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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Sketch

Scope and Contents

Restrictions

Related Material

Administrative Information

Description of Series

Series I. Correspondence, 1907-1983 (bulk 1950s-1960s),

Series II. Career, ca. 1914-1983,

Series III. Business Interests, 1921-1982,

Series IV. Other Interests, 1923-1983,

Series V. Biographical/Personal Papers, ca. [18--]-1983,

Series VI. After Death, 1983-1988,

Series VII. Formats, 1889-1983,

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University of Texas, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center

Gloria Swanson:

An Inventory of Her Papers at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center



Descriptive Summary

Creator:Swanson, Gloria, 1899-1983
Title:Gloria Swanson Papers
Dates:[18--]-1988
Abstract:The papers of this well-known American actress encompass her long film and theater career, her extensive business interests, and her interest in health and nutrition, as well as personal and family matters.
RLIN Record #:TXRC93-A8
Extent:620 boxes plus art, audio discs, bound volumes, film, galleys, microfilm, posters, and realia (292.5 linear feet)
LanguageEnglish.
Repository:Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin

Biographical Sketch

Actress Gloria Swanson was born Gloria May Josephine Swanson on March 27, 1899, in Chicago, the only child of Joseph Theodore and Adelaide Klanowsky Swanson. Her father's position as a civilian supply officer with the army took the family to Key West, FL and San Juan, Puerto Rico, but the majority of Swanson's childhood was spent in Chicago.

It was in Chicago at Essanay Studios in 1914 that she began her lifelong association with the motion picture industry. She moved to California where she worked for Sennett/Keystone Studios before rising to stardom at Paramount in such Cecil B. DeMille features as Male and Female (1919) and The Affairs of Anatol (1921). At the height of her career in 1925 (already a veteran of some fifty films), she ended her long association with Paramount in order to become a partner with United Artists, independently producing her own films. Though producing artistically successful films such as Sadie Thompson (1928) and her first talkie, The Trespasser (1929), both of which earned her Academy Award nominations, the financial strains of her production companies all but ended her career. After her final United Artists feature release in 1933, she made only one other film (for Fox Films) during the 1930s.

In 1938, Swanson relocated to New York City, where she began an inventions and patents company which occupied her during the years of World War II. She made another film for RKO Radio Pictures in 1941, began appearing in theatre productions, and also had her own television show in 1948, but it was not until 1950 when Sunset Boulevard was released (earning her another Academy award nomination), that she achieved mass recognition again. The boost provided by this film resulted in a number of successes, such as appearances on Broadway in Twentieth Century, and commercial ventures, such as her line of clothing for Puritan Fashions.

Swanson made only three films after Sunset Boulevard, but starred in numerous stage and television productions during her remaining years. She was active in various business ventures, travelled extensively, wrote articles, columns, and an autobiography, painted and sculpted, and became a passionate advocate of various health and nutrition topics.

Married six times (to Wallace Beery, Herbert K. Somborn, Marquis Henri de la Falaise, Michael Farmer, William M. Davey, and William Dufty), Swanson had two daughters (Gloria Somborn and Michelle Farmer), an adoptive son (Joseph Patrick Swanson), and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren by the time of her death in New York, on April 4, 1983.

For further information on the life of Gloria Swanson, see:

Swanson, Gloria. Swanson on Swanson. New York: Random House, 1980.

Quirk, Lawrence J. The Films of Gloria Swanson. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1984.

1899Born Mar. 27 at Chicago, IL to Adelaide Klanowsky and Joseph Theodore Swanson
1907Swanson family moved to Key West, FL
1910Swanson family moved to San Juan, Puerto Rico
1914/15Family returned to Chicago; Gloria graduated from Lincoln School and began working for Essanay Company, where she made the following films: His New Job; The Fable of Elvira; Farina and the Meal Ticket (rel. Spr.); Sweedie Goes to College (rel. Spr.); The Romance of an American Duchess (rel. Fall); The Broken Pledge (rel. Fall)
1916Moved to California after her father was transferred to Manila; began making films at Sennett/Keystone: A Dash of Courage (rel. Spr.); Hearts and Sparks (rel. Spr.); A Social Club (rel. Sum.); The Danger Girl (rel. Sum.); Love on Skates (rel. Sum.); Haystacks and Steeples (rel. Fall); The Nick-of-Time Baby (rel. Fall); Married Wallace Beery Mar. 27 at Pasadena City Hall
1917Features at Sennett/Keystone included: Teddy at the Throttle (rel. Wint.); Baseball Madness (on loan to Universal-Victor, rel. Spr.); The Dangers of a Bride (rel. Sum.); The Sultan's Wife (rel. Sum.); A Pullman Bride (rel. Fall)
1918After leaving Sennett/Keystone, began working for the Triangle Company, where her films included: Society for Sale (rel. Apr.); Her Decision (rel. May); You Can't Believe Everything (rel. Jul.); Every Woman's Husband (rel. Jul.); Shifting Sands (rel. Sep.); Station Content (rel. Sep.); Secret Code (rel. Oct.); Wife or Country (rel. Dec.). After divorcing Joseph Swanson, mother Adelaide married Matthew Burns; Swanson hired by Famous Players-Lasky in November
1919Features for Paramount/Famous Players-Lasky included: Don't Change Your Husband (rel. Jan.); For Better, For Worse (rel. May); Male and Female (Nov.); Gloria received a divorce from Wallace Beery, and on Dec. 20, married Herbert K. Somborn
1920Gloria's career at Paramount continued with these releases: Why Change Your Wife? (rel. May); Something to Think About (rel. Oct.); The Great Moment (rel. Dec.); Matthew Burns died in Aug.; first child, daughter Gloria Swanson Somborn was born Oct. 7;
1921Upon return to work, Swanson's next Paramount vehicles were: The Affairs of Anatol (rel. Sep.); Under the Lash (rel. Oct.); Don't Tell Everything (rel. Dec.)
1922Paramount films made included: Her Husband's Trademark (rel. Mar.); Beyond the Rocks (rel. May); Her Gilded Cage (rel. Sep.); The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (rel. Nov.); traveled to Europe during Apr. and May
1923Paramount releases for the year included: My American Wife (rel. Feb.); Prodigal Daughters (rel. Apr.); Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (rel. Sep.); Zaza (rel. Oct.); sued for divorce by Somborn; adopted Sonny Smith (born Oct. 31, 1922), whom she named Joseph Patrick Swanson; father Joseph died Oct. 2
1924Films released included: The Humming Bird (rel. Jan.); A Society Scandal (rel. Mar.); Manhandled (rel. Aug.); Her Love Story (rel. Oct.); Wages of Virtue (rel. Nov.)
1925Swanson releases for Paramount were as follows: Madame Sans-Gêne (rel. Apr.); The Coast of Folly (rel. Sep.); Stage Struck (rel. Nov.); while on location in France for Madame Sans-Gêne, Swanson met Marquis Henri de la Falaise, whom she married January 28 (after the Somborn divorce became final) in Passy; they returned to the United States in Apr.; Swanson signed with United Artists on Jul. 15
1926Swanson's contract obligations to Paramount were completed with the release of: Untamed Lady (rel. Mar.) and Fine Manners (rel. Aug.); began working at United Artists in Apr.; purchased rights to The Eyes of Youth in Jul., which began filming as The Love of Sunya in Sep. at Cosmopolitan Studios in New York and was completed in Dec.
1927The Love of Sunya, her first United Artists feature, was released in Mar.; purchased rights to "Miss Thompson" and "Rain" in May; began shooting Sadie Thompson on Jun. 29, finished Sep. 24; previewed in San Bernardino in Nov.; met Joseph Kennedy in Nov. when he was recommended to her as a financial advisor; began negotiations with Erich von Stroheim in Nov. or Dec. for her next feature
1928On the advice of Joseph Kennedy, restructured her finances and personnel, forming Gloria Productions, Inc. on Jan. 25; Sadie Thompson premiered in Jan. in San Francisco; received von Stroheim's scenario for The Swamp in Mar.; shooting on Queen Kelly began in Nov.; received Academy Award nomination for Sadie Thompson
1929von Stroheim fired Jan. 21; Queen Kelly production continued with Paul Stein during Mar. and Apr.; co-wrote (Apr. to May) and filmed (Jun. 4-29) The Trespasser, her first "talkie;" released in Oct.; production recommenced on Queen Kelly during Nov. and Dec. with Richard Boleslavsky; received Academy Award nomination for The Trespasser
1930What a Widow! began filming in Mar. or May; released in Sep.; Rock-a-Bye purchased in Jul.; work continued on Queen Kelly in Nov. with a new script by Harry Poppe
1931More work on Queen Kelly during Jan., Mar., Nov. and Dec.; Indiscreet released in May; Tonight or Never released in Dec.; married Michael Farmer on Aug. 16 at Elmsford, NY
1932Second daughter, Michelle Bridgit Farmer, born Apr. 5
1933Final United Artists film A Perfect Understanding released in Feb.
1934Herbert K. Somborn died Jan. 2; Swanson's first and only film for Fox, Music in the Air, released Dec.
1937Signed contract with Columbia Pictures in Apr.
1938Moved to New York City where Multiprises, Inc., a patents and invention firm, was organized on Jul. 6
1939Daughter Gloria married Robert W. Anderson Jun. 30; sold California home at 904 North Crescent Drive, Beverly Hills
1941Filmed Father Takes a Wife for RKO-Radio Pictures, released in Sep.; moved to 920 Fifth Avenue, New York City
1942First theatrical appearances in Reflected Glory and Three Curtains
1943Appeared in play Let Us Be Gay
1944Appeared in play A Goose for the Gander
1945Married William Davey on Jan. 29
1947Entered into an arrangement with the Haley Corporation as a travel representative
1948Theatrical appearance in There Goes the Bride; hosted series The Gloria Swanson Hour on WPIX-TV, New York
1949Son Joseph married Aug. 7; promoted The Heiress for Paramount on tour; filmed Sunset Boulevard
1950Sunset Boulevard released in Aug., Swanson went on promotional tour to support; received Neiman-Marcus Award; attended Royal Command Performance of Sunset Boulevard in Nov.; hosted her own radio show, The Gloria Swanson Show; entered into an agreement with Puritan Fashion Corp. for a line of Gloria Swanson dresses
1951Nominated for an Academy Award for Sunset Boulevard in Feb.; theatre appearances in Twentieth Century and Nina; daughter Michelle married Robert Amon Dec. 16
1952Made Three for Bedroom C for Warner Bros., released in Jun.
1953Hosted television series Crown Theatre; became a director of the Independent Cancer Research Foundation
1954Published newsletter, Gloria Swanson's Diary
1955Began work on a musical version of Sunset Boulevard, to be called Boulevard; trip to Europe on Puritan Fashions business; wrote a series of articles for United Press while traveling; began filming Nero's Mistress in Nov. for Titanus-Lux Films; named chairman of the Committee for Independent Cancer Research
1956Nero's Mistress released in Europe; covered the Grace Kelly/Prince Rainier III of Monaco wedding for United Press
1957Again traveled in Europe on Puritan Fashions business; appeared on This is Your Life; performed songs from Boulevard on The Steve Allen Show
1958Recognized by Congressman James J. Delaney for her advocacy of food additive legislation
1959Appeared in play Red Letter Day; incorporated Gloria Swanson Enterprises, Inc.; became a director of the Patients' Aid Society, Inc.
1960Sunset Boulevard re-released
1961Appeared in play Between Seasons; endorsed a line of Gloria Swanson Nylons for Sheffield Hosiery Mills
1962Nero's Mistress released in the United States; appeared in play The Inkwell
1963Appeared on television show Dr. Kildare and in play Just for Tonight
1964Appeared on Kraft Suspense Theater
1965Entered into new business venture, Gloria Swanson Essence of Nature Cosmetics; negotiations began on proposed projects The Duchess and the Smugs and Here Kitty, Kitty
1966George Eastman House held career retrospective, A Tribute to Gloria Swanson; appeared on The Beverly Hillbillies and in play The Women; Mother Adelaide died Oct. 24; work began on proposed project Blackpoint
1967Appearance for the New York Theater Organ Society, From Silents to Sound; appeared in play Reprise
1968Traveled to Russian and Sweden
1969Purchased residence in Colares, Portugal
1970Negotiations for appearance in Coco fell through; starred on stage in Butterflies are Free; began arrangements for Gloria Swanson Products Corp.; puchased residence in Palm Springs, CA
1972Henri de la Falaise died; appeared before the House Ways and Means Committee protesting tax rates for single persons
1973Appeared on The Carol Burnett Show; filmed television movie The Killer Bees
1974Film retrospective at the Cinèmathéque Française in Mar.; final feature film appearance, Airport 1975 for Universal, released in Oct.
1975Son Joseph died Jul. 9; performed one-woman show Look Back in Laughter
1976Married William Dufty on Feb. 2; publicity tour for Dufty's book Sugar Blues
1977Swanson-Dufty Enterprises, Inc. formed
1978Swanson's art exhibited in London gallery
1979Traveled to Japan
1980Autobiography Swanson on Swanson published; designed stamp cachet for the United Nations Postal Administration; chaired New York chapter of Seniors for Reagan-Bush
1982Sold her archive to the HRHRC in Dec.
1983Died Apr. 4, New York City; auctions of furniture and decorations, jewelry, fashion collection, career and personal memorabilia Aug.-Sep. at William Doyle Gallery, New York

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Scope and Contents

The papers of actress Gloria Swanson (ca. [18--]-1988, bulk 1920-1983, 620 boxes) document her career accomplishments, her business ventures and her various interests, as well as her childhood, family, personal relationships, and private life. Included are correspondence, photographs, scripts, production records, financial and legal records, publicity materials, clippings, scrapbooks, published materials, film, audio recordings, music, writings, art work, and artifacts.

In the foreword to her autobiography, Swanson explained her eighty year accumulation of "files and scrapbooks and photographs and films and letters and documents" with the statement "I never throw anything away." Also a diligent custodian, she shepherded records from California to New York, installed state-of-the-art mechanical filing cabinets in her office in the 1950s, and even hired an archivist to order her papers after they were "ransacked" during the writing of Swanson on Swanson. This process was begun in 1980 by Raymond W. Daum.

The collection is now arranged in seven Series: I. Correspondence (1907-1983, 85 boxes), II. Career (ca. 1914-1983, 118 boxes), III. Business Interests (1921-1982, 76 boxes), IV. Other Interests (1923-1983, 51 boxes), V. Biographical/Personal Papers (ca. [18--]-1983, 110 boxes), VI. After Death (1983-1988, 1 box), and VII. Formats (1889-1983, 147 boxes). Though these groupings represent a comprehensive structure never realized during Swanson's lifetime, they continue, to some extent, the arrangement process begun in 1980. Internal files document various surveys of the papers, 1980-1982 (see folders 16.4-17.8).

As many files as possible have been placed in the context of their original creation, left in their original order, and grouped together in the appropriate series. Materials which had apparently been separated for research or otherwise segregated (such as "VIP" correspondence) have been reintegrated into the collection. Other parts of the collection, which were so chaotic as to be virtually unuseable (i.e., United Artists, Health and Nutrition subseries, clippings, photographs, etc.), have had order imposed upon them.

The collection contains extensive records (including numerous film stills) of Swanson's career in motion pictures, encompassing sixty-six films, ca. 1914-1975. Her film career spanned the early days of slapstick two-reelers, the peak of the silent era, and the transition to sound and other technological developments. Her role as one of the first women to independently produce her own films at United Artists, 1925-1933, is traced by the records of her production companies. These companies produced six of her films, including the controversial Sadie Thompson, and the legendary Erich von Stroheim fiasco Queen Kelly, as well as her first "talkie," The Trespasser. Swanson's watershed role of later years, that of Norma Desmond in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950), is also well documented.

Also represented is Swanson's involvement in other entertainment branches, which extended to radio (1927-1981, including The Gloria Swanson Show, 1951), television (1944-1981, including The Gloria Swanson Hour broadcast during the "stone age" of television in 1948), and theatre (1937-1977, including three Broadway productions, Twentieth Century, Nina, and Butterflies Are Free).

Numerous scripts, synopses, stories, and treatments, representing writers such as Zoë Akins, Jay Presson Allen, Lenore J. Coffee, James Ashmore Creelman, Lilyan Kemble Cooper, Laura Hope Crews, Delmer Daves, William Dufty, Laurence Eyre, Allan Jay Friedman, Leonard Gershe, Forrest Halsey, Ben Hecht, Harold J. Kennedy, Alan Jay Lerner, Josephine Lovett, Clare Boothe Luce, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, Richard Matheson, Preston Sturges, C. Gardner Sullivan, Erich von Stroheim, and Billy Wilder, are also present in the collection.

The film stills and other numerous photographs in this collection include the work of many photographers, among them Ernest A. Bachrach, Edward O. Bagley, Russell Ball, Cecil Beaton, Marcus Blechman, Clarence Sinclair Bull, Harold Carter, Irving Chidnoff, William Eglinton, Eliot Elisofon, G.L. Manuel Frères, Maurice Goldberg, Ellen Graham, Philippe Halsman, George Hoyningen-Huene, George Hurrell, G. Maillard Kesslere, Donald Biddle Keyes, Roddy McDowall, Jack Mitchell, Nickolas Muray, Alexander Phillips, Melbourne Spurr, Edward Steichen, Karl Struss, Stig Svedfelt, and others.

Swanson also kept extensive records of her efforts as a businesswoman, which included cosmetics, a fashion line, hosiery, an inventions and patents company, a travel agency, and writing assignments. Included are the records of Gloria Swanson Enterprises, Inc. (1959-1977) and Swanson-Dufty Enterprises, Inc. (1977-1981), as well as the papers of Multiprises, Inc. (1937-1951), which financed and exploited various inventions by a group of four World War II refugee inventors from Austria and Germany. Her fruitful and long lived association with Puritan Fashions Corp. (1951-1982) is captured in the archive, as are numerous writing projects, culminating in her popular autobiography, Swanson on Swanson (1980).

Additionally, the collection also contains evidence of Swanson's varied personal enthusiasms: art (original art and sculpture by Miss Swanson, including a design for a United Nations Postal Administration stamp issue commemorating the Decade for Women, 1980); fashion (in addition to costume designs and the records of her commercial clothing line, there are associations with designers such as Coco Chanel, Edith Head, René Hubert, Givenchy, Pauline Trigere, Adam Werlé, and Valentina); health and nutrition (an early enthusiast of organic foods, her papers document a tireless crusade against chemical additives, inorganic pesticides, and pollution, her efforts in the passage of the so-called Delaney Bill in 1958, and participation in the Independent Cancer Research Foundation, the Committee for Independent Cancer Research, and the Patients' Aid Society); music (she sang on film, television, and stage, and numbered George Gershwin, Rosa Ponselle, and Jascha Heifetz among her friends); psychic phenomena and religion (her proclivities as a spiritual seeker are indicated in materials concerning such organizations as ESP Research Associates Foundation, the United Church of Religious Science, and the University of Science and Philosophy); politics (her campaign activities for Wendell Willkie, Thomas E. Dewey, and Ronald Reagan are included); science and technology (including visits to Bell Helicopter and to NASA, from which she cherished an autographed picture and drawings by Werner von Braun); and travel (England, France, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Russia, and Sweden, represented chiefly through photographs).

Swanson's childhood, family life, and personal life are further documented through such personal papers as address books, appointment books, photographs, and various personal financial, legal, and property records.

