Restrictions on Access
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Preferred Citation
Biography
Scope and Content
Organization and Arrangement
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Title: Virginia Brown Faire papers
Collection number: PASC 281
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2.0 linear ft.
(1 box and 2 oversize flat boxes)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1918-1929
Date (inclusive): 1918-1977 (bulk 1918-1929)
Abstract: Actress Virginia Brown Faire appeared in over forty silent film productions. The collection consists of photographs and scrapbooks
related to her career.
Language of Materials: Materials are in English.
Physical Location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Creator:
Faire, Virginia Brown, 1904-1980
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are
retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Virginia Brown Faire Papers (Collection PASC 281). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
Virginia LaBiuna was born June, 26 1904 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She used her stepfather's name of Brown when she entered and won
the 1919 Motion Picture Classic "Fame and Fortune" contest. For a short time she used the name Virginia Faire, but later decided
to reclaim the name Brown. She moved to California to begin her acting career at the age of sixteen. She appeared in over
forty silent film productions such as
Without Benefit of Clergy (1921),
Monte Cristo (1922),
Peter Pan (1924) and
The Temptress (1926). She was married to Jack Dougherty, producer Duke Worne and businessman William Bayer. Although the transition to
talking pictures was not easy, she continued to act through 1934. Her marriage to Bayer coincided with her retirement from
the screen, although she appeared in industrial films and did some radio work in Chicago. Virginia Brown Faire died of cancer
June, 30 1980 in Laguna Beach, CA.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of photographs and scrapbooks related to the career of actress Virginia Brown. The bulk of the collection
dates between 1918-1929, but also includes a 1977 interview transcript with Faire. Photographs include portraits and movie
stills from films including
Omar the Tentmaker (1922),
The Cricket on the Hearth (1923) and
Chip of the Flying U (1926) among others. Scrapbooks include press clippings of reviews and publicity for Faire's motion picture projects. Also
includes a small number of Faire's Engagement contracts.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Contracts
- Interviews
- Motion Picture Stills
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Writings by Others
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Faire, Virginia Brown, 1904-1980--Archives.
Film stills.
Motion picture actors and actresses--United States--Archives.