Guide to the American Screen and Theater Photographs and Lobby Cards MSS.PHOTO.0199

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives
2002 ; revised 2022
Green Library
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Language of Material: English
Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: American screen and theater : photographs and lobby cards
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.PHOTO.0199
Identifier/Call Number: 323
Physical Description: 4 Linear Feet (4 print boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1914-1965
Date (bulk): 1930-1949
Abstract: Includes 231 photographs and 231 lobby cards. Some of the photographs are signed by the stars. Many of the productions were performed in San Francisco's Curran and Geary theaters, some in New York and Los Angeles, and only one, "Wedding Bells," in London, 1920. The earliest photographs are from a production in Salt Lake City, "Back to the Country Store," 1914.

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Originally part of the Stanford Libraries Theater Collection.

Preferred Citation

[identification of item], American screen and theater photographs and lobby cards. MSS Photo 199. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Scope and Contents

Includes 231 photographs and 231 lobby cards. Some of the photographs are signed by the stars. Many of the productions were performed in San Francisco's Curran and Geary theaters, some in New York and Los Angeles, and only one, "Wedding Bells," in London, 1920. The earliest photographs are from a production in Salt Lake City, "Back to the Country Store," 1914.
The collection is filed alphabetically by name of production. Playwrights and screenwriters are searchable on the database, as are actors and actresses.

Conditions Governing Use

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Theater Collection.
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Theater -- London.
Theater -- California -- San Francisco.
Theater -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Boles, John
Halop, Billy
Hall, Huntz
Gorcey, Leo B.
Golbeck, Willis.
Holden, Fay
Hoctor, Harriet, b. ca. 1939.
Hayden, Julie.
Haugan, Emil.
Devon, Laura.
Dell, Gabriel.
Curran Theatre (Organization : San Francisco, Calif.)
Crabbe, Larry.
Geary Theatre (Organization : San Francisco, Calif.)
Gargan, William
Eagels, Jeanne, 1890-1929.
Douglas, Melvyn.
Lederer, Frances
Leslie, Joan
Jurado, Katy.
Laye, Evelyn.
Lorraine, Harriet.
Lubin, Arthur
Lockhart, Gene
Lockhart, Kathleen.
Howard, John
Hunter, Ian
Holliman, Earl
Horman, Arthur T.
Hutchinson, Josephine
Jordan, Bobby.
Huntley, George P.
Hussey, Ruth
Ruskin, Harry
Rooney, Mickey.
Shirley, Anne
Sheridan, Nancy.
Punsley, Bernard.
Price, Vincent.
Alda, Robert
Rogers, Will
Robinson, Edward G.
Nolan, Doris
Morgan, Frank
Parker, Cecilia
O'Hara, Maureen
MacLane, Barton
MacDonald, Jeanette
Merivale, Philip
Maharis, George.
Blondell, Joan.
Brazzi, Rossano
Brown, Tom
Carlisle, Mary.
Connolly, Walter
Cornell, Katharine
Crabbe, Buster
Westley, Helen
Angelus, Muriel
Young, Annabella.
Arden, Eve, 1908-1990
Young, Robert
Ayres, Lew
Barrymore, Lionel
Stone, Lewis
Belasco, David, 1853-1931
Taylor, Dwight
Bellamy, Ralph
Van Riper, Kay.
Bennett, Richard.
Watson, Bobs.
Bergman, Ingrid

box 1, folder 1

Ah, Wilderness 132789

Container Summary: 4 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Will Rogers
box 1, folder 2

Amazing Mr. Wiliams 132787 1939

Container Summary: 7 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Melvyn Douglas, Joan Blondell,
Dwight Taylor, playwright
box 1, folder 3

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever 132785

Container Summary: 6 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Ce
Kay Van Riper, playwright
box 1, folder 4

Angels with Dirty Faces 132783

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gabriel Dell, Huntz Hall, Bill
box 1, folder 5

Anna Christie 132781 1941

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ingrid Bergman
box 1, folder 6

Anne of Green Gables 132779 1934

Container Summary: 3 lobby cards
box 1, folder 7

As Good As Married 132777

Container Summary: 1 lobby card

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Doris Nolan, John Boles
box 1, folder 8

