Research Catalog

Title

Tully Marshall photograph album of silent and early sound film.

Publication

1916-1941.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Marshall, Tully, 1864-1943
• Fairfax, Marion
• Lord, Pauline, 1890-1950
• Gibson, Hoot, 1892-1962
• Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937
• Stumar, John, 1892-1962
• Edwards, Walter, -1920
• James, Alan, 1890-1952
• Robbins, Jess, 1886-1973
• Sedgwick, Edward, 1892-1953
• Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939

Description

1 album : 41 unnumbered leaves of photographs; 18 cm

Summary

An early 20th-century photograph album containing uncredited prints collected by the actor Tully Marshall documenting his appearances in silent and early sound films, many now considered lost.

Donor/Sponsor

In honor of George Freedley

Subjects

• Autographs
• Actors as soldiers
• Actors > Caricatures and cartoons
• Indians in motion pictures
• Western films
• California > Militia > 20th century
• United Artists Corporation
• Marion Fairfax Productions
• Silent films
• Thos. H. Ince Corp
• Photograph albums
• Lost films
• World War, 1914-1918 > Motion pictures and the war
• Chinese in motion pictures
• Photographic prints
• Lasky Home Guard
• Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
• Triangle Film Corporation
• D.W. Griffith, Inc

Genre/Form

• Autographs.
• Photograph albums.
• Photographic prints.

Note

• The photographs have been annotated with film titles, dates, and the names of production companies and actors. Some photographs are inscribed to Marshall by his co-stars, including Pauline Lord, Hoot Gibson, and Ralph Lewis, and members of production crews, including the cinematographer John Stumar and the directors Walter Edwards, Alvin J. Neitz [also known as Alan James], Jess Robbins, and Edward Sedgwick. Personal images include the homes of Marshall and his wife, the screenwriter Marion Fairfax; Marshall in uniform as a member of the Lasky Home Guard [Unit 51 of the California National Guard, made up of employees of the Famous Players-Lasky production company during World War I]; and Marshall as a young drama student at Santa Clara College. Candid images include DeWolf Hopper, Constance Talmadge, Norma Talmadge, and Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree. Posed scene shots and character studies include images of Bebe Daniels, Wanda Hawley, Edward Everett Horton with Ethel Grey Terry, Harry Houdini, Mae Murray, and Wallace Reid. Of note is an autographed publicity photo of the stars affiliated with the Triangle Film Corporation, including Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.; scenes from the early Chinese American film, Lotus Blossom (1921), with Lady Tsen Mei [born as Josephine Augusta Moy] and a mainly Chinese cast; location shots of The Covered Wagon (1923), including Marshall depicted in costume with a Native American child; Marshall in costume in The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923); scenes from Victor Fleming's Law of the Lawless (1923); and a candid photo of director James Young with Marshall in costume as Fagin while filming Oliver Twist (1916) on location in Pasadena. Clippings with half tone photographs and caricatures of Marshall are scattered throughout the album.
• A made-to-purpose photograph album of unknown origin with "V Specials" and "Tully Marshall" embossed in gold on the cover, which is of soft black leather. An undated clipping from the New York Star newspaper entitled "Tully Marshall, a Triangle villain without whiskers" is affixed to the verso of the front cover. A large, folded sheet printed with Marshall's extensive stage and film credits along with his agent's contact information is affixed to the verso of the back cover.

Source (note)

• Mrs. Tully Marshall [Marion Fairfax]

Biography (note)

• Tully Marshall was born April 10, 1864 in Nevada City, California, and died March 10, 1943 in Encino, California. A versatile actor who specialized in iconic character roles in a number of genres, Marshall had already accumulated more than two decades of stage credits in both California and New York, touring with stock acting companies and working with established stars like Helena Modjeska and Fannie Davenport, when he began work in the nascent silent film industry, achieving early recognition as the High Priest of Bel-Marduk in D. W. Griffith's epic, Intolerance (1916). He was married to the screenwriter Marion Fairfax.

Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 5442A-5442B

OCLC

1041855124

Title

Tully Marshall photograph album of silent and early sound film.

Publisher

1916-1941.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Biography

Tully Marshall was born April 10, 1864 in Nevada City, California, and died March 10, 1943 in Encino, California. A versatile actor who specialized in iconic character roles in a number of genres, Marshall had already accumulated more than two decades of stage credits in both California and New York, touring with stock acting companies and working with established stars like Helena Modjeska and Fannie Davenport, when he began work in the nascent silent film industry, achieving early recognition as the High Priest of Bel-Marduk in D. W. Griffith's epic, Intolerance (1916). He was married to the screenwriter Marion Fairfax.

Local Note

The leather cover is badly degraded with red rot and has been placed in an accompanying container (MWEZ + n.c. 5442B). A pair of cord shoelaces strung through spine of the album to hold it together has been removed for preservation purposes and retained.

Connect to:

Request Access to Theatre Division Special Collections material

Added Author

Marshall, Tully, 1864-1943, actor, former owner.

Fairfax, Marion, former owner.

Lord, Pauline, 1890-1950, actor, autographer.

Gibson, Hoot, 1892-1962, actor, autographer.

Lewis, Ralph, 1872-1937, actor, autographer.

Stumar, John, 1892-1962, cinematographer, autographer.

Edwards, Walter, -1920, director, autographer.

James, Alan, 1890-1952, director, autographer.

Robbins, Jess, 1886-1973, director, autographer.

Sedgwick, Edward, 1892-1953, director, autographer.

Fairbanks, Douglas, 1883-1939, actor, autographer.

Research Call Number

MWEZ+ n.c. 5442A-5442B