- physdesc
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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>".42 lin. ft. (1 box)"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1936-1956", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1936/1956"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1936
- date_inclusive_end
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1956
- keydate
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1936
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Paramount Theatre stage manager's records"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. <span class=\"subarea\">Billy Rose Theatre Division.</span></span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The records consist of the files of stage manager, Paul Bracco for Paramount Theatre productions between 1936 and 1956."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Paramount Theatre Stage Manager's Records, *T-Mss 1989-015, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Bracco, Francis Paul", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Francis Paul Bracco was the stage manager for the New York Paramount Theatre from the 1930s until the 1950s.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Paramount Theatre stage manager's records consist of stage layouts for orchestras, song lists, simple lighting plots, rehearsal schedules for performers, film schedules, and a small amount of correspondence.</p> <p>During the period covered in this collection, New York's Paramount Theater featured live musical performances and comedians in conjunction with regular film screenings. The musicians who appeared at the Paramount included many of the top performers of the era, including the orchestras of Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, and others. Vocalists who appeared included Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Ethel Merman, Perry Como, Sarah Vaughan and Ethel Waters. Comedians who played the Paramount included Danny Kaye, Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis, Jackie Gleason & Art Carney, Henny Youngman, and Imogene Coca. Material pertaining to these performers is not detailed, but in some cases includes rehearsal schedules, lists of songs or routines performed, and stage floor plans.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The papers were donated to the Billy Rose Theatre Division in 1998 by Claire B. Wills.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Photocopying prohibited.</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>For permission to publish, contact the Curator, Billy Rose Theatre Division.</p>"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1989-015", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"21619", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Arranged chronologically"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by Rick Hunter; machine-readable finding aid created by Mary Ellen Rogan.</p>"}
- date_start
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1936
- date_end
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1956