Description
The Research Materials on Lya de Putti and Lois Moran Collection consists of 1 manuscript box. The collection contains Albert
J. Guérard's materials on Lya de Putti, a Hungarian silent screen star whom he met in 1924. Included are correspondence with
Lois Moran, a young American actress that was in Paris in the 1920s who did one film with Lya de Putti, publicity photographs
and photocopies of articles about Lya de Putti, transcripts of correspondence between AJG and de Putti's daughters and other
people who were connected with her, and transcripts of interviews. There are also 5 articles or excerpts of works written
by AJG which illustrate his use of de Putti in fiction and non-fiction and a biography of de Putti written by P. Herzog and
R. Tozzi and dedicated to AJG. AJG's own comments on the collection and its usefulness are also included in the collection
and cited in the finding aid.
Background
Albert Joseph Guérard (1914- ) is an emeritus professor of English at Stanford University and a novelist. In 1924 he went
with his family to spend his father's sabbatical year in Paris. During Christmas vacation, Guérard's mother took him to Davos,
Switzerland, where he met the Hungarian silent film star Lya de Putti, who took the 10 year-old Albert to a ball. This encounter
was woven into several of Guérard's writings,. AJG's interest in de Putti and her life was revived upon seeing her obituary
in 1931.
Restrictions
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.