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
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.
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[Identification of item], George Gray photograph albums (Collection PASC 283). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
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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.
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.
Motion picture stills arranged alphabetically by title.
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
Box 2
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3
Box 3
Box 2
Box 1
Box 2
Box 1
Box 3
Box 2
Box 2
Box 2