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[Photographs from the Frederick Schiller Faust papers].
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[Photographs from the Frederick Schiller Faust papers]Abstract:
Portraits and other photographs of Frederick Schiller Faust; a few family photographs; views of Faust's residence in Florence,
Italy; a few portraits of friends and associates; many motion picture and television publicity stills, especially for various
versions of Dr. Kildare; photographs of promotional posters for films, including the Tom Mix serial The Untamed; two photographs
of American Legion officers; and a photograph of the table of contents for an issue of Argosy which includes a serial entry
by Max Brand. Among Faust's associates identified in the collection are agent Carl Brandt, critic Henry Seidel Canby, art
collector Arthur Acton and possibly poet Stephen Vincent Benét. Celebrities depicted include Lionel Barrymore, Richard Chamberlain,
Raymond Massey, Robert Young, Lew Ayres, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Errol Flynn, Jimmy Stewart, Marlene Dietrich, Andy Griffith,
Dolores Gray and Priscilla Dean. Copy negatives duplicate images from the prints: Tom Mix promotional poster and American
Legion photographs.
Date:
1910 (issued)Subject:
Kildare, Doctor (Fictitious character) -- PhotographsArchitecture, Domestic -- Italy -- Florence -- Photographs
Kildare, Doctor (Fictitious character)
Homes
Architecture, Domestic
Italy -- Florence
Faust, Frederick Schiller -- 1892-1944 -- Photographs
Faust, Frederick Schiller -- 1892-1944 -- Homes and haunts -- Photographs
Brand, Max -- 1892-1944 -- Photographs
Brand, Max -- 1892-1944
Faust, Frederick Schiller -- 1892-1944
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Likely collected by Robert Olney Easton, Faust's son-in-law and biographer.
Various photographers, chiefly unidentified.
Largely copy photographs marked up for publication.
Also includes 9 copy negatives.
Transferred from the Frederick Schiller Faust papers (BANC MSS C-H 69).
Frederick Schiller Faust (1892-1944) was an American author of westerns, historical romances, spy thrillers, mysteries, and
poetry. Best known as "Max Brand," Faust signed at least eighteen pen-names to his writing, including George Challis and Evan
Evans.
Photographs from the Frederick Schiller Faust papers, BANC PIC 1993.041, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
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graphicPortrait.
portraits.
Portraits.
Photographs.
Portraits.
Portraits.
Physical Description:
photoprint
approximately 60 photographs in 6 folders : gelatin silver prints ; sheets 20 x 26 cm or smaller.
Language:
English