http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8w66sh5 No online items Preston Sawyer Film and Theater Collection MS.404 Debra Roussopoulos University of California, Santa Cruz 2019 1156 High Street Santa Cruz 95064 [email protected] URL: http://guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll Preston Sawyer Film and Theater MS.404 1 Collection MS.404 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: University of California, Santa Cruz Title: Preston Sawyer Film and Theater Collection creator: Sawyer, Preston, 1899-1968 Identifier/Call Number: MS.404 Physical Description: 8 Linear Feet27 boxes Date (inclusive): 1907-1959 Abstract: This collection contains photographs, lobby cards, correspondence, ephemera, and realia. Storage Unit: 1-27 Access Collection is open for research. Publication Rights Property rights for this collection reside with the University of California. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. The publication or use of any work protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use for research or educational purposes requires written permission from the copyright owner. Responsibility for obtaining permissions, and for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information on copyright or to order a reproduction, please visit guides.library.ucsc.edu/speccoll/reproduction-publication. Preferred Citation Preston Sawyer Film and Theater Collection. MS 404. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of California, Santa Cruz. Biographical / Historical The Sawyer family of Santa Cruz, California, were avid movie and theater aficionados. The materials in this collection were gathered mainly by Preston Sawyer, and contributed to by Ariel and Gertrude Sawyer. Ariel Sawyer spent time working in Hollywood from 1922-1925. He appeared in several minor rolls including a small (uncredited) part in The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1923. Preston, an amateur photographer, spent time with actors and production crews when they filmed in Santa Cruz County. He obtained work as an extra in a few films including, Maid of Salem, 1937. Preston Sawyer was employed as a proofreader and historian for the Santa Cruz Sentinel newspaper from 1935 to 1962, and collected Santa Cruz and California memorabilia over his entire lifetime. Ariel Sawyer ran the Sawyer Tile Company in Santa Cruz circa 1926-1966. Ariel Sawyer donated Preston’s memorabilia, which included the materials in this collection, to both the UCSC Library and the Santa Cruz Public Library upon Preston’s death in 1968. Scope and Content This collection contains photographs of actors, entertainers, performers, theater scenes and movie sets during production. Photographs are often signed and dedicated to Preston or Ariel Sawyer. There is a substantial number of lobby cards, many from the silent film era spanning 1916-1922. In addition, the collection contains a small amount of correspondence related to Hollywood stars and movie production. Ephemera in the collection consists of brochures, playbills, press and promotional materials; realia consists of autograph books and a scrapbook. The collection is separated into four series: 1. Photographs 2. Lobby cards 3. Correspondence 4. Ephemera and Realia Related Materials MS 82 Preston Sawyer Collection; MS 427 Santa Cruz County Historic Photograph Collection, Series 10 - Entertainment: Film in Santa Cruz. Subjects and Indexing Terms Motion pictures -- Collectibles Photographs circa 1917-1955 Scope and Contents This series contains portraits, a few carte de visites, promotional photos, and postcards of actors, performers, scenes and production sets, many of which are signed. Box 1 Actors and performers including children circa 1917-1940 Box 2, Folder 1 Child actors and performers circa 1917-1930 Preston Sawyer Film and Theater MS.404 2 Collection MS.404 Photographs circa 1917-1955 Box 2, Folder 2-4 Child actors and performers circa 1920-1930 Box 2, Folder 5 Child actors and performers circa 1930-1940 Box 3, Folder 1 Actors and performers circa 1917-1929 Box 3, Folder 2 Actors and performers circa 1920-1930 Box 3, Folder 3 Actors and performers circa 1930-1939 Box 3, Folder 4 Actors and performers circa 1940-1955 Box 4, Folder 1 Actors - printed magazine images circa 1920-1929 Box 4, Folder 2 Buck Jones, Tom Mix, Madge Bellamy, Alma Rubens - hand painted and reproduced portraits, mounted on board circa 1920-1930 Box 4, Folder 3 Actors - scenes from Gone With the Wind, mounted on board circa 1939-1940 Box 5, Folder 1-2 Actors - film and theater circa 1918-1930 Box 5, Folder 3-6 Actors - film and theater circa 1920-1939 Box 5, Folder 7 "Leading Moving Picture Stars", Kromo Gravure collection sets no. 1-3 circa 1917-1922 Box 6 Actors - film and theater circa 