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Motion picture industry--United States.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Bertie Badger Moyers Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 1987-005
Scope and Contents

The collection includes stories, serial rights, radio rights and scripts, and lyrics written by Bertie Badger Moyers. The radio and serial rights and scripts form the bulk of the collection and date from the early 1920s. Also included, is one book entitled Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, in which there is an entry for Ms. Moyers on page 324.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1916-1964

Cinema Corporation of America Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2004-008
Abstract

The Cinema Corporation of America Collection documents the history of this film distribution company, and American producer and director Cecil B. DeMille's role in its founding.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1925-1981; Other: Majority of material found in 1925-1932

Cinema Promotional Materials

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 76-18
Scope and Contents

This collection contains cinema promotional materials in various formats, including press books, 33 1/3 and 45 records, cassette tapes of radio commercials and video tapes.

Each press book contains advertising material for the promotion of a particular film such as stories about the stars or production of the movie, actual layouts of various sizes, campaign plans, and related information. In size, the press books vary from a single page or sheet to a booklet of a dozen or more pages. Some contain various enclosures such as pictures and additional ad sheets.

The records consist of 33 1/3's and 45's which may contain several radio commercials of various lengths.

Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1957-1976; Other: Date acquired: 08/01/1976