DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 1 of 5 pasc_0175_002_001 1975 January 25
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DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 2 of 5 pasc_0175_002_002 1975 January 25
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DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 3 of 5 pasc_0175_002_003 1975 January 25
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DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 4 of 5 pasc_0175_002_004 1975 January 25
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DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Reel 5 of 5 pasc_0175_002_005 1975 January 25
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DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Part 1 of 2 pasc_0175_002_006a undated
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DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Part 2 of 2 / Fragment of King Vidor Talk pasc_0175_002_006b undated
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DGA Arzner Tribute, Reel 1 and Reel 2 pasc_0175_002_007a undated
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DGA Arzner Tribute, Reel 3 pasc_0175_002_007b undated
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Dorothy Arzner At Diablo Valley College pasc_0175_002_008a 1976 October 13
Dorothy Arzner At Diablo Valley College pasc_0175_002_008b 1976 October 13
Clippings
Includes tributes to Dorothy Arzner, and commentary and announcements related to festivals featuring her films undated
Includes articles pertaining to women filmmakers in general with mention of Dorothy Arzner undated
Five (5) issues of "Camera: the Digest of the Motion Picture Industry" (fragile). Includes 1922, Vol. 5 no.'s 16, 24, 26, 28, 29 undated
Negatives
Sixty-nine (69) negatives of clippings in scrapbooks and photographs in this collection. Negs are numbered DA1-DA69. Availablity is marked on verso of photographs or on the page of scrapbooks. STORED IN Performing Arts Special Collections - NEGATIVE FILES undated
One (1) 8x10 negative of Dorothy Arzner with film strip, two (2) strips of La Quinta home, four (4) strips Morgan Dancers, one (1) strip of young Dorothy Arzner. six(6) contact strips of outings with friends undated
Personal sketches
Nine (9) pencil sketches, one (1) ink sketch (all unsigned). Orignal envelope labeled "Sketches by Dorothy Arzner and Marion Morgan" undated
Eight (8) items including seven (7) pencil sketches and one (1) pastel. Four (4) items signed D. Arzner undated
Personal photographs
Oversized portraits of Dorothy Arzner. Seven (7) items, (2) inscribed by Dorothy Arzner undated
One (1) oversize photograph labeled "Entrance Atrium 2249 Mountain Oak Dr. Home of Marion Morgan and Dorothy Arzner 1930 - 1951" undated
Forty (40) items including small snap shots of Dorothy Arzner and friends. Includes snap shot of Marlene Dietrich holding Dorothy Arzner's Siamese cat undated
Fifty-seven (57) items. Includes small photos of young Dorothy Arzner, family, and friends undated
Twenty (20) items. Includes photographs of Dorothy Arzner and family from childhood to adolesence undated
Twenty-one (21) items. Includes (1) portrait of a young Dorothy Arzner and Marion Morgan, two (2) snap shots of Dorothy Arzner bust by Alice Bush Lewis, and photos of older Dorothy Arzner at Diablo College undated
Fifteen (15) items including portraits of Dorothy Arzner early in her career undated
Twenty (20) items including photographs of Dorothy Arzner at work on various projects undated
Fifty-six (56) items. Includes several photographs sent to Dorothy Arzner by Marion Morgan from [Europe]. [Items are undated, possible date 1920's or 1930's].
