Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Frank Sully papers
- Dates:
- circa 1920s – circa 1970s
- Creators:
- Sully, Frank
- Abstract:
- Frank Sully started his acting career in 1929 and appeared on stage, film and television. The collection consists of a small amount of scripts, photographs, biographical information, clippings, and contracts related to Sully's career.
- Extent:
- 1 linear feet (1 box and 1 flat box)
- Language:
- Materials are in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Frank Sully Papers (Collection 2249). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of materials related to the career of actor Frank Sully. Included are a small amount of scripts, photographs, clippings, residual payment stubs, contracts, and biographical information. The two scripts represent the motion pictures The Grapes of Wrath and Funny Girl. The photographs represent motion picture and television projects, many of which are not identified, and headshots of Sully. Additionally, there are a small number of professional photographs of his first wife and performer Gladys Edris Slycott (also known as Edris Purcell) and autographed photographs of performers. Residual stubs document his work at Columbia Pictures, Universal, and Warner Bros.
- Biographical / historical:
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Frank Sullivan, professionally known as Frank Sully and as Sully, was born in 1908 in St. Louis, Missouri. He began his career in Vaudeville in 1929. His stage work included Whoopee (1933), Midsummer Night's Dream (1934) and Kiss Me, Kate (1955). During World War II, Sully performed in U.S.O. Camp Shows. Much of his professional work was concentrated in film and television where he was frequently cast as folksy or villainous characters. In 1940, Frank Sully starred in the film adaption of Grapes of Wrath. Other film appearances include Let's Go Collegiate (1941), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), and Funny Girl (1968), among others. His many television credits include The Beverly Hillbillies, Colt .45, and The Virginian. He died December 17, 1975 in Woodland Hills, California.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mikell Ann Kemper, 2014.
- Processing information:
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- Arrangement:
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The collection is organized in loose alphabetical order by file title.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-10-31 14:12:52 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other 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:
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[Identification of item], Frank Sully Papers (Collection 2249). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988