George Gray photograph albums, ca. 1912-ca. 1928; bulk ca.1912-ca.1914

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Title: George Gray photograph albums
Collection number: PASC 283
Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 3.0 linear ft. (5 flat boxes)
Date (bulk): Bulk, 1907-1917
Date (inclusive): ca. 1912-ca. 1928 (bulk ca.1912-ca.1914)
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.
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.
Creator: Gray, George Guy

Restrictions on Access

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Preferred Citation

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

Biography

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.

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.

Organization and Arrangement

Motion picture stills arranged alphabetically by title.

UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 5220359 

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gray, George Guy -- Archives.
Actors -- California, Southern -- Photographs.
Photograph albums.

Box 5

Standard Casting Directory. 1929.

Box 5

Voice of the Screen casting directory. 1928.

Box 5

Loose photographs (possibly intended for a scrapbook). [ca. early 1900s].

Box 4

Scrapbook of what appears to be personal photographs. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 5.
Box 4

Scrapbook pages of clippings and photographs. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 4.
Box 3

Across the Alley. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 68, 69, 70, 71.
Box 2

At Twelve O'Clock. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 5, 8.
Box 3

Auto Tires. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 96, 97.
Box 3

Baby Day. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 51, 52.
Box 2

Baby Day. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, page 124.
Box 3

Bad Game (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 143, 144, 145, 146.
Box 2

Bad Game (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 93, 100.
Box 3

Bangville Police. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 1, 2, 3.
Box 2

Bangville Police (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26.
Box 3

Barber (The). [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, page 16.
Box 1

Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 135, 136.
Box 3

Billy Dodges Bills. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 73, 74.
Box 2

Bowling Match (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, page 121.
Box 1

Bowling Match (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 71, 72, 79, 80.
Box 1

Cab Driver (The). no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 143.
Box 2

Champion (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 65, 66, 67, 68, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92.
Box 1

Champion (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 76, 77, 78, 81, 82, 83.
Box 1

Cure that Failed (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 19
Box 2

Doctor (The). no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51.
Box 1

Double Wedding (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 18
Box 1

Drummer's Vacation (A). [ca. 1912].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Box 1

Ebenezer Goes to Town. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 4.
Box 3

Fatty at San Diego. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104.
Box 3

Fatty Joins the Force. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 129, 130, 131, 132, 133.
Box 3

Fatty's Day Off. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 45, 46, 47, 48.
Box 2

Fatty's Flirtation. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 94, 95, 96, 97.
Box 1

Flirt (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 86, 87.
Box 2

Flirt's Mistake (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, page 70.
Box 2

Foiling Fickle Father. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 3, 4, 31, 32, 33, 34.
Box 1

For Lizzie's Sake. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 27.
Box 1

Foreman of the Jury (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages
Box 1

Game of Poker (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 146, 147, 148.
Box 1

Game of Pool (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 108.
Box 2

Gusher (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 103, 104.
Box 1

Gusher (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 48, 49, 50, 89, 90.
Box 3

Gusher (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 140, 141, 142.
Box 1

Gypsy. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128.
Box 3

He Would a Hunting Go. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 29, 30, 31, 32, 33.
Box 1

He Would a Hunting Go. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 84, 85?.
Box 2

Healthy Neighborhood (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 109, 110.
Box 3

Healthy Neighborhood (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 81, 82, 83, 84.
Box 1

Help Help Hydrophobia. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 145.
Box 1

Her New Beau. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 36, 37.
Box 1

Hide and Seek. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44.
Box 2

His Chum the Baron. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 35, 36, 37, 38.
Box 3

His Sister's Kids. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 136, 137, 138, 139.
Box 1

His Wedding Day. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 45, 46.
Box 3

Horse Thief (The). no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 118, 124, 125.
Box 1

How Hiram Won Out. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 23.
Box 2

In the Clutches of a Gang. [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, page 71.
Box 3

Janitor (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 77, 78, 79, 80.
Box 1

Jealous Waiter (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 28, 29.
Box 2

Jenny's Pearls. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 57, 58, 59, 60.
Box 2

Jewish Soldier (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 27, 28.
Box 1

