Frank M. Skinner collection, circa 1937-1981.

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Frank M. Skinner collection, circa 1937-1981.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/441832130

The collection consists of photographs, mostly of the movie Gone with the wind. Some are of the actors and sets, others are candid shots of behind the scenes activity. The remainder of the collection contains photographs of famous people (including Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Jr., Fidel Castro and Elizabeth Taylor); movies (such as Wizard of Oz); television shows (e.g. Today show personalities and sets); and places (among them, Great Wall of China and Radio City Music Hall). There are also 62 photographs of John F. Kennedy and his family. The majority of the photographs in this collection are 8X10 size, and many are mounted on mat board. Other material in the collection includes a Gone with the wind movie script, Vivien Leigh paper doll book, magazine clippings, etc.

22 boxes and 3 oversize folders (10.0 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7539248

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Garland, Judy, 1922-1969

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The child of two vaudeville performers, Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm) began her show business career at the age of 2 years old when she joined her two older sisters in an act called "The Gumm Sisters" and continued to work singing and acting for the rest of her life in vaudeville, radio, theatre, motion pictures and television. Although best known as the star of "The Wizard of Oz", for which she received a special Academy Award, she went on to star in thirty-three films and her own tele...

Davis, Sammy, Jr., 1925-1990

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Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, vaudevillian and comedian who has been called "the greatest entertainer ever to grace a stage in these United States." At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the Will Mastin Trio, which toured nationally. After military service, he returned to the trio and became an overnight sensation following a nightclub performance at Ciro's (in West Hollywood) afte...

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...

Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016

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Fidel Castro (b. August 13, 1926, Birán, Cuba–d. November 25, 2016, Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President from 1976 to 2008. Under his administration, Cuba became a one-party communist state, while industry and business were nationalized and state socialist reforms were implemented throughout society. The son of a wealthy Spanish farmer, Castro adopted leftist anti-imper...

Taylor, Elizabeth, 1932-2011

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Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, to Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy of Brookline, Massachusetts. John Kennedy, the second of nine children, attended Choate Academy (1932-1935), Princeton University (1935-36), Harvard College (1936-40), and Stanford Business School (1941). In 1940, he published a book based on his senior thesis entitled "Why England Slept." The book criticized British policy of Appeasement. In 1941, Kennedy enlisted in the Navy. In August 1943, Kenn...

Skinner, Frank M.

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Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891-1939

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Sidney Coe Howard was a popular and successful American playwright and screenwriter, becoming the first person to win both a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award. Born in Oakland, California, and educated at the University of California at Berkeley and Harvard, he served as an aviator in World War I. After the war he established a reputation as a journalist, investigating the social issues of the day, and publishing both short stories and translations; he found great success as a playwright, winn...

Radio City Music Hall (New York, N.Y.)

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Collecting area: Materials relating to Radio City Music Hall productions. From the description of Repository description. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155475695 Radio City Music Hall was reorganized under a new company, Rockefeller Group, Inc., in 1979. From the description of New company production materials, 1979-1985. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155473391 Radio City Music Hall opened in New York City on Dec. 27, 1932. Boasting the world's largest...