This collection contains set still books for the 20th Century-Fox Corporation with photographs of movie sets for 229 films, dating from 1937 to 1954.
Collection consists of publicity, press releases and programs associated with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' annual Academy Awards ceremony.
This collection includes press packets, publicity stills, posters and lobby cards for the marketing of motion pictures from the 1930s through the 1990s, donated by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
This collection contains photographs, scripts, promotional materials, and posters related to television programs of the 20th century as collected by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Library.
This collection consists of clippings, articles, and information collected by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on television series from about the 1950s to the 1990s.
This collection includes publicity stills and other photographs, slides, and stills for the marketing of motion pictures and theatre productions from the 1910s through the 1990s, from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Beverly Hills location.
This collection consists of the serially issued books "The Players Directory," the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences directory for finding actors.
This collection consists of English actor Brian Aherne (1902-1986) scripts, papers, and newspaper clipping related to productions that he performed in. Aherne was in both English and United States movies, stage plays, radio shows, and television series from the 1920s...
This collection consists of the scripts used by Korean American actor Philip Ahn (1905-1978). Ahn has over 180 acting credits, often playing Chinese or Japanese characters. A few of his roles include parts in "Hawaiian Eye," "Hawaii Five-O," "Kung Fu,"...
Collection consists of materials belonging to American film director, producer, and screenwriter Robert Aldrich (1918-1983).
This collection consists of papers of actor, writer, composer, lyricist, and author Steve Allen (1921-2000). It includes promotional material, business correspondence, television scripts for The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956-60) and The Tonight Show. Several screenplays are also included.
This collection consists of the production papers, photographs, video tapes, and press clippings related to the production and development of the motion picture Fraternity Roy (1977) from American screenwriter and film producer Charles Gary Allison (1938-2008).
This collection consists of the scripts of the television sitcom series "Almost Perfect," which ran from 1995 to 1996.
This collection consists of the American Film Institute's videotape recordings of films from the 1930s and 1940s.
This collection consists of the American Film Institute's videotape recordings of films from the 1950s.
This collection consists of film stills and photographs from the American Film Institute.
This collection consists of alphabetical files of clippings that mention movies, television series, and programs from the 1970s to the 1990s. These clippings were collected by the American Film Institute, the nonprofit film organization created to preserve the legacy of...
This collection contains reference scripts from various television programs given to USC by the American Film Institute.
This collection consists of the video tapes of the television show "American Snapshots" from the 1980s.
This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter Edward Anhalt (1914-2000), dating from 1949 to 1969. Materials include scripts and related items for thirty films and television programs (several unproduced).
This collection contains the papers and recordings of American radio commentator John J. Anthony (1902-1970). Materials include transcripts, audio recordings, scripts, and files from several programs on which either Anthony hosted or was featured.
Collection consists of handbills, posters, and theater programs from silent film screenings in various cinemas in Argentina.
This collection consists of the scripts of American actor Richard Arlen (1899-1976).
This collection consists of LP vinyl records for the Armed Forces Radio program.
This collection consists of the sheet music of French American composer Leo Arnaud, including the song used as the theme for the Olympic Games, "Bugler's Dream".
This collection contains drafts of Steps in Time, the autobiography of American actor and dancer Fred Astaire (1899-1987), first published in 1959. Materials reflect the work at various stages and include handwritten and typed drafts, notes, proofs, and galleys.
This collection consists of the scripts of American actress Eleanor Audley (1905-1991). Audley acted in animated features, television series, film, Broadway, and radio programs.
This collection contains the papers of American entertainers Jim Backus (1913-1989) and Henny Backus (1911-2004). Materials include scripts of nineteen movies, scripts of fourteen segments of The Jim Backus Show ("Hot Off the Line") radio program; script of the 1967...
Collection consists of stills and photographs, from 15 films and 20 stage plays; scripts of 15 stage plays and 6 television shows in which the actress Fay Bainter (1892-1968) appeared. Also includes personal documents, clippings and correspondence.
This collection consists of music scores and manuscripts of film composer Mischa Bakaleinikoff (1890-1960).
This collection consists of promotional one sheets (27x41), three sheets (41x81), six sheets (81x81), pressbooks, and window cards of various films released from the 1940s through the 1990s.
This collection consists of the scripts of American producer, writer, and director Bob Banner (1921-2011).
This collection consists of the papers of American radio broadcaster Joseph M. Barnett (1900-1978).
Collection consists of a 1879 playbill from a Clara Louise Kellogg operatic performance at the McVicker's Theater in Chicago, Illinois.
This collection consists of American producer and writer, Hans Beimler's collection of VHS tapes, scripts, and other papers for television series and movies that he worked on. Programs represented in this collection include "TekWars," "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine," and...
This collection consists of the audiotapes related to the Max Steiner Music Society and its founder, American author and ufologist Albert K. Bender (1921-2016).
This collection consists of film trailers.
This collection consists of radio program, film, and television show scripts of ventriloquist and actor Edgar Bergen (1903-1978), as well as ephemera such as certificates. Bergen's most popular ventriloquism character was Charlie McCarthy.
This collection contains music scores and sketches, audio and video, office records and other related materials created during the life and career of Elmer Bernstein.
This collection consists chiefly of materials related to the acting career of American actor Charles Bickford (1891-1967), covering the period 1925 to 1967. Materials include stills, magazine and newspaper clippings and publicity, and programs and ephemera from Bickford's work in...
This collection consists of financial records for the Biltmore Theater, which once stood in Los Angeles, California.
This collection contains production files, contracts, music scores, press clippings, and videotapes of television series and specials produced by Steve Binder between about 1977 and 2005.
This collection consists of various 8mm and Super 8 films from distributor Blackhawk Films' catalog.
This collection consists of the set drawings of American set designer Bob Blum. Artwork includes sketches, paintings, and watercolors.
Collection consists of a 1936 letter from English writer and playwright W. Somerset Maugham to Mrs. H.F. Boesche.
Ray Bolger sheet music collection contains materials related to American actor, singer, dancer, vaudevillian, and stage performer Ray Bolger (1904-1987).
The Sonny Bono papers consist of television scripts, production records, film reels, photographs, memorabilia, and personal materials belonging to musician and politician Sonny Bono. Also included are scripts from television programs produced by George Schlatter and written by his collaborators...
This collection consists of various television program and TV movie scripts from 1939-1986.
This collection consists of music scores from American composer, pianist, arranger, and conductor, Scott Bradley (1891-1977). Bradley is best remembered for scoring the MGM Cartoon Studio theatrical cartoons, including "Tom and Jerry."
This collection contains photographs, clippings, audio discs, and production materials from movie, television, and theater projects of German director John Brahm (1893-1982), dating from the 1920s to the 1960s and chiefly for American projects.
Collection consists of acetate recordings of The Life of Riley radio show, from 1944 to 1951, from screenwriter Irving Brecher (1914-2008).
This collection consists of Broadway show vinyl LP records for shows from the 20th century.
This collection consists of 19 boxes including over 1000 vinyl LP records of soundtracks from various films from the 1940s to the 1990s.
This collection consists of two boxes of newspapers, magazines, and other news publications related to the trial of O.J. Simpson. It also includes two boxes of press books for film releases from the 1960s to the 1970s.
This collection consists of photographs, as well as wardrobe and production information, for the television series "Our Family Honor," which had one season from 1985-1986.
This collection contains more than 1800 press kits for American releases of movies and television shows, chiefly from the 1980s and 1990s, collected by NBC Today Show correspondent Jim Brown (1932-2017).
This collection consists of signed and unsigned photographs of various Hollywood actors.
This collection consists of the professional and personal materials of American Associated Press journalist Jerry Buck (1931-2016).
Collection consists of U.S. State Department Passport File and an FBI file on American actor Burt Lancaster.
This collection contains the papers of American actress Billie Burke (1885-1970) including 50 radio scripts, 3 television scripts, lobby cards for three films (1917-1919), press clippings, three scrapbooks, and photographs including personal photographs and 240 production stills from films.
This collection contains papers and recordings reflecting the work of radio and television personalities and actors George Burns (1896-1996) and Gracie Allen (1902-1964) from 1931-1959. Collection consists of scrapbooks, clippings, publicity, photographs, publications, audio recordings, 16mm films of the Burns...
This collection consists of scripts of American comedy writer Jay Burton (1916-1993). This collection includes sketches and scripts for The Texaco Star Theatre, The Buick-Berle Show, The Perry Como Show, The Julius Larosa Show, and 11 volumes of monologues for...
This collection includes 13 books of plays belonging to actor Henry Sedley along with 4 other plays.
This collection consists of the papers and recordings of American conductor and composer John Cacavas (1930-2014).
Collection consists of one group photograph of silent picture personalities taken at Norma Talmadge's beach house in Playa del Rey in 1926 with an accompanying identification list and letter from Paul Calvert, studio electrician for Warner Bros. Studios.
Collection consists of scripts and editing logs for the television program .
Collection consists of photographs and clippings of Ethel Barrymore and the Barrymore family in addition to a 1909 Actor's Fund of America letter.
The Marvin and Mary Carlock Fireside Theatre scripts collection consists of scripts and reels of 16mm film from the television series , from 1949-1954. Scripts are present at the Cinematic Arts Library while film reels are housed at the USC...