Autumn Crocus 132775 1934

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Frances Lederer, Julie Hayden
box 1, folder 9

The Bachelor Father 132773

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Harriet Lorraine, David Belasc
box 1, folder 10

Back to the Country Store 132771 1914

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Emil Haugan
box 1, folder 11

Ballet Revue 132769 1934

Container Summary: 3 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Harriet Hoctor
box 1, folder 12

The Barretts of Wimpole Street 132767

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974
box 1, folder 13

Battle of the Villa Fiorita 132765 1965

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Maureen O'Hara, Rossano Brazzi
box 1, folder 14

Belle of the Yukon 132763 1944

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 1, folder 15

Big Town Czar 132761 1939

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards
box 1, folder 16

Bitter Sweet 132759

Container Summary: 9 photographs
box 1, folder 17

Blackmail 132757

Container Summary: 6 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Husse
box 1, folder 18

Bridal Suite 132755

Container Summary: 8 lobby cards
box 1, folder 19

Broadway Serenade 132753

Container Summary: 3 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lederer, Charles
box 1, folder 20

Call A Messenger 132751 1939

Container Summary: 4 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Arthur T. Horman, playwright
box 1, folder 21

Calling Dr. Kildare 132749

Container Summary: 6 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Harry Ruskin & Willis Golbeck,
Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore
box 1, folder 22

Cardboard Lover 132747

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Jeanne Eagels
box 1, folder 23

Cinderella Jones 132745

Container Summary: 1 lobby card

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Joan Leslie, Robert Alda
box 1, folder 24

Cocktail Party 132743

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Vincent Price
box 1, folder 25

A Covenant With Death 132741 1966

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Laura Devon
George Maharis
Earl Holliman
Katy Jurado
box 1, folder 26

The "Crime" of Dr. Hallet 132739 1938

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hutchinson, Josephine
Ralph Bellamy
William Gargan
box 1, folder 27

Cynara 132737

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 1, folder 28

Cyrano de Bergerac 132735 1932

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Richard Bennett
box 2, folder 1

Danger on Wheels 132733 1939

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Richard Arlen, Andy Devine
box 2, folder 2

The Dark Angel 132731

Container Summary: 4 photographs
box 2, folder 3

Dark Passage 132729

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall
Daves, Delmer
box 2, folder 4

The Darling of the Gods 132727

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 2, folder 5

Day-Time Wife 132725

Container Summary: 7 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Art Arthur, playwright
Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell
box 2, folder 6

Dead End 132723

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 2, folder 7

Desert Song 132721

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 2, folder 8

Diamond Lil 132719

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

West, Mae
box 2, folder 9

Dishonored Lady 132717

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974
box 2, folder 10

Du Barry 132715

Container Summary: 12 photographs
box 2, folder 11

The Earl of Chicago 132713

Container Summary: 3 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Robert Montgomery
box 2, folder 12

Elizabeth the Queen 132711

Container Summary: 5 photographs
box 2, folder 13

Fast and Furious 132709

Container Summary: 6 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ruty Husseym, Ann Sothern, Fra
Kurnitz, Harry
box 2, folder 14

The Firebrand 132707

Container Summary: 5 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Joseph Schild Kraut
box 2, folder 15

Follow Thru 132705

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 2, folder 16

Frolic 132703 1934

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ruth Mix
box 2, folder 17

Golden Boy 132701 1930

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Francis Lederer, Betty Furness
box 2, folder 18

Goodnight Ladies 132699 1942

Container Summary: 4 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Buddy Ebsen, Vivian Austin, Sk
box 2, folder 19

Grand Hotel 132697 1932

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 2, folder 20

The Great Waltz 132695

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Johann Strauss, Jr.
box 2, folder 21

Gypsy Baron 132693

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

John Charles Thomas
box 2, folder 22

Happy-Go-Lucky 132691 1936

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Phil Regan, Evelyn Venable
box 2, folder 23

The Hardys Ride High 132689

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Johnson, Agnes Christine
Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney
box 2, folder 24

Havoc 132687 1922 or 1923

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 2, folder 25

Hawaiian Nights 132685 1939

Container Summary: 6 lobby cards
box 2, folder 26

Hearts of the World (film) 132683

Container Summary: 6 photographs
box 2, folder 27

High Stakes 132681 1924

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lowell Sherman, Robert Vivian
box 2, folder 28

