Mary Dees Scrapbooks 1933-2004

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Mary Dees Scrapbooks 1933-2004

http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0002562

Two scrapbooks created by and featuring Mary Dees, a native of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Hollywood actress of the 1930s. The larger scrapbook of photos and newspaper clippings is related to Dees' work as Jean Harlow's stand-in and double in the Hollywood movie . When Harlow died before finishing , Dees filled in to complete the film in her place. There are also photographs, newspaper clippings and playbills, a photocopy of her death certificate and a videocassette of the movie, . The smaller scrapbook of photos and clippings is related to Mary Dees' appearance in the Australian stage production of . Saratoga Saratoga Saratoga The Women

1.5 Linear feet

W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama

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Gable, Clark, 1901-1960

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William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960), more commonly known as Clark Gable, was an American film actor, often referred to as "The King of Hollywood". He had roles in more than 60 motion pictures in multiple genres during a career that lasted 37 years, three decades of which was as a leading man. Gable died of a heart attack; his final on-screen appearance was of an aging cowboy in The Misfits, released posthumously in 1961. Born and raised in Ohio, Gable traveled to Hollyw...

Dees, Mary, 1911-2004

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Mary Ella Dees was born on 3 June 1911. Her place of birth is claimed by both Syracuse, New York, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama, although her death certificate indicates she was born in Tuscaloosa County. There also appears to be some evidence that she spent her childhood and probably a significant part of her adolescence in Tuscaloosa. She started her career in summer stock companies before heading for New York, where she joined the back row of a chorus line. Once in Hollywoo...

Harlow, Jean, 1911-1937

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