- unitid
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{"value"=>"185531", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZEB 22-0005", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b22706440", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1900s-1930s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1900/1939"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Marion Morgan photographs"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1 box", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"0.42 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Marion Morgan was a dance instructor, choreographer, and founder of the Marion Morgan Dancers. Her collection consists entirely of photographs, most of which depict the films on which she worked as a choreographer. There are also some personal photographs, and shots of her dance troupe."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Morgan, Marion, 1881-1971", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Marion Morgan (1881-1971) began her dance career in California in the 1910s as a teacher. She founded the Marion Morgan Dancers, a dance troupe who toured the country on the vaudeville circuit until the mid-1920s. During this time she began to focus on film production in Hollywood, where she choreographed dance sequences, wrote film scenarios, and staged and directed her own short films. Among the films on which Morgan worked as a choreographer are <span class=\"title\">Man-Woman-Marriage</span> (1921), <span class=\"title\">Paris at Midnight</span> (1926), <span class=\"title\">Don Juan</span> (1926), <span class=\"title\">A Night of Love</span> (1926), <span class=\"title\">Up in Mabel's Room</span> (1926), and <span class=\"title\">The Masked Woman</span> (1927).</p> <p>It was through her work in film that Morgan met her partner, Dorothy Arzner, who was one of the only women working as a Hollywood film director at the time. Arzner and Morgan collaborated on such films as <span class=\"title\">Fashions for Women</span> (1927), <span class=\"title\">Get Your Man</span> (1927), <span class=\"title\">Manhattan Cocktail</span> (1928), and <span class=\"title\">Paramount On Parade</span> (1930). Morgan and Arzner left Hollywood in the 1930s and lived together in California until Morgan's death in 1971.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from the 1920s to 1930s, and contains photographs of Marion Morgan's choreography work in Hollywood films, shots of the Marion Morgan Dancers, and a small assortment of personal photographs. The photographs are arranged alphabetically by film title, and most depict the dance scenes which Morgan choreographed.</p> <p>Many of the films depicted are those which are considered lost, partially lost, or which were known to have been destroyed in 20th Century-Fox film-storage facility in 1937. These include <span class=\"title\">An Affair of the Follies</span>, <span class=\"title\">The City</span>, <span class=\"title\">Fashions for Women</span>, <span class=\"title\">Manhattan Cocktail</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Masked Woman</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Outsider</span>, <span class=\"title\">Paramount on Parade</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Private Life of Helen of Troy</span>, <span class=\"title\">Rich But Honest</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Venus of Venice</span>. Other film photographs held in the collection include <span class=\"title\">Almost A Lady</span>, <span class=\"title\">Camille</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Country Beyond</span>, <span class=\"title\">Don Juan</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Dropkick</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Night of Love</span>, <span class=\"title\">One Increasing Purpose</span>, <span class=\"title\">Paris at Midnight</span>, <span class=\"title\">Quality Street</span>, <span class=\"title\">The Secret Studio</span>, and <span class=\"title\">Up In Mabel's Room</span>.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Source of acquisition is unknown.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Heather Lember</span> in <span class=\"date\">2022</span>.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<p>Marion Morgan papers, (S) *MGZMD 374. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library.</p>"}
- date_start
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1900
- keydate
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1900
- date_end
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1939
- date_inclusive_start
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1900
- date_inclusive_end
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1939
- extent_statement
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0.42 linear feet (1 box)
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Marion Morgan photographs, *MGZEB 22-0005. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}