COLLECTION NUMBER:
C049.
COLLECTION TITLE:
Film and Stage Performers / Motion Picture Stills Collection.
DATES OF MATERIAL:
1929-1932.
EXTENT:
82 negatives: film; 4 x 5 in.
LOCAL CONTROL NUMBERS:
Copy negatives: 80:1225/0-76.
REPOSITORY:
San Diego History Center
Booth Historical Photograph Archives
P.O. Box 81825
San Diego, CA 92138
1-619-232-6203
ACQUISITION INFORMATION:
Loaned for copy, possibly from C.W. Fait’s daughter Irene O’Brien.
RESTRICTIONS:
Open for research.
COPYRIGHT:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact the curator of the Booth Historical Photograph Archives at the San Diego Historical Society. Reproduction or publication of any part of this collection must include the following information next to the image(s) or in a special section of credits: Film and Stage Performers/Motion Picture Stills Collection, San Diego Historical Society, Booth Historical Photograph Archives.
GENERAL NOTES:
Arranged by local control number. Photographic montage “Stars of the Stage, Past and Present” by C.W. Fait (1856-1940) of San Diego, a hypnotist and magician who toured as “Fait the Great”; some publicity photographs by Harry Wenger of Los Angeles. Forms part of the San Diego Historical Society Negative Collection.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE:
Contains black-and-white copy negatives of motion picture stills and publicity photographs of entertainers. Entertainers include country singers and musicians, bell ringers, big bands, clowns, midgets, chorus girls, dancers, and actors. Film stills depict scenes from Women of All Nations, Men without Women, Lone Star Ranger, The Lawyer’s Secret, Sunny Side Up, The Wheel of Life, and others. Actors pictured in the stills include Janet Gaynor, Victor McLaglen, George O’Brien, Joan Blondell, Spencer Tracy, Carol Lombard, and Jimmy Durante. Also, a reproduction of a photographic montage of entertainers by C. W. Fait.
SUBJECTS INDEXED:
Entertainers.
Entertainment.
Motion pictures.
CONTENTS LIST:
| Negative | Description |
| 80:1225-0 | Photographic montage: “Stars of the Stage, Past and Present” by C.W. Fait. |
| 80:1225-1 | Film: Thru Different Eyes. |
| 80:1225-2 | Portrait [drawing?] of three young women by Murray Korman. |
| 80:1225-3 | Dressing room. |
| 80:1225-4 | Country singers/musicians. |
| 80:1225-5 | Film: Wheel of Life. |
| 80:1225-6 | Entertainers: two men. |
| 80:1225-7 | Bell ringers. |
| 80:1225-8 | Big band. |
| 80:1225-9 | Clowns. |
| 80:1225-10 | Entertainers: midgets. |
| 80:1225-11 | Entertainers: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-12 | Entertainers: two men. |
| 80:1225-13 | Entertainers: two men and a woman. |
| 80:1225-14 | Chorus girls. |
| 80:1225-15 | Chorus girls. |
| 80:1225-16 | Country or folk band. |
| 80:1225-17 | Women on bicycles. |
| 80:1225-18 | Dancers. |
| 80:1225-19 | Film: The Broken Wing (1932) with Leo Carrillo. |
| 80:1225-20 | Film: Welcome Danger (1929) with Harold Lloyd. |
| 80:1225-21 | Film: Sombras de Gloria (1930) with Jose Bohr and Mona Rico, in Spanish. |
| 80:1225-22 | Film: Hearts of Humanity (1932) with Jean Hersholt. |
| 80:1225-23 | Film: Play Girl (1932) with Winnie Lightner and Loretta Young. |
| 80:1225-24 | Film: Vice Squad (1931) with Paul Lukas. |
| 80:1225-25 | Film: Sunny Side Up (1929) with Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. |
| 80:1225-26 | Film: Women of All Nations (1931) El Brendel and Victor McLaglen. |
| 80:1225-27 | Film: Women of All Nations (1931) El Brendel and Victor McLaglen. |
| 80:1225-28 | Film: Men without Women (1930) with Frank Albertson and Kenneth McKenna. |
| 80:1225-29 | Film: Men without Women (1930) with Frank Albertson and Kenneth McKenna. |
| 80:1225-30 | Film: Men without Women (1930) with Frank Albertson and Kenneth McKenna. |
| 80:1225-31 | Film: Men without Women (1930) with Frank Albertson and Kenneth McKenna. |
| 80:1225-32 | Film: Men without Women (1930) with Frank Albertson and Kenneth McKenna. |
| 80:1225-33 | Film: Men without Women (1930) with Frank Albertson and Kenneth McKenna. |
| 80:1225-34 | Film: Lone Star Ranger (1930) with George O’Brien and Sue Carol. |
| 80:1225-35 | Film: Lone Star Ranger (1930) with George O’Brien and Sue Carol. |
| 80:1225-36 | Film: Lone Star Ranger (1930) with George O’Brien and Sue Carol. |
| 80:1225-36A | Film: Lone Star Ranger (1930) with George O’Brien and Sue Carol. |
| 80:1225-37 | Film: Lone Star Ranger (1930) with George O’Brien and Sue Carol. |
| 80:1225-38 | Film: Lone Star Ranger (1930) with George O’Brien and Sue Carol. |
| 80:1225-39 | Film: Lone Star Ranger (1930) with George O’Brien and Sue Carol. |
| 80:1225-40 | Entertainers: singer/dancer with chorus. |
| 80:1225-41 | Entertainers: singer/dancer with chorus. |
| 80:1225-42 | Film: chorus girls. |
| 80:1225-42A | Film: Lon Chaney. |
| 80:1225-42B | Film: Joan Blondell. |
| 80:1225-42C | Film: Carol Lombard and Paul Lukas. |
| 80:1225-42D | Film: Spencer Tracy. |
| 80:1225-43 | Composite: Charlie Ruggles and Jimmy Durante. |
| 80:1225-44 | Film: two men. |
| 80:1225-45 | Film: Spencer Tracy and woman [Jean Harlow?]. |
| 80:1225-46 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-47 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-48 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-49 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-50 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-51 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-52 | Composite: Charlie Ruggles and Jimmy Durante. |
| 80:1225-53 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-54 | Film: two men and two women. |
| 80:1225-55 | Film: Spencer Tracy and woman. |
| 80:1225-56 | Film: three men. |
| 80:1225-57 | Film: three men. |
| 80:1225-58 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-59 | Film: The Lawyer’s Secret (1931) with Charles Rodgers. |
| 80:1225-60 | Film: The Lawyer’s Secret (1931) with Charles Rodgers. |
| 80:1225-61 | Film: The Lawyer’s Secret (1931) with Charles Rodgers. |
| 80:1225-62 | Film: Sunny Side Up (1929) with Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor. |
| 80:1225-63 | Film: man [cowboy] and woman. |
| 80:1225-64 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-65 | Film: Joan Blondell and man. |
| 80:1225-66 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-67 | Film: man [cowboy] and woman. |
| 80:1225-68 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-69 | Film: man [John Gilbert?] and woman. |
| 80:1225-70 | Film: Joan Blondell and man. |
| 80:1225-71 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-72 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-73 | Film: Joan Blondell and man. |
| 80:1225-74 | Film: party scene. |
| 80:1225-75 | Film: man and woman. |
| 80:1225-76 | Film: man and woman. |
