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Additional authors

1. Bertsch, Marguerite
2. Cameron, George
3. Caskill, Charles L.
4. Chester, George Randolph, 1869-1924.
5. Chester, Lilian, 1888-
6. Dazey, Frank Mitchell
7. Drew, Sidney, 1864-1919.
8. Kirkland, Winifred Margaretta, 1872-1943.
9. Lathrop, William Addison
10. Lippert, William
11. Loughran, John
12. Marsen, Max
13. Mullin, Eugene, 1894-1967.
14. Pettit, William V.
15. Russell, Lillian Case
16. Scarborough, George
17. Starr, Sarah H.
18. Rumsey, F. C.
19. Young, James, 1878-

Description

1. .5 linear foot (1 box)

Summary

1. Bound and loose mimeograph typescripts for eighteen silent motion pictures produced by the Vitagraph Company of America between 1912 and 1917. Some scripts include scenarios, cast lists, and shot orders, and all have manuscript annotations.

Subject

1. Motion picture plays
2. Young, James, 1878-
3. Motion picture producers and directors > United States
4. Scripts
5. Silent films
6. Lytton, L. Rogers, 1867-1924

Genre/Form

1. Scripts.

Call number

1. *T-Mss 2017-004

Access (note)

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Source (note)

1. unknown gift

Biography (note)

1. The Vitagraph Company of America was, along with Edison and American Mutoscope & Biograph, one of the pioneer American film producers. Founded in 1897 by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith, the company was first located in Manhattan, but in 1906 it built a state-of- the-art studio in Brooklyn. On their backlot at East 14th St and Locust Avenue, Vitagraph produced historical dramas, literary adaptations, comedies of manners, Shakespearean opuses, and traditional melodramas with popular actors such as John Bunny, Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, and Flora Finch. Moving from shorts into features like Captain Blood (1924), the company remained in production until it was sold to Warner Brothers in 1925 and became the Vitaphone Studio, where many early sound films were made.

Author

1. Vitagraph Company of America.

Title

1. Vitagraph Company of America scripts, 1912-1917.

Restricted access

1. Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.

Biography

1. The Vitagraph Company of America was, along with Edison and American Mutoscope & Biograph, one of the pioneer American film producers. Founded in 1897 by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith, the company was first located in Manhattan, but in 1906 it built a state-of- the-art studio in Brooklyn. On their backlot at East 14th St and Locust Avenue, Vitagraph produced historical dramas, literary adaptations, comedies of manners, Shakespearean opuses, and traditional melodramas with popular actors such as John Bunny, Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, and Flora Finch. Moving from shorts into features like Captain Blood (1924), the company remained in production until it was sold to Warner Brothers in 1925 and became the Vitaphone Studio, where many early sound films were made.

Local note

1. Previously cataloged as MFLM + n.c. 2.

Source

1. Source: unknown gift, before 1990.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Added author

1. Bertsch, Marguerite. Shadow of the past.
2. Cameron, George. Late Mr. Jones.
3. Caskill, Charles L. Breath of Araby.
4. Chester, George Randolph, 1869-1924. Message of the mouse.
5. Chester, Lilian, 1888- Message of the mouse.
6. Dazey, Frank Mitchell. Ruling power.
7. Drew, Sidney, 1864-1919. Beauty unadorned.
8. Kirkland, Winifred Margaretta, 1872-1943. Luella's love story.
9. Lathrop, William Addison. Making over of Geoffrey Manning.
10. Lippert, William. Pay envelope.
11. Loughran, John. Radium thieves.
12. Marsen, Max. Pay envelope.
13. Mullin, Eugene, 1894-1967. Hearts ablaze.
14. Pettit, William V. To cherish and protect.
15. Russell, Lillian Case. Jerry's namesake.
16. Scarborough, George. East and west.
17. Starr, Sarah H. Next generation.
18. Rumsey, F. C. For another's crime.
19. Young, James, 1878- Pickles, art, and sauerkraut.

Research call number

1. *T-Mss 2017-004