This collection consists of binders with slides of promotional film stills from motion pictures produced by the American independent production company Carolco Pictures (1976-1995). There is also a set of microfilm containing financial records for Carolco from the 1990s.
This collection includes recorded television interviews belonging to American film and stage producer Allan Carr (1937-1999).
This collection contains production materials pertaining to the work of American actress and comedian Pat Carroll (born 1927) in television and movies dating from 1967 to 1975.
Collection contains the papers of production designer Rick Carter (b. 1952), who frequently works with directors Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg. Movies represented in this collection include and .
Collection consists of meeting minutes, business correspondence, publications and grant materials associated with Cassyd's time with the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
This collection consists of the papers of publicist Esme Chandlee (1918-2012). These papers include information on events, awards, and appearances for her clients. Notable clients included Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, James Stewart, and Spencer Tracy.
This collection consists of movie scripts for films worked on by musical supervisor Saul Chaplin (1912-1997) in the 1950s.
This collection contains scripts for the single-season television sitcom "Duffy's Tavern (1954) of actress Pattee Chapman (1926-2011), who played Miss Duffy on the show. Miss Duffy's parts are often circled in pencil in the scripts. There is also a VHS...
This collection consists of the videotapes, scripts, and production information of American assistant director, Paul Chavez.
This collection consists of the scripts and production information of American still photographer Linda Chen.
This collection consists of framed painted portraits of actors, actresses, and prominent figures in cinema. Previews of portraits are shown on the outside of some boxes.
This collection consists of promotional cinema posters for motion pictures from around the 1950s through the 1990s.
This collection consists of Thomas Clagett's manuscripts, interview audio, books, film stills, and photographs relating to his book on director William Friedkin, "William Friedkin: Films of Aberration, Obsession and Reality" (1990).
This collection consists of the papers of art director and production designer Robert Clatworthy (1911-1992). Materials include scripts, location photographs, film stills, sketches, storyboards, set designs, and architectural information for films that he worked on.
This collection consists of Cable News Network (CNN) research files into television series, film, and other related topics. These files include research notes, photographs, and articles.
This small collection contains miscellaneous items related to the Barrymore family of actors primarily collected by Samuel Colt (died 1986), the son of Ethel Barrymore, dating from 1911 to 1959.
This collection is composed of business records and clippings related to the operation of Columbia Amusement Co. Santa Rosa, CA theaters.
This collection consists of publicity materials for movies from Columbia Pictures. Materials include correspondence, clippings, radio promotion materials, screening and premiere information, and other press files.
This collection includes production stills, costuming notes, and costume illustrations from various film projects worked on by American costume designer Renié.
This collection consists of television scripts for shows and series featuring actor Chuck Connors (1921-1992); scrapbooks of clippings and publicity materials; awards and plaques; instrumental score for The Rifleman; and political files pertaining to Richard Nixon.
This collection contains photocopies of continuity scripts for nearly 200 feature films, dating from the late 1920s to the 1990s. Continuity scripts are used for editing films in various ways, such as for dialogue or music.
This collection contains correspondence, scripts, scores, playbills, scrapbooks, and a variety of production files related to the stage and film career of Gladys Cooper (1888-1971).
The John Cork collection contains a wide variety of both produced and unproduced material related to the James Bond phenomenon. Primarily, the collection focuses on the James Bond films from 1962 (Dr. No) until 2002 (Die Another Day), and their...
Collection consists of 26 progress photographs of sculptor Harry Jackson's John Wayne equestrian sculpture.
This collection contains the papers of Canadian born television and Broadway producer Pierre Cossette (1923-2009). The collection includes scripts, stage designs, contracts, press releases, actor headshots and resumes, video tapes, budgets, the Grammy Awards, personal papers, and drafts of his...
This collection consists of six scrapbooks relating to films in which actor Joseph Cotten (1905-1994) appeared; includes miscellaneous stills and photographs. The collection covers 1931-1962. The scrapbooks subjects include Citizen Kane (RKO, 1941) and The Magnificent Ambersons (RKO, 1942); publicity,...
Collection consists of song lyrics for Later Than Spring from Coward's 1961 musical and accompanying letter.
This collection contains the papers of American director George Cukor (1899-1983), covering the years 1932-1963. Materials include telegrams, correspondence, photographs, stills and a television script for "This is Your Life" honoring Bessie Love (1965). The majority of the correspondence is...
This collection consists of the scripts of American television director Marc Daniels (1912-1989).
This small collection contains set designs and related production files of American set designer and art director John Dapper (born 1923). There are files for thirteen projects, chiefly films, dating from 1957 to 1984.
This collection consists of vinyl LP recordings of the American radio sitcom "The Amos 'n' Andy Show," which ran from 1928 to 1960.
This collection contains the papers of American songwriter and lyricist Mack David (1912-1993). Materials include approximately 550 pieces of sheet music dating from 1924; screenplays and miscellaneous material including budgets, correspondence, contracts, and advertising brochures relating to several films. Along...
This collection consists of 2" broadcast quadruplex magnetic tapes and 16mm broadcast kinescope film reels of The David Susskind Show and other television programs produced by Susskind and his production company, Talent Associates, Ltd. The majority of materials are episodes...
This collection includes the scripts and episode treatments of American television writer and producer Elias Davis.
This collection consists of scripts and production material for the 1969 television production of Arsenic and Old Lace by writer Luther Davis (1921-2008). It includes drafts of the television script, a model of the set for the television production, reviews...
This collection consists of clippings, scrapbooks, vaudeville photo album, musical arrangements, posters, awards, stills from stage, motion pictures, and television covering the period 1925-1974 from actor Billy De Wolfe (1907-1974). There are also miscellaneous scripts from his stage appearances including...
This collection contains the papers of American television and film actor Don DeFore (1913-1993). Materials include 31 screenplays, 9 reels of TV film, 16 radio transcriptions of late 1940s programs. Also included are movie magazines, publicity materials, playbills, pressbooks, clippings,...
Collection consists of clippings, correspondence, playbills, photographs, film stills, and political materials associated with American actor and legislator Albert Dekker (1905-1968).
This collection chiefly consists of scripts, awards, scrapbooks, and a small group of papers of American film director and producer Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959).
Collection consists of scripts and essays written by director, writer, producer William C. DeMille (1878-1955) and his wife writer Clara Beranger (1886-1956). Also includes clippings, playbills, correspondence, and miscellaneous production materials covering the years 1896-1953.
This collection consists of scripts, publicity materials, books, sheet music, magazines and photographs that feature actor Gary Cooper (1901-1961), collected by Glenn DeMots.
This collection consists of radio, film, and television actor Andy Devine's (1905-1977) scripts for "The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok" from 1951-1957, as well as Devine's collection of vinyl LP records.
This collection consists of two 16mm reels from the 1939 New York World's Fair donated by Gene Diamond.
This collection consists of the animation festival programs and industry catalogs of American animator and producer Ron Diamond, and his associated businesses Animation World Network and Acme Filmworks.
This collection consists of one-sheet posters for publicity of films produced by Diana Films, a production company in Mexico. These films include "El miedo no anda en burro" (1976), "Duro pero seguro" (1978), "Tonta tonta pero no tanto" (1972), "La...
The Brett Dicker collection contains collected materials from Dicker's 23-year career in marketing and promotions for Walt Disney Pictures, as well as earlier work with United Artists and MGM.
This collection contains production files for twelve American film projects of German director William Dieterle (1893-1972), dating from 1936 to 1950. The files chiefly include production and wardrobe stills, research files, and outlines.
This collection consists of digital pressbooks for various motion pictures and television programs.
This collection consists of documentary film stills from the 20th century organized in alphabetical order. Some of these documentary films include "The Cry of Jazz" (1959), "Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street" (1996), "The City That Stopped Hitler: Heroic...
Walter Doniger (1917-2011) was an American writer, producer, and director. This collection includes project files, scripts, research materials, and personal records.
This collection includes theatre programs and costume illustrations from projects worked on by American performing arts producer James A. Doolittle (1914-1997) at various venues, copies of the periodical Dance News, and materials related to Doolittle's time running the Greek Theater...
This collection consists of choral recordings and tapes made by the St. Luke's Choristers, founded in 1930 by William Ripley Dorr. It also includes stills from films in which Choristers appeared.
This collection consists of scripts from American screenwriter William Drake (1899-1965) for films he wrote during the 1930s.
This collection consists of photographs, scripts, personal diaries, and notebooks of American actress Claire Dubrey (1892-1993). Dubrey appeared in more than 200 films between 1916 and 1959, most notably during the silent film era.
This collection contains the motion picture and television of American composer George Duning (1908-2000).
This collection contains the papers of American actor Irene Dunne (1898-1990) and chiefly consists of press clippings, photographs and film stills, and business files related to her movie career.
Collection consists of notes for each film that writer, director, producer Philip Dunne (1908-1992) worked on; 5 reels of taped self-interviews; working copies of 15 novels adapted for the screen.
This collection consists of lobby cards, which are a mix of movie posters and pictures of actors starring in the film.
This collection consists of approximately 200 scripts and transcriptions of the radio programs of comedian and actor Jimmy Durante (1893-1980), dating from 1943 to 1947.
This collection consists of Dan Duryea's papers and scrapbooks with photographs and newspaper clippings, scripts, and contracts. Duryea (1907-1968) was an American actor both on stage and in films and television series. This collection includes his work on television series...
