest to win the "Panther Woman" film role in Paramount's "Island of Lost Souls"
Box 1
76. Rainger, Ralph
Scope and Contents note
Paramount song writer
Box 1
77. Rapper, Irving
1937
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dialogue director, Warner Brothers
Box 1
78. Reed, Sir Carol
Container Summary: 3 and press release
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British film director
Box 1
79. Renoir, Jean
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French film director
Box 1
80. Rialto Theatre (New York)
Container Summary: 4 photos, 2 negatives
Box 1
81. Roach, Hal
Scope and Contents note
comedy film producer, director, writer
Box 1
82. Rodgers, Richard
Scope and Contents note
composer, musical theatre and film partner with Oscar Hammerstein II
Box 1
83. Rohmer, Sax
1932
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author of the "Fu Manchu" stories
Box 1
84. Romberg, Sigmund
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music arranger and conductor
Box 1
85. Rosenthal, Jean
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production director, New York City Ballet
Box 1
86. Ruth, Babe
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baseball player
Box 2
87. St. John, Adela R.
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Malibu resident
Box 2
88. Sarnoff, David
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president of Radio Corporation of America
Box 2
89. Saroyan, William
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author, The Time of Your Life
Box 2
90. Schlesinger, Leon
1937
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producer of "Merrie Melodies" and "Looney Tunes" for Warner Brothers
Box 2
92. Sennett, Mack
Scope and Contents note
comedy film producer
Box 2
93. Shaw, George Bernard
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British author
Box 2
94. Shepheard's Supper Club, New York 1966
Scope and Contents note
opened 1963
Box 2
95. Sherriff, R. C.
1932
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British author; screenplay adapter
Box 2
96. Sherwood, Robert E.
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writer
Box 2
97. Simon, Neil
1964
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playwright; "Barefoot in the Park"
Box 2
98. Sobol, Louis
Scope and Contents note
film shorts producer for Universal Studios
Box 2
99. Stewart, Donald Ogden
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humorist; writer; bit-player
Box 2
100. Stokowski, Leopold
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orchestra conductor; in "100 Men and a Girl" with Deanna Durbin
Box 2
101. Sturges, Preston
1932
Scope and Contents note
author; screenplay adapter
Box 2
103. Thorpe, Richard
1935
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MGM director
Box 2
104. Tolstoy, Count Leo
1934
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author
Box 2
105. "Trapeze" on set shots
1956
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Tony Curtis, Thomas Gomez, Burt Lancaster
Box 2
106. Van Dyne, S. S.
1931
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analyst, detective fiction writer, film dialogue writer
Box 2
107. Vidor, Charles "King"
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MGM director
Box 2
108. Von Stroheim, Eric
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film director, actor
Box 2
109. Wanger, Walter
1937
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film producer
Box 2
110. Waring, Fred
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band leader, bit player
Box 2
111. Watson, William
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film director, Paramount-Christie Comedies
Box 2
112. Webster, Margaret
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film director
Box 2
113. White House Luncheon fundraiser, film stars with Eleanor Roosevelt
Box 2
114. Winchell, Walter
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journalist
Box 2
115. Zukor, Adolph
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chairman of the board of directors, Paramount Productions; film producer