Finding Aid for the Virginia Brown Faire papers, 1918-1977 (bulk 1918-1929)
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UCLA Library Special Collections
Performing Arts Special Collections
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Virginia Brown Faire papers,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1977
Date (bulk): (bulk 1918-1929)
Collection number: 281
Creator: Faire, Virginia Brown 1904-1980
Extent: 1 boxes (.5 linear ft.)2 oversize flat (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Actress Virginia Brown Faire appeared in over forty silent film productions. The collection consists of photographs and scrapbooks
related to her career.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Performing Arts 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 281). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Biography
Virginia LaBiuna was born June, 26 2004 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
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Faire, Virginia Brown, 1904-1980 -- Archives.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Film stills.
Container List
Box 2
Contracts (Engagement Agreements) for various projects and correspondence
between Duke Worne, Alfred Mannon and Richmount Pictures
1921, 1924, 1931
Note
Correspondence regarding The Last Ride.
Box 1
Virginia Faire Brown interview - transcript and cassette tape.
1977
Note
RESTRICTED: Use of audio materials may require production of listening or viewing
copies.
Box 1
Air Hawk - stills (3 items)
released 1924
Box 1
Burning the Wind - stills (6 items)
released 1929
Box 1
Calgary Stampede (The) - stills (1 item)
released 1925
Box 1
Chip of the Flying U - stills (5 items)
released 1926
Box 1
Cricket of the Hearth (The) - stills (16 items)
released 1923
Box 1
Desert Valley - stills (3 items)
released 1926
Box 1
Doubling for Romeo - stills (2 items)
no date
Box 1
Monte Cristo - stills (2 items)
released 1922
Box 1
Omar the Tentmaker - stills (38 items)
released 1922
Note
With some photographs by Woodbury, John Ellis and Phil Berg.
Box 1
Recompense - stills (4 items)
released 1925
Box 1
Temptress (The) - stills (2 items)
released 1926
Box 1
Thundergate - stills (3 items)
released 1923
Box 1
Tracked by the Police - stills (21items)
no date
Box 1
White Flannels - stills (3 items)
released 1927
Box 1
Wings of the Storm - stills (13 items)
released 1926
Box 1
Photograph of Duke Worne (1 item)
no date
Box 1
Photographs from unidentified project (19 items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of legs (2 items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by Hoover (1
item)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of VBF for unidentified project by Evans (3 items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of VBF for unidentified projects by Curtis (3 items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown at Breezy Point Lodge, Minnesota
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown by the seashore (7items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by Eugene Richee (1
item)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for identified project by [E. B. Woodfan?] (2
items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by Howletty? (1
item)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by [Freulich?] (11
items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by Bird (12 items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by Melbourne Spurr (6
items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by Rayhuff-Richter (5
items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by Witzel (7
items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by Woodbury (9
items)
no date
Box 2
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project (7 oversize items)
no date
Note
With some by Ruth Harriet Louise and Rayhuff-Richter.
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project by Paul Grenbeaux (11
items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified projects by Lansing Brown (8
items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown with H. H. Van Loan (unidentified projects) (4
items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown with Hoot Gibson (unidentified project)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of Virginia Faire Brown with Mother (3 items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of young Virginia Faire Brown by Apeda (4 items)
no date
Box 1
Photographs of young Virginia Faire Brown (14 items)
no date
Note
Some photographs by Marlborough N.Y. With one photograph of Virginia Faire Brown
leaving for California after winning the 1919 Motion Picture Classic Fame and Fortune contest.
Box 1
Portraits of Virginia Faire Brown for unidentified project (11 items)
no date
Box 2
Autograph book (I item)
ca. 1917-1918
Box 2
Scrapbook clippings
1922, ca. 1924-1925
Box 3
Scrapbook clippings
ca. 1921-1922
Box 3
Scrapbook pages of clippings for film reviews and publicity
ca. 1925-1926
Note
Films include Broadway Bill, The Calgary Stampede, Celinda, Chip of the Flying U, The
Donovan Affair, The Dybbuk, His People, The Man in the Saddle, The Mile-a-Minute Man, The
Temptress, White Flannel, The Wolf Hunters.
Box 1
Captain Kidd, Jr. or A Pirate of To-day by Porter Emerson Browne - short story
no date