This collection consists of sheet music, photographs, awards, scrapbooks, and concert programs from the career of American baritone singer and actor Nelson Eddy (1901-1967).
This collection consists of the papers, records, and realia of Austrian-born doctor and sculptor Dr. Maximilian Edel. Edel was physician to film director Ernst Lubitsch and composer Igor Stravinsky.
This collection consists of scripts, production information, and music scores from American composer, arranger, and associate producer of film Roger Edens (1905-1970). Edens was associate producer for a number of musical films, including "On the Town" (1949), "Show Boat" (1951),...
This collection includes the papers of American author, editor, and biographer George Eells (1922-1995). Materials include research documents, interview transcripts, and newspaper clippings for his books.
This collection consists of scrapbooks, audio recordings, and photographs of American actress Sally Eilers (1908-1978).
This collection consists of the sheet music and arrangements of Romanian-born actor and film composer of Carli Elinor (1890-1958).
Collection consists of scripts, clippings, and tapes from the career of American television and film writer and producer Robert Enders.
Collection consists of correspondence, photographs, realia, clippings, and other papers belonging to American writer, director, and producer Howard Estabrook (1884-1978).
This collection consists of three theatre scrapbooks compiled by William Eytel.
Collection consists of scripts written by frequent George Schlatter production collaborator Gene Farmer.
This collection contains the papers and scrapbooks of actor William Farnum (1876-1953). Materials include play scripts, personal photographs, theater programs, handbills, correspondence, clippings, and publicity materials.
This collection consists of The Film Daily newspaper publications, bound in book form. This publication ran from 1918 to 1970 and contained film industry news, film revisions, and union information.
This collection consists of film slides from movies by studios such as Warner Brothers, Twentieth Century Fox, Columbia, United Artists, MGM, ITC Entertainment, Paramount, Universal, Orion, and DreamWorks Pictures.
This collection consists of film soundtracks and radio show recordings on both LP vinyl records and cassette tapes.
This collection consists of scripts and some related production files for 44 episodes of the television series "I Spy" used by Morton Fine (1916-1991) in his role as a producer and writer on the show.
This collection from American director and producer Bob Finkel (1918-2012) contains scripts and videotapes. Scripts include those for the People's Choice Awards, the Emmy Awards, "Circus of the Stars," and more. Videotapes include recordings of shows that Finkel worked on,...
This collection consists of the music sheets and arrangements of American composer and orchestra leader Ted Fio Rito (1900-1971).
This collection contains scripts for more than 120 various episodes from approximately 20 radio shows broadcast by CBS in 1945 and 1946. The scripts were collected at the time by Alan Fisch (1928-2015), a student at the University of Southern...
This collection consists of production materials related to the career of American film director Richard O. Fleischer (1916-2006). The production materials include scripts, call sheets, storyboards, concept art, photographs, and research notes.
This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter, playwright, producer, and director Theodore J. Flicker (1930-2014). The papers include playscripts, playbills, recordings of performances, correspondence, and scrapbooks.
This collection consists of scripts of French-American director Robert Florey (1900-1979). Florey directed episodes in television series including "The Magical World of Disney," "Four Star Playhouse," "The Twilight Zone," and "The Loretta Young Show."
This collection contains the papers of American stage and film actress Helen Ford (1894-1982) and her husband, theatrical manager George Ford (1879-1974), with the bulk dating from the 1920s to 1950s. Materials include press clippings, playbills, photographs, and scrapbooks chiefly...
This small collection contains papers of American music producer and biographer Hugh Fordin (1935-2019), primarily relating to his book, "The World of Entertainment! Hollywood's Greatest Musicals: The Freed Unit at MGM" (1975) about Arthur Freed (1894-1973) and his MGM musicals...
This collection consists of foreign film scripts from the 20th century. Many of the scripts included are of French origin.
This collection consists of scripts, correspondences, and clippings of American screenwriter and film producer Carl Foreman, CBE (1914-1984).
This collection consists of American film producer David Foster (1929-2019) expenses, scripts, videotapes, and photographs. Foster created films such as "The Fog" (2005) and "The River Wild" (1994), included in this collection. Foster graduated from the University of Southern California's...
This collection contains scripts for various American sitcom television shows of the late 1990s-early 2000s, which were acquired by Bill Fraley in his capacity as camera coordinator or technical coordinator, including "Mad About You" and "Yes, Dear."
This collection consists of scripts, storyboards, and a few newspaper clippings from the work of American film and television director John Frankenheimer (1930-2002).
Collection consists of portions of the score of composer Franz Waxman's oratorio.
This collection includes the storyboard sketches and contact prints of behind the scenes photographs of the motion picture (1984) from Australian director Richard Franklin.
This collection contains scripts and production information compiled by set decorator and art director Fred Price (1927-2015) for twelve television and film projects dating from 1975 to 1980. There is a script for each project and most titles also have...
Arthur Freed was an American lyricist and producer, best known for his MGM musical productions of such films as "An American in Paris", "Singin' in the Rain", "Meet Me in St. Louis", and "Gigi". This collection comprises primarly film files...
This collection consists of realia and clippings of Paramount Pictures studio head Y. Frank Freeman (1890-1969).
Collection consists of photocopied pages of two 1913 letters to English actress Ellen Terry from her son Gordon Craig about the death of dancer Isadors Duncan's two children.
Fred Freiberger (1915-2003) was an American film and television writer and producer. This collection includes production reports, various writers' files, and episode treatments and scripts for Star Trek and Ben Casey with dates ranging from 1956-1969. Some of Freiberger's own...
Collection consists of the books, tapes, DVDs, and papers belonging to author and media arts historian Anne Friedberg (1952-2009).
This small collection contains the papers of American casting director Phil Friedman (died 1974). The collection includes books, casting directories, photographs, studio publicity shots, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, and miscellaneous articles. Much of the material reflects Friedman's work as a casting...
This collection consists of the scripts and music scores of the production company Ed Friendly Productions.
This collection consists of the videotapes and papers of American television producer Ken Fritz.
This collection consists of scripts from casting director and actress Jean Sarah Frost. She was in films and television series including "Goodbye, Norma Jean" (1976) and "Annie Hall" (1977). She was a casting director for films and television series including...
This collection contains the papers of American writer and producer Bryan Fuller. Materials include scripts, video, audio, production information, and notes for television series and a movie. Television series include "Star Trek: Voyager," "Pushing Daisies," "Carrie," "Dead Like Me," and...
This collection includes scrapbooks, awards, and scripts of films featuring American actor Clark Gable (1901-1960).
This collection contains the papers and scrapbooks of American film writer and director Tay Garnett (1898-1977), including screenplays, scripts, and scrapbooks.
This collection contains scripts, budgets, and various files related to the production of the Dean Martin Show, dating from 1965 to 1969.
This collection consists of the television scripts of American actor Dick Garton (1913-1980).
This collection consists of the scripts and awards of American associate director Sam Gary.
This collection includes production files, distribution reports, invoices and other business records related to the television programs and motion pictures produced on the General Services Studio lot from 1919 to circa 1966.
This collection contains scripts chiefly for the radio and television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" received from television writer Ben Gershman (1907-1995).
This collection consists of the scripts of American assistant director Richard Gershman.
This collection consists of scripts and videotapes for shows and films written and produced by Steve Gethers (1922-1989). These include made-for-television films and shows like "The Bing Crosby Show," "The Farmer's Daughter," and "The Jean Arthur Show."
This collection consists of motion picture posters painted in Ghana. Movie posters are painted on canvas or cloth sacks.
This collection contains scripts and production files for the American crime television show Remington Steele (1982-1987), received from co-creator, writer, and executive producer Michael Gleason (1938-2016).
Collection consists of a list of acting credits and professional headshots of American actor Roy Glenn.
Ernest D. (Ernie) Glucksman (1902-1979) was an Austrian-born American writer, director, and producer known for his work in comedy. This collection includes production files, film and television pitches, correspondence, screenplays, notes, and a small amount of personal files.
This collection consists of music scores for American composer and songwriter Billy Goldenberg's (1936-2020) work in film and television. Some of these music scores include "Around the World in 80 Days" (1989), "Atlanta Child Murder" (1985), "Kane and Abel" (1985),...
The Leonard H. Goldenson collection documents the activities of the American Broadcasting System network in the United States and its interests outside of the country. The collection includes memoranda, correspondence, reports, speeches, reports, policy statements, scant photographs, and a small...
Collection consists of the production files and books of American film and television production manager, and writer Stanley Goldsmith (1904-1972).
This collection consists of the sheet music of American composer William Goldstein.
This collection consists of blueprints for the production studios of American-Polish film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1882-1974). Goldwyn was a co-founder of Paramount Pictures, co-founder of Goldwyn Pictures which was later bought and combined with other studios to create Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),...
This collection consists of scripts of American producer and writer Richard Gollance (1950-2019). Scripts are prefaced with a shooting schedule. Gollance worked on the television series "Beverly Hills 90210," "Falcon Crest," and "Knots Landing."
This collection consists of fan collected material on actor Kevin Costner (born 1955). It includes correspondence between fans as part of the Kevin Costner Fan Club, photographs, newspaper clippings, magazine clippings, and binders of photographs collected of Kevin Costner.
