Found 60 collections related to Contracts

Kenneth Fox (born Kenneth Duvall Tooill, 1896-1979) was an actor who performed on Broadway and in stock theatre companies during the 1920s. The Kenneth Fox papers document Fox's career and his longtime interest in theatre with contracts, programs, and photographs. Contracts originate from Fox's work on Broadway and in regional stock theatre companies from 1922 to 1926. Contracts for single productions list Fox's role and the show title. Programs, dated 1951 to 1962, are from popular Broadway musicals and plays of the 1950s and 1960s, including The Threepenny Opera. Photographs in the collection consist of autographed portraits of stage actors, some of whom were Fox's contemporaries. Photographs date from 1878 to the late 1920s and include portraits of Zelda Sears, Edith Kingdon, Fiske O'Hara, and Lotte Crabtree. less

Tommy Hyde (d. 1940) was a dancer and songwriter, and also managed a troupe of performers who toured in vaudeville under the name the Honey Boys. The Tommy Hyde papers span 1922-1940, and consist primarily of correspondence to Tommy Hyde, condolence letters to his widow, Adelaide, following his death in March of 1940, three sheets of song lyrics (two of which were written by Mr. Hyde in collaboration with others, while the third is unattributed), contracts and a route sheet for the Honey Boys, receipts and membership cards related to Mr. Hyde's vaudeville career. less

Alexander Frank (1866-1939), was a stage actor, first in England and then, after 1900, in the United States, where he was also a motion picture actor and director. Born in Boston, England, Alexander Frank initially worked as a political secretary for a Member of Parliament, but turned instead to acting. After receiving his early training from Sir Henry Irving and making a number of appearances on the London stage, he came to the United States around 1900. Mr. Frank acted opposite many of the leading actors of his era, and belonged to the companies of such major figures as James K. Hackett and Olga Nethersole. Mr. Frank acted in several films between 1913 and 1920, and also directed, but later restricted himself to stage work as a performer. Mr. Frank's last major role was in Elsie Schauffler's play Parnell in 1935, in which he portrayed British Prime Minister William E. Gladstone, whom he had met in his youth. The Alexander Frank papers span 1902-1920 and consist of contracts, correspondence, and a notebook. The collection is split between contracts for various plays and theatrical companies, and correspondence, encased in mylar, consisting of letters of recommendation from Mr. Frank's past employers to prospective ones. There is also a small notebook, which holds four pages of sketchy pencilled notes concerning Medieval England. less

Ewing Cherry was an American stage actor with years of touring experience. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, Ewing Cherry (sometimes billed as V. E. Cherry) made his stage debut in WITHIN THE LAW in Chicago in 1916. Soon afterwards Cherry was working in vaudeville in a skit called OUT OF LUCK. He went on to play juvenile leads for various stock companies in such shows as MRS. WIGGS OF THE CABBAGE PATCH and THE LITTLE SPITFIRE through the 1910s and 1920s. His Broadway credits include WHAT PRICE GLORY?, SKIDDING with Glenda Farrell, THE NIGHT BEFORE with Franchot Tone, and MARCHING MEN (1930) with Leon Ames. Cherry also acted in radio drama. After a period of retirement, he returned to the stage for a role in the Off-Broadway production of Sean O'Casey's RED ROSES FOR ME (1961), then appeared in O'Casey's MOON SHINES ON KYLENAMOE and in Nikolai Evreinov's THE CHIEF THING (1963), his last professional credit. Ewing Cherry died in New York City on March 30, 1969. The Ewing Cherry papers span 1916 to 1962, and consist of letters to Ewing Cherry from employers and friends, a number of contracts securing Mr. Cherry's services as an actor for various stock companies between 1917 and 1927, three booklets (1920-23) introducing the members of the Gene Lewis-Olga Worth stock company, photographs of Ewing Cherry in a variety of characterizations, playbills for a dozen plays in which Ewing Cherry appeared, press releases, fliers, telegrams to and from Ewing Cherry, and clippings of reviews which mention his performances. less

Jack Curtis was a theatrical manager. The Jack Curtis contracts date from autumn 1937, and consist of sixteen copies of the same 'standard minimum' contract for actors. There are thirteen contracts for the play BORN IN A TRUNK, and three contracts for Aurania Rouverol's play PLACES PLEASE, each signed by a different actor. There is also a brief contract offering BORN IN A TRUNK star Lillian Emerson a bonus contingent upon the play's box office performance. less