1917-1945 Box 7 Postcards - male actors, cowboys circa 1918-1940 Box 8 Postcards - male actors, cowboys circa 1918-1940 Box 9 Postcards - female actors, cowgirls, women from Mac Sennet Comedies, children circa 1918-1940 Box 10 Postcards - groups, advertisements, sets and studios, circus acts and other entertainers of stage, opera, vaudeville, radio, TV, including sports figures circa 1918-1940 Box 11, Folder 1 Films and scenes - unidentified circa 1918-1930 Box 11, Folder 2 Films and scenes - unidentified circa 1930-1940 Box 11, Folder 3 Films and scenes - unidentified circa 1935-1947 Box 12, Folder 1 William S. Hart circa 1918-1920 Box 12, Folder 2 Actors and performers circa 1914-1930 Scope and Contents Includes John Barrymore. Box 12, Folder 3 Actors and performers circa 1937-1950 Scope and Contents Includes Claudine Colbert and Fred MacMurray in Maid of Salem. Lobby Cards 1914-1955 Scope and Contents This series contains a large assortment of lobby cards in various sizes, from a wide range of films. A few include the corresponding press or campaign book, designed to promote the film and the actors, and used by theater distributors. Lobby cards illustrate scenes from a particular film often with an actor's line or dialog included with the title. Many cards date from the silent film era, 1916-1922, and are hand-colored. Arrangement Lobby cards are organized alphabetically by film title and by size. Box 13, Folder 1 Abraham Lincoln, Abilene Trail, Across the Plains, The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Alibi Ike, Anna and the King of Siam, Another Wild Idea 1924-1951 Box 13, Folder 2 Arizona, Arizona Ames, Arkansas Traveler, Artist's Muddles, The Atomic City 1918-1952 Box 13, Folder 3 Baby Mine, A Bedtime Story, Believe It or Not, Belle of Alaska, Belle of New York, Beloved Brat, Beloved Rogues, Benefits Forgot (aka Of Human Hearts), The Best Man 1917-1952 Box 13, Folder 4 The Big Adventure, The Big Gamble, The Big Wheel, Bill Henry, Bird of Paradise 1919-1951 Preston Sawyer Film and Theater MS.404 3 Collection MS.404 Lobby Cards 1914-1955 Box 13, Folder 5 The Black Room, The Blue Bird, Blue Blazes Rawden, The Blue Eagle, Blondie's Blessed Event, Bomba on Panther Island, The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning 1918-1949 Box 13, Folder 6 Breaking the Ice - includes promotional press book 1938 Box 13, Folder 7 The Breath of Scandal, Breed of the Border, Breed of Men, Broadway Bad, Broadway Jones, Botany Bay, Boots, Buffalo Bill 1917-1952 Box 14, Folder 1 Call of the Wild, The Callahans and the Murphys, Callaway Went Thataway, Captain Blood, Captain January 1927-1951 Box 14, Folder 2 Captains Courageous, The Capture, Carmen, Carnival Boat, Cavalcade 1933-1958 Box 14, Folder 3 The Champ, A Christmas Carol, Clothes (Famous Players) 1914-1951 Box 14, Folder 4 The Charge of the Light Brigade; Charlie Chan At the Circus, Opera, and Races 1936 Box 14, Folder 5 Cocoanut Grove, Comanche Territory, Common Law, Courage, Cousin Kate, Cover Girl, Cradle Song, The Crimes of Dr. Forbes 1923-1950 Box 14, Folder 6 Dangerous Curve Ahead, The Dangerous Moment, The Dark Past, Darling How Could You?, Daughter of the Wolf 1919-1951 Box 14, Folder 7 Dead End, Death of a Salesman, The Desperate Search, The Devil's Playground, Disorderly Conduct 1932-1953 Box 14, Folder 8 A Doll's House, Donnie Dunagan, Don't Change Your Husband, The Dream Cheater 1918-1939 Box 15, Folder 1 Booth Tarkington's The Adventures and Emotions of Edgar Pomeroy, including: Edgar Camps Out, Edgar's Country Cousin, Edgar the Explorer, Edgar's Feast Day, Edgar's Little Saw, Edgar's Sunday Courtship, Edgar Takes the Cake, Edgar and Teacher's Pet 1920 Box 15, Folder 2 Elephant Boy, The Exile, Extravagance!, Eyes of the Soul 1919-1947 Box 15, Folder 3 Fabiola, The Fallen Idol, The False Faces, The Famous Ferguson Case, Father Is a Bachelor 1918-1951 Box 15, Folder 4 Father's Son, The Fighting Champ, The Fire Brigade, The Firecat, The First Baby, The Five Little Peppers in Trouble 1921-1940 Box 15, Folder 5 Fisherman's Wharf - includes promotional press book 1939 Box 15, Folder 6 Flame of Araby, The Flying Squadron, Footsteps in the Dark 1941-1951 Box 15, Folder 7 For Better, For Worse; For the Love of Ludwig, The Forbidden Thing, The Forbidden Woman, The Freshman, Fuss and Feathers 1919-1932 Box 16, Folder 1 The Gallant Fool, The General, Get Rich Quick 1926-1935 Box 16, Folder 2 Gentleman Marry Brunettes 1955 Box 16, Folder 3 Ginger, Give and Take circa 1938-1946 Box 16, Folder 4 Greased Lightning 1918 Box 16, Folder 5 The Great Man Votes - includes promotional campaign book 1939 Box 16, Folder 6 Good Gracious Annabelle, The Great Alone, Great Gatsby, Greatest Show on Earth, Gunning for Justice, Gunsmoke 1918-1952 Box 16, Folder 7 Half a Hero 1953 Box