This collection contains scripts, monologues, production notes, and a few small film reels of television spots that were written by the American screenwriting and producing team of Hal Goodman and Larry Klein ranging from 1946 to 1969.
This collection consists of Marsha Goodman's videotapes, audio recordings, and correspondence regarding the television series "Hawaii Five-O" (1968-1980).
This collection chiefly contains set design drawings by American movie set designer and art director Stephen Goosson (1889-1973) for various films Goosson worked on from the 1920s to the 1940s.
This collection contains scripts for radio and television programs produced between 1946 and 1981. The scripts were collected by contributing comedy writer Al Gordon (1923-2012).
This collection consists of the papers of American writer and producer Bernard Gordon (1918-2007), including scripts, personal papers, books, floppy disks, photographs, and personal finance records. Gordon was a blacklisted writer who often wrote screenplays under the name Raymond T....
This collection contains the papers of Freeman Gosden (1899-1982) and Charles Correll (1890-1972), the creators of radio, television, and film blackface sitcom characters Amos 'n' Andy.
This collection consists of the sheet music and arrangements of film score composer, Gilbert Grau (1908-1969).
This collection contains television scripts, production files, and videotapes of the work of American television director Walter Grauman (1922-2015).
This collection consists of scripts for the television series "Green Acres," which ran from 1965 to 1971.
This collection consists of Charlotte Greenwood (1890-1977) scripts, photographs, newspaper clippings, playbills, and music scores. Greenwood (1890-1977) was an American actress in theater, film, and radio, who performed in the stage play "Out of this World" (1950-51) and as Aunt...
This collection contains material related to the books and films of writer, Mollie Gregory (1937-2022). It includes notes, audiotapes, videotapes, scripts, and manuscripts for works including "Women Who Run the Show," "Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story," and her work with...
This collection consists of correspondences, drawings, articles, photographs, and the business dealings of the Los Angeles Theatre, the Tower Theatre, and the Cameo Theatre. These theatres were all once owned by H. L. Gumbiner.
This collection contains nine scrapbook journals kept by Alma Rau Haebel (1896-1979) documenting her visits to the theater over more than six decades, beginning as a girl in New York City in 1908 and later in Los Angeles, California (1941-1969)....
This collection consists papers from composer Karl Hajos (1889-1950). Materials include music scores, clippings, and scripts for films for which he composed the music.
This collection consists of the papers of American director, producer, and writer Jack Haley Jr. (1933-2001). Materials include scripts, awards, correspondence, contracts, budgets, and other production information for films and television programs.
This collection contains television scripts, often annotated by writer Robert Hamner (1928-1996), for series including Lost in Space (1967), Mission Impossible (1968), A Man Called Shenandoah (1966), Run For Your Life (1967), The Fugitive (1965), Hawaiian Eye (1962), My Friend...
This collection consists of the scripts for the television program (1985-1986).
This collection consists of a scrapbook of signatures and event ephemera from the estate of the president of the Cosmopolitan Dinner Club, Agnes B. Hardy.
This collection consists of the sheet music and arrangements of American composer, musician, and music arranger Joe Harnell (1924-2005).
This collection contains the papers of actress Betty Harte (1883-1965) including original short stories, photographs, posters, and scrapbooks.
Collection consists of Frank Sinatra memorabilia, recordings of live performances, and commercial recordings compiled by Charles "Chuck" Harter (1934-2003).
Collection consists of a commemorative envelope from the Ford's Theatre in Washington D.C. belonging to Swedish actress Signe Hasso.
This collection consists of the photographs, film music scores, scripts, and videotapes of American composer and orchestrator Jack Hayes (1919-2011).
This collection contains a notebook kept by costume designer Edith Head (1897-1981) for the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969). The three-ring binder includes copies of sketches, fabric samples, costume plot, and screenplay.
Mark Hellinger (1903-1947) was an American journalist, theatre columnist, writer, and film producer associated with Universal. This collection includes business records, employment contracts, financial records, annotated scripts, and project files associated with Hellinger's work as a producer.
This collection consists of the set drawings and photographs of American set designer, Hjalmar Hermanson (1907–1994).
This small collection contains photographs and ephemera related to the acting careers of Gloria Williams (1903-1979) and her husband Walter Hiers (1893-1933). Hiers was a comic silent film actor and Williams was a contract player who had small roles from...
This collection consists of the scripts and schedules of American commercial, film, and television actor Joe Higgins (1925-1998).
This collection contains scripts written by Canadian-American screenwriter John C. Higgins (1905-1995). There are also crime research notes and papers that he used to create his murder mystery movies.
This collection consists of Charles Higham's (1931-2012) research and papers for his biographies and investigative journalism. Higham was an English journalist and biographer who moved to the United States in 1969. He wrote biographies of celebrities as well as books...
This collection consists of the papers of Charles Higham (1931-2012). Materials include research and papers for his biographies and investigative journalism, including newspaper clippings, interviews, and videotapes.
This collection consists of scripts from the television program Space Patrol, by American writer and actor Maurice "Maury" Hill.
This collection consists of the scripts and papers of American cinematographer and cameraman William Hines. The papers include notes and clippings for story ideas and research for books about cinematography. Projects highlighted in the script collection include the television series...
Collection consists of Rotary Photographic Company actress portrait postcards.
This collection contains screenplays and outlines for a small number of projects worked on or collected by American television screenwriter Jean Holloway (1917-1989). Projects include the movie Jaws (1974), an episode of Gunsmoke (1974), and 14 episodes of the television...
This collection consists of film stills of various Hollywood films.
This collection contains press kits, production stills, and publicity information for films that were received by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association for films that might be considered for their Golden Globe awards. This includes films such as Riot on Sunset...
This collection consists of the video tapes of the television show "Hollywood Insider," which ran from 1985-1995.
This collection consists of papers collected for the never-built Hollywood Museum from film and television producer, director, and actor Hal Roach (1892-1992); film producer Sol Lesser (1890-1980); actor William Farnum (1876-1953); and editor and author Pete Martin (1901-1980). Items include...
This collection consists of photographs used by The Hollywood reporter, an entertainment magazine that started in 1930. This includes photographs of awards, directors, animation, people, movies, and tv shows.
This collection consists of bound volumes of ranging from 1934-1987.
This collection consists of the scrapbooks of American set designer, playwright, and production designer George Hopkins (1896-1985).
This collection contains the papers of American actor, director, and writer, Dennis Hopper (1936-2010). Items in the collection include scripts, clippings, photographs, awards, correspondence, memorabilia, VHS tapes, DVDs, and promotional materials related to Hopper's life and career.
This collection contains scripts for the "House" television series (seasons 1-8), which aired on the Fox network from 2004 to 2012.
Extensive collection of film music, television music, and related materials by musician/composer James Newton Howard from 1987 to the present.
This collection consists of the scripts, production information, photographs, and realia of American radio, television, and film producer Sandy Howard (1927-2008).
Collection is composed of letters from various actress friends and acquaintances of Russian-born fashion photographer George Hoyningen-Huene.
This collection consists of scripts and drafts from various television programs associated with Universal Television productions and Roy Huggins - Public Arts Productions.
This collection contains newspaper clippings, press kits, press releases, correspondence, and periodicals related to film and television ranging from around 1950 to 1969, collected or written by film and television newspaper columnist Hal Humphrey.
This collection contains scripts for television programs, collected by American camera operator and writer Ken Hunter, ranging in date from 1974 to 1988.
This collection contains the papers and scrapbooks of actor Roger Imhof (1875-1958), including a scrapbook, photos, clippings, scripts, and various theater programs.
This collection contains production material for the movie, The Chairman (1969), produced by Arthur P. Jacobs (1922-1973).
This collection consists of the papers of University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts critical studies professor David James.
This collection contains film scores composed by French composer Maurice Jarre (1924-2009) including "The Collector" (1965), "Dr. Zhivago" (1965), "Is Paris Burning" (1966), "Night of the Generals" (1967), and "The Fixer" (1968). There are also musical scores for songs composed...
This collection consists of music arrangements for American singer and actress Fran Jeffries' (1937-2016) performances in shows and films. Jeffries was in the films "The Pink Panther" (1963), "Sex and the Single Girl" (1964), and "Harum Scarum" (1965).
The collection consists primarily of television scripts from the with Johnny Carson. The remainder of the collection consists of other forms of script-related material including: correspondence, clippings, treatments, photographs, as well as scripts that were never performed. Containing material from...
Collection consists of film stills featuring American actor and musician Allan Jones.
Collection consists of cast lists and memos for the various film and television projects worked on by casting director Caro Jones (1923-2009).
This collection consists of the photographs, artwork, and papers of makeup artist, Newton J. Jones (1908-1983), known professionally as Newt Jones.
This collection contains the papers of Glenn Jordan (born 1936), an American film, television, and theater director and producer. The papers include theater, film, and television production and legal materials, press clippings, promotional materials, and photographs. From 1961-1983 Jordan worked...
This collection consists of materials from photographer Mac Julian (1901-1970). Materials include film stills, scripts, two scrapbooks, and photographs.
Collection consists of materials related to the Los Angeles television station KABC-TV.
This collection consists of Dr. Bernard Kantor's collection of files, student papers, colleague papers, and photographs. Dr. Kantor was the Chair of the Department of Cinema at the University of Southern California from 1964 to 1974.
