Cecile Dixon scrapbook

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1992-009", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21357", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Cecile Dixon scrapbook"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1919-1992", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1919/1992"}

{"value"=>"1924-1931", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1924/1931"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".1 lin. ft. (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1919

date_inclusive_end

1992

origination

{"value"=>"Dixon, Cecile, 1903-1984", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Cecile Dixon was a British stage actress who first appeared in the famous 1924 production of THE WAY OF THE WORLD with Edith Evans, Elliott Playfair and Elsa Lanchester. She then emigrated to the United States where she appeared in OLD ENGLISH with George Arliss. Other productions include THE GREEN HAT, THE ADVENTUROUS AGE, SPELLBOUND and HE WALKED IN HIS SLEEP. In 1929 she married Charles Courtneidge. She retired from the theater in 1931 after the birth of her daughter Ann Courtneidge.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>The Cecile Dixon Scrapbook consists of clippings documenting her entire acting career from 1924-1931. One early clipping [1919] is from a school production. Also contains a manuscript [1992] by her son-in-law Michael Venables of anecdotes on her acting career.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"THE920604"}

{"date"=>"06/11/92", "source"=>"Michael Venables", "address"=>"See donor file", "method"=>"Gift", "extent"=>".25 o", "value"=>"Gift, Michael Venables, 06/11/92"}

note

{"value"=>"<p>Six photographs that came with the scrapbook were placed in the Library's Photograph Collection</p>", "encodinganalog"=>"500"}

keydate

1919

prefercite

{"value"=>"Cecile Dixon scrapbook, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Cecile Dixon was a British stage actress who first appeared in the famous 1924 production of THE WAY OF THE WORLD with Edith Evans, Elliott Playfair and Elsa Lanchester. She then emigrated to the United States where she appeared in OLD ENGLISH with George Arliss. Other productions include THE GREEN HAT, THE ADVENTUROUS AGE, SPELLBOUND and HE WALKED IN HIS SLEEP. In 1929 she married Charles Courtneidge. She retired from the theater in 1931 after the birth of her daughter Ann Courtneidge. The Cecile Dixon Scrapbook consists of clippings documenting her entire acting career from 1924-1931. One early clipping [1919] is from a school production. Also contains a manuscript [1992] by her son-in-law Michael Venables of anecdotes on her acting career.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1919

date_end

1992

date_bulk_start

1924

date_bulk_end

1931

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