His Girl Friday 132679 1939

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell
box 2, folder 29

Hit the Deck 132677

Container Summary: 5 photographs
box 2, folder 30

Hullabaloo 132675

Container Summary: 6 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Nat Perrin, playwright
Frank Morgan, Virginia Grey, D
box 2, folder 31

Hum Da Di Di 132673

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Maxine Mace, Allen Wood
box 2, folder 32

I Died A Thousand Times 132671

Container Summary: 15 lobby cards
box 2, folder 33

I Take This Woman 132669

Container Summary: 4 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

James Kevin McGuinness, playwr
Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr
box 2, folder 34

It's a Date 132667

Container Summary: 7 lobby cards
box 2, folder 35

It's a Wise Child 132665 1929 or 1930

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 3, folder 1

Journey's End 132663

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hugh Williams, Forrester Harve
box 3, folder 2

Jubal 132661 1956

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, R
box 3, folder 3

The Keeper of the Bees 132659 1935

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Neil Hamilton, Betty Furness,
box 3, folder 4

Kiss Me, Kate 132657

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 3, folder 5

Lady by Choice 132655 1934

Container Summary: 3 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Walter Connolly, May Robson, R
box 3, folder 6

Little Nellie Kelly 132653

Container Summary: 12 photographs
box 3, folder 7

Little Orchid Annie 132651

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 3, folder 8

Lucky Night 132649

Container Summary: 1 lobby card
box 3, folder 9

Lulu Belle 132647

Container Summary: 4 photographs
box 3, folder 10

Maisie 132645

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Robert Young, Ann Sothern
box 3, folder 11

The Man Who Came to Dinner 132643

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 3, folder 12

March of Time 132641 1939

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards, 1 informational flyer
box 3, folder 13

Marie Galante 132639 1934

Container Summary: 1 lobby card

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Ketti Gallian, Spencer Tracy
box 3, folder 14

Men in White 132637 1934

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Betty Lawford, Roger Pryor
box 3, folder 15

The Merchant of Venice 132635

Container Summary: 8 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Maude Adams, Charles Laughton
box 3, folder 16

The Merry Widow 132633 1940

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 3, folder 17

The Mighty Barnum 132631 1934

Container Summary: 1 lobby card
box 3, folder 18

Ten Miles of Heaven 132629

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 3, folder 19

Miracles for Sale 132627

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Robert young , Florence Rice
box 3, folder 20

Mountain Justice 132625 1937

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Josephine Hutchinson, George B
box 3, folder 21

Mrs. Moonlight 132623 1932

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Verder, Clara
box 3, folder 22

Mulatto 132621

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

James Kirkwood, Evelyn Streich
box 3, folder 23

Music is in My Heart 132619 1939

Container Summary: 7 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Tony Martin, Rita Hayworth
box 3, folder 24

Music is in the Air 132617

Container Summary: John Charles Thoms, Irra Petina
box 3, folder 25

Music is Magic 132615 1935

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards
box 3, folder 26

New Moon 132613

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 3, folder 27

Oh, Susanna 132611

Container Summary: 4 photographs
box 3, folder 28

On Moonlight Bay 132609 1951

Container Summary: 1 lobby card

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Doris Day, Gordon MacRae
box 3, folder 29

On the Spot 132607

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Anna May Wong
box 3, folder 30

Once in a Lifetime 132605

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 3, folder 31

One Hour to Live 132603 1939

Container Summary: 3 lobby cards
box 3, folder 32

The Outlaw 132601

Container Summary: Jean Harlow
box 3, folder 33

The Painted Veil 132599

Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 3, folder 34

Pardon Our Nerve 132597

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Lynn Bari
Robert Ellis, playwright
box 3, folder 35

Parrish 132595 1961

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Troy Donahue, Claudette Colber
box 3, folder 36

Peter Ibbetson 132593

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 3, folder 37

Peter Pan 132591

Container Summary: 6 photograghs
box 3, folder 38

Porgy and Bess 132589

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 3, folder 39

Prison Without Bars 132587 1939

Container Summary: 4 lobby cards
box 3, folder 40

Professor Beware 132585 1938

Container Summary: 1 lobby card

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Cunningham, Jack
box 3, folder 41

