Robert Edmond Jones correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Mss 2000-037", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21521", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Robert Edmond Jones correspondence"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1930-1941", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1930/1941"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 lf. (1 portfolio of letters)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1930

date_inclusive_end

1941

origination

{"value"=>"Jones, Robert Edmond, 1887-1954", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954), stage scenic designer, director, author, and motion picture production designer, collaborated on several stage productions with puppet designer and puppeteer Remo Bufano (d. 1948). After collaborating on a production of OEDIPUS REX in the early 1930s, the two men corresponded about a number of other potential projects over the ensuing years, most of which, it would appear, did not come to fruition. In the theater, Mr. Jones was closely identified with the work of Eugene O'Neill, and also designed and/or directed THE GREEN PASTURES (1930) and OTHELLO (1934). Both men found work in motion pictures, Mr. Jones designing such early Technicolor films as BECKY SHARP (1935) and THE DANCING PIRATE (1936), while Mr. Bufano contributed puppetry to the Fred Astaire musical YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (1945). Mr. Bufano had plans to bring puppetry to television in its early days, but died in 1948.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The collection consists of four folders of correspondence between Robert Edmond Jones and Remo Bufano, concerning projects both realized and unrealized. Three of Mr. Bufano's early letters are in French.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 2000-002"}

{"date"=>"12/06/2000", "source"=>"Resnick, Stephen and Carol", "method"=>"Purchase", "extent"=>".1 o", "value"=>"Purchase, Resnick, Stephen and Carol, 12/06/2000"}

keydate

1930

prefercite

{"value"=>"Robert Edmond Jones correspondence, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Robert Edmond Jones (1887-1954), stage scenic designer, director, author, and motion picture production designer, collaborated on several stage productions with puppet designer and puppeteer Remo Bufano (d. 1948). After collaborating on a production of OEDIPUS REX in the early 1930s, the two men corresponded about a number of other potential projects over the ensuing years, most of which, it would appear, did not come to fruition. In the theater, Mr. Jones was closely identified with the work of Eugene O'Neill, and also designed and/or directed THE GREEN PASTURES (1930) and OTHELLO (1934). Both men found work in motion pictures, Mr. Jones designing such early Technicolor films as BECKY SHARP (1935) and THE DANCING PIRATE (1936), while Mr. Bufano contributed puppetry to the Fred Astaire musical YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (1945). Mr. Bufano had plans to bring puppetry to television in its early days, but died in 1948. The collection consists of four folders of correspondence between Robert Edmond Jones and Remo Bufano, concerning projects both realized and unrealized. Three of Mr. Bufano's early letters are in French.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet. (1 portfolio of letters)

date_start

1930

date_end

1941

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