Edwin Milton Royle collection, 1910-1969.

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Edwin Milton Royle collection, 1910-1969.

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Collection of clippings, handbills, letters, and a revised typescript pertaining to Edwin Milton Royle's play "The Squaw Man," first produced in 1905, and the 1914 film version directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Collection includes a typescript copy of a revised version by Brooklyn playwright Anthony E. Wills with mss direction notes, a copy of Wills' obituary, and correspondence between Wills' brother Lewis and Jesse L. Lasky.

2 folders (10 items)

New-York Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8096308

New-York Historical Society Library

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DeMille, Cecil B. (Cecil Blount), 1881-1959

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Cecil B. DeMille (1881-1959) was an American motion picture producer and director, considered the archetype of the American film mogul. His 70 films reflect changing American tastes and values, and he was particularly noted for his multimillion-dollar spectacles. DeMille was born on August 12, 1881 to Henry Churchill de Mille and Matilda Beatrice Samuel de Mille. DeMille started acting on Broadway in 1900 and by 1913 he joined a film studio partnership which would eventually become Paramount Pi...

Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958

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Wills, Anthony E., 1880-

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Louis Charles Wills (1884-1975), was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. In his youth, he was involved in amateur theater and published an amateur fiction magazine with his older brother, Anthony E. Wills (1879-1912), who later became a playwright, novelist, and actor. At his family's urging, Wills attended the Brooklyn Law School of Saint Lawrence University, to which he was admitted in 1903 as a member of the school's third graduating class. He was admitted to the bar in 1906 and joined the la...

Royle, Edwin Milton, 1862-1942

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Wills, Louis C.

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