(Dates unknown) Seventeen items including cards, letters and postcards. Includes (8) postcards from Aunt Emma addressed to Emma [Dorothy's middle name] and Dave undated
(1930'S - 1940's) Twenty-three items including postcards and letters to Dorothy Arzner undated
Forty-four postcards from Marion Morgan to Dorothy Arzner dates spanning circa 1920s - 1940s
Forty-three postcards from Marion Morgan to Dorothy Arzner circa 1930s
Ten (10) assorted letters, cards, and postcards to Marion Morgan mostly from 1971
Fifty-three (53) postcards, letters, cards, and telegrams. Condolences to Dorothy Arzner concerning the death of Marion Morgan undated
Seven (7) items including (2) coat of arms for Arzner, (1) Westlake School for Girls Record, death certificates for Dorothy Arzner, David Arzner, Mabel Arzner, and Lois Arzner undated
Scrapbooks
One (1) red scrapbook (fragile). Includes photos of young Dorothy Arzner, family, and friends undated
Three (3) items (fragile). One "Presented to Dorothy Arner from Joe Dill" includes small snap shots from "Old Ironsides". Two remaining include photos of Dorothy Arzner, family, and friends undated
"Dorothy Arzner Press Book", hand made (fragile), clippings 1926 - 1980
Stills
"ANYBODY'S WOMAN (1930, Paramount). Six (6) items including photographs of Dorothy Arzner at work undated
"BEHIND THE MAKE UP" (1930, Paramount). One (1) photograph of Fay Wray and William Powell undated
"THE BRIDE WORE RED" (1937, MGM). Twelve (12) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work, Joan Crawford, and Franchot Tone undated
"THE COVERED WAGON" (1923, Paramount). Three (3) photographs undated
"CRAIG'S WIFE" (1936, Columbia). Nine (9) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work, John Boles, Rosalind Russell, Billie Burke, and Mary McCall undated
"DANCE GIRL DANCE" (1940, RKO). Eleven (11) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work and home, Lucille Ball, and one inscribed photograph from James Anderson undated
"FASHION FOR WOMEN" (1927, Famous Players Lasky/Paramount). Three (3) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work undated
"FIRST COMES COURAGE" (1943, Columbia). One (1) photograph of Carl Esmond, Merle Oberon, and Brian Aherne undated
"GET YOUR MAN" (1934, Paramount). Eleven (11) photographs including shots of various scenes undated
"MANHATTAN COCKTAIL" (1928, Famous Players Lasky/Paramount). Six (6) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work undated
"MERRILY WE GO TO HELL" (1932, Paramount). Four (4) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work undated
"NANA" (1934, United Artists). One (1) photograph labeled "Anna Sten in the Samuel Goldwyn Production of NANA". Shows Dorothy Arzner at work undated
"OLD IRONSIDES" (1926, Paramount). Fifty-six (56) photographs including Dorothy Arzner working, Esther Ralston, Wallace Berry, George Bancroft, George Godfrey, and Charles Farrell undated
"TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS" (1927, Paramount). Four (4) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work undated
WAC'S TRAINING FILM (1944). Two (2) publicity stills of Dorothy Arzner with WACS World War II undated
WORKING GIRLS (1931, Paramount). Two (2) photographs including Dorothy Arzner with telephone operators, and Dorothy Hall and Judith Wood undated
Five (5) miscellaneous photographs. Includes (2) photographs of Billie Burke, (1) photograph of drapes in a hotel suite, (1) photograph of Charles the Second, and (1) unidentified group of actors undated
Tributes
Five (5) photographs from the Director's Guild Tribute to Dorothy Arzner. Includes Dorothy Arnzer, William Wellman, Fay Wray, Robert Wise, Daisy Gerber, Francis Ford Coppola, Lucien Ballard, Mary McCall, Jr., Margaret Lindsay, and Francine Parker undated
Two (2) programs: "Director's Guild of America A Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Pioneer Director". One with picture of Dorothy Arzner undated
Twenty-six (26) items. Correspondence to Dorothy Arzner about the Director's Guild Tribute. Includes telegrams and letters from Katherine Hepburn, Joan Crawford, Robert Young, Rosalind Russell, Fredric March, Lucille Ball, Frank Capra, and others undated
Fourteen programs for film festivals. (4) programs featuring Dorothy Arzner's work specifically. (10) programs featuring women film makers in general including Dorothy Arzner undated
Writings by Dorothy Arzner
"Starlight", [n.d.], 3 page writing philosophy on the influence of movies on people's lives undated
Four (4) studio biographies. (1) untitled, (1) Director's file Publicity, (1) M.G.M. Director's file, (3) M.G.M. Publicity Director's file - (1) annotated undated
Senior thesis, 91 pages. "What Is This We Hear - A Broad Is Gonna Direct?" by Deborah Derow May, 1976
"The Work of Dorothy Arzner: Towards a Feminist Cinema" edited by Claire Johnston. Published by the British Film Institute 1975
"Approaching the Art of Arzner" by Francine Parker, [n.d.], 14 pages undated