Finding aid for the Allan Jones film stills 2540
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
2022 June
Doheny Memorial Library G4
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0185
ctlibarc@usc.edu
Note
This collection is housed with Collection #2530.
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Cinematic Arts Library
Title: Allan Jones film stills
Creator:
Jones, Allan, 1907-1992
Identifier/Call Number: 2540
Physical Description:
0.03 Linear Feet
1 folder
Date (inclusive): 1935-1943
Date: 1968
Abstract: Collection consists of film stills featuring American actor and musician Allan Jones.
Language of Material:
English.
Container: 1
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.
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.
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Rights Statement for Archival Description
Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Cinematic Arts Library
at ctlibarc@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Cinematic Arts Library as the owner of the physical
items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of MGM Studios' Publicity Department on the behalf of Allan Jones in 1968.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Allan Jones film stills, Collection no. 2540, Cinematic Arts Library, USC Libraries, University
of Southern California.
Collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Actors -- Photographs
Day at the races (Motion picture)
Firefly (Motion picture : 1937)
Larceny with Music (Motion picture : 1943)
Night at the opera (Motion picture)
One Night in the Tropics (Motion Picture : 1940)
Show boat (Motion picture : 1936)
Jones, Allan, 1907-1992 -- Archives