Research Catalog

Title

Film stills scrapbook : Beh-Ben.

Publication

1915-1934.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 scrapbook (109 photographs) : black and white, mounted on paper; 39 cm

Summary

A scrapbook consisting of 109 black and white, 7.5 x 9.5 and 8 x 10 inch mounted photographs, some with identifying labels, of stills from Behold my wife! (1934) directed by Mitchell Leisen, produced by B.P. Schulberg/Paramount Pictures, featuring Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Laura Hope Crews, H.B. Warner, Juliette Compton, Dean Jagger, Monroe Owsley, Eric Blore, Fuzzy Knight, Dewey Robinson, and Jim Thorpe ; Bella Donna (also known as Belladonna) (1915) directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter, produced by Famous Players Film Co. (Adolph Zukor, Pres.) and distributed by Paramount Pictures, featuring Pauline Frederick and Julian L'Estrange ; Belle of the nineties (1934) directed by Leo McCarey, produced by Paramount Pictures, featuring Mae West, Roger Pryor, Johnny Mack Brown, John Miljan, Katherine DeMille (De Mille), Morrie Cohan, James Donlan, and Mike Mazurki ; Beloved (1934) directed by Victor Schertzinger, produced by Universal Pictures, featuring John Boles, Gloria Stuart, Morgan Farley, Albert Conti, Anderson Lawler, Lester Lee, Clara Blandick, and Dorothy Peterson ; The beloved rogue (1927) directed by Alan Crosland, produced by Feature Productions, distributed by United Artists, featuring John Barrymore ; The beloved traitor (1918) directed by William Worthington, produced by Goldwyn Pictures, featuring Mae Marsh and E.K. Lincoln ; Ben-Hur (1925) (also known as Ben-Hur: a tale of the Christ) directed by Fred Niblo and Charles Brabin, produced by MGM, featuring Ramon Novarro, Francis X. Bushman, May McAvoy, Kathleen Key, Claire (Clare) McDowell, and Nigel De Brulier.

Subjects

• Albums
• Rubinstein, Helena, 1870-1965, > depicted
• Belle of the nineties (Motion picture)
• Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Photographs
• Sidney, Sylvia, 1910-1999, > depicted
• Short films > United States > Photographs
• Blandick, Clara, 1881-1962, > depicted
• Boles, John, > depicted
• Cohan, Morrie, > depicted
• Miljan, John, 1893-1960, > depicted
• Pryor, Roger, 1901-1974, > depicted
• Novarro, Ramon, 1899-1968, > depicted
• Frederick, Pauline, 1885-1938, > depicted
• Thorpe, Jim, 1887-1953, > depicted
• Silent films > United States > Photographs
• Roosevelt, Elliott, 1910-1990, > depicted
• McDowell, Clare, 1877-1966, > depicted
• Mazurki, Mike, 1907-1990, > depicted
• Warner, H. B (Henry Byron), 1876-1958, > depicted
• Donlan, James, 1888-1938, > depicted
• Marsh, Mae, 1895-1968, > depicted
• Albums > United States > Photographs
• West, Mae, > depicted
• McCarey, Leo, > depicted
• Photographic prints
• Blore, Eric, 1887-1959, > depicted
• Raymond, Gene, > depicted
• Lawler, Anderson 1902-1959, > depicted
• L'Estrange, Julian, 1878-1918, > depicted
• Peterson, Dorothy, 1897-1979, > depicted
• Lincoln, E. K (Edward Kline), 1884-1958, > depicted
• Scrapbooks
• Stuart, Gloria, > depicted
• Beloved traitor (Motion picture)
• Ben-Hur (Motion picture : 1925)
• De Brulier, Nigel, 1878-1948, > depicted
• Jagger, Dean, 1903-1991, > depicted
• Lee, Lester (Actor), > depicted
• Bella Donna (Motion picture : 1915)
• McAvoy, May, 1901-1984, > depicted
• Motion pictures, American > Photographs
• Farley, Morgan, > depicted
• De Mille, Katherine, 1911-1995, > depicted
• Knight, Fuzzy, > depicted
• Conti, Albert, 1887-1967, > depicted
• Bushman, Francis X., 1883-1966, > depicted
• Brown, Johnny Mack, > depicted
• Key, Kathleen, 1903-1954, > depicted
• Owsley, Monroe, 1900-1937, > depicted
• Compton, Juliette, 1899-1989, > depicted
• Robinson, Dewey, 1898-1950, > depicted
• Beloved (Motion picture : 1934)
• Beloved rogue (Motion picture : 1927)
• Crews, Laura Hope, 1880-1942, > depicted
• Behold my wife! (Motion picture : 1934)

Genre/Form

• Albums.
• Photographic prints.
• Scrapbooks.

Note

• Belle of the nineties (1934) is also represented by candid photographs of Mae West with the director, Leo McCarey, as well as with the cosmetics company founder, Helena Rubinstein, and with Elliott Roosevelt, son of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Additionally, the scrapbook includes stills of professional athletes who appeared in the film: 'Fireman' Jim Flynn (real name: Andrew Chiariglione), William 'Billy' MacGowan, and Tommy Paul.
• The beloved rogue (1927) is represented by 2 photographs of the scenes from the movie without any close-ups of the performers.
• The beloved traitor (1918) is represented by 1 photograph.
• Ben-Hur (1925) is also represented by a publicity photograph showing the child actors at the outdoor school on the studio grounds: "500 children were used in this picture ... every child spent four hours a day with their studies. 100 teachers were used for this occasion."
• Behold my wife! (1934): adapted from the novel "The translation of a savage" by Gilbert Parker.
• Bella Donna (1915): adapted from the play by James Bernard Fagan which was based on the novel by Robert Hichens.
• The beloved traitor (1918): adapted from the novel by Frank L. Packard.
• Ben-Hur (1925): adapted from the novel "Ben-Hur, a tale of the Christ" by Lew Wallace.
• Title from spine.
• Compiled and bound at The New York Public Library.

Contents

Behold my wife! -- Bella Donna -- Belle of the nineties -- Beloved -- The beloved rogue -- The beloved traitor -- Ben-Hur.

Call Number

MFLB+ 18 (Beh-Ben)

OCLC

1076280375

Title

Film stills scrapbook : Beh-Ben.

Production

1915-1934.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Research Call Number

MFLB+ 18 (Beh-Ben)