There is a wide range of correspondence, located primarily in Series I., but also scattered through the other series due to the inevitable overlap of personal, career, business, and other relationships. Among Miss Swanson's correspondents are family, friends, business associates, acquaintances, and fans, spanning many notables from numerous fields of endeavor: Michelle Amon, Kenneth Anger, Robert Balzer, Vilma Banky, Beverly Bayne, Henry G. Bieler, Earl Blackwell, Virginia Bowker, Charles Brackett, Lewis L. Bredin, Harry A. Bruno, Carol Burnett, George Bush, Francis X. Bushman, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Walter Byron, James Cagney, Eddie Cantor, Carol Channing, Charlie Chaplin, Maurice Chevalier, Ronald Colman, Noel Coward, Fleur Cowles, Joan Crawford, George Cukor, Gloria Daly, Marion Davies, James J. Delaney, Cecil B. DeMille, Indra Devi, Thomas E. Dewey, Marlene Dietrich, William Dufty, Allan Dwan, Nelson Eddy, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Harlan Ellison, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Michael Farmer, José Ferrer, Allan Jay Friedman, George, Duke of Kent, George Gershwin, Margaret Ghika, Lillian Gish, Hubert de Givenchy, Elinor Glyn, Samuel Goldwyn, Ram Gopal, Edmund Goulding, D. W. Griffith, Gladys Griffith, Alec Guiness, Edmund Gwenn, Forrest Halsey, Oscar Hammerstein II, Helen Hayes, Will H. Hays, Edith Head, William Randolph Hearst, Ethel Helmsing, Katharine Hepburn, Conrad Hilton, Prince Franz Hohenlohe, Bob Hope, Hedda Hopper, Edward Everett Horton, L. Ron Hubbard, René Hubert, William Bradford Huie, George S. Kaufman, Buster Keaton, Edward Moore Kennedy, Harold J. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Rose Kennedy, Jean Kerr, Edward I. Koch, Henri de la Falaise, Beatrice LaPlante, Henri Langlois, Rod LaRocque, Jesse L. Lasky, Evelyn Laye, Vivien Leigh, Alan Jay Lerner, Mervyn LeRoy, Clare Boothe Luce, Joel McCrea, Roddy McDowell, Frances Norton Manning, Arlette Marchal, Stanley Marcus, Frances Marion, Gene Markey, Herbert Marshall, Somerset Maugham, Louis B. Mayer, James Michener, Condé Nast, Marshall Neilan, David Niven, Richard M. Nixon, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Albert Parker, Louella Parsons, Mary Pickford, Zasu Pitts, Harold Prince, Ronald Reagan, Charles Revson, Carroll Righter, Ginger Rogers, Eleanor Roosevelt, Joseph M. Schenck, Else Schiaparelli, David O. Selznick, Ted Shawn, Eunice Shriver, Herbert K. Somborn, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Steichen, Preston Sturges, Ed Sullivan, Joseph Patrick Swanson, Joseph Theodore Swanson, Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Bess Truman, Valentina, Erich von Stroheim, Raoul Walsh, Barbara Walters, LeRoy P. Ward, Jack Warner, Clifton Webb, Orson Welles, Dan Werlé, Billy Wilder, Lois Wilson, Sam Wood, Adelaide Woodruff, Florenz Ziegfeld, Adolph Zukor, and others.

An extensive index of correspondents (which also includes photographic subjects, prominent photographers, and some topics) has been created in order to locate materials which are dispersed through the collection. The index is selective and should by no means be considered exhaustive. Persons and subjects were selected for their own intrinsic importance, as well as their quantity and importance within the collection. Individual actors in the stills are not indexed. However, a Film Credits List is included in this inventory which lists the individual cast members for each of Swanson's films.

Though this collection is substantially complete, it is probably weakest in the area of personal materials for the 1920s through the mid-1940s. The permanent move to New York in the late 1930s, the arrival of long-time staffers such as Gladys Griffith in the 1940s, and the longevity of these arrangements seem to have contributed to a more stable and consistent climate in which the more comprehensive papers of the 1950s through the 1970s were created. Items not present in this archive include the bulk of Miss Swanson's film holdings, which were acquired by George Eastman House in 1967. For further information on those materials, see folders 201.1-201.8. For the disposition of certain other items after her death in 1983, see box 441.

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Restrictions

Access

Contact Assistant Film Curator for access. Original audio recordings and films are unavailable for use until preservation copies are made.

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Related Material

An Associated Materials List appended to this guide lists other Swanson materials available in the HRHRC. Other manuscript collections at the HRHRC which contain Swanson materials include those of Merle Armitage (Recipient), Harpers (Letters), and Mike Wallace (Miscellaneous).

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Administrative Information

Acquisition

Purchase (1982) and gift (1983-1988)

Processed by

Joan Sibley, with assistance from Kerry Bohannon, David Sparks, Steve Mielke, Jimmy Rittenberry, Eve Grauer, 1990-1993

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Series Descriptions

 

