Finding Aid for the Charles Boyer papers, 1935-1961
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Boyer papers
Date (inclusive): 1935-1961
Collection number: 323
Creator:
Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978
Extent:
6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
7 oversize boxes
1 oversize folder
Abstract: Charles Boyer (1899-1978) was born in Figeac, France. He developed an acting career in films produced in France and Hollywood.
The collection consists of approximately 200 photographs and publicity stills, souvenir programs, scrapbooks, and other ephemera
from Boyer's career in motion picture as well as an index to the Boyer Collection of French plays that is now dispersed throughout
the UCLA Libraries.
Language: Finding aid is written in
English.
Language of the Material:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library 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 UCLA Library Special Collections
for paging information.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
Open for research. STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library
Special Collections for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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], Charles Boyer papers (Collection 323). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
709444
Biography/History
Boyer was born August 28, 1899 in Figeac, France; studied philosophy at the Sorbonne and drama at the Paris Conservatory;
after his stage and film debuts in 1920, he became a matinee idol on stage; moved between Hollywood, France, and Germany from
1929-1934, and permanently moved to Los Angeles in 1934; developed career as a great lover and lead actor in films produced
in France and Hollywood; married English actress Pat Paterson; active during World War II in cementing Franco-American relations
and heading French war relief efforts; established French Research Foundation in Los Angeles; appeared with Charles Laughton
on stage in
Don Juan in Hell (1951); co-founded Four Star Television with Dick Powell and David Niven in 1951 and subsequently starred in company's television
productions in 1950s and 1960s; committed suicide on August 26, 1978, two days after his wife's death in 1978.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of approximately 200 photographs and publicity stills, souvenir programs, scrapbooks, and other ephemera
from Boyer's career in motion pictures. Includes portraits of Boyer and Charles De Gaulle, a collection of French autographs,
and screenplays for
Arch of Triumph and
Garden of Allah. Also includes an index to the Boyer Collection of French plays that is now dispersed throughout the UCLA Libraries.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Photographs and sketches.
- Scrapbooks.
- Screenplays.
- Collection of French autographs.
- Index to Boyer Collection of French plays in UCLA library holdings.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978--Archives.
Actors--United States--Archival resources.
Genres and Forms of Material
Autographs.
Related Material
Primarily Photo Stills, Some Souvenir Programs, Misc.
Box 1, Folder 1
All This and Heaven Too Warner Brothers
1940
Box 1, Folder 2
Arch of Triumph Enterprise Studios
1946
Box 1, Folder 3
Cluny Brown 20th Century-Fox
1946
Box 1, Folder 4
The Constant Nymph Warner Brothers
1943
Box 1, Folder 5
Don Juan in Hell, Theatrical production
1952
Box 1, Folder 6
The First Legion United Artists
1951
Box 1, Folder 8
Kind Sir Produced on Broadway
1953
Box 1, Folder 10
Red Gloves Produced on Broadway
1948
Box 1, Folder 11
The Scarlet Pen 20th Century-Fox.
Box 1, Folder 12
When Tomorrow Comes Universal Pictures Company
1939
Box 1, Folder 13
French Research Foundation.
Box 1, Folder 14
Graumans Chinese Theater.
Box 1, Folder 15
Hollywood stars honored by French Motion Picture Press.
Box 1, Folder 16
Miscellaneous photographs of Charles Boyer.
Box 1, Folder 17
Reprint of assorted newspaper reviews of Lord Pengo, produced on Broadway.
Box 5
Miscellaneous scripts, treatments, and storylines sent to Charles Boyer for his comments as to their possible future use in
the motion picture industry.
Box 5
2 scripts and miscellaneous ephemera and photographs unrelated (?) to Charles Boyer's film career.
Scrapbooks, Photographs, Clippings, Stills, etc.
Box 2
World premiere of Back Street, Miami Beach
February 4, 1941
Physical Description: Photocopied album of newspaper clippings and photographs.
Box 2
Arch of Triumph.
Scope and Contents note
(album of set stills)
Box 2
Arch of Triumph.
Scope and Contents note
(album of location stills, chiefly Paris restaurants)
Box 3
When Tomorrow Comes.
1939
Physical Description: (7 photos)
Box 3
Garden of Allah.
1935
Physical Description: 2 photos
Box 3
French Research Foundation.
1944
Physical Description: (18 photos)
Box 3
Kind Sir.
1953
Physical Description: (1 photo)
Box 3
Cluny Brown.
1946
Physical Description: (1 photo)
Box 3
Don Juan in Hell.
1951
Physical Description: (3 photos)
Box 3
Miscellaneous photos.
General Physical Description note: (12 photos)
Box 3
Conquest.
1937
General Physical Description note: (11 photos)
Box 3
Arch of Triumph - location and set stills for the film. Views of Paris and cafés.
Box 3
Collection of reproductions of news clippings concerning the premiere and background of the film Back Street.
Box 7
Fanny , Warner Brothers.
1961
Physical Description: (13 photos)
Box 7
All This and Heaven Too.
1937
Physical Description: (1 photo)
Box 7
The Buccaneer , Paramount.
1958
General Physical Description note: (1 photo)
Box 7
Publicity still and portraits (62)
Scope and Contents note
Including photos with Bette Davis and Gary Cooler.
Box 7
2 unidentified inscribed photos.
Box 14
Scrapbook for Charles Boyer's Victory Loan Hour tour, Toronto. Box 13 is an oversize flat box 15" x 19" x 3."
1943
Autographs, Sketches, Index, Ephemera
Boxes 8-9
Collection of French autographs.
Box 10
Index to Charles Boyer collection of French plays, now dispersed throughout UCLA Library holdings.
Box 11
Sketch of De Gaulle by Antoinette Mayer
June 1941
Box 12
Pastel sketch of Charles Boyer by Xavier Collet
1948
Box 13
Theatre Royal Playbill.
Man and Boy.
Physical Description: 1 item. (oversize folder).
