Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Allan Jones film stills
- Dates:
- 1935-1943, 1968
- Creators:
- Jones, Allan, 1907-1992
- Abstract:
- Collection consists of film stills featuring American actor and musician Allan Jones.
- Containers:
- Box: 1
- Extent:
- 0.03 Linear Feet 1 folder
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Allan Jones film stills, Collection no. 2540, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection consists of film stills featuring American actor and musician Allan Jones. The stills are composed of two from A Day at the Races (1937), fifteen from A Night at the Opera (1935), seven from The Firefly (1937), three from Show Boat (1936), three from One Night in the Tropics (1940), and three from Larceny with Music (1943). Additionally two 1968 letters, one from Allan Jones' representation and one letter from MGM Studios' Publicity Department, that were sent to Robert Knutson about Jones' materials.
Originally part of the Ethel Barrymore Memorial Theatre Arts Collection at the University of Southern California Library 100 Series, and was labeled 100-25.
- Biographical / historical:
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Allan Jones (1907-1992) was an American actor and musician whose career spanned from the 1930s through 1980. Jones was best known for his roles as the romantic lead in the Marx Brothers' films A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of MGM Studios' Publicity Department on the behalf of Allan Jones in 1968.
- Processing information:
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Collection is unprocessed.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Actors -- Photographs
- Names:
- Jones, Allan, 1907-1992 -- Archives
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-08-04 10:56:12 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Advance notice required for access.
- Terms of access:
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- Preferred citation:
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[Box/folder no. or item name], Allan Jones film stills, Collection no. 2540, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.
- Location of this collection:
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Cinematic Arts LibraryDoheny Memorial Library, Room G4Los Angeles, CA 90089-0185, US
- Contact:
- (213) 740-8383