The Queen's Husband 132583

Container Summary: 5 photographs
box 4, folder 1

The Rains Came 132581 1939

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards
box 4, folder 2

Reaching for the Moon 132579 1931

Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 4, folder 3

The Red Mill 132577 1940

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Dorothy Stone, Charles Collins
box 4, folder 4

Rose Marie 132575

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 4, folder 5

Saint Joan 132573

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 4, folder 6

School for Scandal 132571

Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 4, folder 7

The Shanghai Gesture 132569

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Carter, Leslie, Mrs.
box 4, folder 8

She Loves Me Not 132567

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 4, folder 9

6000 Enemies 132565

Container Summary: 6 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Walter Pidgeon, Rita Johnson
box 4, folder 10

Small Town Girl 132563 1953

Container Summary: Dorothy Cooper, Dorothy Kinsley, screewriters

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Jane Powell, Farley Granger
box 4, folder 11

Song of Norway 132561

Container Summary: 4 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Muriel O'Malley, Jean Fenn, Jo
box 4, folder 12

Spencer's Mountain 132559 1963

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards
box 4, folder 13

Springtime for Henry 132557 1932

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Laura La Plante, Edward Everet
box 4, folder 14

Story to be Whispered 132555 1937

Container Summary: 1 photograph
box 4, folder 15

Stronger Than Desire 132553

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Virginia Bruce, Walter Pidgeon
box 4, folder 16

A Summer Place 132551 1963

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards
box 4, folder 17

Susan and God 132549

Container Summary: 5 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Joan Crawford, Fredric March
box 4, folder 18

Susan Slade 132547 1961

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards
box 4, folder 19

Tattle Tales 132545

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Felix Young, Barbara Syanwyck
box 4, folder 20

Tea for Two 132543 1950

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Doris Day, Gordon MacRae
box 4, folder 21

These Glamour Girls 132541

Container Summary: 3 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Jane Hall, Marion Parsonnet, s
box 4, folder 22

Three Fates 132539 1957

Container Summary: 9 photographs, informational sheet

Subjects and Indexing Terms

M. Sidorkin, producer
box 4, folder 23

Three Live Ghosts 132537 1929

Container Summary: 5 photographs
box 4, folder 24

The Time of Your Life 132535

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Eddie Dowling, Julie Haydon
Saroyan, William, 1908-1991
box 4, folder 25

Too Busy to Work 132533 1938

Container Summary: 6 lobby cards
box 4, folder 26

Top of the Hill 132531

Container Summary: 3 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Helda Vaughn, Anderson Lawler,
box 4, folder 27

Tovarich 132529 1937

Container Summary: 2 photographs, 2 sheets (6 photos on each)
box 4, folder 28

Tropic Fury 132527 1939

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Richard Arlen, Andy Devine
box 4, folder 29

Up In Arms 132525

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Samuel Goldwyn, playwright
Danny Kaye, Dinah Shore
box 4, folder 30

The Vagabond King 132523 1942

Container Summary: 9 photographs
box 4, folder 31

The Vinegar Tree 132521 1931

Container Summary: 1 photograph

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Warren William
box 4, folder 32

The Waltz King 132519 1943, 1944

Container Summary: 2 photographs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Richard Bonelli, Marjorie Cook
box 4, folder 33

Wedding Bells 132517 1920

Container Summary: 3 photographs
box 4, folder 34

White Cargo 132515 1925

Container Summary: 2 photographs
box 4, folder 35

For Whom the Bell Tolls 132513 1957

Container Summary: 1 lobby card

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1960
Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman
box 4, folder 36

Winner Take All 132511 1939

Container Summary: 7 lobby cards
box 4, folder 37

The Wiser Sex 132509 1932

Container Summary: 1 lobby card
box 4, folder 38

The Witness Vanishes 132507 1939

Container Summary: 5 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Robertson White, screenwriter
box 4, folder 39

The Wonder Bar 132505

Container Summary: 3 photographs, 2 sketches
box 4, folder 40

Young Blood Hawke 132503 1964

Container Summary: 2 lobby cards

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Herman Wouk, novelist
Suzanne Pleshett, Genevieve Pa