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Elmer Clifton Collection, ca. 1910s-1920s
P-059
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Title: Elmer Clifton Collection, ca. 1910s-1920s
Dates: 1915-1925
Collection Number: P-059
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Extent: 5.38 linear foot (Boxes: 2 letter, 1/2 letter, 2 flat, 1 ov)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, California 90007-4057
Abstract: Primarily albums, postcards and negatives. Albums contain movie stills relating to the career of silent screen star and director
Elmer Clifton, including photos for the 1922 film "Down to the Sea by the Ships."
Language of Material: English
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Elmer Clifton Collection, ca. 1910s-1920s. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
County
Biography/Administrative History
Clifton appeared in D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" and" Intolerance."
Scope and Content of Collection
Primarily albums, postcards and negatives. Albums contain movie stills relating to the career of silent screen star and director
Elmer Clifton, including photos for the 1922 film "Down to the Sea by the Ships." Also 16-page typescript of Clifton's reminiscences
on D.W. Griffith. Location shots taken in India, Southeast Asia, New Zealand and other locales). Some photos picture Clifton's
cameraman, Alexander Penrod. See also P-26 Motion Picture Collection
Silent films.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Clifton, Elmer, 1890-1949