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The silver cord programs

Title
The silver cord programs, 1926-1941.

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Additional Authors
  • Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891-1939.
  • Burke, Melville
  • Evans, Madge, 1909-1981
  • Brent, George, 1904-1979
  • Elsom, Isobel, 1893-1981
  • Dillaway, Donald, 1905-
  • Dale, Teresa
  • Jones, Mississippi
  • Jolson, Al, 1886-1950
  • Knapp, Dorothy
Description
1 bound volume of programs : illustrations, some in color; 24 cm
Donor/Sponsor
In honor of George Freedley
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Theater programs.
  • Playbills.
Note
  • Programs (1926 - 1941) for The silver cord by Sidney [Coe] Howard documenting the Theatre Guild's original Broadway production, as well as the production in London, subsequent tours, regional, amateur, college, and university productions. Of note is Melville Burke's production for The Elitch Gardens Theatre Company (Denver, Colo.) with Madge Evans, George Brent, Isobel Elsom, Don Dillaway, and Teresa Dale.
  • Item 17, a July 1927 program for the John Golden Theatre, contains a feature article by Jean Mary Gray, with illustrations by Elmo, about Mississippi Jones, an African-American former featherweight boxer and jockey who, late in life, became a hansom cab driver well-known in the Broadway milieu and was a beneficiary of Al Jolson and Dorothy Knapp.
  • Item 27, a 1932 program for the Westchester Playhouse (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.), belongs to the Robinson Locke Collection.
  • Compiled and bound by The New York Public Library.
Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 6031
OCLC
991617953
Title
The silver cord programs, 1926-1941.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
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Added Author
Howard, Sidney Coe, 1891-1939.
Burke, Melville, director, producer.
Evans, Madge, 1909-1981, actor.
Brent, George, 1904-1979, actor.
Elsom, Isobel, 1893-1981, actor.
Dillaway, Donald, 1905- actor.
Dale, Teresa, actor.
Jones, Mississippi, depicted, interviewee.
Jolson, Al, 1886-1950, associated name.
Knapp, Dorothy, associated name.
Research Call Number
MWEZ+ n.c. 6031
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