Arliss, George, 1868-1946
Variant namesEnglish actor.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : 8 Bloomsbury Place, London, to Mr. Beringer, 1907 Aug. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870220
George Arliss (1868-1946), English stage and screen actor, was best known for portraying historical figures such as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Alexander Hamilton, Cardinal Richelieu, and French author Voltaire. Following Arliss' success with the stage version of Louis Napoleon Parker's DISRAELI (1911), authors E. Lawrence Dudley and George Gibbs attempted to fashion a similar vehicle based on the life of Voltaire, but the project ran into difficulties, eventually causing a rift between the collaborators, and the play was never staged. More than a decade later, after Arliss won a Best Actor Oscar for the film version of DISRAELI (1929), Dudley and Gibbs contributed to the screenplay of the Warner Brothers' film version of VOLTAIRE (1933).
From the guide to the Letters to E. Lawrence Dudley, 1917-1927, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.)
George Arliss (1868-1946), English stage and screen actor, was best known for portraying historical figures such as British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, Alexander Hamilton, Cardinal Richelieu, and French author Voltaire.
Following Arliss' success with the stage version of Louis Napoleon Parker's DISRAELI (1911), authors E. Lawrence Dudley and George Gibbs attempted to fashion a similar vehicle based on the life of Voltaire, but the project ran into difficulties, eventually causing a rift between the collaborators, and the play was never staged. More than a decade later, after Arliss won a Best Actor Oscar for the film version of DISRAELI (1929), Dudley and Gibbs contributed to the screenplay of the Warner Brothers' film version of VOLTAIRE (1933).
From the description of Letters to E. Lawrence Dudley, 1917-1927. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122579633
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| creatorOf | Maude, Margery, 1889-1979. Miscellaneous manuscripts, after 1910. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
| creatorOf | Dudley Digges papers, 1908-1947. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Frueh, Alfred Joseph, 1880-1968. Theatrical caricatures : linocuts. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
| creatorOf | Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1939-1941, n.d. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
| creatorOf | Letters to E. Lawrence Dudley, 1917-1927 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Elsie Leslie papers, 1888-1944. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Rogers Memorial Collection: Photographs, prints, and drawings, ca. 1600-1936 (bulk: 1861-1936) | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- | University of Michigan | |
| creatorOf | Latham Foundation. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1933. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Dudley Digges papers, 1908-1947 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
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| referencedIn | Miscellaneous theatrical papers | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | Arliss, George, 1868-1946,. Autograph letters signed from George Arliss to various people [manuscript], 1913-1916. | Folger Shakespeare Library | |
| referencedIn | Neiman, Howard S. Pleiades Club Collection. | Fales Library & Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. Papers, 1918-1958. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| creatorOf | Arliss, George, 1868-1946. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1925. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
| creatorOf | Dransfield, Jane, 1875-1957. Jane Dransfield papers, 1917-1945, bulk (1920-1941). | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
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| referencedIn | Mary Parmele Hamlin papers, 1915-1958. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1915-1958. | New York State Historical Documents Inventory | |
| creatorOf | Leslie, Elsie, 1881-1966. Papers, 1888-1944. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Fay family. Papers, 1800-1953 (inclusive), 1859-1953 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| creatorOf | Arliss, George, 1868-1946. Letters to E. Lawrence Dudley, 1917-1927. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| creatorOf | Dobie, Charles Caldwell, 1881-1943. Charles Caldwell Dobie papers, circa 1905-1943. | UC Berkeley Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Freuh, Alfred, 1880-1968. Alfred Freuh woodcuts cartoons, 1905-1925. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Isabella Stewart Gardner papers | Archives of American Art | |
| referencedIn | Pach Brothers Portrait Photograph Collection, 1867-1947, undated (bulk 1880-1940) | New-York Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Wheeler, Roger,. Theatrical memorabilia, 1770-1940. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| creatorOf | George Arliss letter, undated | The New York Public Library. New York Public Library Archives. | |
| referencedIn | Arthur Bertram Papers, 1889-1962, (1900-1924 bulk) | University of California, Davis. General Library. . Dept. of Special Collections | |
| referencedIn | Charles Caldwell Dobie Papers, [circa 1905-1943] | Bancroft Library | |
| creatorOf | Arliss, George, 1865-1946. Autograph letter signed : 8 Bloomsbury Place, London, to Mr. Beringer, 1907 Aug. 30. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| creatorOf | Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- | University of Michigan | |
| referencedIn | Peabody, Marian Lawrence. 1875-1974. Letters and family papers, 1783-1957 | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Souvenir programs of motion pictures, 1915-1978. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Anderson, Percy, d. 1928. Costume designs for the play Disraeli, 1911. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1800-1953 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Jane Dransfield papers, 1917-1945, 1920-1941 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
| referencedIn | Ray Henderson papers, 1904-1937 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| creatorOf | Arliss, George, 1868-1946. Letters to Horace Howard Furness, Jr., 1928. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Pleiades Club Collection, 1893-1943 | Fales Library & Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Kohlsaat, H. H. (Herman Henry), 1853-1924. Papers, 1892-1924. | Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library | |
| referencedIn | Kaufman, George S. (George Simon), 1889-1961. Papers, [microform] 1918-1958. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| creatorOf | Arliss, George, 1868-1946. Letters, address and ephemera of George Arliss, 1912-1937. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| referencedIn | Heineman theatrical collection, ca. 1902-1915. | The Filson Historical Society | |
| referencedIn | George Arliss collection, [19--?-ongoing]. | Museum of Performance & Design | |
| referencedIn | John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| referencedIn | Century Company records | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division |
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Birth 1868-04-10
Death 1946-02-05
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