Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- George Halasz scrapbooks
- Dates:
- ca. 1922-ca. 1929
- Creators:
- Halasz, George
- Abstract:
- George Halasz was a theatrical critic for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, under the column, The Curtain Rises. Additionally, he wrote features for Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and the Saturday review of Literature. In 1935 Halasz moved to Hollywood and became a script reader and writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other studios. The collection consists of four scrapbooks containing published articles written by Halasz.
- Extent:
- 0.8 linear ft. (2 flat boxes)
- Language:
- and English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], George Halasz Scrapbooks (Collection 1910). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of four scrapbooks containing published writings from newspapers and magazines by George Halasz. Included are columns from Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Curtain Rises as well as other newspapers such as the New York Herald Tribune, The New York Times, and Vanity Fair.
- Biographical / historical:
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George Halasz was born in Hungary. He came to the United States in 1921 and was theatrical critic for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, under the column, The Curtain Rises. Additionally, he wrote for Vanity Fair, the New York Times, and the Saturday review of Literature. He became a translator of the plays of Hungarian writer, Ferenc Molnar and also wrote an unpublished biography about the playwright. In 1935 Halasz moved to Hollywood and became a script reader and writer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and other studios. In 1955 he opened the Mercury Book Store in Beverly Hills specializing in psychoanalytic literature. He died in Los Angeles in June, 1990.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of C. Sari Halasz, 2002.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Theater critics--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2013 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2014-11-25T11:43-0800 . Supplementary encoding and revision by Caroline Cubé using Notetab Pro.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the 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], George Halasz Scrapbooks (Collection 1910). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988