Finding aid for the Booth Tarkington playbills collection 6161
Sue Luftschein
USC Libraries Special Collections
2018 August
Doheny Memorial Library 206
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, California 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
USC Libraries Special Collections
Title: Booth Tarkington playbills collection
Identifier/Call Number: 6161
Physical Description:
0.9 linear feet.
1 box
Date (inclusive): 1910-1926
Abstract: This 10 item collection consists of playbills for productions of plays by, or adapted from stories by, Booth Tarkington. Tarkington
is best remembered for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams", and is only one of
three American authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once.
Container: 1
Booth Tarkington is best remembered for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novels "The Magnificent Ambersons" and "Alice Adams", and
is only one of three American authors to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being William Faulkner
and John Updike). Tarkington's work was immensely popular in the 1910s and 1920s.
This 10 item collection consists of playbills for productions of plays by, or adapted from stories by, Booth Tarkington.
All productions were at theaters in New York City. Included is the Park Theatre's production of "Poldekin" starring Geroge
Arliss, September 27, 1920; Henry Miller's Theatre, "The Intimate Strangers" starring Billie Burke, December 5, 1921; Maxine
Elliott's Theatre, "Hello Lola!", based on Tarkington's novel and play "Seventeen", February 8, 1926; the Hudson Tehatre,
"Clarence", March 22, 1920; the New Amsterdam Theatre, "Monsieur Beaucaire", based on Tarkington's story, February 2, 1920;
the Park Theatre, "The Man From Home", starring William Hodge, February 14, 1910; the Liberty Theatre, "Magnolia", starring
Leo Carillo, August 27, 1923; the Empire Theatre, "Rose Briar", starring Billie Burke, February 19, 1923; the Booth Theatre,
"Seventeen", March 18, 1918; and the Frazee Theatre, "Tweedles", August 13, 1923.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Manuscripts Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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.
[Box/folder no. or item name], Booth Tarkington playbills collection, Collection no. 6161, Special Collections, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the American Literature book collection, August 2018.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Theaters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Archival resources
Playbills
Tarkington, Booth, 1869-1946 -- Archives