Series I. Correspondence, 1907-1983 (bulk 1950s-1960s),
85 boxes

Includes correspondence, with various enclosures (clippings, photographs, financial or legal documents, script proposals, etc.) from Miss Swanson's family, friends, business associates, acquaintances, and fans, 1907-1983 (bulk 1950s-1960s). This series is divided into General Correspondence, Unidentified Correspondence, Book Withdrawals, Fan Mail, and Fan Address Cards.
Subseries A. General Correspondence, 1907-1983,
65 boxes
Arrangement of this subseries is alphabetical by name or subject, with chronological groupings within each letter of the alphabet. This appears to be the manner in which Miss Swanson's staff (chiefly Gladys Griffith) kept her papers, from the mid-1940s through the 1970s. Carbons of outgoing correspondence were generally kept with the pertinent incoming correspondence. The relatively small (and mostly unorganized) amounts of general correspondence from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1980s have been regularized into this system. Most correspondence from the 1920s and 1930s is film related and located in Series II., Career, especially in the United Artists subseries. The 1940s are most prominently represented in the Multiprises, Inc. subseries of Series III., Business Interests.
While a number of correspondence files dealing with specific topics such as film, television, theatre, business projects, etc. have been placed in more appropriate series dealing with Miss Swanson's career and business interests, this subseries should by no means be regarded as purely personal correspondence. Many relationships overlapped personal, career, business, and other interests to a great extent.
Among Miss Swanson's myriad correspondents, reflecting the wide range of her career, her business associates, her interests, and her personal relationships, are:
Actors and performers: Virginia Bowker, Carol Burnett, Francis X. Bushman, Walter Byron, James Cagney, Eddie Cantor, Carol Channing, Maurice Chevalier, Ronald Colman, Joan Crawford, Marion Davies, Nelson Eddy, Douglas Fairbanks, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., José Ferrer, Lillian Gish, Alec Guiness, Edmund Gwenn, Helen Hayes, Katharine Hepburn, Bob Hope, Edward Everett Horton, Beatrice LaPlante, Rod LaRocque, Vivien Leigh, Arlette Marchal, Herbert Marshall, Joel McCrea, Roddy McDowell, David Niven, Merle Oberon, Laurence Olivier, Mary Pickford, Zasu Pitts, Ginger Rogers, Barbara Stanwyck, Ed Sullivan, Clifton Webb, Orson Welles, and Lois Wilson;
Directors, producers, and film-makers: Kenneth Anger, George Cukor, Michael Curtiz, Cecil B. DeMille, Allan Dwan, Edmund Goulding, Harold J. Kennedy, Jesse L. Lasky, Marshall Neilan, Mervyn LeRoy, David O. Selznick, Erich von Stroheim, Raoul Walsh, Billy Wilder, Sam Wood, Florenz Ziegfeld, and Adolph Zukor;
Fashion designers: Hubert de Givenchy, Edith Head, René Hubert, Else Schiaparelli, Valentina, and Dan Werlé;
Journalists and publicists: Earl Blackwell, Hedda Hopper, Louella Parsons, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Barbara Walters, and Walter Winchell;
Musicians, composers, and singers: George Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Rosa Ponselle, and Harold Prince;
Political figures and their families: George Bush, Thomas E. Dewey, Mamie Doud Eisenhower, Edward Moore Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Joseph P. Kennedy, Rose Kennedy, Edward I. Koch, Richard M. Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eunice Shriver, and Bess Truman;
Writers, editors and publishers: Charles Brackett, Noel Coward, Fleur Cowles, Harlan Ellison, Elinor Glyn, Forrest Halsey, William Randolph Hearst, William Bradford Huie, George S. Kaufman, Jean Kerr, Clare Boothe Luce, Frances Norton Manning, Frances Marion, Gene Markey, James Michener, and Preston Sturges;
Other notable correspondents include business magnates Conrad Hilton and Stanley Marcus, dancer Ram Gopal, explorer Richard E. Byrd, health and nutrition advocates Robert Balzer, Michio Kushi, and Indra Devi, inventor Henri A. Coanda, photographer Edward Steichen, religious proponents Kathryn Kuhlman and L. Ron Hubbard, and royalty, such as George, Duke of Kent, Margaret Ghika, and Prince Franz Hohenlohe.
Family correspondence includes the earliest items in this subseries, that from Swanson's parents (Joseph Theodore Swanson and Adelaide Woodruff). Also present is correspondence from her children (Gloria Daly, Joseph Patrick Swanson, and Michelle Farmer Amon), and husbands (Herbert K. Somborn, Henri de la Falaise, Michael Farmer, William Davey, and William Dufty), as well as from various aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandchildren.
Correspondence with the various professionals and personnel employed by Miss Swanson frequently offers deeper insights into the details of her life and career:
Accountants: Ernest du Belier, Equitable Investment Corporation, Noah Gallop & Company, David R. Shelton;
Agents: Helen Ainsworth, Avis Caminez, Famous Artists Corp., General Artists Corp., Hawks-Volck Corporation, Harold J. Kennedy, Wynn Rocamora, Myron Selznick and Company, Inc., William Morris Agency;
Attorneys: Barry Brannen; Casey, Lane & Mittendorf; J. S. Rex Cole; Emery, Varney, Whittemore & Dix; Allan D. Emil; Gang, Kopp & Tyre; Hughes, Herndon, Yessner & Hughes; William B. Jaffe; James H. Kindell, Jr.; Paul D. O'Brien; Joseph Sharfshin; R. Lawrence Siegel; and Stanford Schewel;
Personal Staff: Brandy Brent, Wally Cedar, Grace Crossman, Raymond Witham Daum, Gladys Griffith, Lance Heath, Ethel Helmsing, Thomas Allen Moore, Edith Simonson, and Irving Wakoff;
The correspondence of personal intimates such as Robert Balzer, Virginia Bowker, Gladys Griffith, Ethel Helmsing, René Hubert, Beatrice LaPlante, Frances Marion, Marshall Neilan, LeRoy P. ("Sport") Ward, and Lois Wilson provide more lengthy and revealing glimpses of friendships. Correspondence from Lewis L. Bredin, Herbert Marshall, Joel McCrea, and Gustave Schirmer documents other close relationships. There is relatively little correspondence with Joseph P. Kennedy (most of it appearing in Series II., Career) and it is generally characterized by business dealings.
Among some of the more intriguing pieces of correspondence are: a letter from a twelve year old John F. Kennedy, thanking Miss Swanson for a Christmas present; a signed, self-caricature note from George Gershwin; René Hubert's voluminous, illustrated correspondence; early papers of Herbert K. Somborn's company, Equity Pictures; and the series of "hate mail" from Kenneth Anger, which arose from a lawsuit involving his book Hollywood Babylon.
Subseries B. Unidentified Correspondence, 1910s-1970s,
10 folders
Correspondence is separated into outgoing (1 folder) and incoming (9 folders) correspondence, and then arranged chronologically insofar as possible. Most of these are signed only with first names, or are unsigned, or illegible.
Subseries C. Book Withdrawals, 1924-1982,
1 folder
Includes 14 items of correspondence which were withdrawn from books in Miss Swanson's personal library. Her library is cataloged in the University of Texas online catalog (UTCAT), and copies of the relevant catalog cards are sleeved with each piece of correspondence.
Subseries D. Fan Mail, 1910s-1982,
9 boxes
This correspondence remains organized in the two groups in which it was found: one chronological group, the other grouped by subject, name or other category. Some fans, such as Amber Rau and Sonya Rudzinski, became friends and more of their correspondence is found in the General Correspondence files. Others, such as Aario Marist, remained unknown to Miss Swanson, but continued to send large amounts of correspondence. Many fans included sketches, drawings or other art work depicting Miss Swanson with their correspondence. Occasionally, the letters are annotated with Miss Swanson's comments or reactions, or carbons of responses are included.
Fan mail also frequently appears in files scattered through Series II. Career, in files dealing with particular film, radio, television or stage appearances.
Subseries E. Fan Address Cards, nd,
11 boxes
These boxes contain fans' addresses kept on index cards. These were removed from metal file card boxes, but kept in Swanson's order of United States (A-Z) and Foreign (A-Z). Occasionally there are notes that a photograph or letter was sent, or perhaps a phone call was made. These cards were possibly used in connection with mass mailings, such as Gloria Swanson's Diary, a publicity and merchandising publication from the 1950s.
Subseries A. General Correspondence
boxfolder
11-3A, 1911-1912, 1920-1939
4Amon, Michelle Farmer (daughter), 1938-1983
5A, 1940-1949
6Allen, Winfred ("Win") C., 1945-1952
7Anderson family, 1949-1979
8Astrology, 1949-1950
9A, 1950
10Ainsworth, Helen, 1950
11Angel, Daniel, 1950
Appearances, charitable
12Accepted, 1950
13Declined, 1950
14Applications, personnel, 1950-1952
15Armed forces, 1950-1951
16Armitage, Merle, 1950-1962
17-18Awards, 1950-1981
19Photographs
boxfolder
21A, 1951
2Ainsworth, Helen, 1951
Appearances, charitable
3Accepted, 1951
4Declined, 1951
5Appearances, personal, 1951
6A, 1952
7Ainsworth, Helen, 1952
8Altemus, James, 1952-1956
9A, 1953
10American Woman's Council, 1953-1958
11A, 1954
12Aicardi, Federico, 1954-1955
13-14A, 1955-1956
American Express
15Bills, 1956
16Correspondence, 1956
17-18A, 1957-1958
19Alexander, Dale, 1958-1963
20-21A, 1959-1960
boxfolder
31-5A, 1961-1965
6Anger, Kenneth, 1965-1966
7Art galleries, 1965-1967
8-10A, 1966-1968
11Arkansas, 1968
12-15A, 1969-1971
15Amon, Guy, 1971
16-20A, 1972-1976
21Alati, Vincent J., 1977
Anger, Kenneth
22-24 1977, nd
25Legal, 1977-1979
26A, 1978
27A, 1980
28Arons, L. Sherman, 1980
29A, 1982
30Annenberg, Walter H., 1982
31A, nd
32B, 1930-1939
33Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1931-1937
34Brannen, Barry, 1936-1940
35Brown Derby, 1936-1937
boxfolder
41Bekins Van Lines, 1939-1973
2B, 1940-1949
3Berger, Paula, 1943-1949
4Berggren, John L., 1945-1958
5Brown, Beatrice L., 1946-1948
6Balzer, Robert, clippings, 1947-1950
7Bieler, Henry G., 1947-1968
8Brackett, Charles, 1948-1955
Balzer, Robert, 1949-1982
9Balzer's Bulletins, 1949-1955
10-11Correspondence, 1949-1982
12Blechman, Marcus, 1949-1966
boxfolder
51B, 1950
2Bartholomew, Frank, 1950-1980
3Brent, Brandy, 1950-1953
4Brunzell, Marie, 1950
5B, 1951
6Beach, George Edward, 1951-1957
7Boullen, Eugenie, 1951
8Bredin, Lewis L., 1951-1962
9B, 1952
10Bakers Research Bureau, 1952-1954
11-12B, 1953-1954
13Berry, J. E., 1954-1956
boxfolder
61Brandel, Joseph, 1954-1957
2B, 1955
3Boyar, Burt, 1955
4-15B, 1956-1967
16Barcus-Berry, Inc., 1967
17Boston University, 1967-1982
18-19B, 1968-1969
boxfolder
71-3B, 1970-1972
4Bower, Holly, 1971-1972
5Bantam Books, 1972
6Bagley, Ben, 1973-1974
7B, 1974
8Burnett, Carol, 1974-1978
9B, 1975
10Beautiful Bread, 1975
11-15B, 1976-1981
16Balanchine, George, 1981
17B, 1982
18B, nd
19C, 1912
20-22C, 1920-1949
23Cole, J. S. Rex, 1940
24Cuban cracker business, 1940-1941
25Cuban dress business, 1941
26Constitutional Educational League, 1944
27Curtiz, Michael, 1948
boxfolder
81C, 1950
2Charitable, 1950-1951
3Critics, 1950-1951
4C, 1951
5Compagnons de Rabelais, 1951
6Cowles, Fleur and Gardner, 1951-1981
7Critical Digest, 1951-1952
8-9C, 1952-1953
10Chaplin, Charlie (GS as), 1953
11C, 1954
12Cook, Ruth Pratt, 1954-1957
13Califano, Albert, 1954-1956
14C, 1955
boxfolder
91Conway, Lavinia M. ("Peggy"), 1955-1957
2C, 1956
3-4Cables, 1956
5Coanda, Henri, 1956-1972
6-8C, 1957-1959
9Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, 1959-1965
10C, 1960
11Cedar, Wally, 1960-1972
12Celebrity Service, Inc., 1960-1972
13Connor, Allen, 1960-1971
boxfolder
101Curtis, Robert, 1960
2C, 1961
3Cahill, Grace, 1961-1963
4C, 1962
5Carson, Rachel, 1962
6C, 1963
7Caminez, Avis, 1963-1965
8-18C, 1964-1974
19Cherokee Indians, 1974-1977
20-21C, 1975-1976
22Chilton Book Company, 1976
boxfolder
111C, 1977
2City-County Arts Council (Paducah, KY), 1977
3-5C, 1978-1980
6Children's Express, 1980-1982
7Circus Saints & Sinners Club, 1980-1981
8C, 1981
9Cousins, Norman, 1981
10-11C, 1982-1983
12C, nd
13D, 1920-1929
14Daly, Gloria (daughter), 1920-1959
15-16D, 1930-1949
17du Belier, Ernest, 1942
18Davey, William M., 1944-1950
boxfolder
121-2Davey, William M. (cont.)
3Dwight School, 1945-1949
4Dramatists Guild, Inc., 1949-1982
5D, 1950
6Donations, 1950
7Doubleday & Company, 1950-1953
8D, 1951
9DeLisle, Gordon, 1951-1953
10Donations, 1951
11D, 1952
12Donations, 1952
13D, 1953
14Devi, Indra, 1953-1981
15Donations, 1953
16D, 1954
17Delaney, James J., 1954-1976
boxfolder
131-3di Grandi, Gino, 1954-1982
4Donations, 1954-1955
5D, 1955
6de Belmont, Helene, 1955-1956
7-9D, 1956-1958
Daum, Raymond Witham
10 1958-1978
11Dissertation (Columbia Univ.), 1976, A Film Study of Some Aspects of Urban and Rural Communities of a Twentieth Century American Indian Group: The Mohawks of Caughnawaga and New York City [see also Film, Videotape FT30]
12D, 1959
13Deturge, 1959
14D, 1960
boxfolder
141D, 1961
2Diebold, Inc., 1961-1981
3D, 1962
4Denninger, John P., 1962
5-10D, 1963-1968
11Dayton Stores, 1968
12Dubbs, Gustave, 1968
13D, 1969
14Dufty, William, You Are All Sanpaku, 1969
15D, 1970
16Daniels, Mary, 1970
17D, 1971
18-19Dufty, William, 1971-1978
20-21D, 1972-1973
boxfolder
151Dietrich, Marlene, 1973
2D, 1974
3Dotto, Gianni, 1974-1978
Dufty, William, 1974-1976
4Financial, 1974
5Miscellaneous writings, 1974-1976
6Lady Sings the Blues, 1975-1976
7D, 1976
Desmarais, Marie, 1976-1977
8Correspondence
9-10Film catalogs
Dufty, William
11Sugar Blues, 1976-1980
12Promotion, 1976
13D, 1977
14de Toledo, Lucy A., 1977
15D, 1978
boxfolder
161Degas, Brian, 1978-1982
2-3D, 1979-1980
Daum, Raymond Witham (archivist, Gloria Swanson Archives, 1980-1982)
4-5Correspondence, 1980-1982
6Notes from Swanson
7Regarding Swanson memorabilia
8File codes
9Film loans
10Film search
Lists
11Audio recordings (Jul., 1982)
12Books and scripts
13Correspondents
14Films
15Memorabilia
16Personal
17Miscellaneous
18Photographs of archives
19Stationery for archives
20Survey notes
Surveys
21-23 nd, 1956, 1969
boxfolder
171 1980, Oct.
2 1981, Jan.
3 1981, Apr.
4 1981, Jul.
5 1982, Apr.
6 1982, Jun.
7 nd
8Unidentified
9D, 1981
10Tribute to Cecil B. DeMille, 1981
11D, 1982
12Dance, nd
13D, nd
14E, 1930-1939
boxfolder
181-4Equitable Investment Corp., 1934-1942
5E, 1940-1949
6Emery, Varney, Whittemore & Dix, 1940-1948
7Engel, Iphigenia ("Iffi"), 1943-1950
8Elliott, L. Lloyd, 1944-1952
9-11E, 1950-1952
12Emil, Allan D., 1952-1955
13-18E, 1953-1959
19Emerson, Alfred A., 1958-1959
boxfolder
191E, 1960-1969
2Esquire, 1966
3The Eternal Tramp, 1967-1968
4Ernst, Michael, 1968
5E, 1970-1979
6Expeditions Unlimited Aquatic Enterprises, Inc., 1973
7Eden Ranch Account, 1975-1976
8Earth Day, 1980
9E, nd
10-11F, 1920-1939
12Farmer, Michael, 1934-1961
13F, 1940-1949
14Famous Artists Corp., 1949-1950
15-16F, 1950-1951
boxfolder
201Flint, Mary Alice and Maurice, 1951-1955
2Freedom Under God, 1951-1952
3-5F, 1952-1954
6Florida property, 1954
7Folk, Dorothy E., 1954-1955
8Freedom Clubs, Inc., 1954-1955
9F, 1955
10Fiolet, Winnie, 1955-1956
11F, 1956-1958
12Fairleigh-Dickinson University, 1957-1968
13Falcucci, Robert, 1957-1966
14Full O' Life Foods, 1957-1976
15-16F, 1959-1969
boxfolder
211F, 1960-1969 (cont.)
2F, 1970-1979
3Fischer, Charles F., 1970-1971
4F, 1980-1983
5Forever Young Seminar, 1981
6F, nd
7-8G, 1919-1929
9Godwin, Sylvia, 1928-1961
10G, 1930-1939
11Gosliner, Dora, 1936-1953
12G, 1940-1949
13Griffith, Gladys, 1944
14Gallop, Noah N. (Noah Gallop & Co.), 1945-1950
15Garter, 1947-1948
16Griffith, Gladys, 1949
17G, 1950
boxfolder
221Gabriel, Jack (NEA Service, Inc.), 1950-1975
2Griffith, Gladys, 1950
3General Artists Corporation, 1950
4G, 1951
5Gish, Lillian, 1951-1980
6Griffith, Gladys, 1951
7-8G, 1952-1953
9Gang, Kopp & Tyre, 1953-1956
10Griffith, Gladys, 1953
11Grubb, Judy, 1953-1967
12G, 1954
13Griffith, Gladys, 1954
14G, 1955
15Glasses, 1955
16Griffith, Gladys, 1955
boxfolder
231Griffith, Gladys (cont.)
2G, 1956
3-5Griffith, Gladys, 1956
6G, 1957
7-8Griffith, Gladys, 1957
9G, 1958
10Griffith, Gladys, 1958
11G, 1959
boxfolder
241The Golden Door, 1959
2Griffith, Gladys, 1959
3-4G, 1960-1969
5Garbetan, 1960
6Green, Bill, 1960-1961
7Griffith, Gladys, 1960
8Guyot, Françoise, 1960
9-10Griffith, Gladys, 1961-1962
11Ginoglori, 1962
12-13Griffith, Gladys, 1963-1964
14General Features Corporation, 1964-1965
15Goetze-Claren, Wolfgang, 1964-1971
boxfolder
251Goldwater, Barry, 1964-1975
2Griffith, Gladys
3-4Steno pads, 1965-1966
5Gaisseau, Pierre Dominique, 1966
6Gannaway Productions, 1966
7Graa, Sigmund, 1966
8Griffith, Gladys, 1967-1968
9Steno pad, 1967-1968
10-11Griffith, Gladys, 1969
12G, 1970-1979
13Griffith, Gladys, 1970-1971
14Graham, Ian, 1974-1975
15G, 1980-1983
16G, nd
17Griffith, Gladys, nd
boxfolder
261H, 1920-1929
2-3Helmsing, Ethel, 1928-1980
4H, 1930-1939
5-6Hawks-Volck Corp., 1934-1939
Hubert, René
7Clippings, nd
8-12Correspondence, 1935-1961
boxfolder
271-8Correspondence, 1961-1976, nd
boxfolder
281Fashion sketches
2Photographs
3-4Hollywood in Miniature, 1936-1946
5Havemeyer, Lillie, 1938-1953
6H, 1940-1949
7Hall, Lovan, 1947-1948
8Haras Company, 1947-1949
9-10Harrison, Anna Jean, 1948-1955
boxfolder
291-4Harrison, Anna Jean (cont.)
5Hat business, 1948
6H, 1950
7Horoscope, 1950
8Hughes, Herndon, Yessner & Hughes, 1950
9-12H, 1951-1954
boxfolder
301Heritage Productions Corp., 1954-1955
2-4H, 1955-1957
5Health Guild, 1957-1961
6-7H, 1958-1959
8Hotels, 1959-1968
9-10H, 1960-1969
11Haggott Enterprises, 1960
12Hammer, Jon, 1968-1969
13-14H, 1970-1983
15H, nd
boxfolder
311-3I, 1930-1959
4-7Insurance, 1950-1982
8Invitations accepted, 1950-1952
9Interviews, 1951-1972
10Iron Gate Products Co., Inc., 1952
11IBM, 1954-1957
12Italy, 1954
13Italian fashion, 1955-1956
14Italy, 1956
15I, 1960-1969
16Italian business ventures, 1962-1963
Invitations, 1963-1978
17-19Accepted, 1963-1976
20Declined, 1966-1978
boxfolder
321-2Declined (cont.)
3I, 1970-1979
4International Organization of Women Executives, 1978
5I, nd
6Inner-View, nd
7-8J, 1920-1939
9Jaffe, William B., 1936-1939
10-11J, 1940-1950
12Jarvis, Aileen, 1950-1951
13Jones, Martin, 1950-1965
14J, 1951
15Johns, Robert Powell, 1951-1954
16J, 1952-1959
17Johnston, J. Lynn, 1952
18Jones, Paul, 1958-1969
19J, 1960-1969
boxfolder
331Jones, Homer and Helen, 1963-1973
2Junior Achievement, 1964-1967
3J, 1970-1979
4Jurasunas, Serge, 1973-1974
5Jury duty, 1973
6J, 1980-1983
7J, nd
8-9Kennedy, Joseph P., 1928-1981
10Speeches, 1950-1951
11Kennedy, John F., ca. 1929-1961
12K, 1930-1939
13Kobler, Richard, 1939-1980
14K, 1940-1949
boxfolder
341Karniol, Leopold, 1941-1955
2Kellogg, Frederick D., 1943-1968
3Kennedy, Harold J., 1947-1982
4Kreuger, Kurt, 1947-1950
5Kennedy, Rose, 1948-1956
6K, 1950
7Kindel, James H. Jr., 1950-1962
8K, 1951
9K, 1952
10Kentucky Colonels, 1952-1964
11K, 1953
boxfolder
351Koch, Lou, 1953-1965
2-7K, 1954-1959
8Killiam, Paul, 1959-1960
9Television brochures
10K, 1960-1969
11Knights of Malta, 1963-1966
12Kennedy, Edward M., 1964
boxfolder
361Kushi, Michio, 1966-1982
2-3K, 1970-1983
4K, nd
5-6L, 1919, 1920-1929
la Falaise, Henri de, ca. 1925-1980
7Correspondence
8Miscellaneous
9L, 1930-1939
10Larson, Clifford M., 1934-1970
11L, 1940-1949
12Lobo, Julio, 1940-1981
13Lecture tours, 1942-1952
14Lowenstein, Leo, 1942-1943
15A. and S. Lyons, Inc., 1947-1948
16Look Magazine, 1949-1959
17L, 1950
boxfolder
371-3L, 1951-1953
4Lingerie, 1953
5L, 1954
6Leveille, John B., 1954-1958
7Library of Congress, 1954-1969
8L, 1955
9Lerner, Kaufman and Mann, 1955-1956
10L, 1956
11-12Literature mailed, 1957-1962
13-14L, 1957-1958
15Longevity Club, 1958
16L, 1959
boxfolder
381-3L, 1960-1969
4Levine, Arthur J., 1961-1962
5L, 1970-1979
6Lecture Consultants of Long Island, 1977
7L, 1980-1983
8L, nd
9M, 1920-1929
10Marchal, Arlette, 1923-1968
11M, 1930-1939
12McCrea, Joel, 1930
13Markey, Gene, ca. 1930-1931
Marshall, Herbert,
14-17 1934, Apr. and May, 1935
boxfolder
391-7 1936, Jan. - Feb., Sept.-Nov., nd
8-9Marion, Frances, ca. 1935-1963
10Miller, Patsy Ruth, 1936-1950
11Meyer Synchronizing, Inc., 1938
12Myron Selznick and Co., Inc., 1939
13M, 1940-1949
14Miscellaneous, 1941-1950
15MacRobert, Frederick H., 1943-1945
16Macomber, Olive, 1945
boxfolder
401McDavitt, George V., 1946-1959
2Montero, Ricardo, 1946-1947
3McNulty, William F., 1947-1950
4Moore, Thomas Allen and Marie, 1947-1966
5Mahony, Patrick, 1949-1978
6M, 1950
7Magazine subscriptions, 1950
8Magin, F. W. ("Fritz") and Gertrude, 1950-1970
9Merchandise Licensing Corp., 1950
10Miller, Albert R., 1950-1951
11William Morris Agency, 1950-1974
12M, 1951
13Miller, Charles, 1951
14Miller, Libbie, 1951-1953
15M, 1952
16MacRobert, Frederick H.--Estate (1952)
17-19M, 1953-1955
20Mann, Christopher, 1955-1956
21Monte Carlo (GS Europe file), 1955-1956
boxfolder
411-4M, 1956-1959
5Magazines, 1959-1971
6Motion picture producers, 1959
7M, 1960
8MacNamara, Paul, 1960
9Meiklejohn, William, 1960-1961
10M, 1961
11Muccia and Muccia, 1961-1962
12-13M, 1962-1963
14Montgomery Ward, 1963
15-16M, 1964-1965
17Maree, A. Morgan Jr., 1965
18M, 1966
boxfolder
421M, 1967
2Mokot, Maxwell, 1967-1968
3-6M, 1968-1983
7McDowall, Roddy, 1982
8M, nd
9McKinley, Barry, nd
10Mailing lists, nd
11Memo notes received, nd
12Municipal Art Society of New York, nd
13-14N, 1919, 1920-1929
15-17Neilan, Marshall, 1922-1962
boxfolder
431N, 1930-1939
2Nyiregyhazi, Ervin, 1936-1938
3N, 1940-1949
4Niku Company, Inc., 1947
5N, 1950
6Neiman-Marcus, 1950-1982
Neiman-Marcus Award, 1950
7Correspondence
8Photographs
9Publicity releases
10Nylund, Ingrid, 1950-1951
11N, 1951
12Neilan & Kindel, 1951
13N, 1952
14Newspapers and magazines, 1952-1954
15N, 1953
16Nelkin, Frances and Walter, 1953-1954
17-18N, 1954-1955
19New York Academy of Osteopathy, Inc., 1955-1958
Niehans, Paul, 1955-1963
20Correspondence, 1958-1963
boxfolder
441Therapie Cellulaire, 1955
2-3N, 1956-1957
4Nigra, LeRoy and Roan, 1957-1974
5N, 1958
6New Princess Company, 1958-1960
7-9Newspapers, 1958-1968
10N, 1959
boxfolder
451-2N, 1960-1969
3Nemes, Pierre, 1960-1967
4New York is a Summer Festival!, 1972,
[see also Audio Recordings, Reel 86]
5-6N, 1970-1983
7-8National Council of Women, 1980-1982
9Napoleon re-release, 1981,
[see also Poster, P16]
10N, nd
11-13O, 1920-1949
14Office, 501 Madison Ave., 1948-1949
15O, 1950-1959
16Office equipment, 1951-1955
17Office postal meter, 1955-1975
18O'Regan, John, 1955
boxfolder
461Order of Lafayette, 1958-1962
2O, 1950-1969
3Oakland Consolidated Corp., 1962-1965
4O'Brien, Paul D., 1962-1967
5-6O, 1970-1983
7O, nd
8P, 1920-1929
9Pickford, Mary, 1929-1961
10-11P, 1930-1949
12Polan, Barron, 1949
13-14P, 1950-1951
15-17Personnel, 1951
Publicity, 1951
18Endorsements
19Magazines and newspapers
20P, 1952
boxfolder
471Pearl Syndicate, 1952
2Publicity declined, 1952-1953
3P, 1953
4-5Pyle, Denver, 1953-1956
6P, 1954
7Parapsychology Foundation, Inc., 1954-1959
8Pigeon Hole Parking, 1954-1957
9P, 1955
10Piolenc, Dorothy de, 1955-1960
11-12P, 1956-1957
13Paintings, 1957-1965
14P, 1958
15Pool, Edward A., 1958-1961
16P, 1959
17Public relations, 1959
boxfolder
481-2P, 1960-1969
3Perma-Guard, 1963-1965
4Padula, Edward, 1965-1966
5Pines, Kevin, 1965-1969
6Parks, Wayne, 1967-1982
7P, 1970-1979
8Ponselle, Rosa, 1971-1982
9Potter, Steve, 1973-1980
10P, 1980-1983
11Preventive Health Care and Educational Center, 1980
12P, nd
13Q, 1950-1982
14Quotations, nd
15-16R, 1920-1939
17Rachow, Frieda, 1937-1941
18-19Receipts
boxfolder
491R, 1940-1949
2Rice, Ray, 1940-1942
3Raney, William, 1942-1964
4Ratoff, Gregory, 1942-1951
5R, 1950
6Regal Millinery, 1950-1952
7Legal
8-10Rau, Amber, 1950-1982
11Requests, 1951-1953
12R, 1951
boxfolder
501Rex, Inc., 1951-1958
2Rudzinsky, Sonya, 1951-1957
3Ruthrauff & Ryan, 1951
4R, 1952
5Robinson, Angus, 1952-1970
6R, 1953
7Returned, 1953
8-9R, 1954-1955
10Readers Digest, 1955-1975
11Rocamora, Wynn, 1955-1959
12-14R, 1956-1958
15-16Russell, Walter and Lao, 1958-1963
boxfolder
511-3R, 1959-1969
4Roberts, Milton, 1960-1961
5Rozan, Micheline, 1961-1962
6Reichenbach, Franz, 1963
7Ryan, James, 1964
8Rohauer, Raymond, 1966
9Rosenberg, Joyce, 1967-1968
10Raffles, 1968-1970
11-12R, 1970-1983
13R, nd
14Roche, Paul, nd
15Swanson, Joseph Theodore (father), 1907-1923
16S, 1919
Somborn, Herbert K.
17 1919-1920
boxfolder
521(cont.) 1919-1920
2(Swanson to Somborn) 1919-1925
3-4Equity Pictures Corp., 1919-1920
5Legal, 1919-1920
6Estate, 1936-1940
7S, 1920-1929
8Steichen, Edward, ca. 1924-1961
9Stubbs, Virginia Bowker, 1929-1959
10S, 1930-1939
11Saylor, W. Jay, 1931-1932
Swanson, Joseph Patrick (son)
12 1931-1939
boxfolder
531 1940-1974
2Schirmer, Gustave, ca. 1937-1959
3Social Security, 1937-1945
4-5S, 1940-1949
6Sabin, Thomas G., 1945-1955
Sharfshin, Joseph
7-12 1946-1957, nd
boxfolder
541 1960-1977
2Streuber, K., 1948-1949
3Sprackling, W. E. ("Sprack"), 1948-1961
4Swedish Pioneer Centennial Assoc., 1948
5S, 1950
6St. Johns, Adela Rogers, 1950-1951
7Sandler, Ted, 1950-1952
8Selznick, David O., 1950
9Siegel, Norman, 1950-1955
10-11Stapp, Joe, 1950-1951
12Stevenson, Jack, 1950-1967
13Subscriptions, 1950-1954
14S, 1951
15Sartorious, Herman, 1951-1952
boxfolder
551Sewing Room, 1951-1953
2Expenses, 1951-1955
3Stalag 17, 1951-1952
4Stern, Harold H., 1951-1952
5-6S, 1952-1953
Siegel, R. Lawrence
7-10 1953-1956
boxfolder
561-2 1957-1979, nd
3Puritan expenses, 1954
4GS Europe file, 1953-1956
5S, 1954
6School of Living, 1954-1955
7School of the Ozarks, 1954-1955
8Seven Seas Import Guild, 1954
9S, 1955
10Swanson, Fred W., 1955
11-13S, 1956-1958
14Stoloff, Victor, 1958-1966
15S, 1959
boxfolder
571Salvation Army, 1959-1982
2S, 1960
3-5Sarbacher, Robert I., 1960-1968
6Shank, Bradford, 1960-1964
7Smog, 1960
8S, 1961
9Salmona, Riccardo, 1961-1964
10S, 1962
11Schewel, Stanford, 1962
12S, 1963
13Silver Creek Precision Corp., 1963-1969
14S, 1964
boxfolder
581S, 1965
2Stream, Arnold C., 1965-1966
3Summers, Dirk W., 1965-1967
4S, 1966
5Solomon, Jack, 1966-1978
6-7S, 1967-1968
8Soong, M. S., 1968-1969
9-10S, 1969-1979
11Shurr-Hartig, 1970-1971
12Shelton, David R., 1972-1981
13Scribner Book Stores, 1976
14Svedfelt, Stig, 1978-1982
15S, 1980-1983
16Smith, Duncan, 1980-1981
17S, nd
boxfolder
591T, 1930-1939
2-5Tiers, Alex, 1937-1980, nd
6T, 1940-1949
7Truman, Bess, 1945-1952
8-10T, 1950-1959
11-13Thoma, Paul R., 1950-1960
14Clippings, 1952-1953
15Notes
16Tizeau, Marcelle, 1954
boxfolder
601Tea, 1958-1959
2T, 1960-1969
3Triwar, Anja, 1962-1963
4-5T, 1970-1983
6T, nd
7Urson, Violet R., 1924-1925
8-10U, 1940-1969
11Universities and colleges, 1963-1981
12-14U, 1970-1983, nd
15Vanneman, Helen, 1925-1930
16V, 1930-1939
17Valentina, 1939-1950
18V, 1940-1949
19Volck, A. George, 1941
20V, 1950-1959
21Vanderbie, H. S. ("Ted"), 1950-1954
boxfolder
611von Stroheim, Erich, 1950-1956
2Vanderbilt, Neil, 1951-1963
3Volkswagen, 1955
4V, 1960-1969
5Venditti, Claudio, 1965-1967
6Von Hagen, Victor, 1965-1970
7-8V, 1970-1983
9V, nd
10-11W, 1919-1929
Woodruff, Adelaide, 1927-1969
12-15Correspondence, 1927-1969, nd
16-17Income tax returns, 1932-1964
18-19Letters of condolence, 1966
boxfolder
621-2Letters of condolence, (cont.) 1966
3Wilson, Lois, ca.-1927-1981
4Ward, LeRoy P. ("Sport"), 1929-1961
5W, 1930-1939
6Wright, Loyd, 1934-1946
7Woon, Basil, 1935-1937
8W, 1940-1949
9Williams, Herschel, 1946-1981
10-11W, 1950-1951
12Walters, Charles ("Chuck"), 1951-1971
13Walton, Jane, 1951-1965
14Webb, Clifton, 1951-1953
boxfolder
631Wiatrak, Edward T., 1951-1982
2Wilder, Billy, 1951-1982
3-4W, 1952-1953
5Walters Academy, 1953-1954
6Warter, Bert, 1953
7Weber, Evelyn, 1953-1958
8W, 1954
9Weber, Ruth, 1954
10-11W, 1955-1956
12Williams, Stephanie, 1956-1961
13-14W, 1957-1958
15Winchell, Walter, 1958
16W, 1959
17Wade, Warren, 1959
18W, 1960
19Peter Witt Associates, Inc., 1960
20Williams, Edward Bennett, 1960-1961
21Wolper Productions, 1960-1961
boxfolder
641-2W, 1961-1969
3Wadler, S. Leonard, 1963
4Werlé, Dan, 1964-1971
Wick, Ted
5-6Correspondence, 1964-1980
7Photographs
8World's Fair, 1964-1965
9Walker, Patric, 1968-1971
10W, 1970-1979
11Wilson, Ben, 1971-1975
12Walsh, Raoul, 1974
13Wasserman, Herb, 1974
14Wagner, Walter, 1975
15W, 1980-1983
16Walters, Barbara, 1980
17Wood, Dennis ("Woodie"), 1980
18W, nd
boxfolder
651Young, Lawrence ("Larry"), 1949
2Youngstein, Max E., 1950
3Y, 1951-1976
4Yacht, 1958
5Ziegfeld, Florenz, 1931-1932
6Z, 1950-1982
7Zugsmith, Albert, 1952
8Zukor, Adolph, 1952-1973
9Zanders vs. Swanson, 1959-1961
Subseries B. Unidentified Correspondence
10Outgoing, [192-]-[19??]
Incoming, 1910s-1970s, nd
11 1910s
12 1920s
13 1930s
14 1950s
15 1960s
16 1970s
17 nd
18Greeting cards
19Envelopes only
Subseries C. Book Withdrawals
2014 items withdrawn from books cataloged from Miss Swanson's library; also references to three items which remain tipped into books
Subseries D. Fan Mail
Organized by date, 1910s-1980s
boxfolder
661-3 nd
4 1910s
5 1920s
6 1930s
7 1940s
8-10 1950s
boxfolder
671-2(cont.) 1950s
3 1960s
4-9 1970s
boxfolder
681-8(cont.) 1970s
boxfolder
691-7(cont.) 1970s
boxfolder
701-3(cont.) 1970s
4-8 1980s
boxfolder
711-2(cont.) 1980s
3-4Names and addresses
5Index cards with names and addresses
Organized by name or topic, 1929-1982
6Thank you letters for Christmas dinner, 1929-1930
7-8Sunset Boulevard, ca. 1950-1981
Aario Marist, 1950-1979
boxfolder
721-7Correspondence, 1950-1979, nd
boxfolder
731-9Manuscript, of "Le bonheur au bout du soleil," nd,
2 copies
boxfolder
741Twentieth Century, 1951-1953
2Ghana, West Africa, ca. 1960-1965
3"Fan Gems," 1966
4-5Butterflies Are Free, 1970-1971
6-7Swanson on Swanson, 1979-1982
8Miscellaneous
Subseries E., Fan Address Cards
United States
box
75Alabama - Georgia
box
76Georgia - Maryland
box
77Massachusetts - New Hampshire
box
78New Jersey - New York
box
79New York - Ohio
box
80Ohio - Tennessee
box
81Tennessee - Texas
box
82Texas- Wisconsin
box
83Wisconsin - Wyoming
Foreign
box
84Algeria - Germany
box
85Ghana- Yugoslavia

