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Film in the Archive Multitudes: A Celebration of the Yale Collection of American Literature, 1911–2011 On view at Beinecke Library, Yale University, July 8 through October 1, 2011 Checklist and Descriptions: Film in the Archive *** Film in the Archive There has long been a relationship between literary production and filmmaking—from the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Nathanael West toiling away to produce screenplays for the Hollywood studio system, to film versions of contemporary literary novels and short stories such as Michael Cunningham’s The Hours, Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain, and Annie Proulx’s “Brokeback Mountain.” The Collection documents filmmaking, with a particular emphasis on experimental projects, through the medium’s various paper trails: scripts, treatments, production materials, journals, stills, publicity ephemera such as posters and lobby cards, and, occasionally, rare footage of short films and home movies. Highlights can be found, for example, in papers relating to H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), Bryher (Annie Winifred Ellerman), and Kenneth Macpherson’s Pool Films and Close Up magazine, Stan Brakhage, Gerard Malanga, and the Gene Persson Collection of Dutchman Papers. The Mark Wolff Collection of Photoplay Editions contains over 2000 volumes that document tie-ins between popular novels and motion pictures, ca. 1915–1960. A book is generally considered a photoplay if it features still photography from the film, or artwork depicting the film’s stars. Importantly, while the photoplay edition is often a reprint of a particular novel or play, or a novelization or adaptation from the screenplay, the earliest examples are sometimes the only remaining trace of lost films, especially silent movies. Moreover, given that past publishers such as Zebra, Saalfield, and Engel-Van Wiseman are somewhat obscure and that titles are often published in variant editions, the photoplay, as a genre, remains of interest to book lovers and cinephiles alike. The Mark Wolff Collection is complemented by modern first editions, other photoplays, and related manuscript material present in the Yale Collection of American Literature. *** Louisa May Alcott Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott, illustrated with scenes from the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture (Watford, Herts.: Bruce Publishing, ca. 1949; motion picture, 1949). Wolff Photoplay 11. Little Women, or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy by Louisa M. Alcott, with photographs from the 1912 play Little Women by Marian De Forest (Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1912). Wolff Photoplay 15. Little Women Paper Doll Cut-Outs by Rachel Taft Dixon, used by permission from the RKO Radio Pic¬ture, Little Women (Racine, Wis.: Whitman Publish¬ing Company, ca. 1934). Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott, authorized film edition illustrated with scenes from the RKO Radio Picture (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1934; motion picture, 1933). Wolff Photoplay 5. Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys by Louisa M. Alcott (Chicago: The Goldsmith Publishing Company, 1934). Dust jacket: Frankie Darro as “Dan” and David Durand as “Nat” in the Mascot Pictures film, 1934. Wolff Photoplay 56. Little Women by Louisa M. Alcott, RKO Radio Pictures (New York: Books, Inc., ca. 1938; motion picture, 1933). Dust jacket: Katharine Hepburn, Frances Dee, Joan Bennett, and Jean Parker in a scene from the 1933 RKO film, Little Women. Wolff Photoplay 10. *** Southern Pastoral: Gone with the Wind Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell, motion picture edition (New York: Macmillan Company, 1939). Wolff Photoplay +1. Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind (New York: Macmillan, 1936). Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, illustrated by Ben Stahl, anniversary edition (New York: Macmillan, 1961). *** Zane Grey and the Old West The Light of Western Stars: A Romance by Zane Grey, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture starring Richard Arlen (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1914; motion picture, 1930). The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel by Zane Grey, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910; motion picture, 1924). The Heritage of the Desert: A Novel by Zane Grey, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1910; motion picture, 1932). Fighting Caravans by Zane Grey, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture, featuring Gary Cooper (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1929; motion picture, 1931). The Border Legion by Zane Grey, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca.1916; motion picture, 1924). Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border by Zane Grey, illustrated with scenes from the William Fox Picture (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1915; motion picture, 1930). Wolff Photoplay 46. Wildfire by Zane Grey, illustrated by Frank Tenney Johnson, with scenes from the Goldwyn Picture (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1917; motion picture, 1922). To the Last Man: A Novel by Zane Grey, illustrated by Frank Spradling, with scenes from the Paramount Picture (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1922; motion picture, 1933). Wanderer of the Wasteland by Zane Grey, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1923; motion picture, 1924). *** David Belasco The Girl of the Golden West: The Story of the Celebrated Opera Play, novelized from the play by David Belasco (New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1911; motion picture, 1930). Wolff Photoplay 1. The Girl of the Golden West: The Story of the Celebrated Opera Play, novelized from the play by David Belasco (New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1911; motion picture, 1930). The Girl of the Golden West, novelized from the play by David Belasco, a Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer photoplay starring Jeanette Macdonald and Nelson Eddy (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1911; motion picture, 1938). The Girl of the Golden West: The Story of the Celebrated Opera Play by David Belasco, a first National Vitaphone Picture based on this story, starring Ann Harding (London: Readers Library Publishing Company, ca. 1931). The Girl of the Golden West: The Story of the Celebrated Opera Play by David Belasco, a first National Vitaphone Picture based on this story, starring Ann Harding (London: Readers Library Publishing Company, ca. 1931). Wolff Photoplay 53. *** Edith Wharton The Old Maid dramatized by Zoë Akins from the novel by Edith Wharton (New York: London, D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc., 1935). Edith Wharton, The Old Maid (The “Fifties”), decorations by E.C. Caswell (New York: Appleton, 1924). The Old Maid: (The “Fifties”) by Edith Wharton (New York: Gros-set & Dunlap, ca. 1924; motion picture, 1939). Wolff Photoplay 26. Edith Wharton, The Children (New York; London: D. Appleton and Company, 1928). The Marriage Playground, photoplay title of The Children by Edith Wharton, illustrated with scenes from the Paramount Picture featuring Mary Brian and Frederic March (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1928; motion picture, 1929). Wolff Photoplay 49. *** Herman Melville Moby Dick, or, The White Whale by Herman Melville, illustrated with scenes from the Warner Bros. Picture, starring John Barry-more (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1925). Wolff Photoplay 31. Moby Dick, or The White Whale; photoplay title, The Sea Beast by Herman Melville, illustrated with scenes from the Warner Bros. Picture starring John Barrymore (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1925; motion picture, 1926). Moby Dick, or The White Whale; photoplay title, The Sea Beast by Herman Melville, illustrated with scenes from the Warner Bros. Picture starring John Barrymore (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1925; motion picture, 1926). Wolff Photoplay 30. The Story of Moby Dick: The Great White Whale, adapted from the novel by Herman Melville, illustrated with scenes from The Sea Beast, a Warner Bros. Picture starring John Barrymore (Racine, Wis.: Whitman Publishing Company, 1934; motion picture, 1926). Wolff Photoplay 29. *** Slave Ship, photoplay title of The Last Slaver by George S. King (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca.1933; motion picture, 1937). Wolff Photoplay 48. *** Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe, illustrated with scenes from the Universal Super-Jewel Picture (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1927). *** American Imaginary: Thomas Dixon and D. W. Griffith America, or, The Sacrifice: A Romance of the American Revolution by Robert W. Chambers, illustrated with scenes from the D. W. Griffith photoplay America (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1924). Wolff Photoplay 13. America, or, The Sacrifice: A Romance of the American Revolution by Robert W. Chambers, illustrated with scenes from the D. W. Griffith photoplay America (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1924). Wolff Photoplay 12. America, or, The Sacrifice: A Romance of the American Revolution by Robert W. Chambers, illustrated with scenes from the D. W. Griffith photoplay America (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1924). Wolff Photoplay 14. Thomas Dixon, Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan, illustrated by Arthur I. Keller (New York: Doubleday, Page, 1905). Special issue, stamped in gilt on spine. Presentation leaf tipped in before half-title. Postcard with author’s autograph mounted on back of frontispiece. Signature of F.N. Hoyt, 3/14/1905 on dedication page. Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan by Thomas Dixon, Jr.; illustrated with scenes from the D. W. Griffith photoplay, The Birth of a Nation, produced and copyrighted by Epoch Producing Corporation, (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, ca. 1905; motion picture, 1915). Wolff Photoplay 35. Clansman:
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