Mordechai Littman collection of photographs
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Abstract
This collection contains photographs of classic Hollywood publicity and glamour portraiture from a variety of studios (Warner Bros, Fox, Universal, Paramount, RKO) and photographers (Roman Freulich, Hurrell, Eugene Robert Richee, Ernest Bachrach, and more), dating from 1928-1948.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series: I) Individual Portraits (alphabetical by sitter) and II) Group Portraits and Production Stills.
Materials are varyingly stamped with photographer, date, publication, and subject information.
Scope and Contents
This collection, assembled and donated by Mordechai Littman, contains images of classic Hollywood publicity and glamour portraiture dating from 1928-1948. The photographs originate from a variety of studios (Warner Bros, Fox, Universal, Paramount, RKO) and photographers (Roman Freulich, Hurrell, Eugene Robert Richee, Ernest Bachrach, and more). Stars depicted include Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Richard Barthlemess, Myrna Loy, Ruby Keeler, Ralph Bellamy, Joan Blondell, Lew Ayres, Hedda Hopper, Rosalind Russell and Ray Milland.
Conditions Governing Access
Available by advance appointment only. To schedule an appointment, contact the Librarian at printroom@nyhistory.org.
Photocopying undertaken by staff only. Limited to twenty exposures of stable, unbound material per day. (Researchers may not accrue unused copy amounts from previous days.)
Conditions Governing Use
Application to use images from this collection for publication should be made in writing to:
Department of Rights and Reproductions The New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024-5194 rightsandrepro@nyhistory.org 212-485-9282
Preferred Citation
This collection should be cited as: Mordechai Littman Collection of Photographs, PR 379, Department of Prints, Photographs, and Architectural Collections, The New-York Historical Society.
Credit line should read: Given in memory of Samuel Fisher.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mordechai Littman, 2013.
Separated Materials
This material was originally included in the finding aid for the Michael Sonnenfeldt Collection of Theatre, Film, and Entertainment Photography PR 305, which was processed by project intern Brynn White in 2014. This material was separated into a discrete collection and finding aid in 2019 by processing archivist Marybeth Kavanagh.
About this Guide
Processing Information
This material was originally included in the finding aid for the Michael Sonnenfeldt Collection of Theatre, Film, and Entertainment Photography PR 305, which was processed by project intern Brynn White in 2014. This material was separated into a discrete collection and finding aid in 2019 by processing archivist Marybeth Kavanagh.
Repository
Series I. Individual Portraits and Publicity, 1930-1948, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series contains images of classic Hollywood publicity and glamour portraiture dating from 1930-1948, and arranged alphabetically by sitter. The photographs originate from a variety of studios (Warner Bros, Fox, Universal, Paramount, RKO) and photographers (Roman Freulich, Hurrell, Eugene Robert Richee, Ernest Bachrach, and more). Stars depicted include Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Richard Barthlemess, Myrna Loy, Ruby Keeler, Ralph Bellamy, Joan Blondell, Lew Ayres, Hedda Hopper, Rosalind Russell and Ray Milland.
A-B, 1931-1939
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Allwyn, Astrid
Angelus, Muriel
Ayres, Lew
Barthelmess, Richard
Bellamy, Ralph
Blake, Larry
Blondell, Joan
Boland, Mary
Bradley, Grace
Brown, Joe
Buchanan, Jack
C-E, 1934-1946
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Compton, Joyce
Crawford, Joan
Davis, Bette
Dantine, Helmut
Donohue, Jack
Drake, Frances
Drew, Ellen
Ellison, James
F-H, 1933-1940
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Foran, Dick
Foster, Preston
Froman, Jane
Gallian, Ketti
Granville, Bonita
Gurie, Sigrid
Hasso, Signe
Haydon, Julia
Hopper, Hedda
Howard, John
Hutchinson, Josephine
J-M, 1932-1943
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Janis, Elsie
Keeler, Ruby
Litel, John
Lowe, Edmund
Loy, Myrna
Mack, Helen
Margo (Margo Albert)
Milland, Ray
Moore, Victor
Morris, Wayne
Montgomery, Douglass
O-R, 1930-1938
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Oakie, Jack
O'Keefe, Dennis
Parsons, Harriet
Pidgeon, Walter
Pitts, Zasu
Qualen, John
Ray, Charles
Raymond, Gene
Rogers, Charles
Russell, Rosalind
S-W, 1932-1948
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Smart, Jack
Stephens, Harvey
Temple, Shirley (with John Agar)
Tobin, Genevieve
Travis, June
Travis, Richard
Warfield, Marjorie
[unidentified actor]
Series II. Group Portraits and Publicity, 1928-1946, inclusive
Scope and Contents
This series contains images of classic Hollywood group publicity and glamour portraiture dating from 1928-1946. The photographs originate from a variety of studios (Warner Bros, Fox, Universal, Paramount, RKO) and photographers (Roman Freulich, Hurrell, Eugene Robert Richee, Ernest Bachrach, and more).
Group Portraits, 1929-1939
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Allan Jones and Irene Hervey
David Newell and Jean Arthur
Bruce Cabot, Louise Latimer, Lewis Stone, and James Gleason
Gertrude Michael and Herbert Marshall
Anne Shirley and Herbert Marshall
Ann Harding and Brian Aherne
Lola Lane, Rosemary Lane, Gale Page
Priscilla Lane and Eddie Albert
Claude Rains and Priscilla Lane
Group Portraits, 1928-1946
Scope and Contents
Irene Dunne and Randolph Scott
William Holden and Frank Craven
Bette Davis and Glenn Ford
Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Margaret Lockwood, and Will Fyffe
Ann Sothern and Gene Raymond
Chester Conklin and Charles "Buddy" Rogers
Clive Brook, Evelyn Brent and Virginia Bruce