Just Brown's Lunch. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 25, 26, 31.
Box 1

Kelp Industry. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 100.
Box 1

Landlord's Troubles (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 20.
Box 3

Law and Dynamite. [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39.
Box 2

Little Hero (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, page 12.
Box 3

Lovesickness at sea. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 93, 95.
Box 1

Mabel's Adventures. [ca. 1912].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 5, 8, 9.
Box 2

Mabel's Awful Mistake. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 17, 18.
Box 1

Mabel's Dramatic Career. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 95, 96, 98, 99.
Box 1

Mabel's Lovers. [ca. 1912].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 1.
Box 1

Mabel's New Hero. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 104, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110.
Box 1

Mabel's Strategy. [ca. 1912].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 21, 22.
Box 2

Mabel's Bear Escape. [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132.
Box 2

Mabel's Stormy Love Affair. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 72, 73, 85, 86.
Box 1

Melodrama. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 21, 22.
Box 3

Milk We Drink (the). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 112, 113.
Box 2

Misplaced Foot (A). [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 99, 101, 102.
Box 1

Misplaced Foot (A). [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 91, 92, 93.
Box 3

Mother's Boy. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 61, 62, 63, 64.
Box 1

Mr. Ford Sterling - portrait. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 11.
Box 2

Muddy Romance (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 105, 106.
Box 3

Muddy Romance (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, page 119.
Box 1

New Conducter (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 33, 34.
Box 1

Noise from the Deep (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 129, 130.
Box 1

Pat's Day Off. [ca. 1912].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 10.
Box 1

Professor Bean's Removal. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122.
Box 3

Quiet Little Wedding (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92.
Box 3

Raffles. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 120, 121, 122, 123
Box 3

Rebecca's wedding day. [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Box 2

Red Hot Romance (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45.
Box 3

Ride for a Bride (A). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 126, 127, 128
Box 1

Riot (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 101, 102, 111, 112.
Box 3

San Francisco Fire Department. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 134, 135.
Box 3

Schnitz the Tailor. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, page 66.
Box 2

Schnitz the Tailor. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 119, 120, 122.
Box 1

Schnitz the Tailor. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages
Box 3

Sea Dago. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 75, 76
Box 3

Small Town Act (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 108, 109, 111.
Box 3

Some Nerve. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 147, 148, 149, 150, 151.
Box 2

Some Nerve. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, page 98.
Box 1

Speed Kings. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages
Box 2

Speed Kings. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118.
Box 1

Speeders (The). no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 139, 140, 141, 144
Box 2

Tangled Revenge (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 53, 54, 55, 56.
Box 1

Taxicab (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 113, 114, 115, 116.
Box 1

Tell Tale Light (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 131, 132.
Box 2

That Dark Town Belle. [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, page 20.
Box 2

That Ragtime Band. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 15, 16.
Box 3

Their Husbands. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, page 72.
Box 2

Those Good Old Days. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 1, 2, 29, 30.
Box 2

Toplitsky and Company. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 9, 10, 11.
Box 2

Twixt Love and Fire. [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 13, 14.
Box 1

Two Widows (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 43.
Box 2

Under Sheriff (The). [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, page 74.
Box 2

Ups and Downs. no date.

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, page 19.
Box 1

Waiter's Picnic (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, pages 137, 138, 142.
Box 2

War in a Closet/Now in a Closet. [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 61, 62, 63, 64, 69, 81, 82, 84.
Box 3

War in a Closet/Now in a Closet. [ca. 1914].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 23, 24.
Box 3

What Father Saw. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58.
Box 3

When Dreams Come True. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 49, 50.
Box 2

When Dreams Come True. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 123, 125, 126.
Box 3

Willie Minds the Dog. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 58, 60.
Box 3

Wine. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 114, 115, 116, 117.
Box 3

Woman Haters (The). [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, page 105.
Box 3

Zuzu, the Band Leader. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 3, pages 106, 107.
Box 2

Zuzu, the Band Leader. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 2, pages 107, 108.
Box 1

Zuzu, the Band Leader. [ca. 1913].

Additional Note

In Scrapbook 1, page 53.