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Series II. Career, ca. 1914-1983,
118 boxes

Included in this Series are materials documenting all aspects of Miss Swanson's career accomplishments, 1914-1983. This series is divided into the following subseries: Film, Film Festivals, Radio, Sound Recording, Television, Theatre, Proposed Projects, and Miscellaneous Career Related.
Subseries A. Film, ca. 1914-1983,
63 boxes
The film subseries is arranged chronologically by studio, and within each studio phase, chronologically by the release date of the film. For each film, materials are usually grouped alphabetically by the format of the items.
Documentation varies widely from film to film, through most are represented by stills. The stills have been put in key-number order, i.e., the numbers assigned to each shot by the studio. Those lacking key-numbers were put as nearly as possible in the order of the plot. Any candid set shots are usually filed at the end of the stills. Due to the variable condition of the photographs, especially for the earlier films, multiple stills have been left together unless they were so numerous as to hamper efficient viewing of the folders. In those cases ( Father Takes a Wife, and several of the United Artists productions), multiples have been housed separately.
Individual actors in the stills are not indexed. Refer to the Film Credits List in the appendix in order to identify particular actors and which of Swanson's films they appeared in, and then look at the files on that particular film or films. The index does include references to persons with non-acting credits who may appear in the photographs, however.
Nearly all of Swanson's sixty-six films, 1914-1975, are included in this subseries, with coverage for the earliest years at Essanay Studios, Sennett-Keystone Studios, and Triangle Company being the sparsest. The Famous Players-Lasky Corp./Paramount Pictures period, 1919-1926, is more comprehensively documented with groups of stills and scrapbooks, clippings, correspondence, contracts, and publicity items. The substantial correspondence, legal, financial, and production records of the United Artists period, 1925-1933, occupy forty boxes, while only meagre files remain for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Fox Films, and Columbia Pictures Corp. to elucidate Swanson's career during the rest of the 1930s. The scattered later films with RKO Radio Pictures, Paramount Pictures Corp., Warner Brothers, Titanus-Lux Films, and Universal City Studios, Inc. complete this subseries. Of these, the fullest records exist for Swanson's famous appearance in Paramount's Sunset Boulevard in 1950. A small group of unidentified stills and photographs completes this subseries.
Actual film footage of Swanson contained in the collection has been stored separately, and now forms a part of Series VII.
Subseries A1. Essanay Studios, ca. 1914-192-,
3 folders
Consists of a still from one film ( His New Job, starring Charlie Chaplin, with Swanson in a bit part), a group of publicity photographs (including Swanson among the players), and another larger group of company photographs, which probably predate Swanson's tenure at Essanay.
Accompanying this larger group of photographs is correspondence from Ruth Cahill, who sent the photographs to Swanson after reading Swanson on Swanson. She had worked in the Chicago building formerly occupied by Essanay, where she found some old negatives. The photographs printed from these negatives yielded Essanay group portraits, stills, and shots of sets, as well as pictures of company stars such as Beverly Bayne, Wallace Beery, and Rod LaRocque.
Subseries A2. Sennett-Keystone Studios, ca. 1916-1930,
16 folders
Includes stills, publicity and other photographs, a poster reproduction, a program, scrapbooks, and a title card, which represent ten of Swanson's Sennett-Keystone features, the best represented of which is Teddy at the Throttle.
Subseries A3. Triangle Company, ca. 1918,
2 folders
This is the least well represented period of Swanson's career in this collection, with only two publicity photographs and one keyplate (showing 19 stills) from the feature Shifting Sands. A few scrapbooks also contain clippings concerning her Triangle features.
Subseries A4. Famous Players-Lasky Corp./Paramount Pictures, ca. 1918-192,
11 boxes
Though predominately comprised of stills and other photographs, this subseries also contains clippings, contracts, correspondence, financial information, lobby cards, music, play and story booklets, post cards, programs, scrapbooks, and title cards. All twenty-seven of Swanson's silent Paramount films, during what is obviously the most productive period of her career, are represented to varying degrees. These include films with several distinguished directors: Cecil B. DeMille (6 films), Sam Wood (10 films), and Allan Dwan (8 films). The most fully documented film is Madame Sans-Gêne, the 1925 production made on location in France.
Correspondents include Cecil B. DeMille, Jesse L. Lasky, and Adolph Zukor.
Subseries A5. United Artists, 1925-1943,
40 boxes
In 1925, Swanson accepted a proposal from United Artists to become a partner and produce her own pictures. Due to Paramount contract obligations, however, she was not able to pursue her role as producer until 1926. This subseries consists of the records of her various production companies, 1925-1943:
Due to the overlap of operations of these corporate entities and the various films in different stages of production, Correspondence, Financial Records, and Legal Documents have been arranged chronologically. Production records are filed chronologically by production title, i.e. The Love of Sunya (1927), Sadie Thompson (1928), Queen Kelly (unreleased), The Trespasser (1929), What a Widow! (1930) Rock-a-Bye (abandoned), Indiscreet (1931), Tonight or Never (1931), and A Perfect Understanding (1933). Internal cross references have been made from financial records and legal documents to the individual productions to which they refer.
Correspondence in this subseries, spanning 1925-1942 (bulk 1925-1933), occupies four boxes and all authors and recipients have been included in the Index to this collection. Prominent correspondents include Pierre A. Bedard, Virginia Bowker, Walter Byron, Charlie Chaplin, Lenore Coffee, Grace Crossman, Andre Daven, Cecil B. DeMille, E. B. Derr, Laurence Eyre, Douglas Fairbanks, Blanche Frederici, Elinor Glyn, Samuel Goldwyn, Edmund Goulding, D. W. Griffith, Texas Guinan, Will H. Hays, Lance Heath, Buster Keaton, Arthur W. Kelly, Joseph P. Kennedy, Henri de la Falaise, Josephine Lovett, Clare Marafioti, Louis B. Mayer, Thomas A. Moore, Conrad Nagel, Condé Nast, Bertram S. Nayfack, Dennis F. O'Brien, Albert Parker, Mary Pickford, Harry Poppe, Joseph M. Schenck, C. J. Scollard, Charles E. Sullivan, Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, Erich von Stroheim, Irving R. Wakoff, Raoul Walsh, Jack Warner, and Lois Wilson. Most later correspondence (1938-1942) comes from United Artists and concerns the destruction of various prints of films.
Eighteen boxes contain financial records, 1926-1943. Present, in varying degrees over the years, are accounts payable, accounts receivable, audit reports, balance sheets, bills, budgets, checks (cancelled, carbons), certified accounts, disbursement vouchers, insurance, notes, production costs, production payrolls, purchase orders, reconciliations, taxes, trial balances, unfinished picture costs, and voucher registers. Though Swanson's association with United Artists ended in 1933, financial records, chiefly due to foreign receipts records, continue through 1943. Also present are United Artists financial statements, 1931-1932. Since there was apparently also some degree of overlap between Swanson's corporate and personal finances, the personal financial records in Series V. may provide further elucidation.
Legal documents encompass two boxes of corporate records and contracts for the period 1925-1934. The records within these folders have been described at the item level. Most items concern Swanson's companies and the various productions, though some concern other owned, but unproduced properties. A protracted financial dispute with director Albert Parker is also documented.
The films themselves are represented by a wide range of production records, 1926-1943: art, call sheets, cameraman's daily reports, cost sheets, clippings, costume plots, cutting scripts, daily developing reports, daily print reports, daily production reports, daily script notes, delivery reports, dialogue notes, director's projecting reports, editors notebooks, equipment inventories, extra talent plots, film shipments, location notes, music, negative orders, permits, photographs, post cards, preview cards, production reports, promotional items, props, posters, publications, publicity, research, schedules, scene plots, scripts, set notes, sound reports, stage logs, stills, title cards, titles, wardrobe notes, and worksheets.
A glance at the folder list of surviving production records for the films will show that documentation of the films varies considerably. Swanson's controversial Sadie Thompson, the first film version of Somerset Maugham's short story "Rain," and the legendary Erich von Stroheim fiasco Queen Kelly are the best documented of the productions. Indeed, the extensive Queen Kelly files occupy eight boxes and have been subdivided into seven different production phases--Erich von Stroheim, Paul Stein, Richard Boleslavksy, Harry Poppe, and Gloria Swanson, as well as two "interim" phases. Only minimal information is included on the abandoned Rock-a-Bye and the Swanson features produced by other United Artists producers, Indiscreet (Joseph Schenck) and Tonight Or Never (Samuel Goldwyn).
The following works were written using the United Artists subseries as primary source material and may provide a convenient introduction to these records:
Swanson Producing Corp. (incorporated in New York, June 8, 1926)
Gloria Swanson Productions, Inc. (formerly Swanson Producing Corp., name changed Feb. 3, 1927; Thomas A. Moore V.P./Treasurer, Pierre A. Bedard Asst. Treas./Prod. Mgr., Lance Heath Publ. Rep., Irving R. Wakoff, Auditor)
Gloria Productions, Inc. (incorporated in Delaware, Jan. 25, 1928, E. B. Derr President & Director, C. J. Scollard, V.P.)
Gloria Swanson Pictures Corp., Ltd. (incorporated in California, Feb. 26, 1931)
Gloria Swanson British Productions, Ltd. (British corporation, incorporated May 11, 1932)
Koszarski, Richard. The Man You Loved To Hate: Erich von Stroheim and Hollywood. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1983. Pages 196-238 deal exclusively with Queen Kelly, and the appendix (pages 319-322) provides a Daily Record of Shooting, Nov. 1, 1928-Jan. 21, 1929.
Mashon, Kenneth Michael. Gloria Swanson at United Artists, 1925-1933. Thesis. University of Texas at Austin, 1989.
Subseries A6. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, ca. 1930-1934,
2 folders
Includes contracts and publicity photographs (some with Irving Thalberg), ca. 1930-1934. Swanson never actually made any pictures with MGM, though The Merry Widow, Mazie Kenyon, Riff Raff, and Three Weeks were all mentioned as possible projects.
Subseries A7. Fox Films, 1934,
6 folders
Music and photographs, ca. 1934, represent Music in the Air, Swanson's only film for Fox.
Subseries A8. Columbia Pictures Corp., ca. 1937-1940,
1 folder
Correspondence (primarily with Harry Cohn, ca. 1937-1940) and contracts evidence Swanson's efforts to continue her film career. Folders 26.5-26.6 (Hawks-Volck Corp., 1934-1939) provides additional information concerning this association.
Subseries A9. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1941,
ca. 2 boxes
Includes clippings, a contract, correspondence, photographs, and publicity releases for Swanson's 1941 comeback film, Father Takes a Wife. A large number of the photographs are publicity wardrobe shots which feature the designs of René Hubert.
Subseries A10. Paramount Pictures, 1949-1983,
ca. 5 boxes
Includes files kept while Miss Swanson made public appearances as a Paramount spokesperson for The Heiress (1949), as well as her papers concerning her memorable 1950 film, Sunset Boulevard.
Files for The Heiress publicity tour were kept by city, and include clippings, correspondence, interviews, invitations, photographs, publicity, reviews, schedules, and scripts.
The substantial documentation for Sunset Boulevard includes clippings, contracts, correspondence, costumes, music, photographs, preview cards, post cards, programs, promotional tour files, publicity materials, realia, scrapbooks, and scripts. Included among the photographs are a large number of stills, candid snapshots on the set, a number of publicity photographs, and photographs concerning the 1950 Academy Awards. The extensive publicity tour files, also arranged by city, contain correspondence, expenses, interviews, itineraries, photographs, question cards, schedules, and speeches. Other highlights of this subseries include the sunglasses and leopard chiffon overskirt worn by "Norma Desmond" in the film, as well as Miss Swanson's copy of the script with her annotations.
Correspondents in this subseries include Virginia Bowker, Edith Head, Billy Wilder, and Adolph Zukor.
Subseries A11. Warner Brothers, 1951-1959,
ca. 1 box
Includes contract, correspondence, photographs, promotional tour files, and scripts for the 1952 feature Three for Bedroom C.
Subseries A12. Titanus-Lux Films, 1955-1963,
ca. 1 box
Miss Swanson's files concerning Nero's Mistress, a 1956 Italian film, include clippings, a contract, correspondence, an interview, photographs, and scripts. A fair amount of correspondence concerns disagreements over bills and legal disputes over distribution. Italian language materials are prevalent in this subseries.
Subseries A13. Universal City Studios, Inc., 1974-1975,
ca. 1 box
Documenting Miss Swanson's final feature film appearance in Airport 1975 are call sheets, clippings, correspondence, expenses, photographs, publicity, scripts, and shooting schedules.
Subseries A14. Unidentified,
4 folders
Contains a small group of photographs, both stills and publicity, which have not yet been identified with a particular film.
Subseries B. Film Festivals, 1954-1982,
2 boxes
Swanson's attendance at various film festivals, several of which honored her work, is documented through booklets, brochures, clippings, correspondence, invitations, photographs, posters, press releases, programs, receipts, schedules, and speeches. The files are arranged chronologically (1954-1982) and include A Tribute to Gloria Swanson at George Eastman House in 1966, a Cinémathèque Française Retrospective in 1974, and the Festival Canadien des Films du Monde, 1977.
Subseries C. Radio, 1927-1981 (bulk 1934-1958),
2 boxes
Includes correspondence, scripts (also synopses and story outlines), photographs, music, clippings, and legal and financial records which document Swanson's radio appearances, 1927-1981. The types of programs include interviews, radio plays, serials, patriotic appeals during World War II, commercials, and talk shows.
Most of the material is arranged chronologically by program, 1934-1977. These files typically contain a script, synopsis, or story outline, plus any related correspondence or other items. The correspondence files, 1927-1981, generally represent programs for which no material other than correspondence exists.
It was not always possible to distinguish proposed shows from actual performances using surviving documentation, thus no attempt has been made to differentiate the status of the programs.
Of particular interest in this subseries are The Gloria Swanson Show (1950-1951), and the Lux Radio Theatre version of Sunset Boulevard (1951).
Subseries D. Sound Recording, 1933-1974,
1 folder
Only a small amount of material, consisting of a catalog, correspondence, notes, and royalty statements, represents Swanson's activities in the field of sound recording, 1933-1974.
Several commercial recordings by Swanson are among the Audio Discs included in Series VII.
Subseries E. Television, 1944-1981,
11 boxes
Includes correspondence, scripts (many annotated), call sheets, shooting schedules, contracts and other legal documents, financial information, photographs, music, publicity, clippings, and notes relating to Miss Swanson's appearances or proposed appearances on television, 1944-1981.
The papers have been kept in their original categories of Appearances (1944-1981), Mexican Television (1950-1954), and Proposed Television (1949-1979). Files for appearances and proposed television are arranged chronologically while the Mexican Television files are arranged topically.
The files concerning individual shows, almost 8 boxes, make up the largest part of this subseries. Included are documentation of the The Gloria Swanson Hour, broadcast over WPIX in New York during 1948, her activities as host of the 1953 Crown Theatre series, as well as appearances on a number of interview shows, game shows, series, and specials. Miss Swanson starred in episodes of such popular series as Dr. Kildare, The Ben Casey Show, My Three Sons, The Beverly Hillbillies, and The Carol Burnett Show. Of particular interest is her 1957 appearance on The Steve Allen Show, which included a performance from the proposed musical Boulevard.
Other files in this subseries concern television shorts shot in Mexico and proposed ideas or appearances.
Correspondents include Steve Allen, Richard Chamberlain, Dick Clark, Ralph Edwards, Eva Gabor, Hedda Hopper, Gypsy Rose Lee, Edward R. Murrow, Marshall Neilan, Zasu Pitts, and Aaron Spelling.
Subseries F. Theatre, 1937-1977,
21 boxes
Includes correspondence, scripts (many annotated), contracts, financial information, photographs, music (both manuscripts and sheet music), playbills, programs, publicity, reviews, schedules, designs (costume, production, and set), and notes which document Miss Swanson's theatrical appearances, 1937-1977.
Files on the seventeen shows, which are arranged chronologically, occupy about eighteen boxes of this subseries. The remaining two boxes contain correspondence and scripts for proposed theatrical performances, 1937-1976, and a small group of unidentified theatre photographs.
