Jacques Kapralik papers 1927-1962

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Jacques Kapralik papers 1927-1962

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The papers of Jacques Kapralik, a commercial artist andcaricaturist whose art was used in the promotion of motion pictures.

105.04 cubic ft. (111 boxes)

eng,

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6405290

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, a leading American film production company, was established in 1924, an amalgam of three older production companies: Metro Pictures Corporation, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures, and was under the corporate control of the exhibiting concern, Loew's Inc. From the guide to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films and personalities scrapbooks, 1920-1944, (The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), the ...

Kapralik, Jacques

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Jacques Kapralik was born in Romania in 1906, and immigrated to the United States in 1936. He was a commercial artist and caricaturist whose art was used in the promotion of motion pictures. Kapralik's distinctive style involved the creation of miniature models from paper and balsa wood. The models were then photographed. These photographs were used as promotional posters for motion pictures, predominantly MGM films. They primarily appeared in trade magazines and press kits. He also created movi...