This collection consists of one 16mm black and white print of the television program "You Bet Your Life" donated by California state assemblyman and attorney Walter J. Karabian.
This collection consists of the papers and film reels of American actor Roscoe Karns (1891-1970).
This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter Millard Kaufman (1917-2009) and chiefly consists of film scripts dating from the late 1940s to mid 1960s.
Collection consists of photographs and clippings of American theatre and film actress Madge Kennedy.
Collection consists of published silent film music belonging to pianist Olive King Lindsay.
This collection consists of scripts and video tapes of American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor Randal Kleiser (born 1946).
This collection consists of scripts by various screenwriters and produced by different production companies. Gertrude Hartfield Kline's relationship to the materials is undetermined.
This collection contains the papers and tapes of film critic and historian Arthur Knight (1916-1991).
This collection consists of materials collected by film location manager and auditor James "Jim" Koehler, including production board strips, books on locations, location guides, film still, scripts, budgets, and photographs.
This collection primarily contains scripts, rundowns, and notes from the career of Ernie Kovacs, circa 1951-1961. The collection also contains small amounts of other production material including treatments, prop lists, guest lists, cue sheets, lyric sheets, and other related items.
Collection consists of the handwritten orchestrations for the television program written by American composer Raoul Kraushaar.
This collection consists of scripts from various television programs worked on by Yugoslavian-born art director and production designer Serge Krizman (1914-2008).
Collection includes scrapbook pages of clippings of advertisements and reviews for the play starring American actor Otto Kruger (1885-1974)
This collection includes production stills, scripts, press kits, financial records, auditions, shooting location files, office files, publications, and press clippings for films produced by American producer Gary Kurtz (1940-2018).
This collection consists of binders with information and reviews of film, theater, and television series from the 1990s; photographs including of Sir Anthony Hopkins and Roy Rogers; scrapbooks; scripts; magazines; and video tapes. These items were collected by Gina Kvrovsky.
This collection consists of scripts of American screenwriter, producer, and director Jack Laird (1923-1991).
This collection consists of the audio recordings of American radio broadcaster and author Richard Lamparski.
This collection consists of the scripts of American actor and producer Burt Lancaster (1913-1994). These scripts are bound in book form with film stills for over 70 of the films that Lanaster appeared in.
This collection consists of scripts for film and television series that American editor and director Paul Landres (1912-2001) worked on. He worked largely from the 1930s to the 1960s.
This collection includes scripts, manuscripts, screenplays, research files, clippings of current events, correspondents, interviews, photographs, and stills related to the projects of Austrian German American director Fritz Lang (1890-1976).
Collection of binders of "Bits," scripts, radio and television broadcast transcripts, and joke indexes written by American vaudevillian and writer Joe Laurie Jr. (1892-1954) from 1940-1953. Also present are correspondence, publication clippings, and drafts of Laurie's memoir (1953).
This collection consists of vinyl LP record recordings of the radio show "Mystery is My Hobby" starring Glenn Langan, which ran from 1945 to 1951.
This collection includes annotated copies of scripts and shooting schedules from 1954-1969 belonging to American television director Anton (Tony) Leader (1913-1988).
This collection consists of the papers of American burlesque comic Pinky Lee (1907-1993).
This collection consists of scripts, papers, and publicity materials for film projects by American screenwriter Ernest Lehman (1915-2005). Lehman wrote screenplay adaptations of the musical (1961) and the film version of (1965).
Collection consists of a signed photograph of Frank Sinatra, and an envelope with Arthur Godfrey signature from Dean Lemon.
This collection consists of the papers of American filmmaker Irving Lerner (1909-1976). Materials include scripts and contracts for films he worked on. Lerner worked on both fiction and documentary films.
This collection contains scripts, clippings, pamphlets, contracts, photographs, and other materials from to the career of producer, theater owner, and an instructor of film studies, Sol Lesser, ranging from 1917 to 1976.
This collection contains the papers of American pianist, composer, and radio and television personality Oscar Levant (1906-1972). Materials include original musical scores and parts by Levant, including classical compositions, as well as music for Broadway, film, and radio; published sheet...
This collection contains the papers of art director and production designer Boris Leven (1908-1986). There are approximately 150 art director's sketches from films and other productions worked on by Leven; theater music and dance programs; production design sketches from motion...
This collection contains the papers of American writer, producer, and director Albert Lewin (1894-1968) consisting of stills, scrapbooks, manuscripts, business and personal correspondence, publicity, personal photographs, clippings, sheet music, and screenplays.
This collection consists of playbills from the 1940s to the 1990s, collected by Burton, Arthur, and Albert Lewis. It also includes the autobiography of Arthur Lewis.
This collection consists of memorabilia from the personal library of film and theatre producer Albert Lewis.
This collection consists of the papers of screenwriter and producer Arthur Lewis (1916-2006). Materials include contracts, financial records, journal publications, realia, and books. Lewis was the son of producer Albert Lewis.
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and scrapbook of American screenwriter Jerry D. Lewis (1912-1996).
The Jerry Lewis production files collection includes production materials, scripts, photographs, and music files for films directed, produced, written, and/or starring Lewis.
This collection consists of the playbills and other memorabilia of talent executive Milton Lewis.
This collection consists of scripts from American ventriloquist, puppeteer, and children's entertainer Shari Lewis (1933-1998) for the "The Shari Lewis Show" television series (1960-1962). There is also one folder with a song list for the series and production related correspondence.
Collection consists of scripts, research materials, clippings, business expenses, rights contracts associated with writer and producer Warren M. Lewis and his company Entertainment Properties Inc. of Hollywood.
This collection contains screenplays for movies acquired by Louis Lipstone (1892-1954) in his capacity as head of the Paramount Pictures music department. Includes screenplays for 59 produced films and 20 unproduced projects, dating from the late 1930s to the early...
This collection contains lobby cards for approximately 7,000 film titles, with the bulk dating from the 1940s to the 1970s. This artificial collection was compiled from various sources including film distributors, studios, and individual collectors.
This collection consists of production files and scripts for , with a small amount of publications, business files, correspondence, periodicals, and personal records of American television actor and producer Jack Lord (1920-1998).
This collection consists of letters, clippings, and playbills sent from theatre producer Lucille Lortel to her friend, actress Victoria Horne Oakie.
This collection consists of a photograph of Ethel Barrymore and Joe DiMaggio and an accompanying letter from Barrymore to friend and columnist Leonard Lyons.
Collection consists of John Barrymore's original theatrical production illustrations on behalf of actor Kenneth MacKenna.
This collection consists of the scripts and photographs of American actors June Haver (1926-2005) and Frederick MacMurray (1908-1991).
This collection consists of the realia, papers, and books of American film critic and film historian Leonard Maltin (b. 1950).
Abby Mann (1927-2008) was an American film writer and producer known for his motion picture drama screenplays. This collection includes scripts, in draft, working, and final forms, from Mann's film writing career throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
The Stan Margulies Collection consists of the papers of Stan Margulies. Margulies was a producer of made-for-TV movies and miniseries, including the ratings hits and .
This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter and author Frances Marion (1888-1973). Materials include books, scrapbooks, treatments and short stories, photographs, stills, clippings, and programs, newspaper and magazine articles, and plaques and awards.
The Mardik Martin papers document Martin's career as a screenwriter. The majority of the collection consists of Martin's drafts for scripts and screenplays from his collaborations with Martin Scorcese, Fatih Akin, and others. The collection also includes some of Martin's...
This collection consists of personal annotated scripts for television and film roles of Polish American actor Ross Martin (1920-1981), in addition to Martin's memorabilia associated with various projects including a bust of Martin, scrapbooks, awards, production stills, and audiovisual materials.
This collection consists of scripts for TV shows in which sound mixing was performed by Don H. Matthews.
This collection contains musical scores and parts for songs arranged by American musical arranger Billy May (1916-2004), dating from the late 1930s to early 1970s. The music includes popular songs, Big Band and Swing, jazz, Latin music, and music for...
This collection consists of scripts, correspondences, photographs, film recordings, as well as sketches, a checkbook, and an ash tray from American actor Eddie Mayehoff (1909-1992). Mayehoff was in a number of Broadway plays and films, including "That's My Boy" (1951),...
This collection contains the papers of American actress Virginia Mayo (1920-2005). Materials include personal and business correspondence, telegrams, fan letters, theater and motion picture programs, scrapbooks, and clippings, stills, photographs, fan magazines, publicity, pressbooks, and awards and trophies.
Collection consists of groups of 35mm negatives of child actress Baby Muriel McCormac.
This collection contains the papers of American composer Jimmy McHugh (1894-1969), including original music manuscripts, scores, and miscellaneous clippings.
Collection consists of a booklet of press notices about vocalist Madame Le Mar c. 1910.
This collection contains papers of American actor Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963) chiefly related to his involvement in the anti-communist movement. Materials include clippings, magazines, pamphlets, and reprints dealing with the anti-communist movement in Hollywood and America from the late 1940s to...
Collection consists of photographs and correspondence belonging to production manager and producer Doc Merman (1900-1979).
This collection consists of the cartoon production material of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).
This collection consists of music scores that accompany cartoon shorts created by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cartoon Studio from 1937-1957.
