George Gray photograph albums, ca. 1912-ca. 1928 (bulk ca.1912-ca.1914), bulk Bulk, 1907-1917

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Summary

Creators:
Gray, George Guy
Abstract:
George Gray was an actor, director and makeup man for both film and television. The collection consists of five photograph albums including George Gray's silent film production stills, personal and family photographs. Additionally, there are a small numner of casting directories for silent films.
Extent:
3.0 linear ft. (5 flat boxes)
Language:
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], George Gray photograph albums (Collection PASC 283). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of five photograph albums including George Gray's personal and family photographs taken in California, Gray during his horse diving and vaudeville days, and three volumes of movie production stills. The stills include around 400 images representing over ninety films, many of them starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling, the Keystone Cops and other pioneer movie comedy greats, from Mack Sennett studios ca. 1912-1914. Additionally there are a small number of silent film casting directories.

Biographical / historical:

George Guy Gray's show business career began when as a teenager he worked as a memeber of the Dr. Carvers's Diving Horses show. Gray went on to work in vaudevilleand around 1912 he made his foray into motion pictures. In the early teens, he worked as an actor and director with Mack Sennett. Gray went on to work as a makeup artist in both film and television. George Gray died in the early 1960s.

Arrangement:

Motion picture stills arranged alphabetically by title.

Physical location:
Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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:

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UC Regents. 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 Gray photograph albums (Collection PASC 283). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988
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