Notable are files on three Broadway productions, Twentieth Century (1950-1951), Nina (1951-1952), and Butterflies Are Free (1971-1972), a proposal to replace Katharine Hepburn in Coco (1970), national company and stock tours of Butterflies Are Free (1970-1972), and a number of summer stock tours, most frequently with actor/writer/director Harold J. Kennedy. Prominent performers involved in these productions include José Ferrer, David Niven, Buddy Rogers, and Lois Wilson.
Of special interest are files concerning Miss Swanson's proposed musical version of Sunset Boulevard, called Boulevard (ca. 1955-1970), which is represented by correspondence, scripts, original music, and production outlines in this subseries.
Correspondents include Eve Arden, Richard Banks, Vilma Banky, Beverly Bayne, Marcus Blechman, Virginia Bowker, Walter Byron, Ruth Chatterton, Indra Devi, William Dufty, Michelle Farmer, José Ferrer, Ram Gopal, Helen Hayes, Dick Hughes, Danny Kaye, Harold J. Kennedy, Henri de la Falaise, Rod LaRocque, Alan Jay Lerner, Frances Marion, Elsa Maxwell, Marshall Neilan, Mary Pickford, Ted Shawn, Richard Stapley, and Lois Wilson.
Subseries G. Proposed Projects, ca. 1920s-1982,
15 boxes
Chiefly correspondence and scripts, synopses, and treatments, related to proposed film, radio, television, and theatre projects under consideration by Swanson, ca. [192-]-1982.
These papers have been left as they were found, generally separated into correspondence (arranged chronologically) and scripts (arranged alphabetically by title). Some scripts also included associated correspondence, financial information, and clippings, which have been kept with the appropriate script. Where available, authors and dates have been transcribed in the folder list.
Several scripts date from Swanson's early United Artists days ( The Battalion of Death, Desert Love, The Stenog), including some which were either written and/or owned by Henri de la Falaise ( Antiques, Paris Luck, The Star of the Opera). Another large group of scripts were written by William Dufty ( Blackpoint, Keystone '67, Opus 13, Patriotic Gore, Sex After Sixty, Superstud, Go Home!). Also of interest are the more substantial files representing Blackpoint and Here Kitty, Kitty.
Prominent screenwriters whose work is represented in this subseries include Zoë Akins, Jay Presson Allen, Lenore J. Coffee, Delmer Daves, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, Richard Matheson, Preston Sturges, and C. Gardner Sullivan.
Correspondents include Marlene Dietrich, Gertrude Behanna, Francesa Bertina, George Cukor, Evelyn Laye, Jean Dalrymple, Dorothy Farnum, and Don DeFore.
Subseries H. Miscellaneous Career Related, 1929-1982,
4 boxes
Includes brochures, clippings, copyright information, correspondence, legal documents, membership cards, photographs, and printed and promotional materials from organizations relating to Miss Swanson's career, 1929-1982. These include actors' groups, film and television organizations, libraries, museums, and universities.
Material is arranged alphabetically by the name of the organization, or in a few cases, by film title.
The largest group of files included here center around the later records of Queen Kelly, ca. 1956-1985, documenting ownership, copyright, domestic and foreign showings, television rights, use in documentary films, etc. Some French language materials are included in the Queen Kelly files.
Also included are files containing repository agreements and correspondence concerning Miss Swansons's personal film collection at The Museum of Modern Art (ca. 1944-1967) and George Eastman House (1967-1982).
The actors' organization files, especially the Screen Actor's Guild, contain some limited financial information, i.e. income, residuals, etc.
Correspondents included in this segment of the collection include Michelle Farmer Amon, Walter Byron, James Card, Richard Griffith, Edith Head, René Hubert, Jacob K. Javits, Joseph P. Kennedy, Edward I. Koch, Henri Langlois, Viola Lawrence, Mervyn LeRoy, Ed Sullivan, Jack Valenti, and Erich von Stroheim.
Subseries A. Film, ca. 1914-1983
Subseries A1. Essanay Studios
Photographs
boxfolder
86111 items (4 duplicates), ca. 1915-[192-]; 49 items (3 duplicates), nd
2Group shots of the company, actors, stills, shots on the set. A number of these are unidentified.
3His New Job, 1915,
photographs, 1 item
Subseries A2. Sennett/Keystone Studios
4Photographs, Sennett/Keystone Studios,
4 items
Posters [see poster, P10-P12]
Scrapbook [see scrapbook 35, box 553]
5A Dash of Courage, 1916,
photographs, 2 items
6Hearts and Sparks, 1916,
photograph, 1 item
7A Social Club, 1916,
photographs, 6 items
8The Danger Girl, 1916,
photographs, 5 items
9Haystacks and Steeples, 1916,
photograph, 1 item
The Nick-of-Time Baby, 1916
boxfolder
8610Photographs
4 items
11Poster, photograph of (color)
Scrapbook [see scrapbook 61, box 577]
Teddy at the Throttle, 1917
12Photographs
10 items
13Program, 1930
14Title card
15Dangers of a Bride, 1917,
photograph, 1 item
16The Sultan's Wife, 1917,
photographs, 5 items
A Pullman Bride, 1917
17Photographs,
34 items
18Publicity photographs,
7 items
19Unidentified stills,
4 items
Subseries A3. Triangle Company
20Photographs, 2 items, unidentified stills, publicity shots ca. 1918,
Scrapbook [see scrapbook 35, box 553]
Every Woman's Husband, scrapbook [see scrapbook 61, box 577] 1918,
Shifting Sands, 1918
21Photographs, 1 item, keyplate 2 with 19 stills
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 61 (box 577), 79 (box 582a)]
Station Content, 1918,
scrapbook [see scrapbook 61, box 577]
You Can't Believe Everything, 1918,
scrapbook [see scrapbook 79, box 582a]
Subseries A4. Famous Players-Lasky Corp./Paramount Pictures
boxfolder
871Clippings, nd
2Correspondence, contracts, financial, 1918-1927
3Fellowship Club, Second Annual Ball program 1921,
4Photographs, unidentified stills, publicity, etc.
Scrapbooks, Paramount Pictures Publicity Campaign [see scrapbooks 64-78, boxes 580-582a]
Don't Change Your Husband, 1919
5Clippings, nd
6Photographs
8 items
Scrapbook [see scrapbook 79, box 582a]
For Better, For Worse, 1919
7Clipping, nd
8-9Photographs
22 items
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 16 (boxes 573-573a), 61 (box 577)]
Male and Female, 1919
10Clippings, nd
11Music, sheet music cover for "Gloria" "dedicated to GS and C.B. DeMille production of Male and Female" with words by Tot Seymour and music by M. K. Jerome
12-15Photographs,
35 items
16Postcard
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 31 (box 550), 61 (box 577)]
17Story, El Admirable Crichton in La Novela Semanal Cinematografica No. 215, nd
18Title card
Why Change Your Wife, 1920
19Clippings, nd
20Photographs,
11 items
21Story, Por Que Cambiar De Esposa? in La Novela Semanal Cinematografica No. 74
Something to Think About, 1920
22Clipping
23-25Photographs,
26 items
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 64-66, 68, 70-73, 76, boxes 580-582]
The Great Moment, 1921
26-27Photographs,
23 items
28Publicity
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 16 (boxes 573-573a), 64-78 (boxes 580-582a]
The Affairs of Anatol, 1921
29Lobby card
30Photographs,
13 items
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 68-73, 76-78, boxes 581-582a]
Under the Lash, 1921
boxfolder
881Lobby card
2-5Photographs
38 items
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 1 (box 539), 64-66, 68, 70, 76-77, (boxes 580-582a)]
6Don't Tell Everything, 1921,
photographs, 12 items
Her Husband's Trademark, 1922
7Clippings
8-10Photographs
33 items
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 1 (box 539), 16 (boxes 573-573a)]
Beyond the Rocks, 1922
11-21Photographs,
144 items
22Postcards
Poster ([Poster, P1]
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 1 (box 539), 16 (boxes 573-573a), 32 (box 550a), 57 (575a), 64 (box 580)]
Her Gilded Cage, 1922
Lobby card, article with photograph of
(removed to oversize, box 589.8)
boxfolder
891-9Photographs,
106 items
Posters [see poster, P2]
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 1 (box 539), 16 (box 573-573a), 31 (box 550), 57 (box 575a), 62 (box 578)]
The Impossible Mrs. Bellew, 1922
10-14Photographs,
62 items
15Postcard
16Poster, photograph of (color)
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 1 (box 539), 31 (box 550), 32 (box 550a), 57 (box 575a), 62 (box 578), 79 (box 582a)]
My American Wife, 1923
17Photographs,
3 items
18Publicity
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 1 (box 539), 62 (box 578), 79 (box 582a)]
Prodigal Daughters, 1923
boxfolder
901-7Photographs,
66 items
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 31 (box 550), 62 (box 578)]
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife, 1923
8Photographs,
7 items
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 31 (box 550), 62 (box 578)]
Zaza, 1923
9-19Photographs,
116 items
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 31 (box 550), 61 (box 577), 79 (box 582a)]
20Title card
The Humming Bird, 1924
21Clippings
22-25Photographs,
166 items
boxfolder
911-13Photographs (cont.)
14Postcard
Scrapbook [see scrapbook 79, box 582a]
15Title card
A Society Scandal, 1924
16-23Photographs,
74 items
24Title cards
Manhandled, 1924
Audio recordings [see audio recordings, reel 2]
25Clippings
Film [see film, reel FE21, videotapes FT12-FT13]
26Photographs,
101 items
boxfolder
921-9Photographs (cont.)
10Postcards
11Publicity
12Title card
13Titles, transcripts
Her Love Story, 1924
14-27Photographs,
139 items
28Title card
Wages of Virtue, 1924
boxfolder
931-11Photographs,
105 items
12Program and publicity photographs
Scrapbook [see scrapbook 79, box 582a]
13Script, p. 126-131
14Title card
Madame Sans-Gêne, 1925
15Clippings
16Music, thematic music cue sheet, signed by GS, 1975
17-20Photographs,
246 items
boxfolder
941-14Photographs (cont.)
boxfolder
951-2Photographs (cont.)
3Play booklet, Samuel French publication No. 49 of the play Madame Sans ("Madame Devil-May-Care") by Victorien Sardou and Adrien Moreau
4Postcard
5Premieres, invitations, and programs for Paris, New York, and London premieres
Publicity
6The Close Up, May 2, 1925
Photographs
7Swanson's return to America, 1925,
24 items
8Oklahoma Paramount Rustlers, Needles, AZ, Apr. 1925,
25 items
Realia, Commemorative silver spoons
2 items [see realia, box 531]
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 10-11 (box 584), 13 (box 585), 23 (box 586), 24 (box 587), 31 (box 550), 79 (box 582a)]
box
95The Coast of Folly, 1925
9Clippings
10-22Photographs,
124 items
23Postcards
Stage Struck, 1925
boxfolder
961Clippings
2-12Photographs,
110 items
13Postcard
14Poster, photographs of
15Publication, Stage-Struck: A Story of Love, Comedy and Pathos by Frank R. Adams. New York: Jacobsen-Hodgkinson Corp., ca. 1925
Untamed Lady, 1926
16-19Photographs,
108 items
boxfolder
971-7Photographs (cont.)
Fine Manners, 1926
boxfolder
978-19Photographs,
117 items
Posters [see poster, P3]
Scrapbook [see scrapbook 79, box 582a]
Subseries A5. United Artists
Correspondence
boxfolder
981-2 1925-1926
3-11 1927, Jan.-aug.
boxfolder
991-7miscellaneous Aug.-Dec.,
8-11 1928, Jan.-March
boxfolder
1001-10 April-Dec., miscellaneous
11-16 1929, Jan.-June
boxfolder
1011-7 July-Dec., miscellaneous
8-11 1930-1933
12 1938-1942, United Artists Corporation memos regarding destruction of prints of Queen Kelly, The Trespasser, What a Widow! and A Perfect Understanding
13 nd
Financial Records
1926
Checks (carbon copies), SPC
boxfolder
1021-10#1-1000, Sept.-Dec.
11Insurance, Aug. 25-Sept. 9
12Note, Bowery and East River National Bank, July 13
13Production cost, Love of Sunya, nd
boxfolder
1031Production cost/voucher register, Love of Sunya, Sep. 1926-Mar. 1927
Receipts/disbursements
Ledger, SPC, [see bound volumes, B36] Sep. 25, 1926-Mar. 19, 1927
2United Artists, reports and accounts, Berlin, Oct. 2
1927
3Accounts payable, Sadie Thompson, Aug. 27-Dec. 31, GSP
Checks (cancelled), GSP
4-7#1-400, May-July
boxfolder
1041-7#401-1035, July-Nov.
Checks (carbon copies), GSP
boxfolder
1051-7#1-700, 939 May-Sept.
8Checking account reconciliation, May-Nov., GSP
Disbursement vouchers, GSP
9#1-7, journal
10-11#1-39
boxfolder
1061-6#40-100
boxfolder
1071-4#101-149
boxfolder
1081-6#150-205
boxfolder
1091-6#206-250
boxfolder
1101-6#251-300
boxfolder
1111-6#301-392
boxfolder
1121-4#393-503, 517
5Disbursements, May 21-Oct. 29, GSP
6Insurance, Aug. 8, nd
7Note, GS to Albert Parker, July 11
8Production cost, Sadie Thompson, miscellaneous items, GSP
9Production payroll, Sadie Thompson, May 28-Nov. 19, GSP
10Receipts, Love of Sunya, Dec. 30, 1927-Jan. 12, 1928; Sadie Thompson, Jan. 14-22, 1928
Receipts/disbursements, ledger, GSP, May 28-Nov. 30,
[see bound volumes, B37]
11Receivables, May-Dec.
12Voucher register, Sadie Thompson, June 1927-Jan. 1928
boxfolder
1131Taxes, Mar. 1928-Jun. 1930, GSP
2Unfinished picture cost, Sadie Thompson, May 21-Dec. 10, GSP
3Miscellaneous receipts
1928
4Accounts payable, Jan. 24-31, GSP
5Advances/receipts/disbursements, July 25-Dec. 31
6Advances/receipts/vouchers payable, GPI, Oct. 13-Dec. 29
7Bills, Apr. 16-Dec. 8, F.B.O. Studios
8Budget, Feb. 11
Checks (carbon copies), GPI
9-16#101-817, Sept.-Dec.
17Checks (cancelled) and deposit slips, C.E. Sullivan special account, GPI, Apr. 24-Dec. 31
Disbursements
18 June 26, C.E. Sullivan special account
19 Sept. 22-Dec. 29, GPI
boxfolder
1141Insurance, life, cast, negative film floater, Jan. 26-Dec. 18
2Miscellaneous, Kennedy staff files? [Jan. 1928?]
Production cost
3Queen Kelly, Oct. 13-Dec. 29
4Love of Sunya [Jan. 1928?]
5Sadie Thompson [Jan. 1928?]
6Production payroll, Queen Kelly, Sept. 22-Dec. 29, GPI
7Purchase orders, #251-325, Mar. 2-Sept. 17, GPI
Receipts and disbursements
8GS, GS special account, GS trustee account, C.E. Sullivan special account Jan.-Dec.,
9 Nov. 24-Dec. 31, GPI
10Reconciliation, C.E. Sullivan special account Apr. 1-Jan. 1 1929,
11Statements, SPC, Dec. 31
12United Artists Theatre Circuit, Inc., balance sheet, Oct. 31
1929
Advances/receipts/vouchers payable, GPI
13 Jan. 5-Dec. 28
14 Aug. 31-Dec. 28
15Cash disbursements and receipts, GPI May 24,
Checks (carbon copies), GPI
16#818-900, Jan. 2-12
boxfolder
1151-11#901-2000, Jan.-July
boxfolder
1161-5#2001-2525, July-Dec
6Disbursements, Jan. 5-Dec. 28, GPI
7Insurance negative film floater, Jan. 4, GPI
8Lay off costs, Queen Kelly, Jan. 26-Feb. 10
9Payroll, Jan. 5-Dec. 28, GPI
Production cost, GPI
10Queen Kelly, Jan. 5-Dec. 28
The Trespasser
11 Mar. 30-Dec. 28
12 Aug. 31-Dec. 28
13Receipts and disbursements, Jan. 5-Dec. 31, GPI
14Taxes, Mar. 4-8, GSP
15Trial Balance, Mar. 1-Dec. 31, C.E. Sullivan special account
16Miscellaneous receipts
1930
Advances/vouchers payable, GPI
boxfolder
1171 Jan. 4-Nov. 22
2 Sept. 27-Nov. 22
Checks (carbon copies), GPI
3-14#2526-3700, Jan-June 14
boxfolder
1181-7#3701-4340, June 14-Dec.
8Deposit slips, Jan. 28-Aug. 6, C.E. Sullivan special account
9Disbursements, Jan. 4-Dec. 13, GPI
10Payroll, Jan. 4-Dec. 6, GPI
Production cost, GPI
11Queen Kelly, Jan. 4-Mar. 22
12Rock-a-Bye, Sept. 6-Nov. 22
What a Widow!
13 Jan. 4-Nov. 22
14 Sept. 27-Nov. 22
Receipts and disbursements
boxfolder
1191GPI Jan. 31-Sept. 30,
2 Jan. 1-Dec. 31, C.E. Sullivan special account, I. R. Wakoff trustee account
Reconciliation
3 Jan.-Dec., C.E. Sullivan special account
4I. R. Wakoff trustee account June-July,
5Summary of billings, What a Widow!, GPI Feb. 1-Mar. 15,
Taxes
6GPI
7GSP
8United Artists Corp., Receipts/statements, What a Widow!, Dec. 6, 1930-May 21, 1943
1931
9Audit report, Gloria Swanson Farmer, 1931-1932, Gloria Swanson Pictures Corp., Oct. 5, 1931-Dec. 31, 1932
United Artists Corp.
10Certified accounts, Jan. 3
Consolidated balance sheets and consolidated income statements, Jan. 3, Feb. 28, Apr. 4, May 2, May 30, July 4, Aug. 1, Aug. 31, Oct. 3, Oct. 31, Nov. 28
(removed to oversize, folder 592.1)
Receipts/statements
11Love of Sunya, Sadie Thompson, The Trespasser, What a Widow!, Jan. 1931-Sept. 1932
12The Trespasser, Jan. 31, 1931-May 2, 1941
1932
United Artists Corp.
Consolidated balance sheets and consolidated income statements, Jan. 2, Feb. 27, Apr. 2, Apr. 30, May 28, July 2, July 30, Aug. 27, Oct. 1, Oct. 29, Nov. 26
(removed to oversize, folder 593.1)
13Receipts/statements, Queen Kelly, Aug. 10, 1932-Feb. 5, 1933
1933
United Artists Corp., receipts/statements
14Perfect Understanding, Sept. 1933-Oct. 30, 1943
15Tonight or Never, Apr. 2-Oct. 1, 1938
Legal Documents, 1925-1934
1925
boxfolder
1201Nov. 21--Agreement, James Ashmore Creelman and GS ("Coral Blaze")
Nov. 27--Summons and complaint, S. Alexander Cohen vs. GS
1926
2 June--Agreement, United Artists and United Artists Theatre Circuit
June 8--Articles of incorporation, SPC
[July]--Memorandum of agreement, GS and Albert Parker ( Love of Sunya/Eyes of Youth)
July 21--Certificate of changes of powers and provisions, SPC
July 22--Assignment to SPC, contract GS and United Artists
Aug. 18--Affidavits by Adeline L. Burns, Bertha Leu attesting to GS date of birth
Aug. 18--Agreement, GS and SPC. ( Love of Sunya)
Aug. 25--Agreement, SPC and GS with Joseph M. Schenck (Art Cinema Corp.) ( Love of Sunya)
Aug. 31--Agreement, SPC and John Boles ( Love of Sunya)
Sept. 1--Contract, Thomas A. Moore and SPC
Oct. 2--Assignment and assumption, Swanson finance contract of Aug. 18, Art Finance Corp. to Art Cinema Corp.
Oct. 4--Memorandum of agreement, SPC with Art Cinema Corp.
Nov. 4--Assignment of contract, GS to SPC
Dec. 14--Memorandum of agreement, Thomas A. Moore, Pierre A. Bedard, McGrath and Bertram S. Nayfack ( Love of Sunya)
Dec. 18--Agreement, GS and Maurice Cleary
Dec. 22--Royalty agreement, Harold Flammer Inc. and SPC ("Love Waltz" for Love of Sunya)
1927
3 Jan. 29--Corporate Minutes, SPC
Feb. 3--Certificate of Change of Name, SPC to Gloria Swanson Productions, Inc.
Feb. 28--Letter of Agreement, Mar. 1 Contract GSP and Ouida Bergere ("Desert Love" or "Goddess of the Sahara")
Mar. 17--Letter Agreement, SPC and Art Cinema ( Love of Sunya)
Mar. 18--Proposed Schedule of Charge for Space and Studio Facilities of the United Artists Studio Corporation
Mar. 30--Memorandum of Agreement, GSP and Henry Waxman
Apr. 15--Corporate Minutes, GSP
May 14--Purchase of United Artists Stock, GS and J. & W. Seligman & Co.
May 21--Settlement, GS and Albert Parker
June 6--Samuel Goldwyn Inc. of California and GSP (cameramen George S. Barnes and Thomas F. Branigan for Sadie Thompson)
June 24, 29, 30, Jul. 7, 11--Employment Contracts, GSP and Blanche Friderici, Charles Lane, James Marcus, Will Stanton, Sophie Artega, Florence Midgely, Rene Guetta, Jack Peabody, Albert J. Dresden, Redman Finlay ( Sadie Thompson)
July 12--Draft of Contract, Publix Theatres, Inc. and United Artists Corp.
July 13--Letter Agreement, Art Cinema and GSP ("Desert Love")