This collection consists of continuity scripts for MGM films. Continuity cutting is the way that a film has a continuous flow between camera angle changes and scene changes. These scripts also help with changing movies for international audiences that might...
This collection consists of production materials of films produced by MGM. Extensive (1959) set design materials are represented.
This collection consists of scripts and production information for MGM films and television series from the 20th century.
This collection contains production files for films produced by MGM from 1950-1959.
This collection consists of MGM Production Department records on production costs for shows and commercials produced by Metro-Goldywn-Mayer.
This collection contains scripts for various radio programs that were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) from around 1945 to around 1955. Shows represented in the collection include "A Date With Judy," "Masie," "The Story of Dr. Kildare," "At Home with Lionel...
Collection consists of scripts, treatments, and screenplays from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' first four decades of operation.
This collection consists of music scores owned or created by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. These over 700 boxes of music scores are from films, television series, and more.
This collection consists of production film stills and documents for short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, dating from the late 1930s to 1940s. Many films are only represented by proof sets of film stills, but there are also some schedules, crew lists,...
This collection contains scripts for short films that were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) from around 1925 to around 1955. The scripts are loosely arranged in alphabetical order.
This collection consists of music scores for short productions created by production company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) from the 1920s to the 1960s.
This collection consists of the scripts and stills related to television series and movies that were produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
This collection consists of scripts from television productions created by MGM-TV from 1955-1982.
This collection contains microfiche copies of clippings and publicity about films. The images were produced by the University of Southern California Micrographics department and covered clippings that had been collected in the clipping files of the Cinematic Arts Library. The...
This collection contains of the papers of American screenwriter, director, and producer John Milius (born 1944), including scripts, production and personal files, photographs, and audiovisual materials. The collection includes a number of handwritten original script pages, as well as printed...
This collection consists of correspondence belonging to American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005) about his first foray into Hollywood.
This collection consists of the vinyl LP records of English film and television composer, Cyril John Mockridge (1896-1979).
This collection contains the production files, scripts and recordings associated with the career of science fiction television writer and producer Ronald D. Moore (b. 1964).
This collection consists of the television scripts of script supervisor, Tom Moore.
This collection consists of the autobiography, music recordings on audiotape, vinyl records, and books of American actor, Roland "Rusty" Morris (1922-1986). There are seven special edition "Time" magazines from 1944 and 1945 about World War II. Books include those about...
This collection consists of the papers, books, and photographs of American television producer, writer, and publicist Stanley "Stan" Musgrove (1925-1986). These papers include scripts, publicity dealings, and manuscripts.
This collection consists of the audio recordings of the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
This collection chiefly contains musical scores by American composer and conductor Alfred Newman (1901-1970). Materials include scores of original motion picture music, and published operatic and instrumental scores, bound vocal scores and bound conductor books of film scores. Also present...
This collection consists of binders of photographs, notes, clippings, and patents related to the films that were restored by American cinematographer and film historian Kemp Niver (1912-1996).
This collection consists of American film actress Marian Nixon's (1904-1983) photographs and scrapbooks of newspaper clippings.
This collection consists of the paper materials related to the comedy movie "Nobody Knows Anything!" (2003).
Collection consists of black and white headshots and other photographs of Hollywood actors and producers belonging to former USC professor Les Norvos.
This collection consists of scrapbooks, business files, financial records, scripts, radio transcripts, screenplays, publications, television recordings, clippings, realia, and personal materials of American actor Jack Oakie (1903-1978).
This collection consists of scripts of screenwriter and television producer Liam O'Brien (1913-1996). These include scripts for the television series "Police Story," as well as research that went into the series.
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and books of vaudevillian and comedian Ole Olsen (1892-1963).
This collection consists of the videotapes and scripts of the family drama television series "Once and Again."
Collection consists of the research files and other materials related to author Susan Orlean's book Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend (2011) Simon & Schuster.
This collection consists of oversized film stills from movies produced by Universal Pictures, MGM, Warner Brothers, Paramount, and Twentieth Century Fox.
This collection consists of oversized stills of personalities such as television hosts, actors, and actresses.
This collection consists primarily of scripts for radio and television shows and for television commercials (approximately 90 volumes) including "Dealer in Dreams" (radio, 1940-1941), "Murder is My Hobby" (radio, 1945), and "Queen for a Day" (television, 1952-1953). There are also...
This collection consists of the Paramount Pictures Research Library of photographs and postcards.
This collection consists of the photographs and stills used by Paramount Pictures for research for their films.
Collection consists of employee logs and payroll for Paramount Studios.
This collection consists of American author and biographer James Robert Parish's files of celebrity press clippings. The collection includes newspaper and magazine clippings.
This collection consists of radio scripts, writing drafts, and records of American movie gossip columnist Louella Parsons (1881-1972). Parsons was an influential figure in Hollywood with her columns being read by 20 million people. She hosted a weekly radio program...
This collection consists of the scripts of Ernest Pascal (1986-1966), as well as his book collection. Pascal was an American screenwriter, author, and playwright.
Joe Pasternak (1901-1991) was a Hungarian born American film producer who worked with Universal Pictures, MGM, and Twentieth Century Fox. This collection includes scripts, photographs, film reels, production files, awards, and vinyl records.
This collection consists of books and loose leaf papers of patents filed in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany from the 1890s to the 1930s. These patents generally have to do with photograph, film, and other formats...
Collection includes the scripts, photographs, clippings, correspondence, awards, and personal materials of American actress Alice Pearce (1917-1966). Also present are music recordings from the personal collection of Pearce's first husband, composer John Rox (1907-1957).
This collection includes various articles and interviews written by American film critic Dannis (Danny) Peary.
This collection consists of newspapers, clippings, and biographies of television and film personalities, actors, producers, directors, VPs, and hosts.
This collection consists of photographs and production stills of motion picture and television actors, hosts, and other such known personalities.
This collection consists of the photographs of theater manager Eleanor Peters (1909-2005).
Collection consists of photographs, clippings, and other writings about American theater producer Ralph Pincus, the Wigwam Theater, and the history of theater in San Francisco.
This collection consists of the scripts of American theatre, film, television, and voice actress Suzanne Pleshette (1937-2008).
This collection from producer and assistant director Hal Polaire (1918-1999) consists of scripts and production information, including cast and finances.
This collection includes the music scores and audio recordings for the film and television projects of American composer Basil Poledouris (1945-2006).
Erich Pommer (1889-1966) was a German film producer and executive. This collection contains materials from 1913-1956 which includes project files for various produced and unproduced films, exhibition materials, scripts, appointment books, stills of negatives, tapes, and project files with materials...
Collection consists of photographs and scripts belonging to American actor William Powell (1892-1984).
This collection contains television scripts of casting director Sally Powers. Included are scripts for The Partridge Family; The Paul Lydne Show; Honeymoon Suite; Temperature's Rising; and The Girl With Something Extra. There is also the final shooting script for QB...
Collection consists of the clippings, photographs, scripts, and correspondence of American actress Stefanie Powers.
This collection consists of pressbooks covering motion pictures from major studios from the 1920s-1980s.
This collection consists of the published sheet music of theater and motion picture films from the 20th century.
Collection consists of departmental records, correspondence, and clippings related to the work of Mexican economist Alfonso Pulido Islas, Chief of the Departamento Autónomo de Prensa y Publicidad and the first president of the National Film Institute of Mexico.
This collection consists of audiotapes of radio shows from the early to mid-20th century.
This collection consists of radio acetate and LP vinyl recordings.
This collection contains radio scripts for nearly 50 American radio programs dating from the 1930s to 1950s, including a number of scripts written by American radio and television writer Edward J. Adamson (died 1972).
This collection includes the production records of American motion picture producer Robert Radnitz (1924-2010).
This collection consists of the audio recordings of the radio program "The Subject Is Film Music." This program ran on KUSC and was hosted by American composer David Raksin (1912-2004).
This collection consists of music scores for film and television series that American composer Ruby Raksin (1917-1979) composed music for. Raksin won an Academy Award in 1966 for Technical Acheivement for production of a Composer's Manual for Motion Picture Music...
This collection consists of Tony Randall scripts from two 1970s series, "The Odd Couple" and "The Tony Randall Show." Tony Randall was an American actor best known for his role in "The Odd Couple."
This collection consists of the papers of American radio station manager, CBS senior producer, and senior vice president of the advertising agency network McCann Erickson, Neil Reagan (1908-1996). Materials include radio scripts for the western "Death Valley Days," as well...
This collection consists of the scores of American composer, arranger, orchestrator, and conductor John Alfred Clawson Redford.
This collection consists of the television writer and story editor Joe Reinkemeyer's collection of scripts, video, and papers created from around 1990 to around 2010. His most notable works were "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show," "Buffy the...
This collection consists of scripts, press kits, stills, and production information for films and television series created and distributed by Republic Pictures, as well as related production and distribution companies.
This collection consists of the scripts of the American motion picture production-distribution corporation Republic Pictures Corporation.
This collection consists of magic lanterns, antique scientific lantern slides, a Kinora, and Kinora reels.
This collection contains photographs, clippings, scrapbooks, periodicals, and a trophy related to the career of American actress Adeline De Walt Reynolds (1862-1961), which date from the 1930s to around 1960.
