Research Catalog

Title

Publicity photographs scrapbook : Carol Bruce.

Publication

1941.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Freulich, Roman.
• Jones, Ray, 1900-1975.

Description

1 scrapbook (147 photographs) : black and white; 22 cm

Summary

A scrapbook consisting of 147 black and white, 8 x 10 inch publicity photographs, some with identifying labels, of Carol Bruce, actress, heralding her Universal Pictures screen debut in the film This woman is mine (1941) directed by Frank Lloyd and her appearance in the film Keep 'em flying (1941) directed by Arthur Lubin, produced by Universal Pictures.

Alternative Title

Carol Bruce

Subjects

• Albums
• Boats and boating > Photographs
• Santa Catalina Island (Calif.) > Photographs
• Motion picture actors and actresses > Homes and haunts > Photographs
• Keep 'em flying (Motion picture)
• Photographic prints
• Pierce, Jack P., > depicted
• Aquatic sports > Photographs
• Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983, > depicted
• Motion picture actors and actresses > United States > Photographs
• Montgomery, Marjorie H
• This woman is mine (Motion picture : 1941)
• Kaufman, Sam, 1885-1972, > depicted
• Bruce, Carol, 1919-2007 > Homes and haunts > Photographs
• Bruce, Carol, 1919-2007, > depicted
• George, Willard H
• Motion picture actors and actresses > Recreation > Photographs
• Mehl, John, > depicted
• Universal Pictures Corporation
• Lloyd, Frank, 1887-1960, > depicted
• Bathing suits > Photographs
• Publicity photographs
• Yachting > Photographs
• Krasner, Milton, > depicted
• Portrait photographs
• Scrapbooks
• Albums > United States > Photographs
• Universal Pictures Company
• Holden, Gwen, > depicted
• J.W. Robinson Co
• Preeg, Felix, > depicted

Genre/Form

• Albums.
• Photographic prints.
• Portrait photographs.
• Publicity photographs.
• Scrapbooks.

Note

• Many of the photographs depict Carol Bruce modeling the fashions of the time (including numerous bathing suit shots, several on location at Catalina Island) representing designers, fashion houses, hair stylists, department stores, etc. such as Willard George, Emily Moore, Patricia Perkins, Ad Zalkus (A.D. Zalkus), Broadway Hollywood, Gershgorn Jewelers, Marjorie's Things (Marjorie H. Montgomery), Robinson's (J.W. Robinson Co.), Taylors of California, and Wyman Bros.
• Several photographs depict Carol Bruce on the set of the film This woman is mine (1941) pictured with producer-director, Frank Lloyd, cameramen, Milton Krasner and John Mehl, make-up artists, Sam Kaufman and Jack Pierce, and with hairdresser, Gwen Holden.
• Numerous photographs showcase Carol Bruce sailing on a "chartered 65-foot ketch," aquaplaning (aquaplanes are wide riding boards that are pulled by a motorboat), playing tennis, practicing ballet exercises, applying beauty creams, and in her New York and Beverly Hills apartments.
• 2 photographs pictures Carol Bruce "aboard the stratoliner en route from New York to California" with actress, Dolores Del Rio and TWA pilot, Felix Preeg.
• 1 photograph portrays Carol Bruce at a swimming pool with her "15-year-old sister" Marilyn.
• 1 photograph presents Carol Bruce "filling out an application for membership in the Screen Actors Guild under the guidance of John Stone, artists' representative."
• Many of the photographs include the credit "By Roman Freulich, Universal Pictures" and "By Ray Jones, Universal Pictures."
• The photographs are numbered and include the prefixes CB-F and CB-P, probably a designation for "Carol Bruce-Film" and "Carol Bruce-Publicity".
• Title devised by cataloger.
• Compiled and bound at The New York Public Library.

Contents

Keep 'em flying -- This woman is mine.

Call Number

MFLB 1083 (Carol Bruce)

OCLC

1083549875

Title

Publicity photographs scrapbook : Carol Bruce.

Production

1941.

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

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Added Author

Freulich, Roman.

Jones, Ray, 1900-1975.

Research Call Number

MFLB 1083 (Carol Bruce)