Robert Benney original drawings 1926-1947

Lunt, Alfred, 1892-1977

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Alfred Davis Lunt Jr. (August 12, 1892 – August 3, 1977) was an American stage director and actor who had a long-time professional partnership with his wife, actress Lynn Fontanne. Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre was named for them. Lunt received two Tony Awards, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for 1931's The Guardsman and an Emmy Award for the Hallmark Hall of Fame's production of The Magnificent Yankee. Lunt was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1892 to Alfred D. Lunt and Harriet ...

Blondell, Joan

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Stewart, James, 1908-1997

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James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart had a film career that spanned over 55 years and 80 films. With the strong morality he portrayed both on and off the screen, Stewart epitomized the "American ideal" in twentieth-century United States. In 1999, the American Film Institute (AFI) ranked him third on its list of the greatest American male actors. Born and raised i...

Leigh, Vivien, 1913-1967

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English actress. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Denys [Blakelock], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270871310 Actress Vivien Leigh was born in Darjeeling, India, and returned to England with her parents after World War I. While attending a convent school, her mother took her to see a play, where she determined to become an actress. She had little experience before creating a sensation in the role of Scarlett O'Hara in the movie Gone With t...

McDonald, Donald, 1898-1959

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Conklin, Peggy

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Chenkin, Victor

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Tearle, Conway, 1878-1938

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Holmes, Phillips, 1907-1942

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Montgomery, Robert, 1904-1981

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Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990

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Fields, W.C. (William Claude), 1880-1946

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Humorist, actor, and entertainer; original surname: Dukenfield. From the description of W.C. Fields comedies, 1918-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82042271 ...

Gravey, Fernand

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Braham, Horace, 1893-1955

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McLaglen, Victor, 1886-1959

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Atwill, Lionel, 1885-1946

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McCarthy Sisters

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Fontanne, Lynn

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Allan, Elizabeth, 1908-

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Bell, James, 1891-1973

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Tracy, Lee, 1898-1968

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American actor in radio, theater, film, and television. From the description of Lee Tracy collection of noncommercial recordings [sound recording], 1934-1964. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122485306 Lee Tracy (4/14/1898 - 10/18/1968) was an American actor in radio, theater, film and television. He was born William Lee Tracy in Atlanta, GA, and died in Santa Monica, CA. He was married to actress Helen Thomas. Before his acting career ...

Powell, William, 1892-

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Wilson, Dorothy

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Student at the University of Michigan, later Washington D.C. attorney. From the description of Dorothy Roth Wilson papers, 1890s-1970s. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 84187001 From the description of Dorothy Roth Wilson photographs. 1890s-1936 (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 48218572 ...

George, Grace, 1879-1961

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Alexander, Ross, 1907-1937

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Collinge, Patricia, 1894-1974

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Toomey, Regis, 1902-

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Allister, Claude, 1891-1970

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Marion, George F., 1860-1945

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Oliver, Edna May, 1883-1942

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Torrence, Ernest, 1878-1933

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Healy, Ted, d. 1937

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Dressler, Marie, 1869-1934

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Canadian stage and screen actress. From the description of Autograph letters signed "Marie" (13) : [various places], to Florence Graves (Mrs. W.L. Graves), 1925-1933 and undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533742 American actress, connected for a time with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. From the description of Birthday celebration album, 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122397801 ...

Berghof, Herbert

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Victor, Henry, 1892-1945

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Nasser, Brian

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Moran, Polly, 1883-1952

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Holmes, Taylor, 1878-1959

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Perry, Margaret, 1933-....

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Everton, Paul, 1868-1948

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Raymond, Helen, 1885? -1965

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Davies, Marion, 1897-1961

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Motion picture actress. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1925-1928. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 18056499 ...

