The Inventory of the Larry Carr Collection #966
The Inventory
of the
Larry Carr
Collection
#966
Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center /\ : 1.,
CARR, LARRY II I Gift of his estate, Feb. 1987 1f1boxes, packages
The collection contains research (mainly clippings, photographs) publicity and text for his two books: FOUR FABULOUS FACES: The Evolution and Metamorphosis of Garbo, Swanson, Crawford, Deitrich, 1970; and MORE FABULOUS FACES: The Evolution and Metamorphosis of Dolores Del Rio, Myrna Loy, Carole Lombard, Bette Davis, and Katharine Hepburn, Doubleday, 1979. Also research for other proposed books, many photographs of himself, some correspondence: with Barry Norton (see Scrapbook, Box 10) and with Joan Crawford, (Box 8). There are many movie magazine covers, dating from the 1930s (ca, 700?), a number of printed calendar pin-ups done by Rolf Armstrong, who also did many of the film magazine covers. Some pastel originals of film stars, and some covers for Parents magazine, by Charles Gates Sheldon, 1884-1961,
Box 1 Clips, photos, include Blechman photos of Gloria Swanson
Box 2 Photos, clips for MORE FABULOUS FACES
Box 3 MORE FABULOUS FACES and FOUR FABULOUS FACES, Some text and clips
Box 4 Movie magazine covers; 3 drawings done from the covers by Larry Carr. Covers and photos originally in very large pale green scrapbook labelled "Barbara Ann Lecocq"
Box 5 Photographs
Box 6 Photos for MORE FABULOUS FACES consisting of envelopes labelled "Extras" for Davis, Lombard, Hepburn, Loy, Del Rio. Envelope "M.F.F. Stat Negatives". 2 black binders of film magazine covers
Box 7 Photos and clips, including many photos of Larry Carr.
Box 8 Photos of Larry Carr, Newspaper clips of Garbo, Dietrich, Crawford and "Crawford Research", clips and letters from her. Photos for a proposed book on "Hollywood's
/ CARR,_.~· Handsome Heroes", and clips. Box 9 Movie magazine covers. (Covers photographed by R. Quast 10/12/94 on top.) Box 10 Scrapbook on Barry Norton with letters from him laid in, Other loose scrapbook pages, Tape recordings songs??? One labelled "Gloria Swanson'i Clips, theatre programs. Box 11 Photos and clips, some magazine covers. Scrapbook on Jessica Dragonette Box 12 see pages l~ of Carr inv. for details.
Package la-lb: see pages of Carr inv. for details. Package 2 FOUR FABULOUS FACES Package 3 Calendar pin-ups by Rolf Armstrong. Rolled. Poor condition. Package 4 Calendar pin-ups by Rolf Armstrong. Rolled. Condition better than package 4. Package 5 Green box, Photos for MORE FABULOUS FACES; Over 60 pastels by Charles Gates Sheldon 1884-1961. For film covers, a few covers for Parents magazine. Many appear unfinished.
Package 6 MORE FABULOUS FACES Mock-ups. - (Photos removed and put in green box.) Package 7 Photos and negative prints.
All pastels need mylar. Covers need to be brought together and put in mylar (2 black binders can be dismantled.) Condition of many clippings is poor.
CARR, LARRY
Box 1'2 of 12: PHOTOGRAPHS
A. Photo Negatives
1. Crawford, Joan
8"x10": approx. 75 items. (f.1)
smaller: approx. 150 items. (f.2)
2. Dietrich, Marlene
11 8 " x 1 0 : a pp r ox , 4 5 it ems . ( f . 3 )
smaller: approx. 50 items. (f.4)
3. Garbo, Greta
8":idO": 3 items. (f.5)
smaller: 6 items. (f,6)
4. Swanson, Gloria
8"x10": approx. 25 items. (f.7)
smaller: approx. 120 items. (f.8)
5. other actresses/unidentifiable items.
