Stella Stray papers
Catalogued by Gruchow, Megan
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Published September 2021
333 S La Cienega Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Abstract: The collection contains material retained by Stray in her role as a production accountant at Paramount and includes studio
manuals for classifying production costs and indirect expenses, some correspondence, reports, and internal studio documentation
of picture costs.
Collector:
Stray, Stella
Dates: 1915-1959
Collection number: 562
Collection Size:
1 linear ft. of papers
Repository:
Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
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Stella Stray papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Gift of Marc Wanamaker, 1995.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
The Stella Stray papers span the years 1915-1959 and encompass 1 linear foot. The papers consist of production and subject
files.
The production files contain press releases, publicity materials, and memos for films THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952), THE
LAW OF THE LAWLESS (1923), SEA HORSES (1926), and VOLCANO (1926).
The subject files contain financial documentation for Paramount Pictures, as well as release schedules and correspondence.
Stella Stray was a bookkeeper in Hollywood from the mid-1910s into the 1950s. Trained as a stenographer, she became secretary
to Cecil B. DeMille and Jesse L. Lasky. As a bookkeeper she worked in the accounting department at Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
and Paramount Pictures Corp.
1. Production files; 2. Subject files
Stray, Stella
Accounting