Sept. 16--Letter Agreement, Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. and GSP (titles writer George Marion for Sadie Thompson)
Oct. 19--General Release, Edwin Outwater, Inc., Bostock, Rhoades & Company, to GS
1928
4 Jan.--Letter Agreement, United Artists and Joseph M. Schenck to GS
Jan. 3--Settlement Agreement, GSP, GS and Thomas A. Moore
Jan. 25--Power of Attorney, GS and GSP, E.B. Derr
Jan. 27--Letter of Agreement, GS and J. and W. Seligman and Co.
Jan. 31--Assignment, Acceptance, Agreement and Consent, GSP, Gloria Productions, Inc., GS, United Artists ( Love of Sunya, Sadie Thompson)
Jan. 31--Agreement, GSP, GS and Art Cinema Corp.
Feb. 3--Agreement, United Artists with Loew's Inc.
Feb. 3--Agreement, United Artists with Publix Theatres Corp.
5 Mar. 2--Assignment of Copyright, GS and GSP to Art Cinema Corp. ( Love of Sunya, Sadie Thompson)
Mar. 2--Affidavit of GS ( Love of Sunya, Sadie Thompson)
Mar. 2--Agreement, GS and United Artists ( Love of Sunya, Sadie Thompson)
Mar. 2--Agreement, GS, GSP and Art Cinema Corp. ( Love of Sunya, Sadie Thompson)
Mar. 2--Agreement, GS, GSP and Consolidated Film Laboratories ( Love of Sunya, Sadie Thompson)
Mar. 2--Affidavit of GS (Maurice Cleary, Albert Parker)
Apr./May--Correspondence and copies of contracts concerning Erich von Stroheim and employment with Celebrity Pictures, Inc. ( Queen Kelly)
May 8--Agreement of Settlement, Albert Parker, GS and C.E. Sullivan
June 6--Agreement, GPI and Louis J. Germonprez ( Queen Kelly)
June 7--Agreement, J. and W. Seligman and Co. and GS
June 7--Agreement, GPI and Ben Westland ( Queen Kelly))
June 22--Memorandum of Agreement, GS and United Artists
June 22--Order to Release, Albert Parker vs. GS
July 31--Agreement, GPI and Samuel Goldwyn Inc. of California (Walter Byron for Queen Kelly)
Aug. 1--Agreement, GPI and F.B.O. Studios ( Queen Kelly)
Oct. 3--Agreement, GPI and Harvey Thew (for screenplay of story "Clothes" by Lucy Stone Terrill)
Dec. 8--Power of attorney, GS, GSP and Clinton J. Scollard
Dec. 14--Supplemental Memorandum, United Artists and Electrical Research Products Inc.
1929
6 Jan. 21--Agreement, Walter Byron and GPI ( Queen Kelly)
Jan. 24--Agreement, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and GPI (Tully Marshall for Queen Kelly)
Feb. 4--Agreement, GPI and Clara Beranger (script for Queen Kelly)
Apr. 3--Release, Albert Parker to GS
June 26--Agreement, Pathé Studios, Inc. and GPI (sale of story "Clothes")
July 6--Agreement, GPI and Walton Albright Jr. ( The Trespasser)
Aug. 22--Contract, GPI and Samuel Goldwyn Inc. of California (cameramen George S. Barnes and Gregg Toland for The Trespasser)
Nov. 1--Agreement, GPI and Walter Byron; also draft of...
Nov. 11--Agreement, GPI and GS ( Queen Kelly?)
Dec. 2--Employment Contract, GPI and Seena Owen ( Queen Kelly)
Dec. 27--Contract, GPI and Franz Lehar (Waltz for Queen Kelly)
1930
7 [1930?]--GPI and Pathé Studios, incomplete ( Queen Kelly, The Trespasser)
Jan. 2--Agreement, GPI and Pathé Studios ( What a Widow!)
Jan. 20--Agreement, Pathé Studios and Mrs. John Robertson (Josephine Lovett) (script for What a Widow!)
Agreement, GPI and Herbert Braggiotti ( What a Widow!)
Mar. 15--Agreement, GPI and Vincent Youmans, Vincent Youmans, Inc. (Music for What a Widow!)
Apr. 2--Agreement, GPI and Luis Llanez (Music for What a Widow!)
Apr. 9--Agreement, GPI and Josiah Zuro and Dr. Francis Gromon (Music for What a Widow!)
May 22--Agreement, GPI and O.B. Durholz
July 3--Agreement, GPI and Lucia Bronder ( Rock-a-Bye)
July 28--Agreement, United Artists and Publix Theatres Corp.
Sept.-- Agreement, Art Cinema Corp., GPI and GS
Sept. 22--Memorandum of Agreement, United Artists and Warner Bros. Theatres, Inc.
Sept. 29--Agreement, Pathé Studios and GPI ( Queen Kelly)
Oct. 4--Agreement, Art Cinema Corp. and GPI
Dec. 12--Agreement, Columbia Pictures Distributing Co., Inc. and United Artists Corp.
1931
boxfolder
1211 Feb. 25--Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Corporate Minutes (through 1934) of Gloria Swanson Pictures Corp., Ltd.
2 Jan. 2--Agreement, GPI and Pathé Studios (re: Lance Heath)
Jan. 20--Agreement, Art Cinema Corp., Feature Productions, Inc. and GPI.
Feb.--Articles of Incorporation, Gloria Swanson Française, Ltd.
Feb. 10--Assignment, GPI and GS
Mar. 20--Agreement, Feature Productions Inc., GPI and GS
Apr. 17--Agreement, Art Cinema Corp. and GS
May 20--Feature Productions Inc., GPI and GS ( Tonight or Never)
Sept. 19--Amendment, United Artists Corp. and Loew's, Inc.
Oct. 5--Agreement, Feature Productions Inc. and GSPC
1932
Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Corporate Minutes (through 1934) of Gloria Swanson Pictures Corp., Ltd.
(see folder 121.1)
3Feb. 6--Agreement, Feature Productions Inc. and GSPC
Apr. 4--Notice of Meeting, United Artists Corp., and Proxy of GS
May 11--Memorandum and Articles of Incorporation, Gloria Swanson British Productions, Ltd.
May 12--Agenda, GSBPL
June 22--Letter Agreement, GS and United Artists Corp. ( Perfect Understanding)
Aug. 12--Charge Agreement, GS, GSPC and United Artists ( Perfect Understanding)
Aug. 12--Supplemental Agreement, GS, GSBPL and United Artists Corp. ( Perfect Understanding)
Aug. 12--Letter Agreement, GS, GSPC and GSBPL ( Perfect Understanding)
Sept. 21--Letter Agreement, GS, GSPC, United Artists and GSBPL ( Perfect Understanding)
Sept. 23--Letter Agreement, GS, GSPC, United Artists and GSBPL ( Perfect Understanding)
Sept. 27--Bill of Sale, GS, United Artists Corp. Ltd. and United Artists Corp. ( Perfect Understanding)
Sept. 27--Financial Agreement, GS, GSBPL, GSPC and United Artists Corp. Ltd. ( Perfect Understanding)
Sept. 27--Further Films Agreement, GS and United Artists Corp. ( Perfect Understanding)
Sept. 27--Memorandum of Agreement, GS, United Artists Corp. Ltd. and United Artists Corp. ( Perfect Understanding)
1933
Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, Corporate Minutes (through 1934) of Gloria Swanson Pictures Corp., Ltd.
(see folder 121.1)
4 Oct. 12--Corporate Minutes, GSBPL
5Miscellaneous contracts not specifically relating to GS, fragments, digests and abstracts of other contracts
Productions, 1926-1943
The Love of Sunya, ca. 1926-1928
Photographs,
395 items (plus 380 multiples)
boxfolder
1221-81-164
boxfolder
1231-8165-332
boxfolder
1241-3334-348; P1-P61
41-5
5Postcard
6Premiere, photographs, programs
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 31 (box 550), 32 (box 550a), 79 (box 582a)]
Production files:
Legal (see folders 120.2-120.5)
Production Cost
nd
(see folder 102.13)
Sept. 1926-Mar. 1927
(see folder 103.1)
[Jan., 1928?]
(see folder 114.4)
Receipts, Dec. 30, 1927-Jan. 12, 1928
(see folder 112.10)
Receipts/Statements, United Artists, Jan. 1931-Sept. 1932
(see folder 119.11)
Sadie Thompson, ca. 1927-1932
7Artwork, photograph of drawing by Mandeville of GS as Sadie Thompson
8Clippings
Film (see film list, reels FR32-FR35, videotapes FT21-FT22
Photographs,
367 items (plus 514 multiples)
9-16GS200A1-GS200A160
boxfolder
1251-5GS200A161-GS200A260
6GS200B91, GSSet201, GSPub1, GSPub28, 1-8
7-119-94
12Postcard
13Preview cards
14Promotional items, fan with photo of GS as Sadie Thompson
15Publicity releases
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 31 (box 550), 32 (box 550a)]
Production files:
Accounts payable, Aug. 27-Dec. 31, 1927
(see folder 103.3)
16Cast, Jun. 9 1927
17Catalina location, July-Aug. 1927
Financial (see also folders 357.17-361.23)
18Inventory, equipment shipped to California [May 14, 1927], SPC
Legal (see folders 120.3-120.5)
19Motion picture permit, July 1, 1927, GSP
Production cost
Miscellaneous items (see folder 112.8)
[Jan., 1928?]
(see folder 114.5)
Production payroll, May 28-Nov. 19, 1927
(see folder 112.9)
Receipts, Jan. 14-22, 1928
(see folder 112.10)
Receipts/Statements, United Artists, Jan. 1931-Sept. 1932
(see folder 119.11)
Scripts
20"Rain", including lists of props, arrangement of electrical equipment
boxfolder
1261"Rain, a Play in Three Acts by John Colton and Clemmence Randolph, founded on the Story `Miss Thompson' by W. Somerset Maugham"
2Script lacking cover or title page
3With sub-titles
4With sub-titles, Billy Tummel's copy
5Sets and locations
Titles
6Miscellaneous
7Swanson-Walsh #1
8"Sadie Thompson," Nov. 21, 1927
9"Miss Swanson's Suggestions on 'Sadie Thompson,"' Nov. 28, 1927
10"Sadie Thompson," Dec. 21, 1927
11 Dec. 27, 1927
12"Sadie Thompson," Dec. 28, 1927
Unfinished picture cost, (see folder 113.2) May 21-Dec. 10, 1927
Voucher register, June 1927-Jan. 1928
(see folder 112.12)
13Workmen's compensation claim, Gilbert White (extra), Aug. 4, 1927
Queen Kelly, ca. 1928-1933
Audio recordings (see audio recordings list, reel 5)
14Clippings
Film (see film list, reel FR31, videotapes FT17-FT20
Photographs,
136 items (plus 22 multiples)
15-18GSA1-81
19-201-30
Prints destroyed, 1938-1942
(see folder 101.12)
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 31, box 550)
21Title card
Production files:
1. Erich von Stroheim script and direction, ca. Oct. 1928-Jan. 21 1929
boxfolder
1271Cameraman's daily report, Nov. 1, 1928- Jan. 21, 1929
2Cast and crew, nd
Cutting script
3p. 1-28, Nov. 1-10, 1928
4p. 29-61, Nov. 12-24, 1928
5p. 62-91, Nov. 26-Dec. 6, 1928
6p. 92-122, Dec. 7-21, 1928
7p. 123-146, Jan. 2-9, 1929
8p. 147-177, Jan. 10-21, 1929
9Daily production reports, Nov. 1 1928-Jan. 21, 1929
Daily script notes
10-20 Nov. 1-Nov. 13, 1928
boxfolder
1281-23 Nov. 14, 1928-Jan. 18, 1929
24Delivery reports, Nov. 2, 1928-Jan. 22, 1929
Legal (see folder 120.5)
Production cost
Oct. 13-Dec. 29, 1928
(see folder 114.3)
Jan. 5-Dec. 28, 1929
(see folder 116.10)
Production payroll, Sept. 22-Dec. 29, 1928
(see folder 114.6)
Research notes
boxfolder
1291Military uniforms
2Naval vessels
3Titles and terms
Schedule and worksheets, Africa
4 Oct. 8 (for Oct. 29-Nov. 27) and Oct. 15 (for Nov. 28-Jan. 23)
5 Oct. 15 (for Nov. 28-Jan 23)
Schedule and worksheets, Berlin
6-7 Oct. 8, 1928, nd
Scripts
8"The Swamp (Tentative)," in 2 parts, p. 1-93, 94-144
12Sound notes, Jan. 17, 1929
13Wardrobe notes
14Work permits, Dec. 10, 1928-Mar. 10, 1929
2. Interim, January 22-March 2, 1929
boxfolder
1311Daily production reports, Jan. 22-Mar. 2, 1929
2"Document" to GS, signed by Edmund Goulding, et. al., nd
Lay off costs, Jan. 26-Feb. 10, 1929
(see folder 116.8)
Legal (see folder 120.6)
Production cost, Jan. 5-Dec. 28, 1929
(see folder 116.10)
3. Leo Birinsky script/Paul Stein direction, Mar.-Apr. 1929
3Daily production reports, Apr. 2-9, 1929
Production cost, Jan. 5-Dec. 28, 1929
(see folder 116.10)
Scripts
4p. 2-14, 66-187, 117-145, 150-187, [Apr. 1929?]
5Added silent scenes, p. 1-14
6Dialogue version, p. 15-35
7Wardrobe, Mar.-Apr. 1929
8Worksheets
20 p.
4. Richard Boleslavsky direction, ca. Nov.-Dec. 29, 1929
9Call sheets, Dec. 4-10, 1929
Cameraman's daily report
10 Dec. 9, 1929
11 Dec. 10-11, 1929
12Costume plot, Dec. 3, 1929
13Cutting notes, Dec. 2, 1929
14Daily print report, Dec. 10, 1929
15Daily production reports, Dec. 2-9, 1929
16Delivery slips, Nov. 14-16, 1929
17Dialogue and sound to be synchronized, nd
18Director's projecting report, Dec. 9, 1929
19Extra talent plot, nd
Legal (see folder 120.6)
Music manuscripts and notes
20"Ave Maria" by Josiah Zuro and Francis Gromon
21Waltz by Franz Lehar
22Notes, nd
23Negative order, Nov. 28-29, 1929
24Negative report, Dec. 11, 1929
Production cost, Jan. 5-Dec. 28, 1929
(see folder 116.10)
Production reports
25-27 Dec. 9, 10, 11, 1929
28Prologue, Dec. 19, 1929
29Scene plot, nd
Scripts
boxfolder
1321p. 26, 29-59, by Sam Wood and Delmer Daves
2 Nov. 27, 1929
3-5 Nov. 30, 1929, p. 1-93, by Lawrence Eyre and Laura Hope Crews, technical interpretation by Richard Boleslavsky
6 Nov. 30, 1929, p. 1-92, by Lawrence Eyre and Laura Hope Crews, technical interpretation by Richard Boleslavsky
7nd, p. 1-91, by Lawrence Eyre and Laura Hope Crews, technical interpretation by Richard Boleslavsky
8p. 1-52
9p. 13, with music notation
10proclamations,
6 p.
11Script commentary, unidentified,
1 p.
boxfolder
1331Script list,
1 p.
2Script remarks (Mr. Hatswell),
1 p.
3Script scene number changes,
3 p.
4Sets,
8 p.
5Shooting schedule, Nov. 6, 1929,
2 p.
6Sound effect plots, Dec. 6, 1929,
1 p.
7Sound reports, Dec. 2-11, 1929
8Stage log, Dec. 28-29, 1929
Stock, picture and sound (see folder 137.1)
Worksheets
9p. 1-41
10Draft, 1-40
5. Interim, Jan.-Mar. 1930
Legal (see folder 120.7)
Production cost, Jan. 4-Mar. 22, 1930
(see folder 118.11)
6. Harry Poppe script, Nov. 1930
Legal (see folder 120.7)
11Script, Nov. 4, 1930, p. 1-74.
7. Gloria Swanson version, Jan. 1931-Jan. 1932
12Cameraman's daily report, Nov. 24, 1931
13Daily print report, Mar. 17-30, Nov. 24, 1931
14Daily developing report, sound track negative, Dec. 28, 1931-Jan. 9, 1932
15-16Editor's notebook, Viola Lawrence, nd. Also contains references to The Trespasser and What a Widow!
17Production notes, Jan. 4, 1931
Receipts/Statements (United Artists), Aug. 10, 1932-Feb. 5, 1933
(see folder 119.13)
18Scenes to be shot to complete, nd
19Script notes, Viola Lawrence, tabbed notebook dividers only
Stock, picture and sound (see folder 137.1)
Titles
20 nd
21 Jan. 5, 1931
22 Apr. 7, 1931
23 Apr. 9, 1931
24 Nov. 27, 1931
8. Miscellaneous
25Unidentified items, unable to match with a specific production phase, 1928-1933
The Trespasser, 1929-1942
boxfolder
1341Clippings
2Costumes, 4 items, photographs
Music
"Love Your Spell Is Everywhere" by Edmund Goulding and Elsie Janis
Audio recording (see audio recording list, reels 6-8)
3Manuscripts
4Sheet music
"Serenade" by Enrico Toselli
Audio recordings (see audio recording list, reels 6-8)
5Sheet music
Photographs,
249 items (plus 110 multiples)
6-11GSA1-GSA120
12-14GSB2-GSB99, "100," GSP9-GSP15
152-37x
boxfolder
135139-63x
2-365x-129
4Premiere (London and Chicago), photographs, invitation, clipping
Prints destroyed, 1938-1942
(see folder 101.12)
5Publicity releases,
13 p. typescript
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 63, box 580)
Production files:
Editor's notebook, Viola Lawrence, nd
(see folder 133.16)
6Film shipments, Aug. 13-Oct. 23, 1929, GPI
Legal (see folders 120.6-120.7)
Production cost
Mar. 30-Dec. 28, 1929
(see folder 116.11)
Aug. 31-Dec. 28, 1929
(see folder 116.12)
Receipts/Statements (United Artists)
(see folder 119.11) Jan. 1931-Sept. 1932
Jan. 31, 1931-May 2, 1941
(see folder 119.12)
Scripts
7p. 1-100, "Goulding Story for Gloria Swanson" variously titled "The Intanglement," "Detour" and "Money! Money! Money!"
8p. 2-118, "The Trespasser," with many variant titles on back pages.
9p. 1-74, 77-93, [1-2], 95-101, 103-110, revised final script, May 27, 1929
10p. 57-137
Stock, picture and sound (see folder 137.1)
What a Widow!, 1930-1943
Art work, cartoons of scenes by John Decker (see art list, A3-A4)
Photographs,
203 items (plus 25 multiples)
boxfolder
1361-4GSA39-GSB100
5-6GSB101-GSP11, 6-85
7-886-166, 1-5, and unnumbered
9Premiere, photograph of theatre marquee
Prints destroyed, (see folder 101.12) 1938-1942
Props, jewelled fan with mirror and lipstick designed by GS and used in the film
(see realia, box 533)
Publicity (see oversize, folder 596.2)
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 63, box 580)
10Title card
Editor's notebook
Viola Lawrence, nd
(see folder 133.16)
Legal (see folder 120.7)
11Music, manuscripts of "I Can't Make My Heart Behave," "Love Is Like a Song," "Say Oui- Cherie," "To the One I Love," and "You're the One," music by Vincent Youmans
12Notes
13Opening titles, Jun. 5, 1930
Production cost
Jan. 4-Nov. 22, 1930
(see folder 118.13)
Sept. 27-Nov. 22, 1930
(see folder 118.14)
14Publicity release
Receipts/Statements (United Artists)
Dec. 6, 1930-May 21, 1943
(see folder 119.8)
Jan. 1931-Sept. 1932
(see folder 119.11)
Scripts
15" 'What a Widow', story by Josephine Lovett, revised final script, Mar. 22, 1930", p. 1-103
162 p., June 7, 1930
17p. 8, p. 104, nd
boxfolder
1371Stock, picture and sound, GPI. Also possible references to Queen Kelly and The Trespasser
2Story, " 'What a Widow,' Original Story by Josephine Lovett, Feb. 11, 1930," "Tamarin" title inside cover
Summary of billings, Feb. 1-Mar. 15, 1930
(see folder 119.5)
Rock-a-Bye, ca. 1930-1932
Costume designs, 46 items by René Hubert, (stored oversize, box 612.1-612.41, box 615.1-615.3) 1930
3Script, by Horace Jackson, based on story by Lucia Bronder, RKO Studios, Inc., final script July 25, 1932
Legal (see folder 120.7)
Production cost, Sept. 6-Nov. 22, 1930
(see folder 118.12)
Indiscreet, 1931
Audio recordings (see audio recordings list, reels 1, 6-8)
4Clippings
Film (see film list, reel FR21, videotapes FT5-FT6)
5Lobby card, photocopy of card with letter, 1982
6Music, sheet music for "Come to Me," and "If You Haven't Got Love" by B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown and Ray Henderson
7Photographs, 7 items, GS5500A16-GS5500A30
Poster, photocopy only (see oversize, folder 608.2)
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 63, box 580)
8Script, "Obey That Impulse"
Tonight or Never, 1931-1938
9Music, sheet music to "Tell Me Tonight," photocopy of cover only
10Photographs, 3 items (plus 3 multiples), GS6700A96, GS6700A130
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 31 (box 550), 63 (box 580)]
Production files
Legal (see folder 121.2)
Receipts/Statements (United Artists), Apr. 2-Oct. 1, 1938
(see folder 119.15)
A Perfect Understanding, ca. 1933-1943
11Clippings, nd
Film (see film list, reels FR27-FR30)
Music, "I Love You So Much That I Hate You"
Audio recordings (see audio recordings list, reels 6-8)
12Sheet music, photocopy of cover only
Photographs
36 items (plus 4 multiples)
13PU14-PU139, 1-4
14GS12, 1-16
Prints destroyed, (see folder 101.12) 1938-1942
Publicity (stored oversize, folder 608.3)
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 63, box 580)
Production files:
Legal (see folder 121.3)
Receipts/Statements (United Artists), Sept. 1933-Oct. 30, 1943
(see folder 119.14)
15Report, to May 5, 1934, by Claude A. Parker
16-17Clippings, unidentified papers, photographs, not identified with a specific production
Subseries A6. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, ca. 1930-1934
boxfolder
1381Contracts, 1930
2Photographs,
10 items (3 duplicates)
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 25, boxes 568-568a)
Subseries A7. Fox Films, 1934
Music in the Air, 1934
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, reels 3-4)
Film (see film list, reels FR22-FR26, videotape FT14)
3Music, "I Am So Eager," "I've Told Ev'ry Little Star," photocopy of cover for music to "The Song Is You"