8"x10n: 12 items. (f.9)
smaller: 20 items. (f.10)
B. Photos and negatives from printed originals.
1. Crawford, Joan: 10 items. (f.11)
2. Dietrich, Marlene: 10 items. (f.12)
3. Garbo, Greta: approx. 25 items. (f.13)
4. Swanson, Gloria: approx 35 items, (f.14)
CARR-~/ 1 Box 12 of 12: e. Photographs (mostly dups, but some originals)
1. Crawford, Joan
8 " x 1 0 " : 1 9 i t em s , in c 1 u d in g ·
- 1 photo by Offner.
smaller: 12 items, including-
-fashion shots from '40s and '50s. (f.15)
2. Dietrich, Marlene
8"xl0": 8 items.
smaller: 12 items, including
-1 photo by John Rawlings.
-fashion shots. (f.16)
3. Garbo, Greta
8" x 1 0" : 6 it ems , inc 1 u ding -
-1 photo from set of "Queen Christina".
-1 photo by A.J. Romary.
-2 MGM photos dated 1 28 and '25.
- 2 1 ate r photos , 1 1 9 5 0, 1 in NYC 1 ate ' 8 0 s .
smaller: 6 items, including-
-2 photos from childhood and teen years. (f.17)
4. Swanson, Gloria
8"xl0": 5 items, including
-1 'silhouette' by Witzel.
-1 photo of G.S. 's welcome home by town.
-1 Russell Ball photo.
-1 george Platt Lyres photo.
-1 Horst P. Horst photo. .-,/ CARR-p~// I Boxl2 of 12: C. Photographs-cont.
4. Swanson, Gloria- cont.
smaller: 27 items including-
-7 photos with friends and family.
-1 George Platt Lyres photo.
-10 photos from childhood/early career. (f.18)
5. other actresses/unidentifiable items.
8"x10": 5 items, including-
-2 photos of Ann Southern.
-1 photo of Ingrid Bergman.
-1 photo of Lupe Velez. (f.19)
Pkg.laof 7 PRINTED MATERIALS
-"The Manipulator" large graphic magazine issue 114, 1985 Article on Gloria Swanson entitled: "Swanson- The last Sitting".
-"Here they are Boys" advertisement for dbl. record set, featuring Marlene Dietrich and others.
-advertisement for "The Silent Years", featuring Rudolph Valentino. (2 copies)
PHOTOGRAPHS
A. Photo Negatives (oversized)
1. Crawford, Joan: 2 items.
2. Dietrich, Marlene: 2 items.
3. Garbo, Greta: 1 item.
4. Swanson, Gloria: 2 items.
5. unidentifiable/other. CARR-~/
Pkg. lb of 7 PHOTOGRAPHS- most items 20" in length or larger.
A. Crawford, Joan
-11 items, including-
1. "Blackglama" fur advertisement.
2. ballet negative.
3. childhood/early career. (5 items)
4. recent photos (1 item)
B. Dietrich, Marlene
-12 items, including-
1.·M.D. @ Sahara Hotel, Nevada photo by Loomis Dean (3 items).
2. photos by Richard Avedon (2 items).
3. photo by Irving Penn.
4. photo by George Karger.
5. early career (2 items).
6. recent photos (2items).
C. Garbo, Greta
-15 items, including-
1. "Camille" 1936 with Robert Taylor (2 items).
2. "Queen Christina" 1933 (2 items).
3. "Flesh of the Devil/Romance" (3 items).
4. childhood/teenage years (4 items).
Pkg. lb of 7: PHOTOGRAPHS- 20" or larger.
D. S~anson~ Glbri~
-17 items, including-
1. "Beyond the Rocks" with Rudolph Valentino ( 2 i terns)
2. Swanson/Crawford imitation photos.
3. Swanson's holiday return.
4. "Perfect Understanding" profile shots by H. Weinberg (2 items).
5~ photo by EdiCarroll 1966.
6. photo by Marcus Blechman, undated.
7. photo by Richard Avedon, no date.
8. childhood/teenage years (3 items).
9. recent photos (4 items).
E. other actresses
-Pola Negri (1 item).