This collection consists of the historical circus materials and personal correspondence amassed by circus worker, artist, and historian Dyer M. Reynolds. Materials included are circus programs, window cards, lithographs, banners, various letterheads, route books, albums of photographs, negatives, 8mm film...
This collection contains the scripts of American screenwriter and producer Larry Rhine (1910-2000) and American actress Hazel Shermet (1920-2016). Larry Rhine wrote for radio and television programs. Hazel Shermet was an actress for radio, theater, film, and television. Robert Rhine,...
This collection contains various musical scores from the library of Hugo Riesenfeld, with approximate dates spanning the composer's career ranging from 1907 to 1939.
This collection consists of 15 arrangements and 3 vinyl LP records of American musician Johnny Rivers.
This collection includes production notes, scripts, and financial records for American producer, director, and writer Hal Roach's film and television projects with Pathé Exchange, MGM, and the Hal Roach Studio.
This collection consists of the scripts of American actor Richard Roat (born 1933).
This small collection contains correspondence, publicity and press, and photographs related to the career of American silent film director Jess Robbins (1886-1973). The bulk of the collection dates from 1913 to the early 1920s. Materials include ten pieces of correspondence,...
This collection from radio disk jockey Marty Roberts (1918-2009) contains promotional materials for various films, television series, and entertainment related events. These promotional materials include posters, stills, synopsis, and other information.
This collection of the papers of Edward G. Robinson (1893-1973) includes scripts, photographs, awards, and papers pertaining to his 50-year career on Broadway, film, and television.
This collection consists of the slides and photographs of British film journalist and critic Nick Roddick (1945-2019). Also included in this collection are early release preview CDs.
This collection contains the papers of American writer, Howard Rodman (1920-1985). Materials include radio scripts, treatments, outlines, television scripts, screenplays, and miscellaneous short stories written by Rodman.
This collection contains papers of American film and television actor Cesar Romero (1907-1994). Materials include scrapbooks of clippings, envelopes of stills, correspondence, periodicals, and books of stills from films in which Romero appeared.
This collection consists of the theater programs and photographs of Elizabeth Leslie Roos (1887-1977).
Collection consists of musical scores for NBC television programs (1984-1989), (1974-1983), and (1981-1983) by American composer David Rose (1910-1990).
This collection consists of the scripts and photographs of American screenwriter and producer Jack Rose (1911-1995).
This collection consists of radio producer E. J. Rosenberg's scripts for radio shows during the 1940s and 1950s. Some of these shows include "The Fat Man" and "The Adventures of Sam Spade."
This collection consists of the audiotapes of American financial advisor Ric Ross.
This collection contains the scripts, photographs, and film reels of American comedian and actor Benny Rubin (1899-1986).
This small collection contains correspondence and five pieces of manuscript sheet music of American composer and screenwriter Harry Ruby (1895-1974). The letters are typically brief, friendly letters from public figures in the entertainment industry and date from 1925 to 1968.
This collection contains 150 magnetic audio tapes of radio performances by Frank Sinatra dating from 1935. The collection was compiled by American television producer Herman Rush, who searched through archives and contacted fans and radio engineers who might have saved...
Collection consists of music scores from composer Patrick Russ.
This collection contains television and film scripts, drafts of novels and manuscripts, and books that were written or collected by Richard Sale during his career as an author and screenwriter from 1937-1987.
This collection consists of set design drawings, scripts, photographs, and schedules of art director and production designer Steven P. Sardanis (1931-2002).
Collection consists of set design sketches for the 1932 film Scarface.
This collection includes the Warner Bros. related materials belonging to William "Bill" Schaefer (1910-1991), executive assistant to Jack Warner (1892-1978).
This collection consists of American script supervisor Stanley K. Scheuer's (1900-1983) scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, playbills, magazines, and lists of films he worked on. He worked on films including "West Side Story" (1961), "Al Capone" (1959), and "Cleopatra" (1963).
This collection consists of the book collection of Austrian American actor Joseph Schildkraut (1896-1964). Schildkraut acted in both theater and film, starting in Berlin. He is best known for playing Otto Frank in both the original stage play and film...
Collection consists of 120mm and 35mm color slides of production stills for film projects worked on by American cinematographer John Schmitz (1897-1983).
This collection consists of manuscripts and screenplays from American writer, Maximilian "Max" Shulman (1919-1988). Shulman's most famous character, Dobie Gillis, appeared in his novels, films, and a television series.
This collection consists of scripts, magazine and newspaper articles, set designs, and photographs of American television screenwriter and producer Sherwood Schwartz (1916-2011). Schwartz created the television shows "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch," which make up the majority of the...
Collection consists of clippings and correspondence sent to Los Angeles Times reporter John Scott.
This collection contains the papers of American actress and singer Lizabeth Scott (1921-2015). Materials include memorabilia from Scott's film and theater career chiefly in the 1940s and 1950s including items such as scripts, photographs, and publicity; press clippings; scrapbooks; videotapes...
This collection consists of the videotapes for the television program "Seeing Stars," a weekly movie review show hosted by Jim Finnerty.
This collection consists of the papers, photographs, and awards of American television director Alex Segal (1915-1977).
This collection contains film scripts, scrapbooks, and photographs related to the work of American film producer and publicity director Walter Seltzer (1914-2011), dating from 1953 to 1972.
This collection consists of newspaper clippings, photographs, as well as some theatre pamphlets and programs related to the actress Anne Seymour (1909-1988). Anne Seymour worked in radio, film, television, and theatre from the 1930s until her death in 1988.
This collection consists of the scripts, film reels, and videotapes of script supervisor and television director Nicholas Sgarro.
This collection contains papers of writer and producer Steve Shagan (1927-2015). Materials consist of the final shooting script for "Save the Tiger" (1972); manuscript and galleys of "Save the Tiger" novelization; shooting script for "A City of Angels" (1973) released...
This collection contains scripts, cast lists, shooting schedules, location information, budget, and notes for shows that Naren Shankar produced from 1995-2002. Series in this collection include "The Outer Limits," "Night Visions," "Farscape," Seaquest," "The Chronicle," and "UC: Undercover."
This collection consists of scrapbooks, photographs, and clippings of American Canadian actress Norma Shearer (1902-1983). Materials relate to Shearer's film career as well as her marriage to Irving Thalberg, trips to Great Britain, and Thalberg's death in 1937.
Collection consists of approximately 4,500 music video recordings on U-matic and Beta tapes from primarily the 1980s and 1990s from broadcaster and music historian Harvey Sheldon.
This collection consists of American writer and producer Sidney Sheldon's (1917-2007) scripts, production notes, and manuscripts. Sheldon wrote for film, television, novels, and for Broadway.
This collection consists of lectures, articles, newspaper clippings, correspondences, photographs, and other papers on film montage editors John Hoffman and Slavko Vorkapich compiled by film preservationist David Shepard. Hoffman and Vorkapich created two visual tone poems together. The second of...
This collection contains papers of American mime Richmond Shepard (1929-2019), chiefly relating to his career as a mime in the 1960s and 1970s. Materials include writings, contracts, programs, ephemera, press clippings, and photographs.
This collection consists of the phonograph records and realia of American film director and producer George Sidney (1916-2002). These include photographs, drawings, and awards that Sidney received.
This collection consists of the Cinema 589 class videotapes of Fred Silverman from Spring of 2003.
This collection consists of scripts and production information of American producer and production manager Al Simon (1911-2000).
This collection contains the papers of American film and television producer Robert Sisk (1903-1964). Materials include screenplays, screen treatments, scripts, miscellaneous production materials relating to "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" television series (1957-1959), personal scrapbooks, catalogues of unproduced...
This collection contains the papers of English film historian and writer Anthony Slide (born 1944). Materials include interviews and correspondence with various silent film personalities, taped interviews, stills, the early manuscript of "The Griffith Actresses" by Slide, early film magazines,...
This collection consists of scripts and production files for movies produced by American film producer Edward Small (1891-1977) from the 1920s to the 1970s. Materials include various script drafts, letters, preview cards, budgets, pressbooks, posters, reviews, production and publicity stills...
Collection consists of author and researcher Muriel I. Smith's materials on the life and careers of actors including Errol Flynn, John Gilbert, and John Barrymore.
This collection chiefly consists of the television scripts of screenwriter, editor, and producer Aubrey Solomon, dating from the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. There are also photocopies of film information for Twentieth Century-Fox releases and two interviews and audiovisual materials.
This collection consists of the periodicals, flyers, newsletters, and printed ephemera of the fraternal organization Sons of the Desert.
This collection consists of the papers of writer Ann Sperber (1935-1994), including her research for the biographies she wrote, including "Bogart," as well as legal research.
This collection chiefly contains signed portrait prints of stage actors of the late 19th and early 20th centuries collected by American film producer Leonard Spigelgass (1908-1985).
This collection consists of video tapes from various films and television shows, including scenes from the films "Miracle at Sea: The Rescue of Tony Bullimore" (1998) and "Little Women" (1994).
This collection chiefly contains film stills for Tarzan movies starring Johnny Weissmuller from the 1930s to 1950s, which were compiled by Weissmuller fan and researcher Geoff St. Andrews.
This collection consists of the papers of American actor Robert Stack (1919-2003). Materials include scripts, awards, and books.