4-7Photographs,
36 items (2 duplicates)
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 31, box 550)
Subseries A8. Columbia Pictures Corp., ca. 1937-1940
8Contract and correspondence
Subseries A9. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 1941
Father Takes a Wife, 1941
9Clippings
10Contract
11Correspondence, 1941
Film (see film list, reel FR4)
Photographs,
422 items (plus 389 multiples)
12-17F84-F101, FT2-133
boxfolder
1391-2FT134, FTAdv29-FTAdv40, FTPub1-FTPubA48
3-12GS1h-GS148h
boxfolder
1401-3GS149h-GS202h
4Publicity
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 31 (box 550), 35 (box 553)]
Subseries A10. Paramount Pictures Corp., 1949-1983
The Heiress, 1949
Promotional tour, 1949, correspondence, clippings, interviews, invitations, photographs, publicity, reviews, schedules, scripts
5Boston
6Chicago
7Dallas
8Denver
9Detroit
10Kansas City
11Miscellaneous
12New York
13Publicity
14Reviews
15San Francisco
16Schedules
17Washington, DC
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 53, box 574)
Sunset Boulevard, 1950
18Awards, photographs concerning the 1950 Academy Awards
19Boulevard du Crépuscule, French "comic book" version, published "Instituto Geografica de Agostine--Novara--Viale Roma 4 Imprine en Italie, 1957"
20Bulwar Zachodzacego Stonca, Polish program or publicity booklet
21Clippings
22Contract
23-24Correspondence, 1949-1983
boxfolder
1411Correspondence with critics, 1950
2Costumes
Sunglasses in leopard print case, and chiffon leopard overskirt worn by GS as Norma Desmond (see realia, boxes 536, 536A)
3Crepusculo de los Dioses, El, Spanish publicity card
Film (see film list, reels FR20, FR36a-FR36b, FR37)
4Financial, Paramount stock, 1950-1953
5Miscellaneous, notes, diet, photographs.
6Music, photocopy of cover to "The Paramount-Don't-Want-Me Blues"
Photographs,
282 items (33 duplicates)
7-1211454-5 - 11454-268
1311454-272 - 11454-291, P3030-4 - P3030-8
14P3030-9 - P3030-78A, 11454-2/80 - 11454-2/130
1511454-2/137 - 11454-2/158, unnumbered
16 Apr. 20 - Apr. 29, 1949
17 May 4, - May 19, 1949
18 May 24 - May 28, 1949
boxfolder
1421-2 June 6 - June 22, 1949
3Premiere
4Preview cards
Promotional tour
5Expenses
6Interviews
7Question cards
8Schedules
9Speeches
Tour files, schedules, itineraries, correspondence, expenses, interviews, speeches, photographs
10Albany
11Atlanta
12Atlantic City
13Boston
14Buffalo
15Chicago
boxfolder
1431Cincinnati
2Cleveland
3Dayton
4Denver
5Des Moines
6Detroit
7Indianapolis
8Kansas City
9Memphis
10Milwaukee
11Minneapolis
12New Orleans
13New York
14Oklahoma City
15Omaha
16Philadelphia
17Pittsburgh
18St. Louis
19Salt Lake City
20San Francisco
boxfolder
1441Seattle
2Toronto
3Washington, DC
4Unidentified
5Negatives
6-9Publicity, press releases, bios, photographs
10Re-release, 1960
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 3 (box 540), 14 (box 559), 21 (boxes 566-566a), 22 (box 567), 27 (box 546), 29 (box 548), 36 (box 553a), 45 (box 563), 53 (box 574), 55 (box 575)]
11-14Scripts
boxfolder
1451-3Scripts (cont.)
boxfolder
1444Staff and crew lists
5Video disc release, [1981?], cover only
6Wax figures, photographs and postcards of wax figures of GS, William Holden and Erich von Stroheim
Subseries A11. Warner Brothers, 1951-1959
Three for Bedroom C, 1952
7Contract
8Correspondence, 1951-1959
9-10Photographs,
37 items (2 duplicates)
11Premiere
13 photographs
12-15Promotional tour, correspondence, photographs, schedule, itineraries, clippings
boxfolder
1461Promotional tour (cont.)
Publicity (stored oversize, folder 608.3)
2-3Scripts
Subseries A12. Titanus-Lux Films, 1955-1963
Nero's Mistress, 1956
4-5Correspondence, 1957-1963, also includes contract, clippings of reviews
6GS Europe file, 1955-1956
7Interview, by Elvira T. Marquis
8Photograph,
1 item
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 37, box 554)
9-15Scripts, treatment, early script annotated by GS, English translation heavily revised, French translation
Subseries A13. Universal City Studios, Inc., 1974-1975
Airport 1975, 1974
boxfolder
1471Call sheets
2Clippings
3Correspondence, 1974-1975
4Expenses
5-9Photographs,
55 items (6 duplicates)
10Premiere
11-12Publicity
13-17Scripts
18Shooting schedule
Subseries A14. Unidentified Films
boxfolder
1481-4Photographs from unidentified films,
27 items (1 duplicate)
Subseries B. Film Festivals, 1954-1982
boxfolder
1491Fifteenth International Film Festival, Venice, 1954, photographs, clippings, correspondence
2Museum of Modern Art Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, 1958, correspondence
3oster
4-5Hull House Film Festival, Chicago, 1965, booklets, clippings, correspondence, invitations, photograph, speech
6A Tribute to Gloria Swanson, George Eastman House, 1966, programs and booklets.
7Paramount 60 Years, Museum of Modern Art, 1972, booklet
8Central Florida's First Film Festival, Orlando, FL, 1974, correspondence, programs
9Cinémathèque Française Retrospective, Paris, 1974, correspondence, schedule
10Telluride Film Festival, Telluride, CO, 1974, brochure, clippings, correspondence, receipts, photographs
boxfolder
1501Beacon Theatre, New York, 1975, press release, correspondence
2Festival Canadien des Films du Monde, Montreal, Canada, 1977, photographs
34e Festival du Cinema Americain du Deauville, Deauville, France, 1978, booklet, clippings, correspondence
4International Film League, Box 5, The Repertory Cinema, East Rochester, NY, 1978,programs, photographs
516th Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, IL, 1980, booklet, clippings, correspondence, photograph, press release
6Twelfth Annual USA Film Festival, Dallas, TX, 1982, program
Subseries C. Radio, 1927-1981
boxfolder
1511-6Correspondence, 1927-1938, 1940-1948, 1950-1981, nd
7Lists
8Notes
9Photographs
Programs, 1934-1977
Radio interview, WXYZ, 1934 (May 3), audio recording (see audio recordings, disc 79)
10Paramount Theatres Service Corp., 1934, personal appearance tour with radio broadcasts
11The Woman's Court of the Air, 1935, written by Vera Oldham, idea by Dema Harshbarger
12G-Woman (or Lady Eleven), 1936,written by Francis Marion, synopsis by Donald Clark
13Ways and Means, 1937 (Jan. 18)
14Hollywood in Person, 1937 (Dec. 22)
15The Dark Shadow, 1937
16Hollywood Charm School, 1938
17Which Reminds Me--, [194-]
18Unidentified show, [194-], interview [mentions son Joseph in 9th Army in Germany]
19The Man I Married, 1940
20Lincoln Highway, 1941 (July 5)
21Voice of Broadway, 1941 (July 12)
22Proposed, 1941, Come Along with Me; Morning, Noon and Nights; This Is My Life
23Five Minute Talk, Committee for the Celebration of the President's Birthday for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, 1942
24Red Cross War Fund, 1942 (Jan. 24, Jan. 30)
25Unidentified show, [1943], Let Us Be Gay episode
26This Woman's Army, 1943 (June 25), "Four Years"
27Among My Souvenirs, 1943 (Sept. 9)
28Victory Round Table, 1943 (Oct. 1), "The Four Freedoms"
Shirley Eder Program, 1944 (Oct. 7), audio recording (see audio recording, discs 89-90)
29Green Valley, USA, 1944
30Nassau County Bond Rally, [1944]
boxfolder
1521Marriage, Inc., [1945]
2Anything Can Happen, 1945
3Date With Gloria Swanson, 1945 (July 10)
4Linda Gray, 1945 (July 24)
Laura Kennedy, 1945 (Aug. 10), audio recording, (see audio recordings, discs 59-60)
Listen Ladies, 1945 (Nov. 19), audio recording, (see audio recordings, discs 62-67)
5Powder Box Theatre, 1945 (Nov. 22), "Orchids"
6Suspense, 1945 (July 10), "Murder By the Book"
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, discs 99, 117, 118)
Betty Crocker Program, 1947 (Sept. 8), audio recording, (see audio recordings, discs 34-35)
7Angels of Mercy, 1948 (Aug. 9)
Audio recording (see audio recordings, discs 29-30)
8At Home with Gloria Swanson, 1949
9Sunset Boulevard interview, [1950]
10Kellogg's Commercial, 1950
Sunoco Three Star Extra, 1950 (May 12), audio recording, (see audio recordings, disc 96)
The Steve Allen Show, 1950 (Aug. 2), audio recording, (see audio recordings, discs 91-95)
11Theatre Guild on the Air, 1950 (Nov. 26), "Theatre," by Guy Bolton and Somerset Maugham, adapted for radio by Robert Anderson
12The Gloria Swanson Show, 1950-1951
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, discs 111-113)
13The Louella Parsons Show, 1951 (Jan. 23)
14Lux Radio Theatre, 1951 (Sept. 17), "Sunset Boulevard"
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, discs 68-73)
Martha Deane Interviews, 1953 (July 1), audio recordings (see audio recordings, discs 74-76)
15Dear Grandma, 1953
16The Merv Griffin Show, 1957 (Nov. 15)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, reels 70-71)
Man Around the House, 1958 (Aug. 25), audio recordings (see audio recordings list, reel 72)
KIXL Interview, 1958 (Aug. 25), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 73)
Martha Deane Interviews
17-18 1958, nd
WDOK interview, 1962 (Sept. 25), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 74)
Barry Farber Radio Show, 1973 (Jan.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 75)
Washington Symposium, 1976 (Oct. 17), audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 6)
19Talk Show Series, 1977, WWDB-FM, 1977 (Feb. 22)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 5)
United Nations Radio, 1980 (Mar. 6), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 76)
Newsweek Broadcasting Update, nd, audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 7)
Long John Program, nd, audio recordings (see audio recordings, reels 80-81)
20Unidentified, nd
Subseries D. Sound Recordings, 1933-1974
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, discs 18-19, 50-52, 80-82
21Catalog, correspondence, notes and royalty statements, 1933-1974
Subseries E. Television, 1944-1981
Appearances, 1944-1981
Films, 1973-1974
The Killer Bees, 1973-1974
boxfolder
1531Call Sheets, clippings, correspondence, photographs, script
Film (see film, videotapes ft9-ft11)
Miscellaneous shows, 1944-1973
2Correspondence, 1944-1962, including The Johnny Carson Show, Tonight (BBC), Jean Barnes Family Show, The Today Show, Hy Gardner Show, The Twilight Zone, Who Pays?, Password, The March of Time Through the Years
3Correspondence, 1963-1973, including A.M. New York, What Every Woman Wants To Know, The Gypsy Rose Lee Show, The Joey Bishop Show, The Sam Yorty Show, Pat Boone In Hollywood, Dateline: Hollywood, The Merv Griffin Show, The Johnny Carson Show, Girl Talk, Hollywood Talent Scouts, The Young Set, The Hy Gardner Show, The Match Game, To Tell The Truth, What's My Line?, Art Linkletter House Party, Steve Allen Show, Missing Links, Hollywood Palace, Hooray For Hollywood, People Will Talk, Flashback, V.I.P.
Individual shows, 1948-1981
The Gloria Swanson Hour, 1948 (WPIX, New York)
4Correspondence, 1948-1949
5-6Day time program scripts
boxfolder
1541Evening program
2-3Evening program scripts
4Financial
5Guests
6-8Photographs
9Scripts
boxfolder
1551A Measure of Freedom--Blueprint for 1950
2This Is Show Business, 1950
Crown Theatre, 1953
3Contract
Correspondence, 1953-1973
4Bing Crosby Enterprises, 1953-1973
5CBS Television, 1953-1954
6Glamour contest campaign manual
7-8Introduction scripts
9Legal, 1956-1958 (GS Europe file)
10Marketing brochures
boxfolder
1561Marketing brochures (cont.)
2-3Photographs
4Photographs (My Last Duchess)
5Publicity brochures
Scripts
Choice of Weapons (Albert Duffy)
6 May 11, 1952
7 May 20, 1952
8A Fond Farewell (Arthur Ross), Jan. 11, 1952
9Half the Action, Apr. 28, 1952
10Hemingway (Arthur E. Orloff), Apr. 30, 1952
11The Host (Jack Stanley & Carl Lee Gass), Feb. 16, 1952
12The House on the Hill (Jack Patrick), Jan. 4, 1952
13If Speech Be Silvern, Apr. 25, 1952
My Last Duchess (Harriet Pratt, Dale Eunson, Katherine Albert)
14 Sept. 1951
15 Feb. 26, 1953
boxfolder
1571 Mar. 2, 1953
2Portrait of a Lady (Raphael Hayes), Jan. 5, 1952
3Short Story (Budd Lesser), Apr. 16, 1952
4This Day Is Yours! (Muriel Roy Bolton), Nov. 30, 1951
5Hollywood Opening Night, The Pattern (Ilene Prince) 1953 (Feb. 16),
6Arthur Godfrey and His Friends, 1953 (July 8)
Audio recording (see audio recordings, discs 31-33)
Milton Berle Show, 1954 (Jan. 19),
audio recording (see audio recordings list, discs 77-78)
Person to Person, 1954 (Apr. 2),
audio recording (see audio recordings, discs 84-85)
7This Is the Day, 1956 (Mar. 27)
This Is Your Life, 1957 (Jan. 23);
see also folders 287.9-290.11
8Correspondence (1957-1983), photographs
9Script
10Mike Wallace Show, 1957 (Apr. 28);
see also folders 287.9-290.11
11Dave Garroway Show, 1957 (May 15)
Steve Allen Show, 1957 (Nov. 10)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, disc 24)
12Correspondence, music, photographs
13Bob Hope Show, 1958 (Oct. 12)
14Jack Paar Show, 1959 (Mar.)
15Hedda Hopper's Hollywood, 1960 (Jan. 10)
16I've Got a Secret, 1960 (Aug. 24)
17Play Your Hunch (Merv Griffin), 1961
boxfolder
1581Straightaway, 1961 (Oct.), A Toast to Yesterday (William Spier, John Draft)
2Truth or Consequences, 1961 (Nov. 2)
3Attention to Invention (Pilot), 1962
Dr. Kildare, 1962 (Mar.)
4Call sheet and schedule
5Correspondence
6Photographs
7Scripts, Good Luck Charm, (James Komack, Harry Kronman) Oct. 24, 1962
8Howard K. Smith News and Comment, 1963 (Mar.)
9The World's Greatest Showman, 1963 (Nov.)
10Alfred Hitchcock Show, 1963
11Kraft Suspense Theater, 1963, Who Is Jennifer?
12Burke's Law, 1963-1964
13Mike Douglas Show, 1963-1967
14Ben Casey Show, 1964 (Dec.), Minus That Rusty Old Hacksaw (Ellis Marcus)
boxfolder
1591Hollywood Palace, 1964 (May)
2My Three Sons, 1964 (Sept.), Fountain of Youth (Ray Brenner)
3BBC interview, 1966 (Feb.), correspondence, transcript
Film (see film list, videotape ft7)
Manhandled, 1966 (May), audio recordings
(see audio recordings list, reel 2)
4The Beverly Hillbillies, 1966 (Sept.), The Gloria Swanson Story (Paul Henning, Mark Tuttle), call sheets, correspondence, financial, shooting schedules, script
5Gloria Swanson Classic Film Series, 1967, (WPIX New York)
6Girl Talk, 1967 (Mar.)
7The Lucy Show, 1967 (Aug.), Lucy and the Lost Star
The David Frost Show, 1969 (July), audio recording (see audio recordings, reel 11)
The Dick Cavett Show, 1970 (June, Aug.), audio recording (see audio recordings, reels, 12, 15)
The David Frost Show, 1970 (June), audio recording (see audio recording list, reel 13)
The Mike Douglas Show, 1970 (July), audio recording (see audio recordings, reel 14)
8Johnny Carson Presents Sun City Scandals, 1970 (July)
Kup's Show, audio recordings (see audio recordings, reels 16, 19) 1971 (Feb., June),
The Mike Douglas Show, audio recordings (see audio recordings list, reels 17, 24) 1971 (Feb., Oct.),
Joy and Barbara, 1971 (June), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 18)
The David Frost Show, 1971 (Aug.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reels 20-21)
The Joey Bishop Show, 1971 (Sept.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 21)
The Tonight Show, 1971 (Sept. 1)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 22)
9Contract
The Today Show, 1971 (Sept.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 23)
CBS TV Interview, 1971 (Oct.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 25)
The Dick Cavett Show, 1971 (Oct.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 26)
A.M. New York, 1971 (Dec.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 27)
10The Silent Years, 1971
ABC TV, 1972 (Apr.), audio recordings
(see audio recordings, reel 28)
The Dick Cavett Show, 1972 (Apr.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 29)
Broadway Limited, ABC TV, 1972 (May), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 30)
TV, 1972 (May), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 31)
Organic Food, CBS TV, 1972 (June), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 32)
Lamp Unto My Feet, 1972 (Aug.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reels 33-34)
The Jack Paar Show, 1973 (Apr.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 35)
The Joey Bishop Show, 1973 (Apr.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 35)
The Carol Burnett Show, 1973 (Sept.)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 8, reel 36)
11Clipping, correspondence, music
Film (see film list, videotapes ft2-ft3)
12Photographs
Realia, director's chair (see realia list, r3)
boxfolder
1601Script (Prod. #705)
ABC TV, audio recordings 1973 (Nov.),
(see audio recordings, reel 37)
2The American Twenties, 1973
Paramount Presents, 1974 (Mar.)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, reels 38-39)
3Correspondence, script
4Russell Harty Plus, 1974 (Apr. 4), correspondence, photographs, publicity
Metromedia, audio recordings 1974 (July),
(see audio recordings, reels 40-41)
5The Great Debate (Canadian), 1974
Take It From Here, 1976 (Jan.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 9)
Good Morning America, 1976 (Feb.), audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 42)
KLTV Interview, 1976 (May), film (see film, videotape ft26)
Panorama, 1976 (Sept.), audio recordings
(see audio recordings, cassette 10)
AM Washington, 1976 (Sept. 30), audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 11)
Tim Boxer Traveling with the Stars, 1976, film (see film, videotape ft23)
Melba Show, 1976 (Aug.), film (see film list, videotape ft25)
Hollywood (Thames Television), 1977
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 16)
6Correspondence
Channel 5 and Channel 2, 1978 (Nov. 16), audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 12)
The Merv Griffin Show, 1979 (Mar. 2), audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 13)
Over Easy with Hugh Downs, 1980 (Aug. 5), film (see film, videotape ft15)
Men Who Rate a 10, 1980 (Sept.)
7Correspondence, photographs
8Script
9Hour Magazine, 1980 (Nov.)
Prime of Your Life, 1981 (May), film
(see film, videotape ft16)
10City Lights (Canadian), 1981
Undated shows
The Art Linkletter Show, audio recording (see audio recordings, reel 10)
CBS Television newsfilm, film (see film, reels fr5-fr6)
The David Susskind Show, audio recording (see audio recordings, cassette 18)
11The Ed Sullivan Show, fashion sketches
The Jack Paar Show, audio recordings
(see audio recordings, reel 10)
12The Man From U.N.C.L.E., photographs
The Merv Griffin Show
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 9)
13Photographs
Midday Live, audio recordings (see audio recordings list, casette 27)
NBC Special, audio recordings (see audio recordings list, cassette 17)
Parkinson, audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassette 28)
14The Tonight Show
