Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
View entire collection guide What's This?
Search this collection
Collection Details
 
Table of contents What's This?
  • Descriptive Summary
  • Access
  • Publication Rights
  • Preferred Citation
  • Acquisition Information
  • Biography
  • Arrangement of the Collection
  • Indexing terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Abstract: The collection includes correspondence; clippings; writings by Bellamy; miscellaneous papers; the playscript, "Strictly Dishonorable," by Preston Sturges; scrapbooks; and photographs.
    Collector: Bellamy, Madge
    Dates: 1888-1989
    Collection number: 334
    Collection Size: 6 linear ft. of papers
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication Rights

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.

    Preferred Citation

    Madge Bellamy papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Southern California Library for Social Studies and Research, 1993-1994.

    Biography

    Madge Bellamy was an American actress active in film from 1920 to 1935. Although she attained considerable popularity in the 1920s, contractual disputes led to her being employed only fitfully in the 1930s. In 1943 she regained headlines when she was involved in a shooting.

    Arrangement of the Collection

    1. Production files; 2. Stage files; 3. Subject files; 4. Writings

    Indexing terms

    Bellamy, Madge
    Actresses