Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content
Access Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: American screen and theater : photographs and lobby cards,
Date (inclusive): 1914-1965
Date (bulk): (bulk: 1930-1949)
Collection number: Mss Photo 199
Extent:
4 linear ft.
(4 print boxes)
Repository:
Stanford University. Libraries. Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.
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.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
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.
Provenance
Originally part of the Stanford Libraries Theater Collection.
Preferred Citation:
American screen and theater : photographs and lobby cards. Mss Photo 199. Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University
Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Acquisition Information
Originally part of the Stanford Libraries Theater Collection.
Scope and Content
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.
Access Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Alda, Robert.
Angelus, Muriel, 1909-
Arden, Eve, 1912-
Ayres, Lew, 1908-
Barrymore, Lionel, 1878-1954.
Belasco, David, 1853-1931.
Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-
Bennett, Richard.
Bergman, Ingrid, 1915-
Blondell, Joan.
Boles, John.
Brazzi, Rossano, 1916-
Brown, Tom, 1913 Jan. 6-
Carlisle, Mary.
Connolly, Walter, 1887-1940.
Cornell, Katharine, 1893-1974.
Crabbe, Buster, 1908-
Crabbe, Larry.
Dell, Gabriel.
Devon, Laura.
Douglas, Melvyn.
Eagels, Jeanne, 1890-1929.
Gargan, William, 1905-
Golbeck, Willis.
Gorcey, Leo B., 1916-1969.
Hall, Huntz, 1920-
Halop, Billy, 1920-1976.
Haugan, Emil.
Hayden, Julie.
Hoctor, Harriet, b. ca. 1939.
Holden, Fay, 1893-1973.
Holliman, Earl, 1928-
Horman, Arthur T., 1904-
Howard, John, 1913-
Hunter, Ian, 1946-
Huntley, George P.
Hussey, Ruth, 1917-
Hutchinson, Josephine, 1904-
Jordan, Bobby.
Jurado, Katy.
Laye, Evelyn.
Lederer, Frances, 1910-1976.
Leslie, Joan, 1925-
Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957.
Lockhart, Kathleen.
Lorraine, Harriet.
Lubin, Arthur, 1901-
MacDonald, Jeanette, 1903-1965.
MacLane, Barton, 1902-1969.
Maharis, George.
Merivale, Philip, 1886-1946.
Morgan, Frank, 1933-
Nolan, Doris, 1916-
O'Hara, Maureen, 1920-
Parker, Cecilia, 1915-
Price, Vincent.
Punsley, Bernard.
Robinson, Edward G.
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935.
Rooney, Mickey.
Ruskin, Harry, 1894-1969.
Sheridan, Nancy.
Shirley, Anne, 1918-
Stone, Lewis, 1879-1953.
Taylor, Dwight, 1902-1986.
Van Riper, Kay.
Watson, Bobs.
Westley, Helen, 1879-1942.
Young, Annabella.
Young, Robert, 1907-
Curran Theater (San Francisco, Calif.)
Geary Theater (San Francisco, Calif.)
Motion picture actors and actresses.
Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.
Theater--United States--History--20th century.
Theater--California--San Francisco.
Theater--London.
Theater Collection.