Frank Tuttle and Nana Gollner photographs and scripts

id
10606
origination
Tuttle, Frank
date statement
1935-1946, 1981
key date
1935
identifier (local_mss)
23886
org unit
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
call number
*MGZMD 453
b-number
b21009816
total components
17
total series
0
max depth
2
boost queries
(none)
component layout
Default Layout
Extended MARC Fields
false
Extended Navigation
false
created
2016-08-17 15:17:22 UTC
updated
2026-06-25 15:07:55 UTC
status note
(missing)
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true

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unitid
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 453", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"23886", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b21009816", "type"=>"local_b"}
unitdate
{"value"=>"1935-1946", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1935/1946"}
{"value"=>"1981", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1981"}
unittitle
{"value"=>"Frank Tuttle and Nana Gollner photographs and scripts"}
physdesc
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.01 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
repository
{"id"=>"DAN", "value"=>"Jerome Robbins Dance Division"}
abstract
{"value"=>"Nana Gollner (1919-1980) was one of America's first prima ballerinas. During her career, she danced in ballet companies in Europe, in Frank Tuttle's production, <span class=\"title\">Ballet Carnival</span>, and in a short choreographed film directed by Tatiana Tuttle. The collection contains photographs and negatives of Gollner; Frank Tuttle's correspondence concerning his production; scripts; programs; and clippings."}
prefercite
{"value"=>"Frank Tuttle and Nana Gollner photographs and scripts, *MGZMD 453. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}
origination
{"value"=>"Tuttle, Frank", "type"=>"persname", "role"=>"creator"}
bioghist
{"value"=>"<p>Nana Gollner (1919-1980) was one of America's first prima ballerinas. In 1935, she danced with David Lichine in the short film <span class=\"title\">Spring Night</span>, which was directed by Tatiana Tuttle. She subsequently danced as prima ballerina with Colonel de Basil's Ballet Russe, and toured with Rene Blum's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.</p> <p>Frank Tuttle (1892-1963) was a Hollywood film director and writer. As a ballet enthusiast, he established the California Ballet, a troupe made up primarily of dancers from motion pictures. Their first performance, and Nana Gollner's American debut as primary dancer, was <span class=\"title\">Ballet Carnival</span> produced by Tuttle in 1939.</p>"}
scopecontent
{"value"=>"<p>The production and promotion of <span class=\"title\">Ballet Carnival</span> is recorded in studio photographs and negatives of Gollner in various poses, most likely taken as promotional material; Tuttle's correspondence; contracts; a program; and a poster design. Scripts for ballet story ideas by Frank Tuttle, Tatiana Tuttle, Gerald Goode, and others are also present.</p> <p>Other material relating to Gollner includes stills from the movie <span class=\"title\">Spring Night</span> (1935); and candid photographs of Gollner at a social event and dancing with her husband Paul Petroff on a suburban lawn. Programs that include Gollner's performances in Monte Carlo with the Ballet Russes and with The Ballet Theatre are present.</p>"}
acqinfo
{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Frederika Hastings Blair and Helen Tuttle Votichenko.</p>"}
processinfo
{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Compiled by <span class=\"name\">Amelia Carlin</span>, <span class=\"date\">2016</span>.</p>"}
dsc_type
combined
date_start
1935
keydate
1935
date_end
1981
date_inclusive_start
1935
date_inclusive_end
1981
extent_statement
1.01 linear feet (3 boxes)

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