The Leopold Badia papers consist of a variety of materials reflecting a long acting career, including contracts, salary stubs, portions of scripts, sheet music, some correspondence, and a complete radio script from 1945. Contracts for stock productions make up the bulk of Leopold Badia's papers, but there are also several "sides" representing his character's lines from plays, including SPEAK EASY and THE GENTLEMAN FROM ATHENS, and brief notes from colleagues such as José Ferrar, Fredric March, and Sam Levene. The radio script is from a series called ONE MAN'S DESTINY, celebrating the lives of prominent people. This episode is devoted to New York Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. less

Gustav Blum (d. 1963) was an American theater director, producer, actor, and teacher. In 1916, he founded the East-West Players, a group that performed one-act plays, including English translations of Yiddish plays. The East-West Players won the Belasco Cup at the first Little Theater Tournament in 1923. Blum also produced and staged Broadway plays, and worked as a drama teacher in high schools from 1909 until his retirement in 1958. The Gustav Blum papers (1912-1988, bulk 1915-1953) contain a scrapbook, contracts, scripts, photographs, clippings, and other papers documenting Blum's career. The scrapbook dates from 1916 to 1923 and contains clippings and programs of the East-West Players. There are scripts for four plays that Blum produced: The Shame Woman (1923), Gertie (1926), My Son (1924), and Walk Hard (1946). The script for Walk Hard is a heavily annotated prompt copy; the other scripts have minimal or no annotation. There are also three scripts written or co-written by Blum: Against the Current, Eden, and A Sleepless Night. Contracts date from 1927 to 1946. The collection includes a statement of receipts and disbursements for Walk Hard and an estimated budget for Laughter in the Courtyard. Photographs consist of images of Blum, an unidentified production photograph, and signed photographs of Bertha Kalich and David Belasco. The collection also contains biographical information, clippings, and copyright records related to Blum's career, dating from 1912 to 1988 less

Charlotte "Lotte" Stavisky (1907-2000) was a German-American actress and sculptor who acted in film, television, radio, Broadway, and Off-Broadway roles from the late 1930s through the 1950s. The Lotte Stavisky papers date from 1935 to 2000 and contain correspondence, photographs, programs, clippings, and contracts that document her work as an actress and sculptor, as well as identity and immigration papers from her early life in Germany and emigration from Nazi-occupied Austria. less

The Little Hut, written by André Roussin and adapted by Nancy Mitford, was first produced in London in 1950. The play was produced in Boston and then on Broadway in 1953 by producer John C. Wilson. The Little Hut production materials date from 1950 to 1955 and primarily document the 1953 American productions. The collection contains correspondence and contracts with investors; financial information about the production; multiple versions of the script, including a stage manager's copy; and programs from the Boston production at the Plymouth Theatre and the Broadway production at the Coronet Theatre. The collection also contains copies of telegrams that John C. Wilson sent on the play's opening nights in England and Scotland. less

This collection comprises the papers of the Polish singer and actress Bertha Kalich who immigrated to the United States in 1895. Once in the United States, she became a celebrated star of the Yiddish theater, with active roles in theater as well as cinema, until 1928 when she succumbed to illness. One of her best known roles was the title character of the play Magda and Lilla Olrick in Jacobi's Riddle Woman. The collection consists of correspondence, personal and professional papers, and theatrical memorabilia from Bertha, her husband, Leopold Spachner, and daughter Lillian Kalich Spachner concerning her stage career and is primarily in English with some materials in German, Yiddish, and Hebrew. less

The Radio Writers Guild Records consist of correspondence, contracts and minutes for the years 1930 to 1958. The materials regarding the RWG is limited to the Guild as a national organization and to the activities of the Eastern Region. While there are some contracts between the Western Region and their local radio stations, there is little correspondence within the Western Region and almost none within the Mid Region. The membership records of the Western and Mid Regions, in this collection, only reflect transfers of Mid Region and Western Region members to and from the Eastern Region. less

Happy Fanny Fields (born Fanny Furman, circa 1881-1961) was an American actress, dancer, and comedian who found great success in British pantomime theater in the first decade of the twentieth century. The collection documents Fields's professional life in New York and Europe, with an emphasis on her career in Britain. The bulk of the materials are scrapbooks, writings, and photographs, with contracts, letters, programs, and posters also included. less

The Victor Moore papers, dating from 1864 to 1958, offer comprehensive coverage of the actor's stage and film career from 1894 onward, primarily through scrapbooks and photographs. They also hold letters, contracts, writings, awards, diaries, scripts, family papers, and drawings. less