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, cassettes 14 and 15)
Unidentified shows
boxfolder
1611Photographs
2Scripts
3Syndication, notes, nd
Mexican television
4Arcaro, 1952
5Coca-Cola franchise, 1952
6Lesser, Budd, 1952-1954
7Miscellaneous memos, 1952-1953
8Rebozo, 1952
9Simmel, Edward C. and Louis C., 1950-1952
10Simmel Meservey Inc., 1950, Televoz
Correspondence
11Aleman, Miguel, 1952
12Simmel Meservey, 1952-1953
13Photographs
Proposed television
14 1949
boxfolder
1621-2 1950-1951
3The Gloria Swanson Show, ABC
4 1952
5Salkow, Irving
6-8 1953-1955
9 1956 (GS Europe file)
10 1958-1960
111960, The Gloria Swanson Show, John Haggott Enterprises
121960, The Colonel's Lady, Stanley Roberts
13-14 1961-1965
boxfolder
1631 1966-1967
2Gloria Swanson with What's New 1967,
3 1968-1970
41969-1970, interview
5-11 1971, 1974-75, 1978-79, 1981, nd
Subseries F. Theatre, 1937-1977
Reflected Glory, 1942 (George Kelly)
boxfolder
1641Clippings
2Correspondence
3Costumes
4Financial, box office statements, cash reports
5Photographs
6Press releases
7Playbills and programs
Three Curtains, 1942: Man of Destiny (George Bernard Shaw); The Old Lady Shows Her Medals (J. M. Barrie); The Playgoers (Arthur Wing Pinero)
8Clippings
9Correspondence, 1942-1945
10Costume designs (René Hubert)
11-13Financial, 1942-1943, box office statements, expenses, vouchers
14Legal
15Photographs
16Playbills and programs
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 79, box 582a)
17Scripts
Let Us Be Gay, 1943 (Rachel Crothers)
boxfolder
1651Clippings, correspondence, photographs, playbills and programs, press release
Financial records (see folders 363.16-363.18)
2-4Scripts
Goose For the Gander, 1944-1947 (Harold J. Kennedy)
5Clippings
6-8Correspondence, 1944-1947, nd
9Financial
10Itinerary
11Legal
12Music, "How Do You Stay in Love?"
13Photographs
14Playbills and programs
Scrapbooks [see scrapbooks 31 (box 550), 35 (box 553)]
boxfolder
1661-2Scripts
3Stage design
4There Goes the Bride, 1948, program
Twentieth Century, 1950-1953 (Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur)
Art work (see art work, A31)
5Box office statements
6Clippings
7-8Congratulations, 1950-51
9Contract
10Correspondence, 1950-1951
11Expenses
Florida
12Box office statements, contract, correspondence, programs, 1952-1953
13Expenses
14Photographs
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 54, box 574a)
boxfolder
1671Script
2-3Ticket requests
Nina, 1951-1952 (Samuel Taylor, adapted from the French play by Andrew Roussin)
4Box office statements
5Clippings
6Contract
7Correspondence
8Expenses
9Photographs
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 53, box 574)
10-14Scripts
15Ticket requests
Boulevard, 1955-1970 (adapted from Sunset Boulevard by Dickson Hughes, Richard Stapley, and Gloria Swanson)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, discs 7-13, 38-39, 40-47, reels 45-64)
Correspondence
16 1955
boxfolder
1681-3 1955-1970
4-5Hughes, Dick, 1957-60
Film (see film list, reels FR20, FR36a-FR36b, FR37)
Music
6"Silent Music"
7-9"Wonderful People"
10Miscellaneous
11-13Notes
14Photographs
Production outline (stored oversize, TBD)
15-18Scripts
boxfolder
1691-8Scripts (cont.)
Red Letter Day, 1959-1960 (Andrew Rosenthal)
9Andover, NJ
Correspondence
10 1959-1965
boxfolder
1701Rosenthal, Andrew
2Clippings
3Fayetteville, NY
4Itinerary
5Memoir, "I Lived With Gloria Swanson" by Robert Curtis
6Ogunquit, ME
Palm Beach, FL
7Clippings, contract, correspondence, expenses
8Photographs
9Playbills and programs
10-12Scripts
13Westport, CT
Between Seasons, 1961 (Malcolm Wells)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, reels 43-44, 63
14Clinton, NJ, box office statements, correspondence, expenses, program
15Contracts
16Correspondence
boxfolder
1711Costumes
2Expenses
3Falmouth, Mass., correspondence, expenses, program
4Floor plan
5Itinerary
6Millburn, NJ, correspondence, expenses, program, ticket requests
7Miscellaneous
8Photographs
Scrapbook (see scrapbook 46, boxes 564-564a)
9-13Scripts
boxfolder
1721-5Scripts (cont.)
6Stockbridge, Mass., clippings, correspondence, expenses
7Westport, CT, clippings, correspondence, expenses
The Inkwell, 1962 (Harold J. Kennedy)
8Ann Arbor, MI, clippings, contract, correspondence, expenses
Art work (see art work, A32)
Chicago
9Clippings
10Correspondence
11Fan mail
boxfolder
1731Financial, expenses, petty cash
2Photographs
3Playbills and programs
4Correspondence
5Costumes
Film (see film, reels FE1-FE2)
Miami
6Clippings
7Correspondence
8Fan mail
9Playbills and programs
10Mountainhome, PA, clippings, program
11Nyack, NY, contract, correspondence, financial
Scrapbook (See scrapbook 46, boxes 564-564a)
12-14Scripts
Just For Tonight, 1963 (Harold J. Kennedy)
Beverly, Mass.
boxfolder
1741Box office statements, correspondence, expenses
2Clippings
3Playbills and programs
Fitchburg, Mass.
4Box office statements, contract, expenses, stage layout
5Clippings
6Playbills and programs
7Itinerary
Kennebunkport, ME
8Box office statements, contract, correspondence, expenses
9Clippings
10Photographs
11Playbills and programs
Paramus, NJ
12Box office statements, clippings, correspondence, expenses
13Playbills and programs
Phoenix, AZ
14Box office statements, contract, correspondence, expenses
15Clippings
16Photographs
17Playbills and programs
18Set sketches
19Springfield, Mass., box office statements, clippings, correspondence, expenses, programs
The Women, 1966 (Clare Booth)
20Contracts, correspondence
21Columbus, OH, box office statements, clippings, expenses, programs
22Dayton, OH, box office statements, clippings, correspondence, expenses, photographs
23Program
boxfolder
1751-2Scripts
3Warren, OH, clippings, expenses, program, schedule
Reprise, 1967 (Harold J. Kennedy)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, reels 67-68)
Chicago
4Box office statements
5Clippings
6Correspondence
7Costumes
8Expenses
9Fan mail
10Playbills and programs
11Photographs
12Script
13Script notes
14Secretary's notebook
Denver
boxfolder
1761Box office statements
2Clippings
3Correspondence
4Expenses
5Photographs
Los Angeles
6Box office statements
7Clippings
8-9Correspondence
10Expenses
11Photographs
12Playbills and programs
boxfolder
1771Miscellaneous
2Photographs
Coco, 1970 (Alan Jay Lerner book and lyrics, music by Andre Previn)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings list, cassettes 19-20, disc 14)
3Clippings, contract, correspondence, programs
Music
4Audition, "June Is Bustin' Out All Over"
5Miscellaneous, "Mademoiselle Cliche de Paris," "The World Belongs To The Young," "Orbach's, Bloomingdale's and Best and Saks," "We've Got Something," "We Were So Young"
6Original key, "Mademoiselle Cliche de Paris," "The Corner of the Rue Cambon," "The Revolution Into Freedom," "The Money Rings Out Like Freedom," "Always Mademoiselle"
7Transposed, "Mademoiselle Cliche de Paris," "The Corner of the Rue Cambon," "The Money Rings Out Like Freedom," "Coco," "Always Mademoiselle"
8Sheet music, "Always Mademoiselle," "The Money Rings Out Like Freedom"
9Script
Butterflies Are Free, 1970-1972 (Leonard Gershe)
Audio recordings (see audio recordings list, reel 65)
Box office and payroll, national tour
boxfolder
1781 Oct.-Dec. 1970
2-3 Jan.-May 1971
4Baltimore, clippings, correspondence, expenses, programs
5Boston, clippings, correspondence, expenses, programs
6Chicago, clippings, correspondence, programs
7Cincinnati, clippings, correspondence, programs
8Cleveland, clippings, correspondence, programs
9Columbus, correspondence, expenses
10Contracts
boxfolder
1791-3Correspondence
4Weissburger, Leon
Detroit
5Correspondence, programs
6Clippings
7Florida, correspondence
8Indianapolis, correspondence, expenses
9Louisville, KY, clippings, correspondence
10Millburn, NJ, box office statements, contract, clippings
11Milwaukee, clippings, correspondence, expenses
12Miscellaneous
13National company tour schedules
New York
14Contract, clippings, correspondence
Box office statements
boxfolder
1801-2 Sept.-Dec. 1971
3-5 Jan.-July 1972
6Philadelphia, correspondence
7-9Photographs
boxfolder
1811-2Playbills and programs
Posters (see posters, P5)
3Radio commercials
4-8Scripts
9Stock Tour, 1972, clippings, contracts, correspondence, itinerary
10Theatre passes for charity
boxfolder
1821Toronto, correspondence
2Wardrobe
3Washington, expenses
4Wilmington, expenses
5Work schedules
6The Milliken Breakfast Show, 1977, contract, photograph, program, schedules, scripts
Proposed theatre, 1937-1976
7-11Correspondence, 1937-1976
Scripts, 1942-1947, nd
12-14All Rights Reserved (Irving Kaye Davis)
15Correspondence, 1942
boxfolder
1831Diplomatic Relations (Alfred Allan Lewis)
2Don't Frighten the Horses (Harold J. Kennedy)
3Edelweiss (Lilyan Kemble Cooper), 1947
4-5Even Steven (David Rogers)
6Gathering of the Clan (Andrew Rosenthal)
7Gigi (Alan Jay Lerner)
8Illusion (Harold J. Kennedy)
9Monkey Doll (Jaik Rosenstein under pseud. Jerome K. Thorne)
boxfolder
1841Monkey Doll (cont.)
2-3Naives Hirondelles (Roland Dubillard)
4Pal Joey
Audio recordings (see audio recordings, reel 66)
5Reapers Among the Sheaves (Edwin M. Adams)
6Snacks (Leonard Gershe)
7Those Kaufman Girls (Ronald Dobrin)
8-9The Writing Machine (James P. Davis)
Unidentified theatre
10Photographs and miscellaneous
Subseries G. Proposed Projects, ca. 1920s-1982
Correspondence, 1936-1968
boxfolder
1851-5 1936-1938, 1942-1955
6 1956 (G.S. Europe file)
7-9 1957-1968
10Receipts for scripts, films and miscellaneous, 1936-1938
Scripts, synopses and treatments, 1920s-1982
boxfolder
1861The Affairs of Mimi (Kerry Clarke?), 1933
2Amen (Lynn Starling)
3And Let Who Will Be Clever (Alvin Julian Asher), RKO, 1933
4...And Presumed Dead (William Bast), 1971
5Antiques (Robert Bailly) [possibly a pseudonym of Henri de la Falaise]
6The Battalion of Death (Lenore J. Coffee), [192-]
7Because I Love You (Carole Ronjou, Joe R. Parker)
8Besieged Heart (Robert Hill), 1948
9The Best of Us (Sheldon Davis), 1944
10Black Chiffon (Lesley Storm)
11Blackpoint (William Dufty)
boxfolder
1871-3Blackpoint (cont.)
4Budget
5Clippings
6Correspondence, 1966-1968
7Expenses
8Photographs
9The Blind Goddess
10-11Second and third installments
boxfolder
1881-7Fourth-tenth installments
8The Blood of Our Lady (Ron Dobrin)
9But We're Different (Peggy Mortimer?)
10Calendar of Regrets (Aben Kandel)
11The Call
12Come Out of the Pantry (Alice Duer Miller)
13Connecticut Corsair (Laurence Eyre)
boxfolder
1891Dark Secret (Saul Elkins), Centaur Films, Inc.
2Dark Victory
3The Daughter of the Regiment (James Ashmore Creelman, Melville Baker)
4-6Desert Love, or the Goddess of the Sahara (Ouida Bergere), [192-]
7Desert Story (adaptation by Robert N. Lee)
8Detour
9Don Juan's Raincoat (Joseph Lukacs?)
10The Dream (Alberto Guecchi)
11The Duchess and the Smugs (Beatriz Guido, Leopoldo Torre-Nilsson, Paul M. Heller), MPO Pictures, 1965
boxfolder
1901Dutch Treat (David S. Meranze, Marc Allen Zagorew), 1970
2Echo of Evil (Don Ettlinger screenplay based on novel by Manuel Komroff), Edmund L. Dorfmann Productions, Inc., 1950
3The Eden Rose (Robert W. Anderson)
4Eternal Barrier (Milton Turet)
5Exclusive Model (Ketti Frings), Wald-Krasna Productions, Inc., RKO Studios, 1951
6Farfalla, Farfalla (Aldo Nicolaj, English version by Henry Vidon), 1968
7Flamingo (Michael Clayton Hutton)
8La Flamme sur le Rempart (synopsis by Adrienne d'Ambricourt)
9Flood Tide (James Ashman Creelman)
10Flying Solo Tomorrow (lyrics and book by Eva Frost, music by Lawrence Brown), 1974
11For Husbands Only, 1932
12For the Accused (Adele Comandini)
boxfolder
1911Frail Craft (Dorothy McNab)
2French Leave (Hal Hall, Helen Gentsch)
3Full Bloom (Frances Marion), 1936
4The Gay Felons (Joseph Carole), 1958
5The Gilt Frame (Raymond Arthur Bush), 1979
6La Gitana (G. A. Sil-Vara, based on the novel by Prosper Merimee), Story Dept., Frank Joyce-Myron Selznick, Ltd.
7Graveside Story (Harold M. Forgy, James S. Elliott, based on an idea by Richard Matheson), 1966
8The Great Sex War (screenplay by Alex Gottlieb, from a story by Leonard Neubauer)
9Sex War (screenplay by Robert Joseph, from a story by Leonard Neubauer)
boxfolder
1921Sex War (Stanley Ralph Ross), correspondence
2Greater Love (Elizabeth Barry Brannen), 1935
3The Happening (Pierre Gaisseau, William Dufty)
Here Kitty, Kitty
4The Rivals
5(Lyn Duddy, A. A. Lewis)
6(Walter Wood)
7Uncredited
8(Robert Vincent Wright)
9-11Swanson's script notes
boxfolder
1931Francesa Bertini, clippings
2"Maurice Chevalier At 77," booklet
3-4Correspondence, 1965-1968
5Her Private Life (adaptation by Forrest Halsey from the play by Zoë Akins)
6The High "C"
7Honeymoon (Wells Root, Jane West)
8Honor Bound (Gilbert Emery), 1934?
9Hurry the Dawn (Kurt Unkelbach), 1951
10Isn't Geraldine an Angel? (Henry Sherek)
11It Started with Freud (Marwin Mar), 1944
12Jeff Comes Home (John S. Rodell)
13Keystone '67 (Ray Doyle)
boxfolder
1941Keystone '67 (cont.)
2Correspondence, 1966
3The King's Big Motorcar (synopsis by Jacquest Natanson)
4The Kiss in the Dark (Guy Bolton)
5-6The Lady in the Sun (Ben Wilson), 1972
7The Last Tango with Rudolph Valentino (Diane Cilento and Patrick Hockey), 1982
8The Late Liz (Elizabeth Burns), 1957
9Correspondence
10Let's Fall in Love
11Leontine's Husbands (Alfred Capus)
boxfolder
1951Lisa Hath Charms (Seeleg Lester, Merwin Gerard), [1951]
2Love and Kisses (Aleen Leslie)
3The Lover (G. Martinez Sierra), 1930
4Madame Ada (Aurand Harris)
5Madame D'Epone (Brada)
6Marquis de Priola (Henri Lavedan)
7The Monkey (screenplay by George Jonas, based on a short story by Isak Dinesen), 1978
8Mulatto
9My Gloria (D. W. Dennis)
10My Next Picture (Parke Levy)
11Nightmare Alley (Jules Furthman screenplay based on novel by William Lindsey Gresham), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1947
12No Bed of Roses (George Villiers), 1966
boxfolder
1961Nos Actes Nous Suivent (Paul Bourget, synopsis by Adrienne d'Ambricourt?)
Nothing or Nobody (George Zuckerman), (removed to oversize, folder 597.1) 1947
2Olga of the Crimea, nd
3Olivia Bows to Mrs. Grundy (Roland Bottomley)
4Once There Was a Princess (Juliet Wilbur Tompkins), [1926]
5Opus 13 (William Dufty?), [1966]
6The Orchid (Carey Wilson)
7Overtaken (Lawrence Rising, synopsis by Marjorie Hollis)
8Paris Luck (Robert Bailly) [possibly a pseudonym of Henri de la Falaise], 1927
9Passage (Lisabeth Hush, Kevin Casselman)
10The Passionate Silence (Flavia Steno)
11Patriotic Gore (adaptation by William Dufty, choreography by Geoffrey Holder), 1962
12The Pearl Prince (from the book by Gabrielle Reval), nd
13Penelope (Leonardo Bercovici)
14The Portrait of Andalusia Fandango (Dan Foster), 1959
15Puppets All (Annabel Lee)
16The Ram (Norman Thaddeus Vane), 1974
17Recollections (V.I. Kaminski), 1927
18Romance and Arabella (William Hurlbut), copyright 1917
19Romer (Allan Jay Friedman)
boxfolder
1971Rue de la Paix (Pierre Soulaine)
2The Ryder Plan (Arthur Richman)
3Satyr
4Search in the Amazon (synopsis by Pierre D. Gaisseau)
5Serenade (John Meredyth Lucas), 1948
6Sex after Sixty (William Dufty?), 1966
7Sister Beatrice (Maurice Materlink)
8The Sky is Falling
9The Sorrow of God (Frank D. Terrell), nd
10Squaring the Triangle (William Lichtenberger)
11The Star of the Opera (Gabrielle Reval, Roger Lion), property of Henri de la Falaise
12Star-Spangled Widow (B. Harrison Orkow), 1944
13The Stars Shine Twice (synopsis by Clare Boothe), 1937
14The Stenog (Wallace Smith), 1927
15Stepping High (Gene Markey)
boxfolder
1981Sunchild (Ren I. Patterson)
2Superstud, Go Home! (William Dufty), 1967
3The Sweet Life (Jeanne M. Carpenter), 1982
4Tanya (Brewster V. deRevere)
5LaTendresse (Henri Bataille), 1934
6That Old Feelin- (Ruth Fink), 1950
7There Was a Little Girl (Helene Fraenkel), 1951
8This, Mine Oath (Mildred Cram, Marcella Burke)
9Three Houses on Craven Run (Ben Canfield)
10Three Shakes in the Wind (Lillian David)
11Tiger Lilly (Robert Henderson)
12Till I Return (Maida Reade)
boxfolder
1991-2Trust the Goosebumps, Sammy Schwartz (Allan Jay Friedman), 1973
3The Unsinkable Lady Carrington (Edwin Blum), Victor Hugo Halperin, Personality Pictures Corp.
4Untitled (James Kevin McGuiness), 1935
5Whitemail (Ashton Stevens)
6The Witch's Curse, 1927
7Yes Ma'am
8-12Unidentified
13Miscellaneous, ideas
Subseries H. Miscellaneous Career Related, 1929-1982
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, 1929-1982
boxfolder
2001Brochures
2Correspondence, 1929-1982
Posters (see posters, P14)
3Actors' Equity Association, 1939-1981
4Actors' Fund of America, 1948-1979
5Charity Auction, 1973
6The Age of Ballyhoo, script, nd
7American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, 1944-1982
8American Film Institute, 1970-1981
9American National Theatre and Academy, 1950-1951
Astoria Motion Picture & Television Center Foundation, 1977-1982
10Brochures
11Clippings, 1977-1982
12Correspondence, 1977-1982
13Dedication, 1978
14Photographs
Posters (see posters, P13)
15Cartoons of GS, 1920s-1950s
16Columbia University, oral history project, 1958-1982
Films, 1968-1982
17Copyright and storage information
George Eastman House, 1950-1982
boxfolder
2011Brochure
2Catalog of GS materials
3-5Correspondence, 1950-1982
6Film lists
Tribute to Gloria Swanson, 1966
7Booklets and programs
8Clippings
9Hollywood Museum Associates, 1961-1964
"Love Your Magic Spell," 1961-1970
Audio recordings, (see audio recordings list, cassette 2, discs 2-3, reels 6-8, 93)
10Correspondence, 1961-1970
11Magazine covers, 1920s
12Motion Picture Association of America, 1950-1982
13Movieland Wax Museum, 1962-1982
boxfolder
2021Museum of Modern Art, 1947-1982
2National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 1977-1981
Personal Appearances, 1974-1977
Audio recordings (see audio recordings list, cassettes 3-4)
3Brochures, clippings, contracts, correspondence, photographs
4Postcards of GS
Publicity photographs, 1929-1950s
5Christenings, ribbon-cutting ceremonies, etc., 1929-1950s
6U.S.O., War Bond sales, Red Cross, etc., 1940s-1950s
Queen Kelly, 1956-1981
Audio recordings (see audio recordings list, cassette 1)
Beacon Theatre, 1967
7Clippings
8Correspondence
9Cue sheet and remarks
10Photographs
11Promotional material
12Clippings, 1959-1985
13Copyright
Correspondence
14-17 1956-1961
boxfolder
2031-3 1962-1981
4Music
5WNDT Channel 13, 1966
Audio Recordings (see audio recordings list, reel 5)
6Roxy Theatre, 1952-1960, correspondence and photographs
7Sadie Thompson, copyright
Screen Actor's Guild
8Correspondence, 1935-1977
9Membership, 1951-1982
10Publications, 1980-1982
11Stars Hall of Fame, 1975-1978
12That's Entertainment!, clippings and photographs 1974,
13"Women Who Made the Mo