Karl Bernstein scrapbooks 1925-1970

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Karl Bernstein scrapbooks 1925-1970

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Karl Bernstein was a theatrical publicist for New York theater productions from 1925 to 1970. Bernstein began his career as a vaudeville critic but soon became a theatrical publicist in the 1920's representing theatres in his native Brooklyn. Moving to Broadway he publicized such noted works as those written by Gershwin and Cole Porter. He was a founding member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. He died in New York in 1983. The Karl Bernstein Scrapbooks contain clippings, programs, press releases, reviews and halftones of theater productions spanning his career from 1925 to 1970. Included are scrapbooks for SILK STOCKINGS(1955); WAIT UNTIL DARK(1966); ONE TOUCH OF VENUS(1943); MAJOR BARBARA(1956); ON THE TOWN(1944); LET'S FACE IT(1941); LEAVE IT TO ME(1938); HIGH BUTTON SHOES(1947); GUYS AND DOLLS(1950); CAN CAN(1953); Victor Borge's COMEDY IN MUSIC(1953); ANYTHING GOES(1934) and BANJO EYES(1942) among others.

13 lin. ft. (46 scrapbooks)

The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.

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Bernstein, Karl

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Karl Bernstein was a theatrical publicist for New York theater productions from 1925 to 1970. Bernstein began his career as a vaudeville critic but soon became a theatrical publicist in the 1920's representing theatres in his native Brooklyn. Moving to Broadway he publicized such noted works as those written by Gershwin and Cole Porter. He was a founding member of the Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. He died in New York in 1983. From the guide to the Karl Bernstei...

Borge, Victor

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