The Theatre Guild, established in 1919 by Theresa Helburn, Lawrence Langner, Philip Moeller, and Helen Westley, is an American theatrical association. Since its inception, the Theatre Guild has produced over 200 original theatrical productions, many of which have become Broadway classics. The Theater Guild records (1949-1952) document the Theatre Guild's administrative activities during the planning and execution of the production of Carousel at the Stoll Theatre in London in 1950, and Oklahoma! for the 1951 Berlin Arts Festival. less

Guy Bolton (1884-1979) was a British-American playwright, librettist, and novelist. He wrote more than 50 plays and musicals, many of which were collaborations with P.G. Wodehouse and George and Ira Gershwin, including Oh, Lady! Lady!, Oh, Boy! Oh, Kay!, and Anything Goes. The American Play Company records on Guy Bolton date from 1911 to 1965 and contain correspondence, contracts, financial statements, and other legal papers that document the negotiation process and royalty agreements made for Bolton's compositions represented through the American Play Company. less

Paul Lipson (1913-1996) was an American actor best known for portraying Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. The Paul Lipson papers (1932-1996) consist of production files, scripts, and a scrapbook that document Lipson's career acting in summer stock, Off-Broadway, and Broadway productions, with a particular focus on Fiddler on the Roof. There is a small amount of posthumous material consisting of a program and sound recording from his memorial service. less

Michael Strong (1918-1980) was an American film, theatre, and television actor. Strong was an originating company member of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center and appeared in the films Point Blank and Patton. The Michael Strong papers date from 1951 to 1980 and contain biographical sketches, incoming letters, clippings, contracts, theatre programs, photographs, and obituaries. Photographs include production shots from films, promotional photos for theatre productions, and headshots. Oversized photographs from the film Patton are housed separately. Letters are from Strong's directors, writers, and fellow actors, including Elia Kazan, S.N. Behrman, and Montgomery Clift. All letters are photocopied duplicates. less

Stephen Draper (circa 1906-1985) was a theatrical agent best known for his long-term representation of Geraldine Page and Richard Kiley. The Stephen Draper papers (1948-1985) document Draper's work on behalf of his clients, mainly Page. They hold Client Files and Office Files containing correspondence, contracts, programs, photographs, actor biographies, press releases, clippings, and financial records. less

Anna Minot Warren (1918-2007) was a stage, screen, and television actress who performed under her maiden name, Anna Minot. Joseph Warren (1916-1993) was a stage, screen, and television actor. Both were self-described "journeyman actors." The collection (1931-2006) contains material related to their acting careers. The papers contain production files, photographs, posters, scrapbooks, scripts, and a sound recording. There is also a small amount of files related to Minot's work as a professional reader for the Theatre Guild and the Play of the Month Guild. less

Olga (Kahaun) Roller (1884-1968) was a singer and actor who performed in musicals and comic operas, including several by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert. The Rosemary Pilkington collection of Olga Roller papers, dated 1913 to circa 1960, holds mostly photographs of Roller during her career on stage (the productions were unidentified), a book entitled Faces & Facts that includes minor biographical information about her husband Eddie Fink, two letters, contracts, promotional card for Madame Moselle and copies of Roller's death certificate and her son Gilbert Roller Guerrico's birth certificate. less

Henry B. Forbes (d. 1958) was a theatrical producer active on Broadway in the 1920s and 1930s. He also worked as an actor in the 1910s and early 1920s, performing with the East-West Players. The Henry B. Forbes papers (1917-1952) contain programs, clippings, contracts, business correspondence, and other papers regarding his theatrical work. Productions represented in the collection include Tin Pan Alley (1928), Schoolgirl (1930), Thunder on the Left (1933), The Wild Duck (1938), and Walk Into My Parlor (1940). The collection includes posters for the tryouts of Wild Birds (1929) and Schoolgirl, a scrapbook dedicated to Thunder on the Left, and a production photograph from Tin Pan Alley. less

Joe Smith and Charlie Dale were a well-known vaudeville duo known as Smith and Dale who performed around the United States for over seventy years. The collection contains an extensive run of scripts for Smith and Dale sketches, material reflecting the later life and career of Joe Smith following Charlie Dale's death, and early material relating to their other comedy team The Avon Comedy Four. less

The American Play Company was a New York theatrical agency which represented authors and rights-holders and assisted in the negotiation of theatrical and film licensing. The American Play Company records contain administrative files, contracts, literary department correspondence, and scripts relating to the theatrical rights management business. less

James Barton (1890-1962) was an American actor, singer, dancer and comedian in vaudeville, theatre, film and television. The James Barton papers document the career and personal life of James Barton through production files, scripts, sheet music, photographs, scrapbooks, contracts, publicity materials, correspondence, and personal ephemera. less