Research Catalog

Title

Major Barbara clippings and press material.

Publication

1905-1999.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950
• Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962
• Johns, Glynis
• Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997
• Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014
• Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979

Description

1 box : illustrations; .21 lf

Summary

Clippings and press material in six folders for Major Barbara by Bernard Shaw documenting productions from 1905 to 1999 in the United States and England.

Donor/Sponsor

In honor of George Freedley

Note

• Of note in Folder 1 is a (partial?) reader's report by L. Leitch dated December 1st, 1924 unfavorably assessing the play's prospects for development as a film. "There is not much action in this play and a good deal of talk. [...] I don't think the great motion picture public would ever care for the play. They don't go to the movies for lectures or sermons. They go to be amused."
• Of note in Folder 2 is a large-format advertisement and a feature story with color photographs for Charles Laughton's 1956 production starring Glynis Johns, Burgess Meredith, Eli Wallach, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and himself.
• Folder 6 contains preservation photocopies of deteriorated clippings.
• Compiled by The New York Public Library.

Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 9700

OCLC

1065542062

Title

Major Barbara clippings and press material.

Publisher

1905-1999.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

sheet

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Added Author

Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950, author. Major Barbara.

Laughton, Charles, 1899-1962, director, actor.

Johns, Glynis, actor.

Meredith, Burgess, 1907-1997, actor.

Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014, actor.

Skinner, Cornelia Otis, 1901-1979, actor.

Research Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 9700