Jacques Kapralik papers, 1927-1962.

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Jacques Kapralik papers, 1927-1962.

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The collection contains framed originals of Kapralik's miniature models, mostly caricaturizing movie stills. The collection also includes photographs and print versions of the caricatures as they were used in advertising. Included are caricatures based on still photographs of dozens of movies, most released in the 1940s and 1950s. Also present are drawn caricatures of many celebrities of the time, and caricatures used in advertising such products as milk and canned vegetables. Numerous copies of the newspaper insert Pictorial Review are present, the covers of which all feature caricatures drawn by Kapralik. Some of his artwork created prior to moving to the United States is also contained in the collection, mostly featuring famous Germans or other Europeans. Some personal and professional files are also present, including correspondence and newspaper clippings. Collection also contains photographs of Jacques Kapralik, including photographs of him creating his models.

27.2 cubic ft. (54 boxes) + 63 other.

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8119494

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...