DeAngelis, Jefferson, 1859-1933

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Boyd, William, 1895-1972

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Boyd was an actor made famous through his portrayal of the cowboy character Hopalong Cassidy on film, radio and television. Hopalong first appeared in films in 1934, on television in 1949, and on radio and in comics in 1950. The character became enourmously popular and Boyd acquired all rights to the Hopalong character in 1948. He consolidated all Hopalong enterprises and began a highly profitable business through promotion of the character. Boyd donated some of his profits to childrens hospital...

Huston, Walter, 1884-1950

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Foster, Phoebe, 1896-

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Wray, Fay, 1907-

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Benney, Robert L., 1904-

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Robert Benney, a successful commercial artist and illustrator, gained recognition as a war artist-correspondent during World War II. In 1943 he was hired by Abbott Laboratories to document the Naval Aviation Department's activities in the Pacific. He was commissioned again by Abbott in 1944 to illustrate the Army Medical Department in the South Pacific, where he covered the invasion of Saipan. After WWII, Benney continued to work as an artist-correspondent. He traveled to North Africa in 1954 to...

Mitchell, Thomas, 1892-1962

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Barrymore, Ethel, 1879-1959

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American actress. From the description of Ethel Barrymore autograph, 1895. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936509 ...

Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956

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Skipworth, Alison, 1863-1952

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King, Dennis, 1897-1971

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Howard, Leslie, 1893-1943

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Cooper, Violet Kemble, 1886? -1961

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Loy, Myrna, 1905-

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Starr, Frances

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Field, Virginia, 1917-

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Dodge Sisters

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Lowe, Edmund, 1890-1971

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Fox, Sidney, 1911-1942

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Lys, Lya, 1908-1986

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Rosley, Adrian, 1890-1937

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Olivier, Laurence, 1907-

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Neagle, Anna

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Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-

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Carpenter, Constance, 1906-

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McCrea, Joel, 1905-

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Oakie, Jack, 1903-

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Bartholomew, Freddie, 1924-1992

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McNaughton, Charles, 1878-1965

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Colbert, Claudette

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Segal, Vivienne

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Alexander, Katharine, 1901-

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March, Fredric, 1897-

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Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977

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Epithet: junior; MP British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001303.0x0000e2 Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Paris in 1889. He became universally known for his performances as a comedic silent screen actor. From the description of Scrapbook, 1931. (Natural History Museum Foundation, Los Angeles County). WorldCat record id: 18313546 Epithet: actor Title: Knight ...

Devine, Claire

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Schnee, Thelma

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Lyon, Ben, 1901-1979

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Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979

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Actress; interviewee married Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. and Charles (Buddy) Rogers. From the description of Reminiscences of Mary Pickford : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419352 Star of the silent screen, Mary Pickford, called America's sweetheart, was perhaps the most famous actress of her day. From the guide to the Mary Pickford scrapbook, 1915-1917, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Divisio...

Barrymore, Lionel

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After the engravings of Giovanni Battista Piranesi. First performance Indianapolis, Indiana, 23 November 1946, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Fabien Sevitzky conductor.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Piranesi suite / Lionel Barrymore. c1946. (Franklin & Marshall College). WorldCat record id: 42696866 Barrymore was born as Lionel Blythe on Apr. 28, 1878 in Philadelphia, PA; he became a leading Broadway actor by 1900; began film career in 1909; appeare...

Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983

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Dolores Del Rio, born in Mexico, was a popular motion picture actress in the 1920s and 1930s. The 1928 silent film Ramona, directed by Edwin Carewe, jump-started her career, as well as that of her co-star Warner Baxter, depicted as Alessandro in one of the photographs. In 1943 Del Rio returned to Mexico to continue her career. From the description of Dolores Del Rio film photographs from Ramona, 1928. 1928. (Loyola Marymount University). WorldCat record id: 42830252 ...

Sten, Anna, 1908-

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O'Connor, Una, 1880-1959

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Hill, Wesley, d. 1930

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Lombard, Carole, 1908-1942

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Peters, Rollo, 1892-1967.

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Mundin, Herbert, 1898-1939

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