Container List

Two (2) audio cassette tapes: "At Diablo Valley College, 13 Oct 1976", "DGA Tribute to Dorothy Arzner", n.d. Five (5) magnetic audio reels, "Dorothy Arzner Tribute", n.d.

Includes tributes to Dorothy Arzner, and commentary and announcements related to festivals featuring her films.

Includes articles pertaining to women filmmakers in general with mention of Dorothy Arzner.

Five (5) issues of "Camera: the Digest of the Motion Picture Industry" (fragile). Includes 1922, Vol. 5 no.'s 16, 24, 26, 28, 29.

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.

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.

Nine (9) pencil sketches, one (1) ink sketch (all unsigned). Orignal envelope labeled "Sketches by Dorothy Arzner and Marion Morgan".

Eight (8) items including seven (7) pencil sketches and one (1) pastel. Four (4) items signed D. Arzner.

Oversized portraits of Dorothy Arzner. Seven (7) items, (2) inscribed by Dorothy Arzner.

One (1) oversize photograph labeled "Entrance Atrium 2249 Mountain Oak Dr. Home of Marion Morgan and Dorothy Arzner 1930 - 1951".

Forty (40) items including small snap shots of Dorothy Arzner and friends. Includes snap shot of Marlene Dietrich holding Dorothy Arzner's Siamese cat.

Fifty-seven (57) items. Includes small photos of young Dorothy Arzner, family, and friends.

Twenty (20) items. Includes photographs of Dorothy Arzner and family from childhood to adolesence.

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.

Fifteen (15) items including portraits of Dorothy Arzner early in her career.

Twenty (20) items including photographs of Dorothy Arzner at work on various projects.

Fifty-six (56) items. Includes several photographs sent to Dorothy Arzner by Marion Morgan from [Europe]. [Items are not dated, 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.

(1930'S - 1940's) Twenty-three items including postcards and letters to Dorothy Arzner.

(1970'S) Forty-three letters, cards, and post cards to Dorothy Arzner. Includes personal and professional work related correspondence. One Christmas card from Marion Morgan dated Christmas 1969.

(1920's - 1940's) Forty-four postcards from Marion Morgan to Dorothy Arzner dates spanning 1920's - 1940's.

(1930's) Forty-three postcards from Marion Morgan to Dorothy Arzner dates spanning 1930's.

(1971) Ten (10) assorted letters, cards, and postcards to Marion Morgan. Most dated 1971.

Fifty-three (53) postcards, letters, cards, and telegrams. Condolences to Dorothy Arzner concerning the death of Marion Morgan.

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.

One (1) red scrapbook (fragile). Includes photos of young Dorothy Arzner, family, and friends.

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.

"Dorothy Arzner Press Book", hand made (fragile). Clippings spanning 1926 - 1980.

"ANYBODY'S WOMAN (1930, Paramount). Six (6) items including photographs of Dorothy Arzner at work.

"BEHIND THE MAKE UP" (1930, Paramount). One (1) photograph of Fay Wray and William Powell.

"THE BRIDE WORE RED" (1937, MGM). Twelve (12) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work, Joan Crawford, and Franchot Tone.

"THE COVERED WAGON" (1923, Paramount). Three (3) photographs.

"CRAIG'S WIFE" (1936, Columbia). Nine (9) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work, John Boles, Rosalind Russell, Billie Burke, and Mary McCall.

"DANCE GIRL DANCE" (1940, RKO). Eleven (11) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work and home, Lucille Ball, and one inscribed photograph from James Anderson.

"FASHION FOR WOMEN" (1927, Famous Players Lasky/Paramount). Three (3) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work.

"FIRST COMES COURAGE" (1943, Columbia). One (1) photograph of Carl Esmond, Merle Oberon, and Brian Aherne.

"GET YOUR MAN" (1934, Paramount). Eleven (11) photographs including shots of various scenes.

"MANHATTAN COCKTAIL" (1928, Famous Players Lasky/Paramount). Six (6) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work.

"MERRILY WE GO TO HELL" (1932, Paramount). Four (4) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work.

"NANA" (1934, United Artists). One (1) photograph labeled "Anna Sten in the Samuel Goldwyn Production of NANA". Shows Dorothy Arzner at work.

"OLD IRONSIDES" (1926, Paramount). Fifty-six (56) photographs including Dorothy Arzner working, Esther Ralston, Wallace Berry, George Bancroft, George Godfrey, and Charles Farrell.

"TEN MODERN COMMANDMENTS" (1927, Paramount). Four (4) photographs including Dorothy Arzner at work.

WAC'S TRAINING FILM (1944). Two (2) publicity stills of Dorothy Arzner with WACS World War II.

WORKING GIRLS (1931, Paramount). Two (2) photographs including Dorothy Arzner with telephone operators, and Dorothy Hall and Judith Wood.

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.

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.

Two (2) programs: "Director's Guild of America A Tribute to Dorothy Arzner Pioneer Director". One with picture of Dorothy Arzner.

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.

Fourteen programs for film festivals. (4) programs featuring Dorothy Arzner's work specifically. (10) programs featuring women film makers in general including Dorothy Arzner.

"Starlight", [n.d.], 3 page writing philosophy on the influence of movies on people's lives.

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.

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.