This collection contains the papers of director John Stahl (1886-1950). Materials include approximately 20 screenplays; correspondence, telegrams, and memos; publicity clippings and reviews of many of Stahl's films; books (mostly novels); synopses and treatments; approximately 50 photographs and stills; two...
This collection consists of the scripts of American screenwriter and producer James "Jim" R. Stein (b. 1950).
Collection consists of the papers and photographs of American film actor Ford Sterling (1883-1939).
This collection consists of scripts, production notes, and financial records for films and television series that American screenwriter, producer, and director Leonard Stern (1922-2011) worked on.
This collection consists of scripts, production notes, and newspaper clippings of American screenwriter Stewart Stern (1922-2015). Stern is best known for writing the film "Rebel Without a Cause" (1955).
Collection consists of two photographs of Ethel Barrymore donated by Marian Stewart.
This collection contains production files for the film and television projects of American screenwriter, producer, and director Andrew L. Stone (1902-1999), for thirty-six projects dating from 1926 to 1972. The files chiefly include scripts, cast and staff sheets, budgets, music,...
Collection includes sheet music scores for Warner Bros. Animation programs, broadcasting bumpers, and advertisements from 1990-2000 by American composer Richard Stone (1953-2001).
This collection consists of television production materials, scripts, correspondence, financial records, press, photographs, personal papers, and books belonging to American television producer Hunt Stromberg Jr. (1923-1986). Much of the collection reflects Stromberg's work as program director for KABC-TV in the...
This collection consists of performing arts materials collected by American journalist Bernardine Szold-Fritz. Materials are primarily composed of clippings about the career of her daughter, theatre actress Rosemary Carver.
This collection consists of scripts from multiple television shows, including "Days of Our Lives," "The Cosby Show," "Friends," and "Beverly Hills 90210."
This collection consists of stills, publicity photographs, press kits, and slides for television series.
This collection consists of theater playbills for plays in the United States during the 20th century.
Collection consists of a photograph of American silent film star Laurette Taylor and published sheet music of "Who'll Buy my Violets" featuring Spanish singer Raquel Meller from Alexander Tiers' personal collection.
This collection contains the papers, photographs, correspondence, recordings, click tracks, and film scores of composer Dimitri Tiomkin (1894-1979).
This collection contains the papers of director, producer, and actor Norman Tokar (1919-1979) including material on radio, television, and motion pictures. Includes scripts, photographs, cast lists, storyboards, stills, and production materials for various radio programs, television shows, and animated features.
This collection contains the papers of American screenwriter, director, and producer Robert Towne (born 1934). Materials include scripts, draft pages, production files, press and publicity files, photographs, personal papers, contracts, videotapes, and audio cassette tapes. There are items for many...
This collection consists of personal papers and scripts of screenwriter Barry Trivers (1907-1981). Trivers was best known for his work as a screenwriter on "Star Trek" episodes and " Naked City."
This collection consists of scripts for film and television from Turner Entertainment and MGM. Turner Entertainment bought MGM for a short period of time in 1986, before selling MGM back to its original owner. However, Turner Entertainment kept the pre-1986...
This collection includes playbills, theatre set models, and scripts for television, film, and plays written by American screenwriter and playwright Yale M. Udoff (1935-2018).
This collection consists of production files for films including scripts, screenplay drafts, continuity records, budgets, shooting schedules, call sheets, and personnel files created by Universal Pictures during the 1940s through the early 1960s.
This collection includes promotional stills for films from the 1930s through the 2000s that were originally provided by production companies and collected by the University of Southern California Cinematic Arts Library.
This collection includes promotional stills for films from the 1930s through the 2000s, that were originally provided by production companies, and compiled by the University of Southern California Cinema Arts Library.
This collection contains approximately 4770 motion picture scripts from the 1930s-2000s from University of Southern California Cinematic Arts Library collection of reference scripts for patron use.
Collection is composed of a group photograph, an article, and autographed illustrations from Charlie Chaplin.
This collection consists of photographs of entertainers from the early 20th century.
This collection consists of photographs and papers related to vaudeville in the United States during the 20th century.
This collection consists of vaudeville posters.
This collection includes production materials related to the shows of American writer and producer David Victor (1910-1989). Among the materials are scripts, shooting schedules, correspondence, and clippings.
This collection contains the papers of American director King Vidor (1894-1982).
This collection consists of the papers of American television and film director and film editor Virgil Vogel (1919-1996). Materials include scripts, photographs, awards, production signs, production information, and a single brick.
This collection consists of the papers of Serbia-born Hollywood montagist, director, lecturer, painter, and illustrator Slavko Vorkapich (1894-1976), including papers, photographs, lecture notes, drawings, and clippings.
This collection includes the papers and records of American screenwriter and producer Jerry Wald (1911-1962).
This collection consists of music scores from American film and television composer Shirley Walker.
This collection includes two inscribed photos of actor John Barrymore, given to American talent agent Minna Wallis (1893-1986).
This collection consists of scripts and clippings for films that American director and choreographer Charles Walters (1911-1982) was involved with. Walters was MGM's dance director for films like "Presenting Lily Mars" (1943), "Du Barry Was a Lady" (1943), "Best Foot...
This collection contains continuity scripts (English subtitle/spotting list scripts) for 13 films released by Warner Bros. Pictures in the late 1980s-early 1990s.
This collection consists of the film stills of Warner Brothers Pictures films from the 1950s to the 1980s.
This collection consists of scripts, photographs, scrapbooks, awards, and mementos from Canadian-American film executive producer Jack L. Warner (1892-1978).
This collection consists of the audiotapes of American composer and lyricist Harry Warren (1893-1981).
This collection consists of the music scores of composer and actor, Richard Lewis Warren. His work includes music for "Remington Steele," "Knots Landing," and "The Love Boat."
This collection consists of the business and production records of John Wayne's company Batjac Productions. Records include personnel files, tax information, and post-production files from 1957-1975.
This collection contains binders of typescript speeches by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver, dating from 1949 to 1956. Weaver because NBC's vice-president of television in 1949 and was president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. The speeches cover a variety of topics...
This collection contains papers of American lyricist Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984). Materials include: published sheet music, photographs, manuscripts and documents including lyric worksheets reflecting the development of Webster's lyrics, phonograph record albums, awards, and "Jump for Joy" production materials.
This collection includes production files, scripts, notes, schedules, and correspondence related to the television productions of American writer and producer, David Weddle.
This collection contains scrapbooks and production files for American producer Lawrence Weingarten (1893-1975).
This collection contains the papers of American film producer David Weisbart (1915-1967). Materials consist of screenplays, correspondence, stills, budgets, and general production materials relating to approximately 13 films produced by Weisbart; miscellaneous scripts and treatments pertaining to 56 unproduced films...
Collection consists of reports, ledgers, and other business records associated with American executive Bernie Weitzman's time with Desilu Productions.
This collection consists of scripts belonging to American actress Carole Wells (b. 1942) along with scripts written by American writer Lawrence Goldman (1907-1990).
This collection consists of the scripts of American cinematographer Charles F. Wheeler (1915-2004).
Collection consists of the correspondence, memorabilia, acting files, and photographs of American actress Thelma White (1910-2005).
This collection consists of the papers of American composer and bandleader Paul Whiteman (1890-1967). Materials include correspondence, photographs, film stills, and movie information. This collection includes items related to the movies, "Thanks a Million" (1935) and "King of Jazz" (1930).
This collection consists of framed paintings by British motion picture matte artist Albert Whitlock (1915-1999).
The papers of American screenwriter, actor, and director Crane Wilbur (1886-1973) include scripts, correspondences, plays, film stills, sketches, a poster, and an autobiography. Wilbur was most known for acting in the serial "The Perils of Pauline." His writing and directing...
This collection consists of Claire Windsor (1892-1972) photographs, letters, and newspaper clippings in scrapbooks. Windsor was an American actress during the silent film era.
Robert Wise was an American movie director and producer, best known for "West Side Story" and "The Sound of Music", as well as his early career at RKO Pictures, wherein he infamously re-edited and directed a scene in Orson Welles'...
This collection contains the archives of American movie and television producer David L. Wolper (1928-2010). The collection reflects Wolper's career from the 1960s to 2001 and covers the process of filmmaking from the initial stages of development through distribution.
This collection contains paper dolls from the 1940s, sheet music for popular American songs, and a clippings scrapbook about movie stars collected by Patricia Woltman.
This collection contains the papers of actress Fay Wray (1907-2004), as well as papers of her two husbands, writer John Monk Saunders (1895-1940) and screenwriter Robert Riskin (1897-1955). Materials include scrapbooks dealing with the careers of Wray and her two...
This collection consists of negatives from productions at the Pasadena Playhouse from Richard G. Wyatt.
This collection contains videotapes, set photographs, music recordings, and other set materials for the movies "Parallel Lives" (1994) and "Chantilly Lace" (1993), produced and directed by American producer, director, and writer Linda Yellen (1949-).
This collection consists of production stills and headshots of silent film supporting actor Noah Young (1887-1958). Young performed in more than 50 films for Hal Roach Studios from the late 1910s to the mid 1930s, including with Laurel and Hardy,...
This collection consists of music scores belonging to American composer and conductor John Zamecnik (1872-1953). He is best known for the photoplay music he composed for pianists, organists, and orchestras during the silent film era.