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Title: Virginia Brown Faire papers,
Date (inclusive): 1918-1977
Date (bulk): (bulk 1918-1929)
Collection number: 281
Creator: Faire, Virginia Brown 1904-1980
Extent: 1 boxes (.5 linear ft.)2 oversize flat (1.5 linear ft.)
Abstract: Actress Virginia Brown Faire appeared in over forty silent film productions. The collection consists of photographs and scrapbooks
related to her career.
Language: Finding aid is written in English.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Performing Arts Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Performing
Arts Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
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[Identification of item], Virginia Brown Faire papers (Collection 281). Performing Arts Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
Virginia LaBiuna was born June, 26 2004 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She used her stepfather's name of Brown when she entered and won
the 1919 Motion Picture Classic "Fame and Fortune" contest. For a short time she used the name Virginia Faire, but later decided
to reclaim the name Brown. She moved to California to begin her acting career at the age of sixteen. She appeared in over
forty silent film productions such as
Without Benefit of Clergy (1921),
Monte Cristo (1922),
Peter Pan (1924) and
The Temptress (1926). She was married to Jack Dougherty, producer Duke Worne and businessman William Bayer. Although the transition to
talking pictures was not easy, she continued to act through 1934. Her marriage to Bayer coincided with her retirement from
the screen, although she appeared in industrial films and did some radio work in Chicago. Virginia Brown Faire died of cancer
June, 30 1980 in Laguna Beach, CA.
Collection consists of photographs and scrapbooks related to the career of actress Virginia Brown. The bulk of the collection
dates between 1918-1929, but also includes a 1977 interview transcript with Faire. Photographs include portraits and movie
stills from films including
Omar the Tentmaker (1922),
The Cricket on the Hearth (1923) and
Chip of the Flying U (1926) among others. Scrapbooks include press clippings of reviews and publicity for Faire's motion picture projects. Also
includes a small number of Faire's Engagement contracts.
Arranged in the following series:
- Contracts
- Interviews
- Motion Picture Stills
- Photographs
- Scrapbooks
- Writings by Others
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Faire, Virginia Brown, 1904-1980 -- Archives.
Motion picture actors and actresses -- Archival resources.
Film stills.