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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Le Roy Prinz papers
Creator:
Prinz, Le Roy
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0102
Physical Description:
24.0 Linear Feet
(50 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1930-1968
Abstract: Dance choregorapher Le Roy Prinz began his career staging production numbers for Max Reinhardt and the Folies Bergére. He
moved into films in ca. 1929 and went on to work for Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount, and Warner Brothers. The collection consists
of motion picture stills, photographs, scripts, awards, and subject files related to Prinz' career.
Physical Location: Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical 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.
[Identification of item], Le Roy Prinz Papers (Collection PASC 102). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. Lee Baxter, 1985.
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Processed by UCLA Library Performing Arts Special Collections staff.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
4233618
Le Roy Prinz was born in St. Joseph, Missouri on July 14, 1895. He attended Northwestern University in the early 1920s and
served in the French Foreign Legion. Prinz later served with Edward Rickenbacher's Flying Tigers air squadron during WWI.
He began his career as choreographer for Max Reinhardt, the Folies Bergére, and other European companies before coming to
Hollywood in 1930 to work as a production assistant and then choreographer for Cecil B. DeMille. Prinz was dance director
for Paramount (1931-1941) and Warner Brothers (1942-1957) and choreographed numerous motion picture productions including
The Big Broadcast of 1936,
Road to Singapore (1940),
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1943),
Hollywood Canteen (1944),
April in Paris (1953), and
South Pacific (1958). He also directed a short subject,
Boy and His Dog, for which he won an Academy Award in 1948, and produced and choreographed many industrial films and benefit programs. Prinz
died in Wadsworth, California on September 15, 1983.
The collection consists of material related to the career of director and choreographer Le Roy Prinz. Includes motion picture
stills, photographs, scripts, awards, and subject files. Subject files contain photographic research, programs, clippings,
and notes used by Prinz for the production of dance numbers in motion pictures. Motion picture projects represented include
April in Paris ,
The Eddie Cantor Story ,
Night and Day,
Sayonara, and
South Pacific, among others. Also includes a small collection of stills of actor Warner Baxter, uncle of Mrs. Le Roy Prinz.
Arranged in the following series:
- Motion Picture Projects
- Stage Projects
- Independent Projects
- Personal Papers
Prinz, Le Roy and Irene Kahn Atkins.
Leroy Prinz / Interviewed by Irene Kahn Atkins. Hollywood: Directors Guild of America, 1979. Print. Available at the Arts Library, UCLA.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Choreographers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Los Angeles -- Archives.
Prinz, Le Roy -- Archives